Tip #36: Winter clothes. {Part II in a two part series about winter clothes and tiny apartments. Part I here.}. Put ’em away, take ’em back out again. Maybe you’ve always put away your…
I’ve been all about scents lately. Proof here, here, and here. Beyond just wanting things to smell nice, I’m totally preoccupied with how tangled up with memories scents can be. As a kid, my…
Tip #35: Tackle what you can. Don’t doubt yourself. Living in rental apartments generally means living with a lot of things that you’re not one hundred percent pleased with. (Take the fan saga, for…
Tip #34: Outerwear.{Part I in a two part series about winter clothes and tiny apartments}. Let me start by acknowledging that the blog world–and perhaps all the world–appears to be utterly and totally obsessed with…
I received this note, last week. A bedroom dilemma: Hi Erin! I’ve lived in my tiny, 300 square foot studio for about a year and a half. It’s my first time living on my own…
Tip #33: Leave the dirt somewhere else. Here’s the thing with tiny apartment tips: most of them are the same tips you need for life in roomier apartments, the impact just gets magnified by…
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…
Tip #32: Get a magnetic thingy for your knives. This is a very specific tip. Usually my tips are more general. Like this one. But I really love this stupid magnetic strip,…
photo courtesy of unicoDear Erin: We live in a (super) tiny apartment in Tokyo and we have a small kitchen/open plan living room but no dining table/dining space. We always have dinner in the living…
Tip #31: Don’t worry too much about cooking odors. When people find out that we live in a tiny apartment, a common question is whether or not we cook. The question often stems from people…