organization

  • our closet.

    When I was 21, I spent a fall weekend babysitting for a set of adorable twins. We occupied ourselves during the day by taking long walks around the sleepy neighborhood where they lived, collecting…

    January 14, 2015 22 Comments
  • life in a tiny apartment.

    Tip #110: Undress your work supplies, consider dedicated storage solutions. Because I haven’t tackled a reader query in a while, here’s one that I receive a version of every month or so, and I’m afraid…

    September 24, 2014 10 Comments
  • life in a tiny apartment.

    Tip #53: Tiny things matter, too.A few weeks ago, I wrote about importance of organizing the insides: all the little spaces in an apartment that you can close a door on and look the…

    February 27, 2013 18 Comments
  • life in a tiny apartment.

    Tip #46: Clean out the insides, too.I admit that our apartment is super tidy 98% of the time. The other 2% of the time exists between the hours of 7:00 pm and 7:10 pm…

    January 9, 2013 22 Comments
  • life in *your* tiny apartment.

    Last week, I received this note:Hello! I live in a pretty small apartment with my husband and I find that one of our main problems in properly storing our shoes. We each have quite…

    September 26, 2012 7 Comments