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    Tip #131: Organize your spices, not your cabinet.A perfectly organized spice cabinet is a thing to aspire to. But in a tiny apartment rental the likelihood that there’s a cabinet that’s just right for…

    September 23, 2015 19 Comments
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    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),…

    September 3, 2015 29 Comments
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    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…

    August 26, 2015 34 Comments
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    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…

    July 21, 2015 8 Comments
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    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…

    July 15, 2015 12 Comments
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    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…

    July 8, 2015 16 Comments
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    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…

    June 24, 2015 11 Comments
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    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…

    June 17, 2015 18 Comments
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    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…

    June 10, 2015 25 Comments
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    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…

    June 3, 2015 32 Comments