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    Tip #87: Cover your ugliest books. This is something I’ve been meaning to share forever and even though it’s a kind of ho-hum way to start the new year, I’d rather write about how…

    January 8, 2014 17 Comments
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    Tip #86: Holiday gift ideas.This year, I went tiny with my holiday decorating. Tiny trees with tiny lights because nothing else would do. More on that here.But today let’s talk a little about the…

    December 11, 2013 11 Comments
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    Tip #85: Turn off your radiator. James has been pestering me to write this post. But I was chagrined to broach the subject again. Remember this radiator post from last year? I’ve already covered…

    December 4, 2013 15 Comments
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    Tip #84: Consider your cutting boards. Last Sunday, after going to the grocery store, James and I wandered into a local kitchen shop to browse. As we wandered among the shelves crammed with every…

    November 20, 2013 12 Comments
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    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…

    October 30, 2013 30 Comments
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    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…

    October 16, 2013 34 Comments
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    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…

    October 2, 2013 7 Comments
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    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…

    September 25, 2013 3 Comments
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    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…

    September 18, 2013 14 Comments
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    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…

    September 11, 2013 16 Comments