Virginia K. Smith

Most of us don't have room for a full-blown dining room table let alone an entire screening room to call our own, but in some New York apartments, you can truly live the dream: theater-quality screen and sound system in the comfort of your own home, with total control over the concessions, the ability to pause, and no screaming (or texting) teenagers to side-eye. Whether you go the extra mile and install an in-house pump for sludgy popcorn "butter" topping is entirely up to you.

If your A/C isn't keeping you could enough, you probably just need to clean it (Digg)

You can't win the lottery for a heavily discounted Chelsea apartment if you don't at least try, right? (DNAinfo)

Renovations are always a delicate subject in co-op buildings, and if you're hoping to make the process as painless as possible, you'll want to approach your board exactly the right way.

If you've got a rent stabilized apartment, here's how not to get kicked out (DNAinfo)

And if you don't, here's how to avoid a rent increase regardless (Apartment Therapy)