Virginia K. Smith

A beginner's guide to DIY flooring (Design Sponge)

For parents in small spaces, how to hang on to your kids' artwork without filling up the entire apartment (Apartment Therapy)

These days, even a shoebox one-bedroom is a "good deal" if it's in Williamsburg and rents for less than $2,000 a month. So we wonder if this $1,900 a month place with a shared garden smack in between the L, the G, the J, M, Z and dozens of bars and restaurants is a steal—or a swindle. (Its owners may be jonesing for new tenants; they just lowered the price by $100 a month).

Living in Staten Island: good for your budget and your love life, apparently (DNAinfo)

Less good for your love life: dating (or being) the guy who has one night stands in lieu of his own apartment (Elite Daily)

Depending on your perspective, this is either a welcome reminder of your affordable housing options, or a forehead-slapping bulletin that even the well-off need subsidized housing in NYC: new development Gotham West apparently has a glut of vacant middle-income apartments for renters making up to six figures, according to a New York Post story from the weekend.

Befriend your stranger-danger roommate in five easy steps (My First Apartment)

Tips from a pro apartment stager: get rid of your trash cans, orchids and down-market cookbooks (The Billfold)