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…
Oh, the difference a day makes. Yesterday when we kissed goodbye (read: I squealed annoyedly from the shower as James left the apartment door to hang wide open while he put on his snow…
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 #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…
Last week I spent a few days in San Francisco attending festivities taking place around the Remodelista book launch and holiday market, and generally cavorting with the “-istas” who live in California. On one morning,…
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…