I received this note, last week. A bedroom dilemma: Hi Erin! I’ve lived in my tiny, 300 square foot studio for about a year and a half. It’s my first time living on my own…
Tip #33: Leave the dirt somewhere else. Here’s the thing with tiny apartment tips: most of them are the same tips you need for life in roomier apartments, the impact just gets magnified by…
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,…
When you live in a tiny apartment, there’s really no such thing as an entryway. There’s a door, yes, and the act of entering the apartment, certainly, but an entryway? Not really. Regardless, it’s…
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…