Last week, I received this note:Hello! I live in a pretty small apartment with my husband and I find that one of our main problems in properly storing our shoes. We each have quite…
Tip #32: Get a magnetic thingy for your knives. This is a very specific tip. Usually my tips are more general. Like this one. But I really love this stupid magnetic strip,…
photo courtesy of unicoDear Erin: We live in a (super) tiny apartment in Tokyo and we have a small kitchen/open plan living room but no dining table/dining space. We always have dinner in the living…
Tip #31: Don’t worry too much about cooking odors. When people find out that we live in a tiny apartment, a common question is whether or not we cook. The question often stems from people…
Tip # 30: Two tips for one: 1. ask and ye shall receive. 2. never look a gift horse in the mouth. or try not to. neither tip is particularly easy to do. but…
Tip #29: Keep your surfaces clear. mostly. now i should start off by saying that i know this one is a real matter of preference. and i’m not advocating the wholesale removal of every…
Tip #28: Books. well, that’s not a tip. it’s more of a sigh. books. in our tiny apartment my relationship with books goes something along the lines of can’t live with them, can’t live…
Tip #27: Revisit what you’ve stowed away. tiny apartment dwellers know better than anyone the importance of stowing things neatly away. we’ve covered this a lot here. but before we get too devoted…
Tip #26: Sometimes, too much is okay, too. since our recent nuptials (thank you for all of your v. sweet notes) we have become the proud owners of a near-to-complete set of beautiful, made…
Tip #25: Organize your closet. now, this post is a little bit tricky. wooden hangers are, admittedly, not the most space-saving of closet storage options. there’s no denying that they’re wide and bulky, regardless…