Engineer Your Space https://engineeryourspace.com/ Create a home you love, no matter where you are. Thu, 14 Aug 2025 16:38:01 +0000 en hourly 1 https://engineeryourspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-Screen-Shot-2020-06-24-at-4.22.18-PM-32x32.png Engineer Your Space https://engineeryourspace.com/ 32 32 How to cover up an ugly floor temporarily – renter-friendly! https://engineeryourspace.com/how-to-cover-up-an-ugly-floor-temporarily-renter-friendly/ https://engineeryourspace.com/how-to-cover-up-an-ugly-floor-temporarily-renter-friendly/#respond Tue, 12 Aug 2025 20:45:33 +0000 https://engineeryourspace.com/?p=12641 Published on August 4, 2022 | Last Updated on August 12, 2025 If you rent or even own your home and can’t replace the existing floor, there are still easy ways to refresh the space. In this tiny 5ft by 5ft rental kitchen, I used a temporary flooring solution that lays over the existing surface. […]

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]]> https://engineeryourspace.com/how-do-you-use-a-speed-square/feed/ 0 Start to finish step-by-step tutorials: 10 IKEA Hacks to makeover your home https://engineeryourspace.com/start-to-finish-step-by-step-tutorials-10-ikea-hacks-to-makeover-your-home/ https://engineeryourspace.com/start-to-finish-step-by-step-tutorials-10-ikea-hacks-to-makeover-your-home/#respond Tue, 17 Oct 2023 16:35:17 +0000 https://engineeryourspace.com/?p=13056 Any fellow IKEA lovers out there? If I’m stuck trying to find a solution for a particular problem I’m trying to solve for a room or an apartment I’m “engineering”,  a stroll through IKEA always spark some ideas, including some creative IKEA hacks. Over the years, I’ve made my fair share of IKEA hacks and […]

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]]> https://engineeryourspace.com/start-to-finish-step-by-step-tutorials-10-ikea-hacks-to-makeover-your-home/feed/ 0 DIY Bookcase dividing wall – IKEA BILLY Bookcase Hack https://engineeryourspace.com/diy-bookcase-dividing-wall-ikea-billy-bookcase-hack/ https://engineeryourspace.com/diy-bookcase-dividing-wall-ikea-billy-bookcase-hack/#respond Mon, 25 Sep 2023 18:41:18 +0000 https://engineeryourspace.com/?p=13049 This was the first video I published on my YouTube channel “Engineer Your Space” over 12 years ago. I did this project in my 450 ft2 NYC studio apartment (watch full tout here) to create an entryway area and a separation to my bedroom area. It’s so great that IKEA still makes BILLY bookcases and […]

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]]> https://engineeryourspace.com/diy-bookcase-dividing-wall-ikea-billy-bookcase-hack/feed/ 0 Buy or DIY? Tiny Kitchen Organization Ideas https://engineeryourspace.com/buy-or-diy-tiny-kitchen-organization-ideas/ https://engineeryourspace.com/buy-or-diy-tiny-kitchen-organization-ideas/#respond Wed, 06 Sep 2023 23:13:05 +0000 https://engineeryourspace.com/?p=12819 I’ve been thinking a lot lately about whether or not it always makes sense to DIY projects. Don’t get me wrong, I love to build things but given all the time/skills, tools, materials, and supplies needed. However, I do think it’s worth doing the exercise of asking yourself what is the true cost of DIY’ing […]

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]]> https://engineeryourspace.com/buy-or-diy-tiny-kitchen-organization-ideas/feed/ 0 How to make a DIY over the sink dish rack https://engineeryourspace.com/how-to-make-an-over-the-sink-diy-dish-rack-to-replace-a-shelf/ https://engineeryourspace.com/how-to-make-an-over-the-sink-diy-dish-rack-to-replace-a-shelf/#respond Tue, 22 Aug 2023 00:43:32 +0000 https://engineeryourspace.com/?p=13005 Do you have a small kitchen? If you do, you understand how precious counter space is, especially when it’s time to do the dishes and you have to set them down to dry on the counter – it leaves very little room for anything else.This particular kitchen is only 25 ft2 and barely any counter […]

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]]> https://engineeryourspace.com/how-to-make-an-over-the-sink-diy-dish-rack-to-replace-a-shelf/feed/ 0 Kitchen backsplash makeover – peel and stick tiles https://engineeryourspace.com/kitchen-backsplash-makeover-peel-and-stick-tiles/ https://engineeryourspace.com/kitchen-backsplash-makeover-peel-and-stick-tiles/#respond Wed, 16 Aug 2023 17:48:15 +0000 https://engineeryourspace.com/?p=12881 My friend’s tiny rental kitchen (it’s only 5ft x 5ft!) was very drab and didn’t match his style at all. So he asked me if I could give it the “engineer your space” treatment to give his rental kitchen an industrial rustic look with some organic elements. I love a challenge so I said yes! […]

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]]> https://engineeryourspace.com/kitchen-backsplash-makeover-peel-and-stick-tiles/feed/ 0 DIY pull out pantry: tiny kitchen ideas https://engineeryourspace.com/diy-pull-out-pantry-tiny-kitchen-ideas/ https://engineeryourspace.com/diy-pull-out-pantry-tiny-kitchen-ideas/#comments Wed, 09 Aug 2023 22:06:05 +0000 https://engineeryourspace.com/?p=12827 The post DIY pull out pantry: tiny kitchen ideas appeared first on Engineer Your Space.

]]> https://engineeryourspace.com/diy-pull-out-pantry-tiny-kitchen-ideas/feed/ 4 Small kitchen ideas: 11 DIY renter-friendly ideas https://engineeryourspace.com/tiny-rental-kitchen-makeover/ https://engineeryourspace.com/tiny-rental-kitchen-makeover/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2022 07:12:00 +0000 https://engineeryourspace.com/?p=12637 This is the story of an epic kitchen makeover that took months to finish. The kitchen in question is a tiny 5 ft x 5 ft room in my friend Alex’s studio apartment. Not much personality and no stove, oven or dishwasher. It’s also a rental apartment, so no painting walls, or making any holes […]

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]]> https://engineeryourspace.com/tiny-rental-kitchen-makeover/feed/ 4 DIY Enclosed Cat Litter Box (IKEA Hack) https://engineeryourspace.com/diy-enclosed-cat-litter-box-ikea-hack/ https://engineeryourspace.com/diy-enclosed-cat-litter-box-ikea-hack/#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2021 01:20:58 +0000 https://engineeryourspace.com/?p=12599 I love my cat but not the cat litter box. After 19 year, I have finally found the perfect cat litter and cat litter box set up that makes it a lot less of a chore and almost eliminates all that cat litter being tracked all over the floors. And best of all, I didn’t […]

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