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I'm a little wary of people who flush their litter. I live in Chicago, and am pretty ok about drinking the tap water, but I don't have the faith that the city can even filter out toxoplasmosis. I have 3 cats, and 2 litter boxes in a closet. I get Tidy Cats Breathe Easy and mix it with Dr. Esley's cat litter. I try to find litter's that are low dust, because if I don't like breathing it in when I change the litter, I can only imagine how the cats feel.

I LOVE that ceiling light!

Where those chairs by the window from Pottery Barn?

Oh please please please!! My cats would love the hammock!

@Mignonster, I am on that boat too.

One tactic I use and I admit it's a little low, is to invite people that I know don't really get along. You know, the ones that won't show up if so-and-so are invited? The reason is because my boyfriend has Invitation-itis and always wants a large group around, and often forgets that some people don't mesh well together. I also host several get togethers. Fortunately our apartment is small, so we invite separate groups of friends over on different dates.

My mother kept our house pretty simple. We didn't paint the walls, and we had the original grasscloth wallpaper that came with the house. She put up some drawings and paintings from their travels, but that was about it. It wasn't until I got older that I realized how minimalist her decorating style was. For me, I have never painted my walls in any of the places I've lived (also out of laziness), but instead, have tried to accent the walls with either a few prints I've bought, or though patterned curtains to break up the white walls. I really do just enjoy the brightness and cleanliness of white walls.

I just bought this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EBKG9A/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00

It's great so far. I have bamboo/rattan blinds because I do like having a bit of sun in my room, but the window by my bed got too bright in the morning. So I used the film on the glass and it's perfect!

Our three cats go everywhere. Basically it's a war with fur whenever I have people over. But honestly, my cats and I live there, and the 2 hours it takes to clean before company is nothing compared to the hours of cuddling in front of the tv with a purring cat nestled against you.

I understand the need to budget, and sometimes it's just hard to shell out for hiring movers.
I've usually moved sometime around the end of April, beginning of May, so I start saving for movers in January. I've done moves with/out movers, and personally I would rather pay for the convenience of having someone else move the heavy stuff. My boyfriend and I have moved thrift store/Craigslist furniture into our current apartment, and while I love him, moving crap with him is so frustrating. We were trying to move a couch up the stairs (we're only on the first floor) but it was getting stuck and we had to shift it a couple of times. He'd go "Ok, wait, let's think about this for a minute" While I'm still at the top of the stairs holding the damn couch. So, again, I'd rather pay for my own personal ease and to avoid fights with movers :)

Having friends come over and assist where the furniture and other items should go in the apartment, that's a different story and I actually think that's rather fun.