Tip #94: Look around. I guess it’s time to drop the two fifty from these apartment posts. It was never really the right title anyway: more careful measurements revealed that the apartment was only…
Blame it on Yankee thrift, but despite the fact that we’ve moved house together four times, before this move James and I had never hired movers. We’ve coerced unsuspecting friends and family into helping…
Tip #93: Keep a razor blade handy. When moving into a tiny apartment my number one, couldn’t-live-without tool is the humble razor blade. Beyond being useful for cutting through tape on box after box…
Welp. We’re doing it. We haven’t taken exact measurements, but our new space hovers somewhere near 400 square feet and sits four flights up in the space above the cornice of a brownstone just…
five little things that made my week. 1. this lease. {because we signed it.} 2. these gloves. {because i finally caved and got high-tech.} 3. this pile of laundry. {for being so stripey}. 4.…
Tip #92: Have a checklist. In the spirit of not counting chickens before they’re hatched, I’m not going into details about last night’s apartment search. They’ll be plenty of time for that. Instead, here’s…
five little things that made my week: 1. this sweet gift from courtney. {and the best purchase i’ve made all year.} 2. this junco. {for enjoying a midday snack.} 3. these paperwhites. {because, always.} 4. this thankful baby…
Tip #91: Make a portfolio. Thanks so much for all of your kind words about the apartment search. As my mom would say: Onward and upward! Since we’re back on the hunt, I thought…
Oh, the difference a day makes. Yesterday when we kissed goodbye (read: I squealed annoyedly from the shower as James left the apartment door to hang wide open while he put on his snow…
five little things that made my week. 1. these hyacinths. {they didn’t so much make my week as define my week in all of their redolent beauty.} 2. these pot holders. {for not being too…