Apartment hacks masterpost
Kitchen
- How to clean up kitchen (particularly the sink, burnt pots and small aplliances)
- How to take care of kitchen stuff so that it lives longer
- 10 commandments of a clutter-free kitchen
- Organizing kitchen mini masterpost
- 5 things to do in the kitchen before you go to bed
- What is soapy bowl and why it’s awesome
- How to organize your fridge (also here, here and here)
- Thins you should know about your fridge
- Adding more storage space in a tiny kitchen
Cleaning
- Lots of cleaning tutorials and tips. And some more
- How to clean up pantry
- How to make your house look cleaner than it really is
- How to wash pillows
- Cleaning the bathroom
- How to clean the nastiest places (and get rid of bad smells, etc.)
- Floor-to-celling guide to spring cleaning
- Recaulking your bathtub
- Cleaning grout
- How to dispose of toxic waste
- Cleaning the medicine cabinet
- How to make chores more fun
- You mustn’t skip these chores, but you can delay these if you’re busy
- Easily forgotten things that you should clean/replace
- Why you need a catch-up day
- Small cleaning tasks to do in under 15 minutes (also here)
Looking for a flat/moving
- First apartment checklist
- Where too look during an apartment hunt (and some more tips)
- Negotiate these things with your landlord
- What to do first in a new place
- What do clean before moving out
- How not to get crazy during moving flats
- How to downgrade to a smaller place
Organisation, storage
- 10 habits for better home organisation
- How to store off-season items
- 10 storage ideas for small spaces (more here)
- Storage secret weapons
- How to organise your closet
- Things to do before twice-yearly closet switchout
- How to store and maintain your sweaters
Decluttering
- Why it feels great
- How to get rid of clutter
- How to declutter (not only a flat)
- What needs to be thrown away from your flat
- How to let go of the things you no longer need
- Things you own too many of; you can throw away these too
- Decuttering the bathroom
- Decluterring masterpost
Decorating
- Projects for every room in your home/flat
- Add style to your home
- DIY decorating ideas
- How to use negative space
- 4 common decorating mistakes and how to avoid them
- Questions to ask yourself before buying something new
- How to choose furniture that’ll be easier to clean
Season-specific tips
Green thumb 101
Living alone / Sharing a flat
- How not to be lonely when living alone
- 12 things you can only do when home alone
- What you learn by living alone
- Things you learn while sharing a flat
- What to pack when leaving for a dorm
- How to seamlessly share a kitchen (or a flat in general)
- Safety issues to discuss with flatmates
- Benefits of living with strangers
And also how to turn a house into a home
(via the-barefoot-hatter)