This week, readers clicked on articles that helped them tackle some of the more annoying aspects of city living, with pieces on how to dampen sound, how to make a plain, box-like apartment more attractive, and how to keep dust at bay.

Here, in full, are the week's top stories.

1) How can I insulate my ceiling to quiet my noisy neighbor upstairs?

2) And the most affordable borough in New York City is...Manhattan?!!

3) How to transform your plain white box of an apartment into a cozy retreat

4) Brick Underground's guide to the 80 percent floor-covering rule for NYC apartments

5) 6 ways to fight dust in your NYC apartment