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Audra

Audra is a recent college graduate and an aspiring writer based in her home state of Georgia. She’s a lover of the sweetest Southern tea, warm weather, and decorating with lots of color, DIY projects, and shabby chic pieces. Her apartment living journey is still young, so she’s busy navigating the ups and downs and learning along the way. For more from Audra, follow her on Pinterest or check out her website shepenspretty.com.

First Apartment Decorating Finds: The Big Box Store Edition

November 7, 2013 | By Audra AuthorMy First Apartment

In the world of first apartment decorating, big box stores like Walmart, Target, and Kohl’s have gotten a bad rap for being too cookie-cutter and too expensive. It’s true that monster chain stores are often guilty of both of those charges, but they aren’t all bad for decorating your apartment. In fact, if you take…

Living On Your Own: 7 Tips For Avoiding Budget Woes

October 21, 2013 | By Audra AuthorMy First Apartment

When you finally make the big move into your very first apartment, you are pretty unaware of the big financial hit you are about to take. No, that doesn’t mean you’ll be broke for the rest of your life nor does it mean that you can’t make it on your own. However, it does mean…

Furnishing on Budget: 4 Useful Websites for First Time Renters

September 24, 2013 | By Audra AuthorMy First Apartment

When you are making the move into your first apartment, everybody and their mother has advice for you about how to move, where to move, when to move, where to shop, how much rent should be, etc. etc. So with your head buzzing with words of wisdom from every person you know, it is really…

Furnishing Your First Apartment: The Dos and Don’ts of Thrift Store and Yard Sale Shopping

September 9, 2013 | By Audra AuthorMy First Apartment

I don’t know about you, but I love a good bargain and so do my fellow first apartment bloggers who have shared many tricks for furnishing with minimal budgets. However, bargain shopping can have some very serious drawbacks if you aren’t sure what to look for or you aren’t prepared for what could go wrong.…

Inspirational Interiors for First Apartments: Glamour Chic in Pink and Gold

September 7, 2013 | By Audra AuthorMy First Apartment

If you are familiar with my posts, then you know I’m a self-professed color and decorating junkie. My latest fix? Pink and gold decorated living rooms. If I could, I would paint everything in my home gold and add gold accents to every room, but even I know that’s a little overboard. Instead, I decided…

5 Housewarming Gifts They’ll Actually Like

August 26, 2013 | By Audra AuthorMy First Apartment

Fellow blogger, Christa, recently gave you guys some excellent tips on how to plan the perfect housewarming. Reading her post got me thinking. Just like with birthday parties and weddings, being invited to a housewarming party often requires a gift purchase of some sort (if you feel so inclined, of course). But what do the…

It’s Here! The Best of the 2014 IKEA Catalog!

August 7, 2013 | By Audra AuthorMy First Apartment

The shopping catalog that you long for like presents on Christmas morning has finally arrived! The IKEA 2014 product catalog has finally hit the internet and the doorsteps of many across the globe and if you are decorating your apartment, this is something to squeal about with merry glee. Trust me. It’s no secret among first…

Tips for Smart Decor Purchases That Last

August 5, 2013 | By Audra AuthorMy First Apartment

If you are anything like me, then you’ve got a serious decorating problem. It’s not that you don’t love decorating, it’s not that you aren’t particularly good at it, it’s not even that you don’t have the time, your decorating problem is that you suffer from decorating vacillation. Whenever I change apartments, see a pretty…

Decorating With the Color of the Year: Emerald Green

July 21, 2013 | By Audra AuthorMy First Apartment

Every year the famous color source known as Pantone releases their anxiously awaited color of the year. For weeks before the big color reveal, designers, planners, and artists everywhere speculate and formulate guesses on which perfect shade they will choose. Then the day comes, they finally announce their pick for the color of the year and…

Apartment Décor DIY: Nautical Rope Shelf

July 8, 2013 | By Audra AuthorMy First Apartment

The one month date for our apartment move is upon us, and let’s just say that it hasn’t been smooth sailing the entire way. I like to joke that our apartment has gone through three phases from the moment the lease was signed: 1) Void. 2) The Hazard Zone. 3) Work in Progress. We are…