Sprucing Up the Apartment

[Stud]

Just gettin settled in my new apartment at school and all i have to say is its awesome. the dorms are good for the first year to meet a bunch of people, but after that if its financially possible, i highly recommend getting your own place.

The only real problem is decorating it with posters or whatever, me and the roommate are kinda at a loss for ideas for the living room and stuff. We want it to be awesome for havin people over and whatnot, anyone with any experience or preferably photos would be appreciated.

 

[penkitten]

http://www.prints.com/openeditions....=f&UF=0&CF=0&gclid=CO7MvLvGkocCFRsBNAodeCaHrA

micheal godard prints are not too bad on price (the paintings are expensive)
but everyone always says "omigod" when they see them. hes awesome.

 

[Morphiex]

go to allposters.com they have low prices , and alot of posters and other stuff, and theyr cheap + they have a weekly 25 % off campaign and stuff....

 

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Just gettin settled in my new apartment at school and all i have to say is its awesome. the dorms are good for the first year to meet a bunch of people, but after that if its financially possible, i highly recommend getting your own place.

The only real problem is decorating it with posters or whatever, me and the roommate are kinda at a loss for ideas for the living room and stuff. We want it to be awesome for havin people over and whatnot, anyone with any experience or preferably photos would be appreciated.

On a student's budget I suggest seeking out your local IKEA (www.ikea.com) store. They're inexpensive and they have tons of full room displays with decorating ideas.

 

[Bible_Belt]

fwiw posters that are not enclosed in a frame or laminated will only last a few months before they start showing damage from humidity. Also, the yellow 'sticky-tack' stuff works well to attach paper to cinderblock walls, but if you use it with an unlaminated poster, it will leech through and discolor the front of the poster.

Do you have drywall (aka sheet rock) walls? If you hang anything on the wall, you need to find the stud or use a drywall anchor. Holes in drywall are easy to fix. The spackle stuff and a plastic knife to spread it are only about five bucks. You will probably need a drill to hang anything serious. You can get an el-cheapo cordless drill new for under $20, but a corded drill from a pawn store will give you more value for your money and last longer.

 

[Stud]

BB, our apartment doesn't let us actually drill into the walls, we have to use the poster tack or whatever. does damage = looking ****ty or just like if you want a pristine poster it wont be anymore, if you know what i mean.

thanks for the suggestions guys. does anyone here have a sweet party pad they would be willing to post or at least PM pics of?

 

[diablo]

http://www.sosuave.com/articles/bachelor.htm
http://www.sosuave.com/halloffame/hall293.htm
http://www.sosuave.com/quick/tip192.htm
http://www.sosuave.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/000406.html
http://www.sosuave.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/001254-2.html

etc etc etc, but you get the point...

 

[Vincent]

I'm looking for some classy pictures to hang around my appartment. I have 2 pictures that I've taken hung and framed in my room but my room is way too big to have just those. I need some things around poster size except I don't want posters. I'm a fan of modernism and abstract art but coming by a painting the size I want and the style I like seems almost impossible.

We've done the whole beer laden college esc apartment last year, but this year we're living in a higher quality apartment complex and I want out apartment to have a better feel to it then that.

So basically any advice on getting prints for around 100 dollars that would be a reasonable size (like a poster size) that would look nice. Framed would be awesome but basically anything. I've thought of like student art shows but not sure exactly where to find those.

I'll check out allposters for prints but some originals would be awesome

 

[diablo]

So basically any advice on getting prints for around 100 dollars that would be a reasonable size (like a poster size)

I have a few old A&F marketing posters (the 6'x10' ones) that I could stand to ship out if you're interested...