r/ApartmentDesign

Hi! We decorated our toddler’s room in our new home and got a very cool rug that compliments the design aesthetic. However, within days of laying it down, we noticed it buckling, slipping, bunching up on the wall to wall carpet we have inherited from the previous owners.

I tried putting two sided adhesive pads on the four corners, didn’t work at all. Every nonslip solution I have come across online is basically targeting hardwood or tile floors. Customer reviews on Gemini’s recommendations (double sided carpet tapes, certain rug pads) also complain about the product not working well on carpeted floors. I am about to lose my mind because I cannot be the only person on the face of earth who wants to put a rug on a carpet and has had this issue.

Would greatly appreciate if anyone has a serious solution that doesn’t involve ripping out the entire carpet.

I have a gorgeous big balcony that I love, but it has one major flaw. The railings are glass, and I live directly above the entrance to my building, facing the parking lot. On top of that, my building is built kind of halfway into a hill, meaning the building next door has their parking lot one level above ours - the same height as my apartment. When I’m sitting on my balcony, every single person coming in or out of either building makes direct eye contact with me. I feel like I’m in a fish tank!

I’ve tried a few things to help. I’ve tried to grow plants to block the glass railings, but by the time they grew enough to be effective, it was getting cold again and I have no place to store them indoors over the winter. I bought these large woven plastic screens that worked pretty well, but were very hard to attach to the glass railings. My balcony also gets direct sun, and the plastic started to disintegrate by mid autumn. It also gets pretty windy, and because I couldn’t tie them down very effectively, they kept flapping around.

Any help would be very appreciated!
My limitations:
Glass railing that is very hard to attach anything too
Lots of sun and wind in the summer
Long, cold winters and very little indoor storage space

I currently have a nice big sectional, a side table, some solar lights and a few small plants out there.