Amanda Friday, March 1, 2013 at 06:00AM 
Do you love candlelight but are frustrated by the way a cheap candle or a series of tealights look? Are you an uptight white lady with white people problems such as this one? OKAY, I'M SPEAKING TO YOU.
These Urbania Light Houses (Starting at $42, Harabu House) add soft mood lighting to your apartment while being decorative and not making your home look like a Yankee Candle Shop. Perfect.
Amanda Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 06:00AM 
Hey, you know what's better than draping your winter coat over your chairs when you walk into the house? Hanging it up on a coat rack like a civilized person, that's what's better.
But when you live in an apartment, it's difficult to try to install any type of real coat rack that won't involve you damaging the wall and/or having to invest in time plastering over it when you move out.
No fear, lazy apartment dwellers—this free-standing Splash Coat Rack ($279, Blu Dot) will look great in your apartment and won't eff up the walls in your apartment.
Amanda Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 06:00AM 
There are two types of people: the people who are responsible enough to care for plants, and the people who are not.
Your girlfriend falls into the first category. She is the type who will run through the house with crazy eyes, yelling at you while you're playing Tetris on your iPad, saying, "We need to clean the bathroom, mop the floors, and dust the baseboards!!!!!!"
Your attitude is more along the lines of, "Well, we don't need to do anything."
Her version of being an adult is being responsible, and your version of being an adult is not having to answer to anyone. YOUR MOM ISN'T HERE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO MOP THE FLOOR TONIGHT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.
This may seem lazy, but it's smart to isolate tasks and responsibilities to the shit that really matters in order to preserve your energy and balance out your stress levels. For example: Feed the cat? Yeah, that needs to happen every day. Water the plant? Eh, who cares.
What have we learned here? You'd be terrible at taking care of plants (or nurturing any kind of life, really), but your girlfriend's control freak tendencies and inability to relax would make her the BEST at it. Buy her this Ceramic Pig Planter ($29.99, Fruit Fly Pie) and watch her happily add yet another task to her already long to-do list.
Amanda Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 06:00AM 
Ahoy, jerks.
We may be smack dab in the middle of the shittiest part of winter, but that doesn't mean that we can't have our eyes on the prize. What is the prize? No, not your inheritance when your grandma drops dead, you sick douche. The prize is SUMMER, obviously, the time of year when we can wear turquoise pants and shoes without socks and get drunk on patios.
These Mini Buoys ($40, Gold Teeth Brooklyn) remind you that those glorious days will be here soon. Hang one in your cubicle or on the mirror in your car. It'll be sailing weather in no time. Use the time you have now to con someone who owns a boat into appreciating your company.
Amanda Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 06:00AM 
Hey, what time is it? Oh, it's a quarter to Recycled Bicycle Wheel Clock ($129, Pixel This)!
Your self-righteous friend who bikes to work every day will love this clock. Of course, I sure don't understand how you can do such a strenuous physical activity in business casual clothes and not show up to work drenched in sweat, but if I could combine my daily commute with exercise time, I would be a bike person too.
