The holiday season is finally upon us. After a turbulent year filled with oil spills and elections, it’s time to shift our focus to the people that are closest to us. Of course, with end of the year comes the hectic holiday shopping season. With millions of gift guides floats around out there on the [...]
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Wet Damp Weather Means Mold, Mold, Mold!
Once rainy weather hits, it hits with a vengeance. For some of you (Seattle) drizzle has been a part of the daily forecast since mid-September. For other more sun-friendly cities, the joint-aching dampness of winter is just settling in. And as it does, so does the mold. Mold is tricky. It’s something you’re supposed to [...]
How to Host Thanksgiving in a Tiny Apartment
If your kitchen looks like this: and your dining room/living room/everything-else-room look like this: planning a Thanksgiving celebration that is more than just you and your goldfish and an E-Z Thaw-and-Go Turkey Dinner is damn near impossible. But not totally impossible. Hosting an (albeit small-ish) Thanksgiving feastivle in your urban studio apartment will be a [...]
Crazy Coffee Tables to Make Your Apartment More Awesome
Forget the plasma 3D television. If you want to impress your guests, the coffee table is where it’s at. It’s the first step to bridging the gap between style and function. And since your living room is valuable real estate in your apartment for rent, you might as well express yourself with a coffee table [...]
5 Steps to Finding a Quality Roommate
There is, in my opinion, no relationship so tumultuous as the roommate relationship. It is complicated, often fickle. One second you are laughing together over a shared bottle of wine, the next you’re leaving snarky messages taped to the fridge “reminding” each other to do the freaking dishes! Roommates deal with the same problems as [...]
The Top 6 College Towns in America
Ahhh, college. No matter what your age, a thriving collegiate community can greatly enhance the quality of life of whatever town it is in. But not all college atmospheres are created equal. The best college towns will provide the perfect mix of intellectual curiosity and tomfoolery. As long as you’re willing to put up with [...]
Want to Get the Inside Scoop on a City? Read These Blogs
If you’re looking for apartments for rent a new city, it can be very difficult to get some good inside info on what it’s actually like to live in certain areas. Promotional websites will spoon feed you fluff on how fantastic their own area is, while you’ll only find hyperbolic and unreliable statements on internet message boards. How [...]
5 Houseplants That Will Give Your City Apartment a Hint of Nature
Anyone who has traded in evergreens for skyscrapers and fall foliage for subways knows that the urban jungle doesn’t quite hack it when it comes to real nature. And while city life has it perks – coffee shops on every corner, ethnic food, public transportation – there is a part of everyone’s soul that craves [...]
Is an Awesome Apartment Worth Giving Up Your Closet?
So you’ve found it: that perfect pre-war/loft/converted-warehouse/fill-in-the-blank that you’ve coveted since your first viewing of Flashdance. Sure, it might be pricey, and don’t even get me started on the water pressure, but it’s your dream home, right? Many of us can adapt to creaky floors and five stories with no elevator in the name of [...]
Living the Hip Life on a $1,200 Budget
You have $1,200 in your pocket and a messenger bag on your back. What is that going to get you? Well, it depends on which neighborhood you plan on parking your fixie in. Take a look at these hipster hotspots around the country and figure out which one is right for you. $1,200 Apartments for [...]
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