Tag: Moving | Apartment Therapy

New Year, New City

With the New Year just a few weeks away, many people are reflecting about this last year and the state of their current lives. We've had a few conversations with friends who are happy to turn the page...

7 Things To Do Before You Move In

Our friend just moved into her new place. Painting, having the utilities turned on and the cable installed were some of the things she did before she moved in. But there were a few less obvious thin...

How to Pack Electronics For the College Move

If you're anything like us, and you're preparing (or helping prepare) a move away to college or to your new first home, you've got a reasonably sized collection of home electronics and accessories tha...

Good Questions: Paint Color for New Living Room?

Anna writes: Dear Apartment Therapy, We are preparing to move into our house, which had previously been occupied by a tenant. The living room is currently painted light gray with a darker gray horiz...

Advice on Moving Furniture
Melbourne

Some good friends of ours are about to move into a new house together and can’t afford removalists. They’re fine with packing all there stuff into boxes and transporting them but the idea of movi...

Saying Goodbye To A Home

We were reading on CNN today about how the Bush Family are having to say goodbye for a second time around this weekend as the nation gets ready for a new President. We also tend to get pretty sad whe...

AT On Moving and Feeling at Home

The last time we moved, we had to put the apartment on a diet!Yesterday's post about spending half your time at someone else's house got us to thinking about how long it takes after you move to actual...

Eco Friendly Moving Company
Los Angeles

Seems that AT favorite Livingreen has added Moving Company to their title. In addition to their Culver City Storefront that specializes in green products and furniture, now they'll also help you move...

How To: Move A Couch Around A Tight Corner

In a classic Friends episode, Ross convinces Chandler and Rachel to help him move his new couch up a few flights of stairs in lieu of paying the delivery charge. A hand drawn sketch and a few “pivot...

Long Weekend Projects

[The old place all empty and reminding us of the potential we saw when we first moved in]A 3 day weekend is the perfect time to tackle some long put off projects. We've taken the weekend to move afte...

Our Best Moving Tips

[Oh the nostalgia of moving out] Popular Wisdom states that "there are no big deals in life except for Death, Divorce and Moving". And since I'm facing a move I have decided that this time I'm doi...