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Moving into your first place can feel super liberating and exciting — after all, you’re no longer confined to your parent’s decor choices or the constraints of ugly dorm room furniture. But with more space comes more square footage to organize and keep neat — and this time you’re in charge of it all. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the numerous storage options on the market, and even more normal to feel like, in order to have an organized and tidy apartment, you’ll have to sacrifice style.
Here’s the good news: There are tons of decor and organizational items out there that will help you marry form and function in your first apartment for a space that feels streamlined and still like you. From a mirror that boasts sneaky storage to a stylish storage cart that will turn heads the moment people set foot in your apartment, these pieces marry quality with organizational ease that will streamline the way you rock post-grad life in spaces big and small. Check out a few of our favorite ways to level up the tidiness (and design!) factor in your first apartment, below.