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What's one thing I can get/do to make my first "adult" apartment a bit nicer? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Move in is the next few weeks. I've lived on my "own" (roommate I never interacted with) for a couple months my last semester of college, but that was a temporary setup whereas I'm hopefully moving out for good this time.

Bear in mind that the place has window/wall A/C and electric heating.

Things I'm already considering:

Drain guard
Bidet
Cold brew coffee maker
Rice cooker
Space heater? I'd like to keep the temp largely down during the winter to save money while warming up the part of the place I'm in
Key for washer/dryer

Things I already have:

Most furniture
Air fryer
Seltzer water thingy
Meal prep containers

General advice is also welcome!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you have white walls get a cheap amazon projector or two. You can do all sorts of cool visual art on them or use it with friends. You can modify them to be extremely quiet too if you know how to strip and twist wires. The bulbs on these are cheap and they typically are low power.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Walls are kind of a slate color. I actually have an ancient boardroom projector that was probably a decade old when I got it a decade ago I might keep out