You’ve been living in your Tandem apartment for several months now, maybe even years. You love living here (and we love having you!), but it may be time to spruce things up inside a little. Here are some fun and easy tips from apartmenttherapy.com on how to revitalize your apartment for under $10. Bring the Outdoors [...]
Refresh Your Tandem Apartment for under $10
Making your home office work.
If you are setting up your home office, OnlineCollege.org has a few tips to make sure there’s no place like your home office. Having a separate room to dedicate to study space is a real luxury, and often not practical or realistic. If this is the case in your home, can you carve out part [...]
How to hack an Ikea standing desk
We’re BIG fans of standing desks. They take up less space and have amazing health benefits. Over at Priceonmics Daniel Mrdjenovich has some tips on how to build a inexpensive standing desk with a quick trip to Ikea (there’s one 10 minutes away off Route 80 in West Sacramento): Standing Desk with Utby Legs For the [...]
How to keep sane while shopping at Ikea
Now that you’ve moved into your Tandem apartment (either in Davis or Woodland), now you’ve got to furnish it. A quick trip down 80 to West Sacramento’s Ikea will furnish you with everything you need, except your sanity. To keep sane on your trip throught Ikea maze, Kerry over at Squawkfox offers the following tips: 1. [...]
Moving in: Feathering your Nest Locally
Once you’ve unloaded your possessions out of your parents’ station wagon, you’ll probably find one or two gaps that you’ll need to fill. Like furniture, kitchen utensils, tchochkes, etc. Ya know, a place to sleep and stuff to eat. Davis is in a constant cycle of people (students on a budget) coming and going, so [...]
