Pythia's Profile

Good on you, Grand Rapids! And don't think I didn't notice the Marushkas through the doorway, either.

Maira is also the illustrator of WHY WE BROKE UP, text by Daniel Handler, which is a beautiful middle-grade novel that won a Printz Honor award from the American Library Association just this past Monday!

Congrats to Mr Handler and Ms Kalman.

In fairness to #4, sometimes you just need extra insulation over your feet, in a very cold old house!

Oh. Wow. That Cathrine Holm print just hepped me to the fact that she's the designer of the MINT CONDITION COMPLETE FONDUE SET I bought in Michigan this summer...for $15. Bought the print to hang behind my pot. Thanks, AT!

That's "paring knife" to you.

Hulk need see kitchen.

You need to pay that friend because she is an awesome life coach.

You've used the image in #1 so many times for different posts and I never get tired of it. Perfect sewing closet imo! And the raw space is the closest to my set-up, so it feels v v inspirational for me, as opposed to ideas that will never fit in my room. Beautiful done, owner of #1!

I hope nobody ever wants to read that copy of THE SOMETHING SOMETHING OF WESTERN ART again.

Doing it anyway.

1. Pack a First Day box with anything you need to get ready for bed on your first day/get up the next morning on your second day. Coffee maker, two mugs, one spoon, one clean flat sheet and your favorite pillow, your basic toiletries. Whatever.

2. For people who are moving whole households, pack a First Week box! Extra clean towels, a basic saucepan/frying pan and four plates, etc. I'm usually unpacked by about Day Two but if you have a lot of stuff, you might still be searching for your linens on Day Nine. Don't be. Put them in the First Week box.

3. Put like things with like when you pack. Wrapping your dishes in Tshirts might seem like a good idea until you can't find your Tshirts because you forgot that one box of dishes and it's now in an attic/closet/storage space. Put all your Tshirts in one place, and get some used/recyclable newspapers for your dishes.

4. LABEL BOXES. This is a big reason for putting "like with like", so you can write "decor" or "sewing" or "books" or "folded clothes" or "dishes fragile/non-fragile" on the outside. You don't want to have to write "1 lamp w/o shade, 4 sweaters, a bunch of hangers, and extra vacuum attachments from the depths of my closet" on a box, ever.

5. Put all latching, fastening, and shelving hardware in ziploc baggies and tape it to the articles of furniture in question. Remove all shelves from shelving, stack 'em flat, and secure them to each other by wrapping them both ways with saran wrap so they make one bundle. Wrap the shelf support hardware onto one end, underneath several layers of plastic wrap.

6. Use plastic wrap to wrap up dresser drawers with their contents still in them! This way the drawers can be stacked and you don't have to empty them out. Plus the dresser is lighter and easier to move (without damage!) when the drawers are out. Also use plastic wrap to make sure cabinet doors don't open, folding bookshelves don't unfold, jewelry boxes don't spring open in transit, folding garment racks can be transported in one piece, and mirrors have pieces of cardboard and something rigid in front of them (I cut up unused packing boxes, slap them on the full-length mirror glass, reinforce with the yardstick, and Saran wrap the lot). You'll use a lot of plastic wrap, is what I'm saying, so stuck the hell up.