Tag: couples | Apartment Therapy

Chore Charts and the Equitable Household

In just about every shared household, whether boyfriend/girlfriend, husband/wife, boyfriend/boyfriend, girlfriend/girlfriend, or with roommates, there is usually a discrepancy between one person's pre...

5 Tips For Dividing Household Jobs

[Boy's job is setting up the charcoal in the BBQ because he enjoys it!] We've spent quite a few posts at Apartment Therapy talking about moving in together, living together, the pros and cons of it al...

Good Questions: What He Wants vs. She Wants...Dining Tables?
Los Angeles

Dear AT, We've just moved to a 2 bedroom apartment (1200 sq feet) and for the past two months my husband and I have tried to buy a dining room table but cannot agree. He wants the Le Corbusier LC6 and...

This or That? Extra Pillows or Two Pillows on the Bed?

Talking to married friends, we've noticed there's a common disagreement between those who share a bed: pillows. Many of our female friends love the idea and look of layering different sizes of pillows...

Couples: How do you create a space together?
Melbourne

Laure recently posted on the trials couples face living in separate spaces, which got us thinking about what happens when you decide to move in together. There are many challenges to co-habitation wit...

Share the Bed with Someone Who Snores?

Sharing a bed with someone is both an act of care and compromise. One person may hog up the sheets, another might get too hot/cold easily, and others may just hog up a lot of real estate throughout th...