This post is sponsored by Skillshare, an online learning community for creative skills. In the spirit of heading back to school, I’m partnering with Skillshare to encourage you guys to try out a class or ten this fall.…
Tip #145: Don’t be too afraid of pattern. I’m the last person, really, who should be giving advice on introducing patterns into a small space. My typical counsel would fall somewhere along the lines…
five little things that made my week:1 . these hooks. {because more is great when it comes to hooks around here lately.}2. this peppermint.{ready for drying.}3. these otherwordly photos.{for offering sweet comfort half way…
A houseplant in a tiny apartment doesn’t have to be tiny in and of itself, but you might want it to be.I wrote about houseplants a bit last summer. And I write a bit…
Tip #144: Your space is mutable.Here’s a watercolor version of our current apartment floor plan. I get a kind of bizarre number of requests for floor plans and I’m not sure why, but the requests…
five little things that made my week. 1. this butter. {this orange blossom butter, to be exact. sent by a friend who knew just what this mama needed.}2. this tiny paint set.{because sometimes i’m not very good…
Virginia Woolf wrote about the importance of having a room of one’s own in which to work. The slim volume—two essays really—is worth a reread, though I’d recommend not letting it derail your work morning…
This post is sponsored by Garnet Hill’s Eileen Fisher Home Collection.I read something recently about someone ironing their sheets. Oh, the drudgery! But mostly: For shame! I love a good sheet wrinkle. No, let’s use…
Tip #143: Consider A Dorm Room.I don’t know whether it’s some kind of fancy internet algorithm that keeps the posts coming across my radar, or whether there’s been an actual surge in dorm room style…
five little things that made my week.1. this tiny swim cap.{because we joined the local YMCA and we’re loving it.}2. these paint samples. {because you just don’t know ’til you know. and even then…}3. these cast-iron hooks. {because…