Adding a bit of caulk between drywall and baseboards and on the moldings around window frames isn’t first on the list of projects that renters might typically tackle, but then, it’s not always first…
Just in time for the dog days of summer, I finished the window treatments I set out to have finished before the summer solstice. As my dad would say: that’s life in the big…
1. this iron. {for steaming out some wrinkles} 2. this suit. {and a weekend opportunity to swim in it.} 3. these august beauties. 4. this just-arrived fly swatter. {with regrets to the flies.} 5.…
Folks will try to tell you that minimalists are void of sentimentality, but allow me to introduce myself. For me, I think have the reason why I end up eschewing lots of things is…
1. the patches on these shorts. {and sewing them.} 2. these unruly pots. {every single week.} 3. this bottle. {and saving it from the recycling bin.} 4. this sewing machine. {for being back in…
1. this laundry hamper for being mostly empty. {however briefly.} 2. these new buds. {for being there.} 3. this thread. {and finally finding the time to sew some patches.} 4. this staple gun. {for…
We live in a rental apartment with a chandelier, which sounds fancy, and maybe it is, but it’s taken a bit to get it gleaming. The chandelier that hangs in our living room is…
In the middle of our tin-ceilinged living room is a tin medallion. It’s pressed into an ornate pattern, an imitation of the fancy plaster medallions you might find crumbling in the parlor floors of…
1. this old bronze bracelet from my mom. {and the way it tarnishes and shines right up again after a day on the beach.} 2. this thirty-year-old owner’s manual. {and getting to know it.}…
In the world of old kitchens that have not been gutted or renovated in the recent past, or ever, old-fashioned faucets with taps that spill gallons of clean tap water with absolute abandon are…