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The Credit Score Raising Hack You Need to Know About

So your credit score is less than perfect and you’re doing everything in your power to improve it. The bills are paid on time and you’re only charging about $20 on your credit card every month (because the limit is only $500!). But, even with all of this, your credit doesn’t seem to budge more than a few points because your bills aren’t tied to your credit or you have just one measly credit card.

Liz Steelman

Sep 23, 2018

Urban Outfitters Now Sells a Wine Glass Holder for Your Shower

Beer lovers have been able to enjoy “shower beers” for years, but trying to drink wine in the shower is such a hassle. The ledge in the shower is always too wet and you can never put the glass down. If you do, then your wine will spill everywhere. And god forbid the glass shatters while you’re trying to just take a shower and enjoy a glass of Chardonnay.

Ana Luisa Suarez

Sep 23, 2018

5 Mistakes You Might Be Making with Your Leather Goods

If you’re afraid of the luxury of having something nice like a leather sofa, we’re here to put your fears at rest. Leather is a performance material, and fortunately you don’t have to work hard to maintain it. “People make the mistake of assuming that because leather is more expensive, it requires more care—when it’s just the opposite,” says Whitney Tinsley, Moore & Giles‘ Director of Education. “Leather is meant to be lived in.

Marissa Hermanson

Sep 23, 2018

Before and After: This Bathroom Got Done on a Tight 6-Week Timeline

This “builder basic, circa 1980” bathroom is about to get a total head-to-toe makeover, in which nothing is where it was and everything is as far from builder basic as it’s possible to get.

Tess Wilson

Sep 23, 2018

The Most Ingenious Way to Clean a Slow Cooker Is Also the Easiest

You can actually get your slow cooker to clean itself.

Ayn-Monique Klahre

Sep 23, 2018

This Apartment’s Art Deco Bathroom Color Combo Is Must-See

Name: Carolyn Seuthe Location: Los Angeles, California Size: 850 square feet Years lived in: 1.5 years, renting My apartment is a one-bedroom in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles, an area with a lot of incredible, historical properties. When I was looking for this apartment, I had just moved back to my hometown after four years in Washington, D.C., where I lived in one of those really giant, sterile-seeming apartment complexes.

Apartment Therapy Submissions

Sep 23, 2018