Looking for a place for your minimalist lifestyle or that you can pimp out for Apartment Therapy’s Small Cool Contest next year? We’ve found some great studios for you to work some magic on and call home. Manor Rd and Chestnut Ave. (Austin) | Studio | $670 This studio west of the University of Texas [...]
Survival Guide to San Francisco Bay Area Apartment Hunting
Apartment hunting in the San Francisco Bay Area is notoriously difficult, as illustrated by these ...
Eternal Debate: Wood Floors or Carpet?
Today we bring your the first installment of Eternal Debate, where we’ll be exploring different trade-offs in a home. We’d love your feedback or opinion, so please comment here, on Facebook or Twitter. Today’s grudge match is very, very close to my heart as I recently moved into an apartment with wall-to-wall carpet. When apartment searching, I would talk [...]
The Scoop: Rentals for the Whole Family
Not just college kids and twenty-somethings need a place to live! What about those hip parents who want to stay in the city with their bundles of joy? Today we bring you several rentals we think would be perfect for your growing brood. 176 Rhodes Ct. (San Jose) | 4 bedrooms | $3,400 This actual [...]
Renter Success Stories: Emily and Matthew in San Francisco
As a new feature on the Lovely Blog, we are going to bring you success stories from actual renters and let them tell you what they did to nab their dream apartment. Today, we are starting with two dear friends of mine, Emily and Matt, who moved into their apartment in Duboce Park a few [...]
You’ve Made It! Fancy Pants Rentals for Budding Tycoons
One of our favorite things to do is find apartments that are deal or bargains, but sometimes it’s fun to think about what we would get if money was no object and we wanted to hob-nob with high society. We’re not entirely sure why you’d spend this much to rent, but let’s take a look [...]
A Rose by Any Other Name: Translations from Listing-Speak
Every wonder what listing agents are thinking when they describe a rental? There are few euphemisms that go over-used on rental listings, and after sifting through thousands of listings, we’ve learned to translate them: Cozy = Tiny. I once lived in a “cozy” apartment. You couldn’t fit more than three people in at a time, [...]
You First Place: Studios Cute Enough to Justify Paying the Whole Cable Bill
Finally striking out on your own but need to keep things a little on the cheap? While you will have to foot your own cable bill (ouch), living without roommates means you can also usually forgo pants most of the time, so you may come out on top. I’ve looked for some of the least [...]
Visualize Yourself Here: Cool Tools to Help Setup and Personalize your Apartment
Whether you’ve found the perfect apartment or you’re trying to decide if an apartment is perfect for you, two things can really help you out in both instances: deciding what colors would really make the rental “yours” and determining whether your furniture will actually fit. These are two two tools that I actually used when [...]
Decisions, Decisions: How to Decide between Multiple Rentals
If you’re living in a city with an especially tight rental market, the idea of getting accepted to several apartments may seem preposterous to you — I mean, how much cash would you have to show up with at each open house to make that happen? But if you’ve done everything right, sometimes things will [...]
The Scoop: Let There Be Light!
If there’s anything I’ve heard multiple times from my mother, it’s that I should make sure an apartment has great light. And it’s true, great natural light can turn a basic apartment into a real beauty queen. Here’s a few apartments around Lovely Nation which are great examples of natural light at its finest. 9 [...]
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Eternal Debate: Wood Floors or Carpet?
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