7 First Apartment Decorating Mistakes To Avoid

October 11, 2015 | By MFA Editors AuthorMy First Apartment

If you moved into your first apartment over the summer, your moving boxes should by now be in the recycling bin and your stuff neatly put away. (If that’s not the case yet stop reading right now, go empty your boxes, and come back when it’s done!) Now that the summer is gone, you are…

Save or Splurge: Furniture & Decor

September 19, 2015 | By Sarah AuthorMy First Apartment

So you’re finally in your new place and it looks…drab. That’s pretty common in rental apartments. They specialize in beige: carpets, walls, counters…you get the picture. If you didn’t bring much apartment decor with you during your move, you’re probably eager to get started on sprucing the place up. But, what items deserve a splurge,…

5 No-Paint Tricks That Turn Landlord’s White Box into Your Home

September 8, 2015 | By MFA Editors AuthorMy First Apartment

You read the lease and there it is: you are not allowed to paint the walls without landlord’s permission. You had your heart set on sky blue ceiling with a few puffy clouds and your favorite mint green walls. Now you have to live with Landlord White or Decorator White, White Dove, Linen White, Super…

6 Budget Decorating Tips to Spice Up Your Walls!

March 21, 2015 | By Jessie AuthorMy First Apartment

Are the walls in your apartment a little boring? Spice them up with some of these inexpensive ideas: 1. Posters Posters are great decor, because there are about a million posters out there, so it’s easy to find one, or a few, that suit you. I suggest buying posters online: you can get some pretty…

DIY Hanging Photo Display

July 12, 2014 | By Sarah AuthorMy First Apartment

Did you have a fabulous 4th of July weekend? Do you have the pictures to prove it but keep them hidden in your cell phone? My suggestion: display the best ones on your wall and keep those memories fresh! Recently, my boyfriend (and roommate) and I went on a dream vacation. This was a trip…

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…

Interior Design 101: Answers to our Readers’ Questions Part II

February 19, 2013 | By Alissa AuthorMy First Apartment

We hope you’re enjoying Design Month here at My First Apartment. We’ve been working with Kate (left) from Arranging Order, and have learned a ton about everything from smart looking storage to how to use area rugs. Check out Part One of our reader Q&A here, and read on for more great reader Q’s and…

Super-Budget Decorating Tips From the Pros

February 3, 2013 | By doug AuthorMy First Apartment

So you’ve found an apartment and you have the basic necessities of everyday life: things to sleep on, eat on, sit on … and so on. Everything seems to be in place. But as you look around your new abode, perhaps it feels a bit … unfinished. Spare. There’s stuff, but no personality to it.…