Tip#2: Hide your clutter.or hide his clutter. or her clutter. regardless of whose clutter it is, it simply can’t be left out and about.in a tiny apartment an errant hair elastic can feel like…
the apartment we moved into just more than a week ago, is under two hundred and fifty square feet. and that includes the loft where we keep our bed. i’ll give you just a…
last week i decided i could use a change in scenery, so i added a few fresh bits to the wall above my desk. a newspaper clipping featuring wendy hollender‘s illustration {stay tuned, she says there’s a print version coming…
i’ve been trying my best to incorporate these old standards into my cleaning routine. essential oil. baking soda. vinegar. and elbow grease. suffice it to say, vinegar is a miracle worker. for recipes, humor,…
i’ve had more evening meetings than i can count lately. but after last night’s i was sent me home with a whole tangle of forsythia to help cheer up the place. i can’t wait…
this has been quite a winter. in between bouts of snow shoveling and ice skating along the sidewalk, i’ve been lucky enough to be able to work a lot from my apartment. while i’ve…
we have a new milk frother. it is about the fanciest thing we own. i’ve become a frothing queen, even taken to frothing the milk i add to my afternoon cup of earl grey.…
i never managed to make the time to send holiday cards this year. the new years cards i was planning haven’t happened either. but here, a few thank yous i made from recycled and…
living near a college campus can have its downsides: late-night parties, slum-lords, terrible parking, but come may, most undergrads start to move out and in the piles that they leave behind on sidewalks you…
i was feeling like i needed to bring a little bit of summertime* into our apartment, so i strung up a few bottles a la rebecca wood’s kitchen flower vase {found on the ever…