How To Make Your Apartment Feel More Like Home

Renting your home can make it feel like just a temporary place to rest your head at night instead of a real home. Home is about where you feel comfortable and where you want to relax at the end of a long day. Check out these tips on how to make your apartment feel like home.

Make Rental-Friendly Changes

Your apartment might not fit your exact style, or it might feel impersonal and bland. The best way to make your rental feel more like yours is to make some rental friendly changes. Speak with management to find out what types of damage-free changes you can make. Simple, yet impactful, changes can include hanging curtains, adding lamps or swapping out knobs and handles. Just be sure to pass any changes by your property manager to make sure it’s okay to do. 

Try adding outdoor decor and furniture to your patio or balcony to not only have an inside oasis, but an outdoor one as well! Hanging outdoor lighting enhances the atmosphere and allows you to enjoy your time outdoors. This allows for more living space to entertain, relax and live in. The more you personalize your space, the more it begins to feel like home!

Add Your Personal Touch

Adding your personal touch to an apartment is a great way to make it feel more like home and less like a temporary living space. Once you unpack your personal belongings, hang wall decor. Once you position things where you want them, you will finally start to feel that sense of home and comfort that you crave. 

Try adding sentimental items to your home like heirlooms, childhood belongings or plants and succulents you care for so every room can have a little bit of who you are in it! Adding splashes of your favorite color to each room can also brighten up the space to your liking. Use items such as decorative pillows, decor items, books, knick-knacks and other furnishings to liven the space up.

Become a Local

In addition to getting to know your neighbors and integrating into your community, living like a local will help you feel more at home. Find a locally-owned coffee shop you like, join your local library, stop by the farmers market or take a class to meet people around you. 

Further, embrace the community outside your apartment by learning more about the city you live in. Learn the best spots to grab dinner or a drink in your neighborhood, visit the local library or participate in community events. Regardless of how long you live in an apartment, you have just as much of a right to feel a part of the community as everyone else. 

Let us help you find the perfect apartment floor plan! Bay Breeze Apartment Homes in Daphne, AL brings you seven different spacious floor plans ready and available now! Our residents love it here and we know you will too. Contact us today to schedule an appointment at (251) 621-9150 or visit our website for virtual tours. We cannot wait for you to be part of our community!