Tip #35: Tackle what you can. Don’t doubt yourself. Living in rental apartments generally means living with a lot of things that you’re not one hundred percent pleased with. (Take the fan saga, for…
Tip #34: Outerwear.{Part I in a two part series about winter clothes and tiny apartments}. Let me start by acknowledging that the blog world–and perhaps all the world–appears to be utterly and totally obsessed with…
This time of year has me wanting for little adventures. Dreary days spent cooped up writing in my apartment have me itching to be out in the woods instead. I’d happily withstand a few…
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,…
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…