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Category: First Apartment

  • Utilities

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    When you live at home or on campus during college, oftentimes you’ll never see a utility bill until you move into your first apartment. It can be quite a shock, suddenly having someone demand $50, $150, or even $600 a month for something that seemed so commonplace and necessary. It was a shock for me…

  • KitchenAid

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    When considering stocking your kitchen, some of the most important questions you’ll have to answer are what level of baker/cook are you. Are you a $150 chef’s knife, or a set from the store down the road cook, do you need glass, pyrex or plastic stacking bowls, and are you a stainless steel, ceramic, or…

  • Decluttering

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    Have you ever thought about what your ideal home would look and feel like? What activities you would do? Can you do those activities now and does your home feel that way now? If it doesn’t, may I suggest decluttering. When you first start decluttering, often it can be because you’re feeling overwhelmed by something…

  • Furnishing your Apartment

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    When you enter the workforce, and potentially move into your first apartment, you’ll be initially surrounded by all your college and hometown memorabilia and storage solutions – the rickety plastic shelf, the collapsible felt chair, and tons of cube boxes. You might be tempted to throw it all away, immediately, and start fresh, but I…