About this list:

When I first got out of school I had no money and student loans coming out of my ---. Well, I moved into a small little apartment, and while my roommate had her parents buy her a matching bedroom set and matching living room set I set up my room with an air mattress and my packing boxes duct-taped together to form clothes shelves and book shelves and an upside down box to use as a desk - thus the birth of Starving Artist Chic!

Qualifications:

I live it.