Thank you both. When it's clean, it IS cozy. Living by myself, though, I often get lazy (which I wouldn't, with a roommate... however, at this late stage, I don't think I want any more roommates, whatever the benefits) and let housework slide. Which is an unpleasant self-replicating cycle. But the apartment is clean and nice right now, from my horrible tiny little kitchen to my ridiculous miniscule bathroom where you have to sit sideways on the toilet.