Our Favorite Online Resources for First Apartments

December 28, 2013 | By Melissa AuthorMy First Apartment

If you live in an apartment as small as mine (do I complain about this enough?) there’s a fair change that a good part of your home life actually takes place within the constraints of your laptop. Or iPad. Or smartphone. Daydreaming about the decorations and objects you’ll one day put in your regular-sized dream…

Furnishing on Budgets from $0 – $500

April 19, 2013 | By MFA Editors AuthorMy First Apartment

You’ve saved and saved and finally got your own place. Then the sad reality hits. After you pay your first month’s rent, security deposit and moving costs there is no money left to furnish your place. Are you doomed to sleeping on the floor in an empty apartment? Our bloggers say no. They are so…

Put the Finishing Touches on Your Place: Four Great Online Sites

September 27, 2012 | By Alex AuthorMy First Apartment

Now that it’s autumn, there’s a good chance you’ve found your apartment, you’ve moved in, and you just need a few finishing touches to make the apartment truly yours. Some of us have an ideal thrift shop we turn to, or a discount furnisher that we love – but a lot of us, especially if…