The Hunt

Moving In

Apt. Living

Roommates

Money

Home » Archive by Tags

Articles tagged with: decorating

More ways to use your walls!
July 30, 2008 – 12:21 pm | 2 Comments

I’m really into walls these days — and all their crazy potential. So, this is a two-parter from earlier this week where I wrote about temporary walls (ie. the best invention since sliced bread). Walls. …

Spring Dumpster Diving for Free Furniture!
April 30, 2008 – 3:16 pm | One Comment

Dumpster Diving
It’s a pretty great term, right? It sounds almost exotic—maybe even hipster cool these days. I mean, Mary-Kate Olsen’s even made running around like a Hobo look hot. Hear me out though …

10 Ways To Make Your Apartment Greener
November 24, 2007 – 8:00 pm | 5 Comments

Ed. note. This is a repeat of one of our most popular posts from last summer.
‘Green’ is a concept that not only describes safer, more environmentally-friendly products, but also a state of mind. Let’s …

Decorating and furnishing when you and your roommate have different styles
November 14, 2007 – 5:12 pm | No Comment

So you love sleek, modern design and your roommate adores the lacy, floral, Victorian look. Now what? If you don’t talk about your conflict before you furnish your apartment, you’ll end up with a goofy …

My Top 10 Places to Shop for the Home
June 10, 2007 – 9:54 pm | 8 Comments
Sholm_group-721103[1]

<—— Some really great pillows by Jonathan Adler! Be sure to read about him below and check out his NYC sample sale!
We all have our favorite things to shop for. Some girls like to buy …

The FATEFUL conclusion to the Couch Cover CATASTROPHE!
April 4, 2007 – 11:49 am | No Comment

Don’t ya kinda feel like you’re in a 1940′s movie theater? Watching– as the young heroine battles tragedy and turmoil until finally at last, a shimmer of light descends and she discovers that the young …

Need Judge Judy in the battle of the sofa slip cover
March 23, 2007 – 2:54 pm | 13 Comments

Readers, I’m in a dilly of a pickle with my roommates. So, instead of me advising you this week, I’m crossing my fingers that you can help me by playing Judge Judy. Here’s the …

Making an Apartment into a Home
November 10, 2006 – 10:18 am | No Comment

Think about every place you’ve ever lived; from your bunk bed at overnight camp many moons ago to your last college dorm room, there was something uniting about all your past abodes. And, even …

Crafts with Apartment #1
August 23, 2006 – 2:09 am | No Comment

I grew up on the gorgeous, if climatologically unpredictable shores of the Great Lakes. On those summer days when it was too chilly to swim, I’d occupy myself sifting through rocks. Fun, right? Right. I …

Apartment Beautiful: Wall Decoration
August 10, 2006 – 11:10 pm | 2 Comments

A couple of months ago I realized that I’d never gotten around to putting anything on my walls. So I set to work: I went to the Rose Bowl flea market in search of wall …