I have a sensitive nose, so when random stenches would arise in my college apartments, I could sniff out the source. Sometimes, the smells came from unlikely places. One thing you learn while living alone for the first time is all the sneaky ways that stinky smells find their way into your home. If your…
This is How Long It Takes to Declutter an Apartment
After living in my two college apartments, I learned that the time it takes to declutter the living space depends on how much stuff you have and how big or small your place is. If every room in your apartment is cluttered, then it could take 6 hours to organize everything again. It could take…
11 Types of Clutter in an Apartment (And 11 Examples)
When clutter formed in my college apartments, it was usually because my roommate and I periodically fell into bad storage habits. Behaviors like holding onto stuff we didn’t need, impulse shopping, not putting things back where we found them, etc. It was important to identify what was causing the clutter in order to get rid…
How to Keep Your Small Apartment Clean and Organized
After living in both of my college apartments, I realized that initially cleaning and organizing the space was one struggle, but making sure that it stayed that way was another. The first task is a periodic thing, but the second requires more consistency. To keep your small apartment clean and organized, use multifunctional furniture, clean…
11 Reasons for a Cluttered Apartment (And 11 Solutions)
When I lived in my apartments during sophomore and senior year of college, clutter inevitably built up from time to time. I figured out a couple of different reasons as to why this happened. Apartment clutter builds up because you’re not good at getting rid of unnecessary stuff, you buy things too often, you don’t…