Yearly Archives: 2018

Updated with current information for 2022 College is a blast, but it’s also a time you might feasibly share a bathroom with 3 plus other people (we’re looking at you, four bedroom Athens Ohio rentals!) It helps if they’re not strangers and you even actually like each other. One of the best ways to …

Updated with current information for 2023 To paint or not to paint your Athens rental – the thousand dollar question your entire security deposit may depend on. Painting can be an easy way to freshen up an OU apartment and make it yours. It’s inexpensive and usually reversible, in theory anyway. But there are …

Updated with current information for 2022 You can pick your roommates, but you usually can’t pick the former tenants of your Athens apartment. Unfortunately, sometimes you can smell them long after they are gone. Lingering odors from cigarette smoke, cat litter, smelly dogs can hang in the air like a Nickelback Greatest Hits CD …

The average person generates over 4 pounds of trash every day, or 1.5 tons of garbage per year. Americans combined create over 200 million tons of trash per year. The EPA estimates that 75% of all trash is recyclable, but Americans only manage to recycle 30% of it, according to DoSomething.org. If you aren’t …

Updated with current information for 2023 If you’re committed in a relationship to someone you love, it’s worth hanging onto. Just because you leave your hometown into Ohio University housing doesn’t change the way you feel about each other. It’s tough, but there are ways to stay connected, especially in this age of technology. …

We’re not in grammar school anymore, Toto. College is hard. You’re an adult and suddenly your whole future is on the line. (Only sorta, but yep, it’s time to start adulting.) Don’t worry. You’ve got this. Fortunately, there’s an app for that. Here are 3 apps college students shouldn’t leave Ohio University student rentals …

Updated with current information for 2022 College can be a blast, but it’s also one of the most stressful points in your life.  Pulling all-nighters, struggling past the carpel tunnel of term paper after term paper, passing out in a head full of drool over a chemistry textbook that costs as much as your …

Updated with current information for 2022 College is stressful stuff, but it also can be a highly socially engaging environment. Between cramming for finals, writing a novella of a term paper, and the Court Street shuffle, you feel lucky to get a spare moment in your apartment much less have time for an actual …

Unless you’re lucky enough to be a Trustafarian with parents who gift-wrap you money in regular care packages, you’re probably a pretty broke college student. The money you stash away over the summer always seems to evaporate on the rent for your housing in Athens Ohio. But there are ways to save by just …

Did you know you can DIY your own bar out of discarded junk? Yep, with a little creativity and some basic tools, you can create the perfect bar for that house you’re planning to rent in Athens Ohio. Drink in style with these DIY bars made from recycled materials. The Piano Bar So you’ve …