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How to Prep Your Bedroom for a Big Date – A Complete Gentleman’s Guide

This is it. The Big Date. That’s right, your date’s going to see you naked. But your unclothed body won’t be the most revealing thing your date witnesses tonight. It’s your bedroom. Here's ... [more]

Bedroom Redo: A Breakdown Analysis and Links to Buy Everything in This Room!

The final part in our bedroom renovation series and the reasoning behind the items.

Bedroom Redo: Download All of this Art for Free!

Because it shouldn't cost one month's rent to hang things on your wall.

How to Paint a Bedroom Accent Wall and Completely Change Your Room

We spend all of our money and energy on decorating our living rooms, by the time we get to our bedrooms there's nothing left. That's because everyone sees our common areas but only a few see our ... [more]

Free Art Download: A Forest Service Engineer’s Guide to Cocktails from 1974 (16″x20″)

Who says the government doesn't get anything right?

10 Distinctive Living Rooms You Can Recreate in Your Own Apartment

No budget and limited space is no excuse: Use the techniques in these inspiration photos to rebuild your amazing living room.

Make This Mid-Century Modern Side Table for Less Than $56!

A beginner's DIY project that looks like it cost hundreds of dollars.

Win $500 Toward a New Sofa or Apartment Makeover from Apt2B!

Upgrade your place, it's on us.

The Intentional Apartment: Iconic Furniture History & Inspiration

You can't dress well on a budget without first knowing "what's stylish". The same goes for your place: Use these 10 paradigms of great design to inspire your choices for outfitting your home.

The Intentional Apartment: 67 More Examples of a Masculine Home from the Pages of the Restoration Hardware Catalog

As a Primer reader you already know the importance of controlling the image that you convey to the world. How you dress, how you...

The Seven Rules To Living With Your Old College Roommate

Moving in with your old pal can be an amazing and frugal post-college experience – it can also be a terrible hell.

Free Art Download: 16″x20″ Anchor Printable Available in 6 Colors & Without Text

A sharp, free printable of a symbol with a hundred different meanings.

Free Art Download: Large 16″ x 20″ Stag Head Print

Make This Giant Framed Print for Only $20!

The Intentional Apartment: Get The Look – A Classic Navy Living Room

Give your living room the redesign it needs with this affordable inspiration.

Free Art Download: A Series of 3 Motivational Typography Pieces

A personal reminder, every time you walk in the room.

My Apartment Smells of Rich Mahogany: Archer Room Sprays

Cologne for your home.

6 Drastic Room Makeovers That You Can Learn Something From

Some times the best inspiration comes from someone else's before and after.

The Bachelor’s Workbench

Because the kitchen table is no place for drilling holes.

7 Rules For Apartment Hunting

Your first place is an adventure – make sure it’s a good one.

Free Art Download: 8 Vintage Patent Designs

Looking for something simple, beautiful, and cheap to hang on your walls?

Make This DIY Industrial Bar Cart for Less Than $40

Stash your booze in style with this cheap, easy, and classy bar cart.

10 Tricks for the Beginner Handyman

Up your handyman know-how with these 10 simple but extremely effective tricks.

Important Considerations & Rules for Living in Your First “Adult” Place

Up until your first paycheck your requirements for housing were probably solely based around rent prices. Here are some other things to think about – and the law of the land once you move in.

Add Wood! And Other Simple Upgrades for Cheap Furniture

Ready for something better than your cheap post-college furniture, but can’t shell out money for the good stuff yet? No matter, a few easy and frugal tricks will buy you another couple of years.

A Guy's Guide To Growing Up

Affordable style, self-development, how-tos, and apartment DIY for the aspiring gentleman.

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