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Do You Pay a Fair Amount for Rent?

A friend of ours did a pretty impressive thing recently: she refused the annual increase in her rent, citing several issues with the unit, alongside noting the state of economy. The owner caved in an...

A Few Helpful Hints For Breaking A Lease

This has been a crazy year for a lot of us and reconsidering your housing can even come into play. If you are a renter and are looking to downgrade your apartment, try these helpful hints if you try t...

What's More Important: Apartment or Neighborhood?

It seems that spacious affordable apartments simply don't exist in my neighborhood of choice. A decision is going to have to be made and I just can't decide what's more important--the perfect apartme...

Delightfully Curvaceous Art Deco Apartment
Sydney

This heritage listed Sydney apartment has a number of gorgeous original features. First is the huge curved wall in the living room, the second in an amazing curved library– see below... ...

A Renter's Dilemma
Good Questions

Q: I live in a small guest house behind a larger property, and the owner is very attached to his oak! There is oak in the kitchen, oak baseboards, oak trim, and this oak panel type thing along (part o...

How to Furnish Our Future Apartment?
Good Questions

Q: My partner and I have just brought an off-the-plan apartment which is not due to be finished until July 2010. This being our first home, I want it to look good, not like a flat. But I am struggling...

Trending: Renting Like You Own

Have you noticed that a lot of renters are starting to fix up their spaces as if they own them. For most of us who are fortunate to have lived in our rent controlled apartments for some time, we know ...

Apartment Living In The City

It's sometimes loud, it's hard to find street parking, it's often a too close for comfort vibe - it's apartment living in the city. A span of sometimes just 10 feet between apartment buildings is com...

Differing Decor Between Roommates?
Good Questions

Q - I just moved into an apartment with a roommate and was so excited at the prospect of decorating from scratch since she had no furniture. After signing the lease my roommate’s mother gave her a...

Good Questions: Transforming This Scary Room Into Something More Inviting?

I'm a writer based in Beijing and I'm hoping your wise savvy readers can help me find a color palate for the ugliest living room in the world. Help! I know this may be one of the scariest living rooms...

Close-Up: Fullex's Chocolate Factory Apartment

Though the building may once have housed a 1800's chocolate factory, there's absolutely nothing Willy Wonka-ish about this small space Swedish apartment appointed with a discerning eye for both the qu...

Pop Art Inspired Apartment Before and After Makeover

click for more picsOur friends over at KNQ Associates sent us this fun and colourful before and after update of a one-bedroom apartment in Singapore, a small space transformation of a blank canvas hom...

Look! Silver Lake Schindler Apartment Mantlepiece Light Feature

AT reader and nearby Silver Lake resident Eric sent us this unique light feature in his Rudolph Schindler-designed apartment that might inspire some of you with fireplaces you never use to convert the...

Roundup: Apartment Therapy & Bikes

We were gifted a beautiful weekend in Southern California and took advantage of the warm weather and blue skies by bike riding around town. We happily take this mode of transportation when we can and ...

Apartment Lore: Does Your Apartment Have a History?

As we mentioned yesterday, our old apartment had a sordid past and it reminded us that oftentimes in an older apartment building there can be some great stories (also some downright creepy ones). At...

Look! AT Reader's Everything Must Go Sale

We normally post about sales in our weekly sales and events calendar post, but Kristen's email was a tad different, inviting not only us, but also you our readers to a private apartment sale where she...

How To: Multi-Task A Room

When living in an apartment or small home, creative thinking is a great way to maximize your space. Most common inspiration - recreating rooms within other rooms. The design goal is to create function...

Look: Craigslist Rental Scam

Looks like those crafty Nigerian online scammers have discovered the wonderful world of craigslist to exploit. A news report reveals that scammers are now hijacking/copying legitimate craigslist listi...

LA Good Questions: Help, I Heard My Building May Be Torn Down!

A nervous neighbor of ours, knowing we blogged for AT, left an anonymous note under our door: Help, my landlord's a tyrant. He won't let us use our building's parking spaces and now I hear that he's...

Look! New Soul For a New Home

Ahh, that first day moving into a new apartment...both a moment of excitement and worry. Check out this charming video from Yael Naim (of Macbook Air commercial fame) and the transformation of a bare ...