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Same, living in an apartment there is only so much you can do without losing your deposit. Where I live I pretty much can't do anything, no paint, no removable wallpaper, no hanging pictures except with Command strips. 😮

You may need to find an alternative channel that focuses on apartment living. I follow both, as my daughter rents and has very similar needs to yours.

I also rent and some things are worth losing part of my deposit for 💩

I use a lot of suggestions in my apartment and the rest are stored for my future home

I rent. But fortunately my landlord is cool with me updating things. The house was neglected for over 10 years. I just finished regrading the back yard. Now I’m putting in a pergola and a wooden walkway over stone. I found a bunch of tile in the basement to use back there. Score! A lot of times you CAN paint. You just have to paint it the original colors before you leave. I did a trick with colored paper and push pins to make a feature wall. There’s also different color bed sheets that you can cover a wall with, too. Colored lighting can change a white wall at night. Rugs and large carpet remnants are also great for a rentals. So, it really depends on where you live. If it’s not a management co. you can always ask your landlord if you can make changes. If you are willing to pay for it and it’s done in good taste and quality, the landlord won’t mind. You’re improving the value, after all!

Wow, I would hope she read your comments. If someone said that about me, I would be over the moon. I'm a designer and actually people/clients/friends have said similar things and it truly is worth more than anything to know you have made a difference in someone's life such as you mentioned. I am a few years older than you (you by the way are beautiful!), I too love fashion and beauty in all areas of life. I too have been thru and currently going thru some of the hardest challenges of my life but these videos and others like them help me to keep hope alive. Plus God has a way of restoring joy and giving strength when times are hard. You sound like someone I'd love to know!! Hope she eventually sees your comment but for sure know that it blessed me and I'm sure others! 👊😉!

That is so nice of you. Thank you so much. Maybe we should do something with all of our experience! I have a cousin in CA and she told me she worked 15 years for the same company and hated every minute! I was so shocked. I think we both had passion for our work and what we accomplished. I loved my job. When I was 20 I opened up a boutique in my home town. My mother was in real estate and found the most beautiful older home and we put a boutique in it. It was so much fun. And I had the greatest time with my mother. Before that I studied Couture in Paris and had amazing opportunities. You sound very energetic and happy and in a good place in your life. It’s like we have to keep being creative don’t you think? It’s how our brain works. So good for us! I have now found you. I do enjoy V’s energy and passion for home decor. And she has fun. That’s so important. It’s nice to find her. I need to pull back my home decor and simplify my life. I’m very global. And I want to back that up. I have fabulous things to sell. We have 2 storage rooms and too much in our home. It fascinates me. But I’m loving the cleaner lines and focus on organization. Our Schnauzer fell down paralyzed 4 months ago. And all our energy is getting her life back for her. I am very focused on her right now and I find I almost rest watching V. I want to keep in touch with you. Please tell me what you have done in your home. What you have purchased. How you like it. I am sure your home is fabulous. And it’s so great to hear about your career. And that you loved it!! Thank you for leaving me a message. I can tell you have a lot of energy and enjoy V as much as I do. Im really so happy to find you!

Oh my goodness, I just now saw and read your reply! Now I have a new "pen pal"! I don't have much time right now but I can't wait to "talk" in more depth, maybe later tonight. I too am in caregiver mode. My only sibling, my brother is in declining health and I have been caring for him 24/7 for over 3 years. It is very difficult but that's why hearing back from you gave me a lift. I have very limited outside connections right now and I am very much a communicator so we sound like kindred spirits in many ways. Yes Valentina is fun to watch. I am very enthusiastic myself and she even has me beat and that takes a lot, of coffee perhaps. I don't drink caffeine, it's not that I think it's a bad thing, it just makes me too jittery! Besides working as a designer/decorator for decades, I also worked in the music business for many years and am a songwriter. Plus I was a "stylist" before that really was a career, it was just something I loved and as I had friends who were artists, writers, people who attended big music galas, I would help them put together their "ensembles"! I loved vintage things as well as I love thrifting and can put together outfits for a pittance that looks like a million bucks. I got it from my parents and grandmothers all of whom had great style tho my folks weren't wealthy. My mom was a fabulous seamstress as was I. So much to say, but when you said about all the things you had in storage and at home, I gasped! That is me too! Down to the #of units! I used to have antique shops, booths, overflow from my design work and when this season of caregiving ends, I have my work cut out for me in selling as much as possible. I have had huge garage sales in the past with friends and we made a lot just in a 3 day sale. Anyway, I'll get back to you later. I don't have any social media presence, I'm old school in that regard but at some point maybe we can figure a way to connect without blowing our cover, so to speak! Thanks for your reply!! No time to proofread so excuse typos or those spellcheck switcheroos!!

Thanks for the tip. I’ll definitely try your way

Good to know. Thank you!! I’m getting ready to paint. I’m doing myself.and I have never painted anything 😱

You are so brave! Did you finish? It will look so great!

Yeah dark surfaces show way more imperfections when they are painted. I.E imperfections in drywall, or plaster. Sometimes there isnt a whole lot you can do about it. because those imperfections can be nearly invisible -especially if the wall was white.

OR use a good primer.

Thank you so much!

Yay, I love this!

Sounds great!

@ellegunning - I’ve been wanting to paint my kitchen floor. Do you have any paint or process tips?

Yeah!!!!

Thank you so much!!

Thank you so much!

Thank you so much!

Warm White lighting looks better than "Daylight" or "Cool White"

Hello!

Is Harry's woke?

That's pretty rude!

OMG, I cant tell you how much clients have taught me on removing shutters! Just because they where expensive doesn’t mean the are right. The definitely take away both the light and the ease of opening windows! I knew I liked you because I also don’t like bunk beds.

An remember correctly I think its mine coal in her office. I've just done my whole house with her colors. Beautiful❤