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Washer/Dryer Disguised As a Cabinet

Not having a room in your home that is specifically dedicated to laundry can present quite a problem. The problem grows when you live in an apartment that isn't much larger than the average persons ...

The Best How-to Tips On How to Save Money In Your Home
Roundup

At Unplggd, we really like saving money and helping our readers save money. Times are tough, and every dollar saved is a dollar that you can use somewhere else. In this post, we've put together the ...

A Little White Doesn't Hurt
Inspiration

There are some who associate the love of technology to some kind of sick infatuation with emotionless, plain, and white environments reminiscent of a dental office. We beg to differ. Well, we and Aust...

Compact Appliance

If you're looking for slimmer, smaller and combined duty home appliances, especially for those of us living in smaller home, apartments and other spaces where each square foot counts, CompactAppliance...

App Lets AT&T Know if Coverage Stinks at Your House

There's something about apartment buildings that cell phone service (on all carriers!) doesn't like. But being the urban dwellers that we are, we wouldn't leave our concrete tree house for anything....

Use a Little Leg Work to Find Undoctored Apartment Photos

When you're shopping around for a new apartment, the internet can be an invaluable resource for finding deals and giving you photos to help narrow down your search......

Money Saving Tip: Share WiFi With Neighbors

A fast internet connection is a pricey expense, but one we can't imagine living without. The great thing about it is that no matter how many people share it, it's never 'used up'......

A Home Theater in a 300 Square Foot Apartment

Most people would resign themselves to watching movies on their computer or head off to that old fashioned cinema theater if they lived in a 300 sq. ft. student studio. But home theater enthusiast a...

RentWiki Aids in Rental Searches

If you’ve ever had to move to a new city, you know that finding the right place to live can be a challenge. Not just procuring that perfect apartment or house, but also making sure that the neighbo...

Concept: Philips Incredible Linked Biosphere Home Farming

When you are living in the suburbs or the country side, it's easy to grow your own food. Veggies like tomatoes and some fruits like apples tend to grow quite easily. However, the closer you move to a ...

Lifehacker's Five Best Apartment Search Sites

Finding the right apartment can be a daunting task. But thankfully it's one of those tasks that can be made a little bit easier with the good old internet at your disposal......

Geco: Solar Powered Robot Cleans Windows

If there's one thing that frustrates us it's cleaning windows. Don't get us wrong, the glass on the inside is easy to clean, but a lot of us live in condos or apartments, making it impossible to clean...

Use Google Docs to Manage Dorm and Apartment Life

One of the easiest ways of sharing documents is Google Docs. Google Docs allows you to share any number of documents among groups of people. We've found that it's an easy way to manage apartment life....

Living with Roomates: Proper Tech Etiquette?

In communal living, life tends to move at a different beat. You've got to worry about those meddling kids downstairs trying to hack into your wireless. However, that should be the least of your worrie...

Renters, How Do You Battle Cable-Forced Room Layouts?

Having just been apartment shopping not too long ago, we are fresh to the notion that one of the most important things to consider in a candidate for a new space is the location of power outlets and c...

Close-Up: Glen's Ever So Tasteful Tech

Name: Glen Benton Location: Gothenburg, Sweden >>>View Slideshow Glen Benton's Gothenburg apartment is just about the perfect idealization of an Unplggd dream abode. Every corner of the apartment is ...

What's the Best Spot in the House for Rocking Out?

I've got to say that I adore my iHome iPod dock. I leave it in the living room of my apartment and it sits patiently and unobtrusively on the side table. That is, until I come home, yank off the iTrip...

Loofen: Deodorizing Composter For Apartments

It's well known that one of the best ways of getting rid of some of our waste is by composting it. Sure it's smelly, but it's green and if you have a large enough yard, you don't really notice it. But...

How to Keep Your Apartment Organized Using Google

There are many ways of keeping an apartment organized but things get complicated quickly when you have more than one adult living together. Things can get especially hectic when you've got roommates, ...

Close-Up: Staying One Night at the Lux Pod

Emily, one of the contributors for TheKitchn and my better half with whom I share my life and home, recently traveled over the Atlantic for an epic solo 2-week backpacking trip across the UK while I ...

Tenant Txt Aids Apartment Management and Renters To Stay Connected and Informed

As a lifelong renter ourselves, we're always interested in resources that help the renting demographic with being heard and protecting their basic rights as tenants. So it's no surprise we're fond of ...

Tech Tour: Studio in the Heart of Paris

Name: Jason Whittaker & Alain Bisotti Location: Studio apartment near the Pompidou Center in Paris. Years Lived In: Just renovated for short-term rentals. >>Enter Slideshow It looks like we'll be go...

Vertebrae Vertical Bathroom: How's That For Small Cool?

Being a perpetual renter who thrives in the city life, we don't have much room to be picky about our bathroom amenities. We've even seen (and considered—eek!) a unit where the bathroom opened ri...

Look! The Black Apartment

The Apt designed this incredible apartment for Cindy Gallop, the chairwoman of advertising giant BBH. They had to convert the locker rooms of the first YMCA in the US for this and she didn't have time...

What do Your Gadgets Tell a Stranger About You?

A friend of ours just moved into a condo they're renting from a stranger (Ya gotta love Craigslist!). Everything is pretty much full-service for her there. The cable, electricity, furniture and all of...