five little things that made my week. 1. these fan blades. {for being clean.} 2. these undies. {in a grown-up size.} 3. these dried flowers. {for holding onto all their color, two weeks later.}…
This post is sponsored by the American Express Cash Magnet™ Card. I don’t keep my pennies in a tin can tacked to the closet floor a la Francie Nolan in A Tree Grows in…
Survival Tip #174: Shoes in a bucket, bin, or basket. There’s not much quite as comforting as returning home from a long day away and kicking off your shoes. (Well, maybe removing your bra,…
five little things that made my week. 1. this camisole. {made from cleaner silk and very lovely to wear (on repeat).} 2. this soft landing spot. {for belonging to a baby just five blocks away.} 3.…
Tip #173: Reroute your cables. They’re a ubiquitous feature of these old New York City apartments, cables snaking along baseboards and over doorways and tucked into the space where the ceiling meets the wall.…
five little things that made my week. 1. this new postcard. {because i’ve never understood my bathroom floor more.} 2. these marigold-colored pjs. {and the little buddy who wears them.} 3. this peach. {because…
It’s a vulnerable, if decidedly lucky, exercise to photograph a room in the place you call home and share it with perfect strangers. Especially when the room belongs to your kids. Especially when you…
Tip # 172 – Straighten your stacks (and hide them). I’ve written before that my approach to making room for books in a small space is to not hang on to too many and…
five little things that made my week. 1. these sedum {for lasting so long.} 2. this coverup. {because sometimes you just hafta cover up the warning tag.} 3. these new rugs. {more soon, but…
Tip #171: Ditch your ironing board. I’m sure I’ve said it before: You don’t need much of anything small-space specific to get by in a small space. But sometimes having something specific helps. Mostly,…