Tip #96: Set the bed up first. Another unpacking tip. Most of you guys are already experts at this (read the comments here if you don’t believe me), but my tried and true tip…
Tip #95: Unpack the kitchen. Forgive the upcoming onslaught of unpacking posts, but our move has gotten me thinking about ways to make a tiny apartment move more tolerable. In hopes you might actually tolerate…
Tip #94: Look around. I guess it’s time to drop the two fifty from these apartment posts. It was never really the right title anyway: more careful measurements revealed that the apartment was only…
Tip #93: Keep a razor blade handy. When moving into a tiny apartment my number one, couldn’t-live-without tool is the humble razor blade. Beyond being useful for cutting through tape on box after box…
Welp. We’re doing it. We haven’t taken exact measurements, but our new space hovers somewhere near 400 square feet and sits four flights up in the space above the cornice of a brownstone just…
Tip #92: Have a checklist. In the spirit of not counting chickens before they’re hatched, I’m not going into details about last night’s apartment search. They’ll be plenty of time for that. Instead, here’s…
Tip #91: Make a portfolio. Thanks so much for all of your kind words about the apartment search. As my mom would say: Onward and upward! Since we’re back on the hunt, I thought…
Tip #90: Host dinner parties.My best friend growing up had a penchant for reading Emily Post’s Etiquette. It was fuel in the private war she waged against loud gum chewers and clumsy utensil wielders…
Tip #89: Think hopeful thoughts. Think of this the preamble to the next chapter. Better yet: consider it the pretty page separating Part I from Part II, except that instead of a bold serif…
Tip #88: Put a lid on it. Especially if it’s your laundry hamper. Can you tell I’m still not ready to talk about the impending new apartment search? Before I regale you all with weepy…