Unless you’re reading this from the spacious comfort of your sprawling penthouse on Fifth Avenue, your apartment was probably carefully designed to be optimally space-efficient. That’s a nice way of saying that a brilliant architect was probably tasked with the job of allocating more space in the rooms you’re likely to spend a lot […]
Whether you and your pet are moving together into a new apartment or if you’re just getting one now that you’re in a pet-friendly place, there are a few things you’ll need to know in order to share your space with your furry friend. Here are our favorite tips for making—and keeping—your apartment as comfortable […]
When you think about decorating the living room of your new apartment, getting the sofa just right is probably one of the first things that springs to mind. It’s an important focal point and serves as both “Social Central” when you’re entertaining visitors and as your own special place to crash and unwind at […]
Your apartment probably comes with a self-cleaning oven designed with a heat setting that’s used periodically to basically burn off all of the food residue that accumulates over time. While this is pretty effective, in general, even a regularly-cleaned oven will take on a layer of burned-on residue over time. This isn’t a cleaning […]
New apartment furniture January is the month! Horchow, West Elm, Home Depot, Target, and Crate and Barrel are just a few of the major retailers who heavily discount their collections in January. You’ll even see a few mattress sales, although we’ve found that the best mattress deals come in April. Expect to see […]
Nothing kills productivity like a bad night’s sleep. According to a study from the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, sleep-related reductions in productivity cost $3,156 per employee with insomnia, and averaged about $2,500 for those with less severe sleep problems. Here are a few ways to increase the quality of your sleep. 1) Use the Apartment Fitness Center […]
Joss & Main. This flash-sale site offers big discounts (up to 70%) on designer furniture like living room sets, dining tables, patio furniture and beds. They also feature home goods like rugs, pillows, wall decor and more. Heck, right now they even have a sale on bikes; proving that you never know what kind […]
There’s no better time to experience the thrill of art than at the Houston Fine Art Fair. The fifth annual Houston Fine Art Fair assembles from over 500 important modern and contemporary artworks presented by scores of respected galleries from all corners of the world. Whether you prefer paintings, works on paper, prints, photography or […]
Moving to a new apartment is a challenge, even when there’s only one of you; but handling a move with children can seem whole orders of magnitude more difficult, especially given that they may not be old enough to understand what’s happening at all; and if they are old enough, still might not be […]
Among the many joys of a shiny, new apartment are freshly-painted walls and new or freshly-cleaned carpet. The trouble, though, with all that beautiful, fresh carpeting is that you’re only one careless, red-wine-sloshing party guest or dreaded pet accident away from it no longer being as perfect as it was on move-in day. Never […]
