Residents: Design Ideas for Your Apartment

Pacific Crest Real Estate • July 15, 2015

Tips for Finding Free Design Ideas for Your Apartment Online

Pacific Crest Real Estate’s focus is on developing vibrant communities in the Seattle-area. That is to say that we’re not design experts, but we do want to encourage you to make your PCRE apartment feel like home. With that, here are some of our favorite online interior design resources for apartments and tiny homes that can help guide you through some easy, cheap (and even free!), do-it-yourself design options that can help you create the livable space you truly desire. Whether you’re living in one of our vintage properties or one of our brand new urban apartments, we’re sure you’ll find something to spark your creativity.

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Pinterest

If you’re already a Pinterest user, you don’t need any further explanation — you already know that the social media site is a great way to find and share design ideas. Here’s a link to some of them. Be sure to share your own ideas, too!

Apartment Therapy

Perhaps one of our favorite blogs on apartment life, this blog is full of excellent ideas for decorating your space. It covers everything from cleaning hacks to complete design transformations. There’s also a section for those of you designing on a budget. Sign up for the site ‘s newsletter to have ideas come to you.

Popsugar

This is a lifestyle blog that covers a variety of topics where we regularly find excellent design ideas for apartment life. Here’s a post that suggests Instagram as a great resource for design ideas, too.

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Homedit

From complete revamps to ideas for maximizing a small space, this interior design and architecture blog is sure to inspire.

Freshhome

Another design and architecture blog chock full of great ideas. Here’s there “ 30 Best Small Apartment Design Ideas ” to get you started.

Home-Designing.com

This blog has a category for apartments that’s definitely worth checking out while on the hunt for ideas for your pad.

The Huffington Post

Yes we know this is known as a news site, but it’s also got a great “Home” section that includes subcategories for design, DIY, tiny homes, home hacks and more.

Those are a few of our favorite resources on the Internet for design ideas for your apartment, but what are yours? Link to them in the comments and we’ll add some of them to this list.

 

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A favorite Seattle Blog – A Million Cool Things to do in Seattle

By Pacific Crest Real Estate • March 16, 2016
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