Turn Your Space into Something You Love

I toured a studio and a one-bedroom on the exact same day, in the exact same building, for basically the exact same rent, and I picked the studio — a decision three separate friends questioned out loud when I told them. Four years and two more apartments later, I’ve now lived in both layouts, and…

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Every March, I do the same ritual: I pull my heavy wool blanket off the back of the couch, look at the room, and think “okay, this still looks like winter and I’m annoyed about it.” Small space spring refresh season hits different when you don’t have a spare room to store off-season stuff in…

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I once moved into a 380-square-foot studio with eleven boxes labeled “misc” and a mattress I had to fold in half just to get through the door. It took me four days to find my can opener. That’s not a moving story, that’s a warning story — and it’s the reason this small apartment moving…

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I moved into my first apartment with a mattress on the floor, one folding chair, and a genuine belief that I’d “figure out decorating” within the first couple weekends. Four months later I still had the folding chair, plus a random assortment of stuff I’d bought because it looked good online, none of which actually…

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My first solo apartment was 425 square feet, and I furnished the entire living room based on how everything looked in a big, bright showroom with 20-foot ceilings. The couch that looked “cozy but not huge” in that store took up so much of my actual living room that I had to turn sideways to…

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I moved into my first apartment with a full bedroom set from my childhood room, a couch I’d been given for free, and absolutely no plan, and within about three weeks I couldn’t get from my front door to my kitchen without turning sideways. Nobody sits you down before you sign a lease and explains…

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