Using Permaculture to utilize vertical space in a straw bale cabin’s small kitchen
Sarah and Tyler built a teeny tiny straw bale cabin — only 450 square feet. By working with intent in mind, the space looks big, airy, and very utilitarian. What can we learn from their kitchen’s vertical planning?
How do we pick a preschool that’s right for us?
How did you find the preschool that was right for your family? Is there a super secret password that I need to know?
Handling noisy neighbors without being passive-aggressive
When noisy neighbors strike, what’s the best course of action to quiet them? Are you a landlord-caller, a note-leaver, or a face-to-face door-knocker?
A pink & green owl nursery, cacti strapped to a wall in France, and an artist in the living room
These montage photos make me SO EXCITED. Y’all have been all about the bright colors, crazy furniture juxtapositions, kitties-watching-chickies goodness.
Offbeat night-lights for kidlets
Star light, star bright… did you know they made skateboard night-lights?
Hanging art without a frame (but staying away from thumb tacks and scotch tape)
Frames are all well and good, but aren’t always an option. Sometimes it’s because of an oddly-sized print, sometimes frames just cost too damn much. How do you hang a print when you can’t find a suitable frame?
Keeping our Offbeatlings upbeat in the face of gender judgement
The world is a difficult place for children… how can a sensitive child feel free to express himself differently from others in a world where “different” is “bad?”
Rainbow doggie legwarmers and Dr Seuss collars!
OMG. STOP. EVERYTHING. There exists such a thing as doggie legwarmers! And there’s a Boston Terrier in here in desperate need of captioning.