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minimalist

  • natural beauty: facial toner.

    When it comes to everything bath and beauty, it won’t come as a surprise that I keep things simple and natural. Which, of course, can seem more complicated at first look. Here’s what I’ve…

    July 13, 2015 12 Comments
  • life in a tiny apartment.

    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
  • growing a minimalist wardrobe: intimates.

    I’ve written a bit about underwear before.  And yes, I’m still blushing. In that post I revealed my interest in everything cotton and comfortable and neutrally colored, along with my penchant for matching my…

    June 30, 2015 49 Comments
  • life in a tiny apartment.

    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
  • life in a tiny apartment.

    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
  • growing a minimalist wardrobe: activewear.

    When it comes to keeping a wardrobe filled with a modest collection of only the most loved, most useful, and most flattering articles of clothing, activewear is a category that often gets left out…

    June 16, 2015 18 Comments
  • life in a tiny apartment.

    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
  • life in a tiny apartment.

    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