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...
View ArticleLaundry 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...
View ArticleLaundry 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...
View ArticleDigital 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...
View ArticleMaintaining 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...
View ArticleTurn 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...
View ArticleGroceries 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...
View ArticleSmall 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...
View ArticleThe 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....
View ArticleSplitting the Kids Room with a Shelving System
When we found this gem of an apartment with the long dark, low ceiling’d “second bedroom” (in quotes because it is technically a den, not a second bedroom, or maybe our bedroom is considered the den,...
View ArticleKhrystyne and family of 4 in 700ish square feet in NYC
It’s been a bit, so I am so pleased to share a Small Home Tour from New York! Khrystyne and her family of 4 make the most of the city living in this cozy 700ish square foot apartment. I’ll leave you...
View ArticleStorage Ideas for Small Entries
I’ve been thinking about entryways lately….Not for myself, I think my entryway(s) are functioning pretty well, except for the constant pestering my family (including myself) to put our shoes away. I...
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