Tip #83: Everything seems terrible at first glance. Oh? You need a pep talk? Me too. Here’s the thing about moving into a tiny apartment: On the day that you move in, you…
Tip #82: Choose white sheets. Not all tiny apartments have tiny sleeping lofts, but some do, and even if yours doesn’t, unless you sleep on a futon or a murphy bed, there’s no way…
Tip #81: How to host a baby in a tiny apartment. First of all: this post is not be confused with the one-day post of how to have a baby in a tiny apartment. Hold…
Tip# 80: Houseplants. Up there? The afternoon shadows that the plants on my windowsill cast onto my apartment wall. The tip? Fill your tiny apartment with houseplants. Mostly small ones. My very first apartment…
Tip #79: Purge often. Pack it up, pack it in, etc. Believe me when I say you don’t have room to hang on to socks without toes or sweatshirts with grease stains ten years…
Tip #78: Remove the closet doors, hang a curtain instead. It’s been my experience in rental apartments that doors that have been added to closets are typically of the cheap variety. Installed as a…
Tip #77: Plan your meals; empty your fridge. This is life advice more than tiny apartment advice, but we’re loosey-goosey about the rules around these tea leaves. This tip has a back story about…
Tip #76: Use clear shower curtain liners. If I were to give a simple tip about making a small apartment bathroom appear larger, I’d say use a clear shower curtain liner instead of a…
Tip #75: Get some perspective. At the risk of being a culturally insensitive boor, let me say that spending some time in a canvas tipi in the middle of the Wallowa Mountains of eastern…
Tip #74: Make room for guests. A follow up to my last tip re: overnight guests in a tiny apartment. This summer we’ve had more overnight guests than we’ve had in the past three…