Appreciate what you might already have. It's true that many dorms have terrible existing furniture, but some do not. In the dorm I lived in for my first year at school we had blond, b...

AKG and Audio Technica both have good closed, circumaural (the seal goes around the ear) designs in your price, and below. I second http://www.head...

I love the orange chair. Can I ask where it's from?

This would be a great addition to my growing collection of Elvis Costello vinyl!

I agree about it being cheaply made. While it worked, it did the job just fine. But mine got a short in it only a couple of months after purchase. I also found the curve of it slightly uncomfortabl...

I second the recommendation of the Grados...also, I've had good luck with AKG headphones. I've used these for a while:

Just wondering...I'm in the market for a new coffee table and I love the Noguchi fin table that's pictured above. It's WAY out of my price range, however. Does anyone kn...

I've travelled with a cat. It was actually great--people were very friendly and seemed happy to see a cat in the airport, and my mellow cat cooperated (with the exception of a couple of meows durin...

Actually, Modfan, when it has classic Marimekko panels by Maija Isola stretched on it, it has zero resemblance to a dorm room.

Hang a large fabric panel, stretched on canvas stretchers. (I have some in my place that are 36" x 54"). Remnants of Marimekko or other cool fabrics can be found relatively cheaply and hung easily ...

I second Clark-Devon hardware. The people who work there are super-friendly and very willing to help.

Sleek and lovely looking! America's Test Kitchen has some great slow cooker recipes I'd love to try with this.

Love that alarm clock! I'm assuming it's vintage--does anyone know where I might find something similar for a reasonable price? (An alarm clock is one of those things that, for me, is really essent...

*Should* be covered, but probably won't be, bepsf. I think your landlord was being admirably fair--many others will not be. The Illinois tenants' union (tenant.org) seems to be a good ...

Thanks amiencc--turns out they are going to have to re-tuck point the building, then they will get around to fixing the wall--in OCTOBER! In the meantime I guess we're supposed to hope it doesn't r...

Urbanimal, on Devon near Broadway, is great...nice people, good advice, good quality stuff (and, of course, nice "store doggies" who sniff you when you come in the door).

Okay, here's one: I moved into a new apartment in Rogers Park at the start of the month. I love it. It's bigger than any place I've ever lived in, but still in my budget. Nicely maintained on the i...

Thanks rebecca_f, this helps. Great tip about the scans of papers. I'm in a position of being able to cling to stuff if I want, since I will actually have more space at my new apartme...

I'm moving from a studio to a one-bedroom--and am trying to get rid of as much stuff as possible before I move. I'm finding it especially hard to get over my irrational attachment to ...

Yvette: A cordless drill with a masonry bit worked for me when I had the same problem.