• a back-to-school giveaway with skillshare.

    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.…

    September 13, 2016 12 Comments
  • life in a tiny apartment.

    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…

    September 12, 2016 43 Comments
  • my week in objects (mostly).

    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…

    September 9, 2016 21 Comments
  • tiny houseplants.

    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…

    September 7, 2016 20 Comments
  • life in a tiny apartment.

    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…

    September 6, 2016 16 Comments
  • my week in objects (mostly).

    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…

    September 2, 2016 17 Comments
  • make-believe: a studio of one’s own.

    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…

    August 31, 2016 26 Comments
  • texture from garnet hill & eileen fisher.

    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…

    August 30, 2016 20 Comments
  • life in a tiny apartment.

    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…

    August 29, 2016 22 Comments
  • my week in objects (mostly).

    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…

    August 26, 2016 21 Comments