I Transformed My 1-Bedroom Apartment With These 13 Items

When my partner, cat, and I moved into our one-bedroom San Francisco apartment a year ago, we started off strong: we put up a gallery wall and chose a statement couch to be the center of our living room. But soon after we got the decorating basics under our belts, our momentum stalled. We put off hanging up all our art and figured we'd eventually replace all that furniture from our early 20s. Now, a year later, San Francisco's skyrocketing rents have made us realize that we should plan to stay in our rent-controlled apartment for as long as we possibly can. That's partly what inspired my . . .