Drawworm's Profile

I love your outbox pile!! Good for you for tackling that closet and getting rid of so much stuff.

Lately it seems like there have been a lot of articles on Apartment Therapy with the theme "you probably need these things" or "things you have that you don't need" or "things you have too much of" or "essential things you definitely need," etc. It's good to stop and consider whether we really need these things, and I'm glad that Apartment Therapy isn't like a glossy magazine always encouraging us to buy, buy, buy. But on the other hand, this is getting kind of ridiculous. Everyone's lifestyles are different; generalizing about what people need or don't need is basically meaningless.

I have a similar problem: my newlywed furniture and decor leans toward shabby chic when that's NOT my style anymore. I really want to go more happy modern, but I don't have the money to replace everything. What would you suggest for purging your apartment of shabby chic-ness?

This is my favorite apartment therapy house tour ever.

Our coffee table is low, long and sturdy. When guests come over, we drag it over to the dining room table and it works as a bench.

Apartment Therapy is where I go to drool over beautifully designed, real-world homes with a young, modern aesthetic. If I want to read pop-psychology advice columns, I'll buy a glossy women's magazine.

Amazing!!

I am guilty of treating my apartment like a temporary stop, and not like a home. I'd love to paint and invest in space-specific furniture, but my husband wouldn't understand. He really doesn't care what color the walls are, and would see painting them as a huge waste of money and time. Meanwhile the white walls are irritating me.

I hope that in our next apartment, I'll take the plunge and really make the space my own. I'd like to see an AT post on what to do when your significant other doesn't appreciate or understand decorating.

I'm confused about what comes between step 3 and 4. You scan the map and flip it, then....what? Do you print the image out on paper that you will cut? If so, what kind of paper? Or are you supposed to trace the printed image somehow?

Sorry if this question is dumb; I've never made papercuts before.

Unclutterer just had a great post on small changes you can make to live a tidier life. It's totally doable!

http://unclutterer.com/2012/01/03/seven-routines-and-guidelines-to-live-as-an-unclutterer-no-super-powers-necessary/