Monthly Archives: February 2012

If you’re already scheming about how clean you’ll get your house this spring, read up on these handy ideas for an apartment so sparkling, it’ll look new. Supplies Get everything you need before you start cleaning—nothing ruins a cleaning buzz like an hour-long trip to the store. Gloves, cleaning fluids, sponges, mops, rags, dusters—the whole [...]

Post-college life is a difficult transition. You’re probably no longer living with 25 of your friends, and there’s always that ever-present thought that you haven’t a clue what you’re doing with your life. These are things we can’t really help you with. What we can do is suggest ways in which you can LOOK like [...]

Already feeling that spring cleaning itch? You need some tunes to keep you going when you’re knee-deep in old cans and just want to plop down for an episode of How I Met Your Mother. We’re on case. Below, find some of our favorite, easy go-to playlists. This one from StereoMood is chill but happy, [...]

Slightly different from last Friday’s post on whether to rent TO family members, this one’s for those of you looking for an ideal place, and wondering if it belongs to Uncle Frank. If you’re considering moving into an apartment run or owned by a relative, consider the following points first. Make sure they can say [...]

The first rule in the game of How to Live Happily with Fluffy is, of course, to seek only apartments that allow pets. If these explicitly-fine-with-Fido properties are lacking in your area, however, don’t despair. There are a number of ways to increase your chances of convincing Landlord-to-Be that your pet won’t be a problem. [...]

1.  Clean …Duh. Gauge how much time you have to clean and how much flack you’ll get if things aren’t spotless, and then get to it, from a quick shove-everything-into-the-closet to an all-out war-on-dirt-in-every-corner. While we agree that your mother should leave you alone and allow you to live in your own filth, just because [...]

It’s a sad fact of life: many of us have no in-house laundry, and have to drag our stuff to the Laundromat whenever the pile of laundry starts to really stink up the room. So how can you make these trips less frequent, and less annoying when they do happen? Read on. Wash your sweaters [...]

Think your place is small? Maybe you should think again. According to the BBC, average floor space of newly built homes (in this case, 2003-2006) in America far outdo any country with the exception of Australia, clocking in at about three times the square footage of places built in the U.K. Or, converted for square [...]

You can benefit in numerous ways from renting to your relatives. You already know them, so you should have a good sense whether they’re the kind of people who would blow up a kitchen and try to pass it off as a maintenance issue, or the kind that will pay the rent on time and [...]

In a totally transparent bid to capitalize on a cultural celebration (actually, we just really enjoy Chinese New Year—I saw the most amazing dragon in a parade last weekend!—and wanted to write something apartment-related, but we know how this looks and so we’ll just admit upfront to some level of cultural appropriation and beg forgiveness), [...]