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Book Smart in Small Spaces
A corner for books in our living room. Something that comes up often when talking about small space is books. Where to keep them, and whether to store or display them? Some minimalists would argue,...
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Unexpected Gardens in the City
current status on our new garden box I’ve been thinking about gardens in the city. I find myself delighted by unexpected green spaces even thought our city is very green. The flowers that pop up in...
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Reader Letter and a Play Gym Update
On the playgym by Modern Nest Photography I received this sweet email from a reader and I wanted to share with her permission here. The way she took key lessons for the site and applied them to her...
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Reader Shared City Gardens
a beautiful shared backyard garden by @sarahkonyer After sharing our city garden plot on common property I asked you to share your city gardens. So many beautiful examples of city gardens were sent to...
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Small Home Tour: Melissa, Jonny and Jake in under 600 square feet, still! An...
The updated kitchen and grand piano that doubles as dining table and food styling station. Long-time readers may recognize this apartment and family as one of our very first home tours, which you can...
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Obsessing over sofas
us in our living room by Amy Highton Modern Nest Photography So our living room is quite small and the only way I manage to keep it feeling spacious is to not fill it with too much furniture. Our...
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New Custom Sofa Bed For Our Small Living Room
While my last post was obsessing over sofas I was dreaming of buying, I had actually done a little sketch of a wood sofa and sent it off to my favourite millworkers. I didn’t know when they would have...
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perfectionism and minimalism
These past couple of years have felt like a personal reckoning for me. I don’t know if it is turning 40 or a post-pandemic awakening, or the fog lifting from the intense early parenting years but old...
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Small Home Tour: Marina and family of 4 (and 2 cats) in 900 square feet
This home tour is brought to you by a friend out scouting for me while on a playdate. She sent me a couple photos and said I had to feature this apartment that was so bright and fun and clever. I...
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Happy New Year
In the midst of the holiday rushing and celebrating while simultaneously watching horrors unfolding on the other side of the world through our phones, I’ve found it hard to find the right words. There...
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8 Tips for Entertaining in a Small Space
set up for brunch in our space I thought I had written alot about entertaining in a small space. Turns out it was one post 5 years ago! Whoops! I feel like this should have been talked about more here...
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A Question To Ask Yourself Before Re-Designing Your Small Space
When someone signs up for a small space consult with me they get a short questionnaire to fill out and the option to send along photos, videos or floorplans of their space. Sometimes it’s easy to...
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Laundry confession
So there are many things I write here that others may roll their eyes at and I still stand behind 95% of it. I remember another site featuring my home once and kept repeating over and over, “I could...
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Laundry Update, thanks to you
A load of fresh laundry folded on our bed. ready for everyone to put away. Ok, you all really came through with sharing your laundry schedules. I’ve taken a bunch of the advice to heart and have found...
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Digital Minimalism with Kristen of Minima
While I have generally embraced minimalism or consider myself minimalist-sh in our home space and my closet - when it comes to my digital life I have to admit I am a hoarder. A hoarder of photos and...
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Maintaining Your Things
This past week our car broke down, our front door handle broke and our faucet started leaking. Everything was repairable but it did feel like a flurry of failures that needed our attention beyond...
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Turn Your Kids' Art into an Art Magazine: Kid Art Book 2024
I wanted to share an update about putting the kid’s artwork in a book. I shared about it in my previous posts HERE, HERE , and HERE and have been really happy to see that others have been trying it...
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Groceries in a Small Kitchen
A reader suggested that we do the similar crowd sourcing technique that we did for my laundry conundrum. What a great idea! I think we manage groceries in a small kitchen pretty well but i’m sure I...
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Small Changes to a Small Bathroom That Made a Difference
So I have explained before that sharing a small bathroom with 4 people is one of the more challenging parts of small living. Our current bathroom is smaller than our previous bathroom but we make it...
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The Case for Portable Lamps for a Small Space
Always moving my Carrie Lamp around I often talk about how lighting can have a huge impact in a small space. But sometimes wiring or outlets just don’t cooperate, especially in rentals or older homes....
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