Three ideas from traditional Japanese homes to simplify your house
Japanophile or no, you’ve gotta love learning about the way other people live — or used to live! — around the world.
Think how different your house must be from the house of a culture much older than yours…
A picnic basket turns into a handy-dandy all-in-one craft station
I found a new-old picnic basket for $3.98 while out thrifting. A little work and now I have a craft center I can pack up and put away at a moment’s notice — and it looks cute both open and stored away!
I need to winter-proof my rental — are tapestries my only hope?
I’m wondering if there are any clever winter-proofing things I can do — I have visions in my head of castle-style wall tapestries in the bedroom to warm the freezing cold wall behind my back. Plausible?
Move without stress: tips from a military spouse
I’ve moved overseas and back, plus across the United States, and it does not bother me. I packed the house and unpacked the house every time by myself — as a military wife, this happens a lot. My friends often ask me how I stay so calm during the entire process of a military move. Here are five tips for a no stress PCS.
How to turn your bathroom cupboard into a cat box
Behind that door is a cat box. This bathroom cupboard didn’t have any shelves inside. So I put a piece of carpet down, added a cat door and the cat box is inside!
Buy a rough and rumble cowboy town on the edge of the wilderness
We’ve had our eye on offbeat real estate porn for a couple months now, but this is the first instance I’ve seen of an entire town getting a listing.
Scenic, South Dakota is on the map west of the Badlands and in a very isolated part of the US. It’s hot in the summers there, cold in the winters, and you’re a long way from anything. But you’d be the proud owner of a very wild-west saloon.
Make a hanging garden and turn your outdoor space into a fairyland
I cannot tell you what a crush I have on these hanging plants. They look magical and otherworldy, like something you would find if you stumbled upon a pixie’s bedroom in the woods or happened upon the backyard of a really cute Martian.
I finally took the plunge and made them myself, using two beautiful methods.
How do you meet people in a new city when you’re shy?
I’m moving soon, and for the first time I won’t have the built-in community of school. How can I meet people in my new town, even if I’m shy?