Moving out of your college dorm or parents place and into your very first “adult” apartment can be the most liberating feeling you’ve experienced since removing the training wheels from your bicycle as kid. Once you live by yourself, you can come and go as you please, eat what you want (and not clean up after if you don’t feel like it!) and decorate your home to your heart’s content. You’re a real adult and you’ve never felt more empowered. Then, the excitement wears away as the dishes and dirty laundry pile up, and you have a bunch of furniture you even don’t like or need. Apartment Therapy, one of our favorite home design and lifestyle blog, just released a new article on the “6 Things I Wish I Had Known Before Moving Into My First Apartment” that will be super helpful to those who relate to the feelings above. Here are their 6 tips of advice:
1. Don’t get a bunch of stuff you “think you’ll need” before you actually figure out what you need
2. Quality over quantity
3. You Might not know what your style is right away
4. Get into the entertaining habit early
5. Always check your curtain visibility at night
6. Life would have been a lot easier if I had adopted a cleaning routine earlier
To read the full article and find out what these 6 life lessons entail, head over to Apartment Therapy. If you’re looking for your first apartment and want to work with agents who can guide you through the process, The Rental Girl is a boutique leasing and sales agency that has agents specialists in each neighborhood in Los Angeles. Pick the neighborhood you want to live in, check out our current listings, and get in touch with an agent to set up an appointment!
Happy Hunting!
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