AMLI Blog | Living Apartment Life

You’ve officially moved in to your new place. Congrats! Whether you used your muscle or hired professional muscle to schlep all those moving boxes, you’re halfway to making all that new space yours. Before you get intimidated while staring at the mountain of moving boxes in your living space, check out these simple yet effective tips to help you settle into your first night. And get ready to bring on the home sweet home vibes!

For a city of well over five million, Atlanta is pretty laid back. Many of its streets are lined by charming boutiques, home-style restaurants, and unpretentious cafes where you can meet up with friends or spend several hours catching up on work. Museums, theaters, and green spaces make cultural and recreational stimulation easy. If you live in Atlanta and have already spent time at World of Coca-Cola, the Georgia Aquarium, Zoo Atlanta, and on the Eastside Trail, get to know and appreciate the city even more by checking out some of its less well-known treasures.

With a long-standing reputation as the live music capital of the world and a population that is proud of the city’s eccentricities, Austin has been an alluring place to visit and live for decades. Today, it may be even more hip than ever before. Artists, young professionals, and families from throughout Texas and around the country are choosing to relocate to Austin. Before long, those looking to move or relocate within the City of Weird will have yet another fantastic option in the form of an AMLI at Mueller sustainable luxury home. For a profile of this apartment community and the trendy Central Austin community where […]

Thanksgiving dinner tradition predates our country’s independence. How has it changed over its nearly 400-year-long existence? You might eat some of the very same dishes shared by Pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians at Plymouth in 1621, but chances are the dinner spread in your apartment looks a bit different than what was enjoyed at “the first Thanksgiving.” To understand how the traditional Thanksgiving dinner has evolved over time, let’s take a look at several of today’s most popular menu items and whether or not they appeared on the table at the first harvest celebration.

He’s big. He’s brawny. His basketball IQ is off the charts. And, according to Chicago Magazine, he’s the city’s most eligible Chicago Bull. Taj Gibson, the 29-year-old power forward, recently finished the best season of his young career. For the last five months, he’s also been enjoying the luxuries and conveniences of daily life in an AMLI River North penthouse. We recently had the chance to catch up with Taj to find out how he’s enjoying life in the penthouse, as well as his excitement and hopes for the season.

Thanksgiving comes but once a year. For better or worse, that time is near. Volunteered to host? Have no fear. Everything you need to know has been compiled right here. Alright, so maybe that was a bit cheesy. But if the holidays seem are sneaking up on you and you want to ensure your Thanksgiving goes off without a hitch, this guide to planning the perfect dinner in your apartment just might come in handy. At the very least, it can help minimize unnecessary stress and hassle during the Thanksgiving dinner planning process.

It’s time to dust off your snowboard and dig up your snow sports gear. The 2014/2015 Colorado ski season kicked off on October 13, when Arapahoe Basin opened its lifts to the public. By now, most parks have opened for business. The first month of the season wasn’t all that spectacular, but the next several months should be packed with fresh powder to tackle. If you’re new to Denver or are just now getting acquainted with the official state winter sport, you might find this introductory guide to Denver area ski resorts useful.

Conveniently situated near Printers Row in Chicago’s trendy South Loop neighborhood, AMLI Lofts is now open! To commemorate the occasion, the upscale apartment community hosted a celebratory event for new residents and select brokers late last month. Turnout was great, and a well-coordinated schedule ensured attendees visited the community’s resident lounge, outdoor courtyard, and state-of-the-art fitness center. Fine drinks, tasty eats, and memorable entertainment were among the grand opening party highlights enjoyed.

We asked our residents to submit a photograph of their best do-it-yourself (DIY) project with a descriptive caption that describes it, and almost 300 flooded in for the national My AMLI DIY contest! The submissions blew us away with their creativity and crafty skills! We saw everything from tables made with pallets and wine crates to reupholstered furniture, to plumbing pipes used as bookshelves, and so much more. Our panel of judges, made up of AMLI Residential representatives, selected the best eligible entries based on each project’s creativity (50 percent) and functionality (50 percent). DIY projects could be something fixed, restored, an upgrade […]

Green living is not just a fad. It’s a practical solution to a number of problems the world faces today, such as conserving our natural environment for future generations and sustaining and supporting an ever-growing population on a fixed volume of land without destroying bio-diverse and oxygen regenerative ecosystems. Water resource management agencies, forest preservation programs, and other groups concerned with protecting the environment are emerging to tackle these issues, but everyone should be doing his or her part. In addition to benefiting the environment, many aspects of green living popular today also bring with them personal advantages. As consumers have […]