Part V in our ‘Going To College’ series! While it may seem like you’ll always be on great terms with the fantastic people you’re planning on living with the next year at the lease signing, it’s easy for things to go awry as roommates get more comfortable with one another and start to let their [...]

Whatever the reason cited—the ban on DDT, increased international travel, or just bad luck—one thing is clear:  bed bugs are making a comeback in the U.S.  Like the pestilent, suited agents of The Matrix, these little insects can seem nearly impossible to destroy.  They lurk in your mattress or your baseboards. They feed on human [...]

It seems that the more time we spend on this planet, the more stuff we accumulate around us. For those of us who live in apartments, having an excess of things is much more obvious than for our house-dwelling counterparts. We don’t usually have a garage to store boxes that haven’t been opened in years. [...]

The key to living a happy, calm life, according to Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, the founder of Apartment Therapy, is living in a calm, well-organized, clean space. An apartment is more than just the place a person winds up at the end of each day; it’s a sanctuary from the chaos of the world and a reflection [...]

If we’re to believe what we see on television, people living in apartments, whether or not they’re struggling to make ends meet, can all seem to afford high-end furniture and decorations. In reality, many of us, though we may like what we see in fancy catalogues and magazines, cannot afford to spend lavishly. Though it [...]

The Pennsylvania Senate is considering a bill requiring carbon monoxide detectors in homes and apartments with heaters or appliances that use fossil fuel, or that have fireplaces or attached garages. A Pennsylvania mom whose daughter was killed by carbon monoxide in her sleep at 10 years of age, Dena Yeagley has been lobbying for the [...]

Spring cleaning have you in the mood to rejuvenate your apartment? Thanks to two amazing web resources catering specifically to Ikea furniture owners, with a bit of planning and just a bit of cash you can transform your Ikea world and make it just how you like it. The first site is called Mykea. It’s [...]

Ready… to enhance your apartment-dwelling experience? Get set (with a creative mindset)… then GO! To Etsy.com. Its name reminds me of the song about the itsy bitsy spider, but Etsy is anything but small: it’s a global online marketplace where all things handmade can be bought and sold, and it has tons of awesome ideas [...]