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What First-Time Buyers Should Know About Big-City Real Estate

A (sort-of-serious) theory: The ease with which you can get around your city without a car is inversely proportional to how easy it will be to get your hands on real estate. When you live in a massive metropolis with a few million other people, trains can be easy to come by, but affordable starter homes are not. But if you know that homeownership is something you want for yourself—and you’re not willing to move out of the city to do it—all hope isn’t lost.

Sarah Landrum

May 28, 2017

Calling All Green Thumbs: There’s a Plant Themed Amusement Park in France

If you’re the type who loves nothing more than digging around in fresh soil, harvesting food and flowers you’ve grown yourself, and just generally enjoy being surrounded by greenery, then we’ve got a suggestion for your next vacation. Terra Botanica is a plant themed amusement park located in France. If Disneyland Paris isn’t your cup of tea, then there’s another amusement park you can check out on your next trip to France.

Tara Bellucci

May 28, 2017

Why These New Yorkers Don’t Pay Rent (And How You Can Do It Too)

Much like finding out your new boyfriend is actually the heir to the throne of a small European country, living a life without rent is something that most of us will only dream about. But there are actual, real, human people living that life—who eat, sleep and work in the five boroughs without spending their hard-earned cash on their apartment. How do they do it? They’ve managed to co-opt the conventional “hard-earned cash” equation and cut out the middle man.

Taryn Williford

May 28, 2017

Before & After: 3 Months + $3k = One Enviable Kitchen

Now, there’s nothing wrong with a bold color in the kitchen if it’s executed well. Sadly that was not the case for Shannon’s sporadically navy blue kitchen. She made some small updates to the space when she first moved in, but after living with the kitchen for a few years she decided it was time to give the space the true makeover it deserved. From Shannon: When we first bought the house six years ago the kitchen walls and cabinet panels were painted a dark navy color.

Apartment Therapy Submissions

May 28, 2017

This Traditional Kitchen with Rustic Touches is the Best of Both Worlds

What’s your style? Maybe you’re someone who has trouble encapsulating that in just a few words. You know what you like when you see it, but the things you’re drawn to are all across the decor spectrum, not fitting perfectly into any one aesthetic. You’re a mixer. You like the unexpectedness of bringing together disparate and contrasting styles.

Nancy Mitchell

May 28, 2017

Why You Need to Schedule a “Suck It Up Sunday”

The Kitchn Editors

May 28, 2017