I’m a creature of habit. If you’ve been reading these tea leaves for awhile, you know this. I relish in creating rhythms and routines, but in general it doesn’t take much for me to…
Tip #63: Create a common space, even a tiny one. As the weather gets warmer, coming back to our tiny apartment has a way of making me feel just a little bit hemmed in.…
Photographing feet is tricky business. Photographing your own feet? Well, that’s some kind of blogger rite of passage isn’t it? While we’re still on the subject of clean floors and clean feet, I wanted…
Tip #62: Mop your floors. Friends, spring is finally getting here. I’ve worn sandals, I’ve stood awkwardly close to other people’s flowers and sniffed them, I’ve flung open the windows and planted seeds outside…thank…
Tip #61: It doesn’t matter how tiny your apartment is, if you share it with someone, divvy up the housework. Without going into all the mushy details about how we met on a tiny…
Tip #60: Your stovetop is not your countertop. Even if you want it to be. I was going to take a photograph of my sandwich sitting on this charred wooden cutting board. But then…
Any moment now the linden trees in Brooklyn are going to open and shower the streets in their sweet scent. When that happens, I’ll be ready with a pair of pruners and a bike…
Tip #59: Maybe splurge just a little, sometimes. I like to think of myself as being fairly resourceful. Once a girl scout, always a girl scout. Or something similar. When we first moved into…
Tip #58: Divide and conquer. I grew up in a house with three sisters and one shower. Most people who hear this fact make a sharp intake of breath and finish with a word…
Tip #57: Play a love song.Doling out marriage advice isn’t something I really feel qualified to do. I’ll wax expert on tiny-apartment living all day, but an expert on a happy marriage? Come back…