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Your First Apartment Setup

The essentials that make a new place feel like home on day one.

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Make the bedroom and living room livable.

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Weekend

guide

The idea

Keys in hand, boxes everywhere. The first week in a new apartment is about a handful of essentials — somewhere good to sleep, a kitchen that works, light that feels warm and a few things that make it yours.

tips

Good to know

Unpack the bed and the kettle first. Everything else can wait a day.

Make It Happen

Your plan

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People When

Include optional finishing touches

What you'll need

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Bedroom

Kitchen

Living

Timeline

Start
Bedroom first
Sheets, pillows and blackout curtains.
30m after
Kitchen basics
A cookware set, knife and cutting board.
1h after
Light it warmly
Floor lamp and bulbs.
1h 30m after
Make it yours
Rug, plant, art.

Shopping list

Works at any store — no retailer needed. Only what you still need, scaled for 2.

Bedroom

1 Bed sheet set
1 Blackout curtains

Kitchen

1 Nonstick cookware set
1 Chef knife
1 Cutting board set

Living

1 Floor lamp
1 Area rug