An ode to my closet: Doe Deere gives us a poetic tour of her dollhouse-inspired makeover
Doe had a sad, blah closet — until her neighbor put out a dollhouse for the trash man. Now? Feast your eyes on her spectacular pink and blue dressing room.
Reduce the STANK in your house: solving common stinky problems
Not all my apartments were shitty, but they all had their own stank issues, as small spaces are wont to do. But every cloud has a silver lining: since two of our three apartments were less than 650 square feet — and the third was half-underground and always moist — I had to learn how to keep common stinky problems from overwhelming us.
Displaying postcards and other paper ephemerata without any sticky stuff
I have a lot of postcards that I want to use to decorate my new apartment, but I can’t quite figure out how. How can I incorporate these postcards in my decor in an aesthetically-pleasing and durable way?
Dee and Nathan’s very orange mod collection in a warm industrial loft
Hardwood factory floors, hugely-high ceilings and 18-foot windows set the stage for Dee and Nathan’s home/pop-up vintage shop. Come in a take a tour of their loft, covet their art and scope Dee’s lunchbox collection/filing system.
Interesting ways to display a pencil collection, organize snacks, and show off cowboy boots
Our readers got crafty and came up with intriguing new ways to show off their stuff. Just WAIT until you see what one girl did to make her broke-down dishwasher useful.
Repair as rebellion
Check it: the DIY movement can help us learn to cut our consumption and make more conscientious buying decisions.
We want to move into an up-and-coming neighborhood, but our family’s putting us off!
I need to convince my family that living downtown doesn’t mean raising our kids in a crack den!
A rustic kid’s play house built with flea market finds and scratch
Claudia created this wooden play house for her daughter from corrugated plastic and items from a local flea market — AND it has a pool!