Tip #130: Beat the HeatI’m afraid this might be a little too little too late for some of you. But for those of you still sweating it out in New York City (or elsewhere),…
Tip #129: Reality bites. Bite back.Last week I hunted a cockroach. I spotted it skittering across the living room floor at 2:00 am on one of our first nights home from vacation. In contrast…
Tip #128: Indoor/Outdoor Houseplants. I’ve got a fickle relationship with my houseplants. On one hand, I want a house that’s filled up with green things. Life! Breath! Fresh air! On the other hand, too…
Tip #127: Find Tiny Storage Solutions.People ask me an awful lot how I manage to stay organized in a small space. Usually my answer is that I stay organized in a small space in…
Tip #126: Dress your windows, minimally. I’ll come right out and say that I don’t think that window dressings are always necessary. But more than that, sometimes I think they can be more harmful…
Tip #125: Give yourself five minutes to make a teeny tiny fix. On the face of it, this is a post wherein I encourage you to trim a little piece of paper down to…
There’s nothing cuter than a tiny pair of overalls. Or a pint-sized dress. Even the least consumerist among us might feel a little pang when confronted with a shiny pair of sneakers in miniature.…
Tip #124: Consider ruglessness. We vacuum our apartment almost every single day. On any given day there’s an army of minuscule squatters taking up residence on our floors. They take the form of shriveled…
Tip #123: It’s hip to be square. Or, consider a square table for a tiny space. To be clear, this is a tip for small spaces, not teeny tiny spaces. Sometimes I hesitate to…
Tip #122: Skip the coffee table. We don’t own a coffee table. We had one in our very first apartment in North Carolina—a funky little table that a neighbor gave us for free. It…