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minimalism

  • life in a tiny apartment.

    Tip #106: Preserve as much open floor space as possible.Blame it on the witching-hour walks around our apartment with Faye—spent shushing and patting and looping round and round the mulberry bush dining table until the little…

    August 6, 2014 27 Comments
  • life in a tiny apartment.

    Tip #105: When it comes to gift giving and getting in a tiny apartment, keep things simple. —Christmas is still months away, but it’s been a regular gift-receiving bonanza in this tiny apartment since…

    July 30, 2014 11 Comments
  • life in a tiny apartment.

    Tip #104: Fill Your Apartment with Tiny Flowers.Tap, tap. Is this thing on?Life since Faye has been a bit too lively for me to pay much attention to this series, but James’s family came…

    July 16, 2014 24 Comments
  • baby proof: cloth diapers

    Since maternity leave is comprised mostly of changing diapers—over and over and over again—and since I’ve finally reached the point where I can manage to juggle baby and keyboard for brief 30-minute stints (kind…

    July 10, 2014 33 Comments
  • baby proof: hot town, baby in the city.

    While I spend a little time resting, recuperating, and generally loving on the sweet new baby in our lives, I’ve solicited the advice of my big sister, Cait. As a veteran New York City mama and…

    June 3, 2014 9 Comments
  • life in a tiny apartment.

    Tip #103: Embrace your hobbies. Find a place to keep their requisite supplies.Over the weekend James and I had a conversation with my sister and brother-in-law in which we ultimately decided that there are…

    May 21, 2014 19 Comments
  • teaching an old dresser new tricks.

    Here’s a little lesson in teaching an old dog new tricks. Well, an old dresser anyway. My mom and dad helped us do a furniture swap a few weeks ago. They brought us this changing…

    May 8, 2014 13 Comments
  • life in a tiny apartment.

    Tip #102: Buy a quart of white paint. See what you can’t cover with it. Over the weekend, James and I tackled bébé’s closet—er, bedroom…er, changing area—oh, let’s just call it the baby’s space. It’s…

    April 30, 2014 12 Comments
  • life in a tiny apartment.

    Tip #101: Embrace messy projects.Here’s something that I think might not get talked about enough:Tiny apartments aren’t always picture perfect.I started this tiny apartment series on my blog just 8 days after moving in.…

    April 23, 2014 13 Comments
  • life in a tiny apartment.

    Tip #100: Don’t be afraid to display scrub brushes. Did you see that little number up there? 100 tips? Seems like a pretty big number for a blog about something so tiny, doesn’t it?…

    April 16, 2014 14 Comments