However, it becomes apparent fairly quickly that milkcrate furniture  and old brown couches aren't the pinnacle of grown-up life.

Wondering if you've finally moved on from your wild share house days? If you can answer "yes" to the following 12 statements, chances are you've graduated to proper adulthood.

You have a grown-up couch

In your earlier "grown-up" days, the couch could have been anything from one you found on the street on council pick-up day, or a hand-me-down from your great-great aunt.

However, if you've graduated to full adulthood, your current couch was bought new and not for cheap, and you plan on keeping it  a while.

You own a coffee machine

Forget Nescafe Gold; you own a real coffee machine these days, for entertaining guests (because you also have guests around) but also to save yourself the $3.50 on your morning coffee.

Mixing bowls are kept for mixing

They might have made handy fruit or salad bowls once upon a time, but now you own a dedicated fruit bowl as well as a salad bowl with tongs to match.

You have house plants

You have learnt that house plants really add to the atmosphere in your home. Not only that, but you're actually able to keep them alive for longer than a week.                

Hand towels exist

Gone are the days of using a spare bath towel as a hand towel substitute. You also have a stylish soap dispenser, or if you use bar soap it has its own home beside the sink (not in it).

All wall art is framed and hung

Maybe you always owned a great collection of prints, photographs and reproductions. However, these days you have them framed and hung, rather than just Blu-Tacked to the walls.

There is such a thing as non-essential furniture

Milkcrates have been replaced by things like ottomans, sideboards and umbrella stands. The thought of owning such furniture seemed frivolous not so long ago, but now you couldn't live without a proper foot stool.

As well as non-essential rugs and pillows

You might have spent one whole pay on a quality rug, and you change your couch cushions depending on seasonal trends. What of it?

You have a real bed

It's not just a mattress on the floor, and it's not even Ikea's cheapest bed frame. You can probably get in and out of either side of the bed as well, and you have bedside tables that aren't stacks of shoe boxes.

Coasters and placemats are the norm

This is because you have quality furniture these days, and you don't want it ruined by heat or water stains from plates, bowls or drinks.

You can finally own nice pots, pans and knives.

Now that you don't live with seven other people, you can afford to buy nice cookware safe in the knowledge someone isn't going to use steel wool on your non-stick pan.

You can also afford to buy knives that aren't from Kmart, and you know how to keep them sharp.

Your home has actual wine glasses

You finally decided it was time to stop drinking wine out of plastic tumblers, mugs and jars, and invested in some real wine glasses. You might have even bought a set of decent glass tumblers while you were at it.