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A unique and eye-catching bookshelf can make for a wonderful addition to most any apartment's decor. While there are plenty of pre-made bookshelves for sale, going the DIY route and making your own is a fun project and an excellent way to add your own creative spin to your bookshelf. Below, we'll take a look at three easy DIY bookshelf ideas that you are sure to love.
Floating Bookshelves
Floating bookshelves add a very unique and modern look to an apartment. Best of all, they are incredibly easy to build. All you need to do is secure the wooden planks that will serve as the shelves to your wall and place your book collection on top of them. Get creative about where you place your shelves and the material that they are made out of to make this design your own.
Cinderblock Bookshelves
A cinderblock bookshelf is a design that is both rustic and modern at the same time. To build this bookshelf, all you need to do is use cinderblocks for the support and decorative wooden planks for the shelving. You can then keep adding more levels of blocks and planks to make your bookshelf as large or small as you want. Best of all, a cinderblock bookshelf is quick and easy to disassemble if you ever decide to remove it.
Wooden Crate Bookshelves
Unfinished wooden crates are typically fairly easy to find, and your local supermarket may give them to you for free if you ask. Once you have these wooden crates, making a wooden crate bookshelf is incredibly easy. All you need to do is paint or stain the crates to your liking then stack them on top of each other with the open side of the crate facing out for a fun and creative DIY bookshelf.
Conclusion
Building your own bookshelf can be an enjoyable project and a great way to add a creative flair to your apartment's decor. If you are looking for a new place to make your own with fun DIY projects such as this, we invite you to contact us today to learn more about our Northridge, CA apartments.
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The residents of our Northridge, CA apartments often have visitors. As anyone who's ever traveled knows, it's easy to forget everyday essentials, but hosts don't always know what kind of things their guests will need to feel comfortable. With this mind, we've come up with a few elements that should be included in everyone's overnight welcome basket.
Toothpaste and Toothbrushes
Nobody wants to discover they neglected to bring one of the most important elements of good hygiene as they're settling in for a good night's sleep. Avoid a last-minute run to the convenience store by having toothpaste and toothbrushes ready, just in case they didn't make it into your guests' overnight bags.
Shampoo, Conditioner, and Body Wash
Traveling with liquids is difficult for so many reasons. If they're carried onto a plane, they have to come in such miniature versions that they won't last more than a few days. If they're stowed inside luggage, there's a high likelihood they'll leak goo all over the place.
Remove the stress of either situation by supplying your visitors with the liquid shower stuff they'll need to feel clean.
A Shower Loofah
Shower loofahs are seldom remembered when packing happens because people need to prepare ahead of time or suffer the wrath of a wet shower sponge inside their suitcases.
Keep a few loofahs in stock so you can toss one in the basket when you know you'll have an overnight guest.
Clean Towels and Washcloths
While you might not have any problem with your guests helping themselves to your space, they might feel uncomfortable rummaging through your belongings in search of clean towels and washcloths. Put these items front and center in your guests' welcome baskets so they can easily grab them when they're ready to hop in the shower.
Snacks
Shelf-safe snacks are great for midnight cravings that might occur. It's a nice touch to offer a few items people can munch on when they're decompressing during their visit. Chips, peanuts, candy and granola bars are great options for shelf-stable foods that can satisfy unexpected hunger pangs.
Our Candlewood North community is filled with beautiful living spaces that'll welcome your guests with open arms. Take a look at our available floor plans today!
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Oftentimes, people have difficulty getting their apartment permanently organized because they see it as one giant task — thus making it an insurmountable one, too. As long as you look at it less as one lengthy task and more as a series of smaller ones, you won't just be able to organize your home and your life — you'll be able to keep it that way, too.
Get Creative in Terms of Storage
One of the best ways to get your apartment organized and keep it that way involves exploring creative long-term storage opportunities. Get a shoe rack for the back of your closet door, for example, that lets you keep all of the pairs you need for easy access in a way that is still unobtrusive as well.
Likewise, instead of purchasing an ottoman and a separate storage bin for some of the items in your living room, consider getting one unit that acts as both. It's a perfect chance to make sure you still have all of the functionality you need while taking up less physical space as well.
Everything Must Be Purpose-Driven
This is one of those tips that actually comes in handy when you first start designing your apartment, but it plays a role in other ways, too. Everything in your home should have a purpose — from designated spaces for particular tasks like reading to the items you keep within those spaces.
If anything doesn't actually align with that purpose — or has no purpose at all — it's clutter in the purest sense of the term. You get no benefit from keeping it and thus no longer have to. If you just follow this mantra when cleaning and throw out anything that isn't useful, you'll have a clean and organized apartment before you know it.
Once you've followed tips like these, you won't just end up with an incredibly organized apartment — you'll find it easier than ever to keep it that way for the foreseeable future. If you're just interested in finding out about some of the exceptional apartments in Northridge that are available for rent, please don't delay — contact Candlewood North today.
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