How to Keep Your Apartment’s Electric Bills Low

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We have all unfortunately experienced wide fluctuations in electric bills, which can make a significant impact on a monthly budget. For this reason, we wanted to share some helpful tips for how to lower your electric bill: Consider the size of your apartment. If you live alone, do you really need a 2 bedroom apartment? [...]

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Spruce Up the Corners of Rooms in Your Apartment With These Ideas

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One of the most important lessons of apartment living is to learn how to make the most of every bit of square footage. Often, the corner space inside apartments is left untouched. For this reason, we wanted to share some ideas for decorating apartments that will help you to spice up your corners courtesy of [...]

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Organize Your Home Office for the Spring Season

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We’ve talked about tips for spring cleaning, from using green friendly cleaning products to incorporating a workout into your cleaning routine. Since you’re getting your apartment in order, you might as well address your home office as well. Here are some helpful ways for how to organize your home office courtesy of Homesessive: To keep [...]

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Use Chalk for Things Other Than Writing on Blackboards

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We recently shared with you some creative ways to use chalkboard paint in your apartment. If you took us on up some of these DIY chalkboard paint projects, you might have some extra chalk around your apartment to spare. Fortunately, there are some other uses for chalk that we wanted to tell you about. While [...]

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5 Essential Tools No Apartment Home Should be Without

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Whether you’re about to move into your very first apartment or are still just getting settled in your place, we wanted to share some essential tools for the home that no apartment should be without: Flashlight: Whether you experience a power outage from a spring storm or are attempting to find a misplaced item at [...]

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Avoid Buying These Home Items Second-Hand

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Sure, you can find household treasures while perusing through a neighborhood yard sale or consignment store; however, as you can imagine, not all items are ideal for purchasing second-hand. To save yourself the headache of dealing with a poor quality second-hand household item, here are some used items not to buy for the home courtesy [...]

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Start Spring Cleaning by Eliminating Dust in Your Apartment

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All too often, when people give their apartments a thorough cleaning, they neglect to eliminate the dust in the hard-to-reach places. To help jump-start your spring cleaning, Homesessive offers some useful tips for how to dust your apartment: In order to dust, you need to have the right goods. Synthetic feather dusters can be purchased [...]

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Gift Wrapping the Eco-Friendly Way

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Sometimes the whole idea of using a tree (or two or three) to wrap a gift can make your stomach churn. For this reason, we wanted to share how to make eco-friendly gift wrapping courtesy of Homesessive: To make the gift wrap, you can repurpose some materials that you probably already have sitting around your [...]

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Pucker Up to New Uses for Citrus Peel

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Surprisingly, an orange can be much more beneficial than an essential source for Vitamin C to prevent the flu this winter season. Outlined below are some unusual uses for citrus peel courtesy of Homesessive: Make your apartment smell heavenly by creating homemade potpourri with used citrus peels. Give your dry skin a makeover this winter [...]

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Unplug Electronics Around Your Home and Save Money

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Surprisingly, even if your electronic items are turned off, they are still using energy and costing you money if they are plugged in. According to Homesessive, you can cut your power bill by 10 percent simply by unplugging electronic items around your apartment when you’re not using them. Outlined below is a list of the [...]

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