Sustainable Living: Should You Hang-Dry Your Clothes Instead of Using Your Dryer?

September 8, 2020 | By Stella M AuthorMy First Apartment

In our Sustainable Apartment Life series, we look at how tenants and homeowners are changing their apartments to be more sustainable. If you want to be environmentally friendly and take steps to adopt an energy-efficient lifestyle, hang-drying your clothes could be an excellent way to start. But is doing so right for you, or will…

How to Avoid Costly Laundry Mistakes

January 21, 2017 | By Anna R. AuthorMy First Apartment

When you find an apartment that comes with its own washer and dryer, it can feel like you won the jackpot! Not having to frequent a laundromat or a friend’s place to wash clothes is such a time saver when you realize that you can do laundry whenever you want. However, there are some mistakes…

Airing Your Dirty Laundry in Public: How To Use A Laundromat

December 1, 2015 | By Eliza AuthorMy First Apartment

In college, I lugged my laundry up and down three flights of stairs weekly, running the risk every time of having to interact with a certain dormmate over sweaty gym shorts and mismatched socks. Sometimes my laundry and I would hide in the bathroom until said dormmate went back upstairs. (Stay tuned for a future…

To-do’s While Moving

May 31, 2014 | By Sarah AuthorMy First Apartment

As I moved all of my things from my university into my first apartment, I realized something really quickly. I have a TON of stuff. Too much! Moving always makes me want to be a minimalist, perhaps out of sheer laziness and an aversion to making fifty trips to and from my car. Miraculously, our…

7 Ways to Make Doing Laundry Faster and Easier

May 9, 2014 | By Contributors AuthorMy First Apartment

By Monica Ricci, Manilla.com Another weekend, another haul of laundry to the laundromat! I know just how you feel. During my single (and divorced) years, I rented in both apartment complexes and old homes, and they all had one thing in common: no dedicated laundry machines. Even my first condo was lacking an in-house laundry…