My first instinct is that there's too much furniture in that little space. It makes it hard to relax when a space is busy and cluttered (for me at least) and hard to work if there's lots of distra...
My grandma has these awesome old light switches that are two round buttons ...when you press the top one to turn the light on, the bottom one pops out. You then press the bottom one (popping out t...
I start a little bit of decorating with advent (which started Nov. 29 this year), and xmas music is "allowed" after Dec. 1, but the tree doesn't go up until the solstice.
I was shocked to discover how much clutter I'd accumulated. This spring I began systematically going through various cupboards and rooms, one small area at a time and pulling out all the things I ...
Choose the three most important things on the huge to-do list and put them on a new list with due dates. Only look at that new list until those 3 things are done. Then go back and repeat.
I successfully picked up the habit of always making the bed a couple years ago. I make it when I get dressed in the morning. The key for new habits is to tie it to something you already do so it ...
I'm not really following the cure this year, but I'm just doing some major, major de-cluttering and selling tons of stuff on craigslist. It's shocking how much stuff we've crammed into our apartme...
I think the shop farther apart suggestion is exactly BACKWARDS. The farther ahead you shop, the more likely you are to buy things that will spoil before you use them up. Shop every couple days (w...
I wish there was something like this for international moves since re-used cardboard boxes are not so good for shipping (as in on a ship in a not-necessarily-watertight shipping container).
I recently spent an afternoon going through a drawer and a box of old cards and letters. That was some difficult decluttering because of the emotional tie to the people who sent the letters and ca...
Books are probably the hardest for me ... or rather, the hardest that make a major impact. There's some small things that I've gotten quite sentimental about, but the books take up a LOT of space ...
This is quite beautiful from an architectural perspective, but the hiding of everything makes it feel clinical and not like a "home", for me. I like uncluttered, but not if that means no art on th...
We need some craigslist Customer Rules too ... like:
1. Don't email me asking for my address to come see the item if you will then fall off the face of the planet and never respond to ...
Having to call a phone number definitely puts me off. When someone's chosen to look for things on the internet, that generally means that's their preferred means of communication in that instance....
This spring it was chocolate chip cookies. I had a recipe that I had messed up once and loved how they turned out, then had to experiment to figure out how to reproduce the delicious mistake.
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You can also add them to stews for a North African style. They're great with a bit of dark chocolate, and I love them as part of a cheese board.
wow, that kind of feels slightly wrong somehow to remove a house from its country. totally magazine worthy interiors though.
My first instinct is that there's too much furniture in that little space. It makes it hard to relax when a space is busy and cluttered (for me at least) and hard to work if there's lots of distra...
My grandma has these awesome old light switches that are two round buttons ...when you press the top one to turn the light on, the bottom one pops out. You then press the bottom one (popping out t...
These brass ones from Lee Valley are more traditional than kitschy: http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page.aspx?c=1...
I start a little bit of decorating with advent (which started Nov. 29 this year), and xmas music is "allowed" after Dec. 1, but the tree doesn't go up until the solstice.
I was shocked to discover how much clutter I'd accumulated. This spring I began systematically going through various cupboards and rooms, one small area at a time and pulling out all the things I ...
#4 isn't in someone's home. It's an art project.
uh, condition is EVERYTHING when it comes to antiques. I have a hard time believing that destroyed chair is worth $250.
Choose the three most important things on the huge to-do list and put them on a new list with due dates. Only look at that new list until those 3 things are done. Then go back and repeat.
I successfully picked up the habit of always making the bed a couple years ago. I make it when I get dressed in the morning. The key for new habits is to tie it to something you already do so it ...
I'm not really following the cure this year, but I'm just doing some major, major de-cluttering and selling tons of stuff on craigslist. It's shocking how much stuff we've crammed into our apartme...
I think the shop farther apart suggestion is exactly BACKWARDS. The farther ahead you shop, the more likely you are to buy things that will spoil before you use them up. Shop every couple days (w...
I wish there was something like this for international moves since re-used cardboard boxes are not so good for shipping (as in on a ship in a not-necessarily-watertight shipping container).
I recently spent an afternoon going through a drawer and a box of old cards and letters. That was some difficult decluttering because of the emotional tie to the people who sent the letters and ca...
Books are probably the hardest for me ... or rather, the hardest that make a major impact. There's some small things that I've gotten quite sentimental about, but the books take up a LOT of space ...
This is quite beautiful from an architectural perspective, but the hiding of everything makes it feel clinical and not like a "home", for me. I like uncluttered, but not if that means no art on th...
We need some craigslist Customer Rules too ... like: 1. Don't email me asking for my address to come see the item if you will then fall off the face of the planet and never respond to ...
Having to call a phone number definitely puts me off. When someone's chosen to look for things on the internet, that generally means that's their preferred means of communication in that instance....
This spring it was chocolate chip cookies. I had a recipe that I had messed up once and loved how they turned out, then had to experiment to figure out how to reproduce the delicious mistake.