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The biggest mistake I made in my first apartment was buying a gorgeous, low-slung velvet upholstery sofa in a deep emerald green. It looked incredible. It also sat in the middle of a 12-by-14-foot living room like a beached whale, and when my brother crashed on it, he had to sleep with his feet dangling over the armres...