Category Archive for: ‘Small Space Living’
Used NOT As Intended
1Ready-made paths aren’t for us creative types. Dart out into the rough – that’s what we like to do. We steal tweak ideas and turn them into better ideas. And we use items as we see fit, not necessarily how designers or manufacturers originally intended. [...]
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5 Things You Should Know About Downsizing
I’ve been reading all kinds of stories and blogs about how chic it is to live in a small space with less stuff. The important part of that sentence is less stuff. Don’t believe all the hype about how easy it is to downsize. It [...]
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Rethinking White, Cream and Ivory
I’m home sick today. It’s nothing serious that leaves me bedridden. Let’s just say I need to stay close to a potty today That’s all I’ll say about THAT! So, what else does a sick girl do but browse her Google Reader that has 1,238 [...]
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Beautiful Tidiness: It’s the French Way
Are you so over plastic storage cubes? Uh huh. Me, too. Oh how I’d love to hide my junk in a beautiful French armoire … … that is literally dripping with ornateness …
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Lovely Little Things
It’s a rare object in my house that simply sits there. When you live in a small space, there isn’t much room for useless stuff. Objects simply have to function. That doesn’t mean, however, that function can’t be beautiful. It’s the little functional items in [...]
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O Tannenbaum
Our modest little table top tree, loaded with entirely too many ornaments — just the way hubby wanted it. Believe it or not, he didn’t even put all we had on the tannenbaum. There’s still a bin and a half full. That’s what happens when [...]
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Closets and Cherubs
It all started with the aforementioned antique booth remodel. An oak bookcase came home and needed a spot to live. The loft was designated … which meant the yarn storage units needed to move to the closet in the home office … which meant the [...]
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ORGANIZATION
I just spent most of the morning attempting to organize my linen closet. No easy feat since it really has become my dumping ground for odds and ends, and since I never want to throw anything out. I’ve decided to dedicate some time over the [...]
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Yarn Storage
Ask any yarnster … knitter or crocheter or weaver … about their “stash” and you’ll likely get a gushing, glowing review of the latest yummy fiber they found at the LYS (local yarn store). Alas, after the gush, will likely come the sad tale of [...]
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A FAIR TRADE
During a neighborhood yard sale at our town home community, I traded a small portable kitchen island for this less than “Lovely” corner cabinet. An ugly duckling for sure, but it was the perfect size the the itty-bitty corner in our itty-bitty dining room. I [...]
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