Traditional interior design rules tell us that dark colors make things feel and look smaller, and light colors make spaces feel larger and more open. This is an excellent rule for standard, modern buildings where rooms are typically 8' from ...
Bread is unquestionably my favorite thing to make. I love the feeling of dough, as well as the transformations that the bread goes through between looking like a pile of flour to emerging from the oven a golden, crackly, heavy mound ...
Are you like me? Do you have a cupboard full of gloriously mismatched dishes that look like they came from all over the world? West Elm (note to self: spellcheck will not catch "wet elm") is not known for their thrifty ...
Target is having a major sale on everything related to and for your home. Which is why it's called The Target Home Sale, I guess. The sale deets: Get up to 30% off of home delights, plus take $10 off your $50 ...
If you've ever had good croutons, you now that they can haunt you with cravings. I was definitely the kid who would have preferred a bowl of croutons with some salad dressing on the side. Is that gross? Anyway, as ...
Paging all bakers of small things, throwers of dinner parties, and people who just have a sourceless affinity for micro-sized objects -- this post is for us you. Start planning your individual servings and find or make three friends to share ...
As I've mentioned before, the older I get, the more interested in dishes I get. Justifying large platters, individual ramekins, and unique one-off plates is a piece of cake now, and when really beautiful dishes and flatware are on sale, it's definitely ...
Mmmm, whiskey. There are few things that work better to warm you up in the frigid outdoors than a shot of cheap - or not cheap - bourbon. Fortunately, if you can't stand the stuff, there are plenty of alternatives ...
Have you noticed the explosion of bluetooth wireless speakers in the last two years? Everywhere I look, I see a new bluetooth-connected wireless speaker that you can throw in your bag, and connect to your phone, computer, or any other music-producing ...
In my life, there are a lot of coffee drinkers. And the ones who aren't coffee drinkers are fanatics about tea. It's truest in wintertime, but everyone has a hot, steamy beverage that gets them through winter, and it brings us together ...
Picking bedding is a huge deal, and can make or break the look of a room. Even the dowdiest patterns, in the right setting, can look gorgeous. Expensive, high-design bedding can look super dull and boring. Busy or loud patterns ...
TJX asked me to use their three stores to come up with gifts for people in my life that I don't know. TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and Home Goods are ideal sources for gifts that are special and interesting, but are ...
Tomorrow is the official start of Food Season - aka American Thanksgiving. It marks the beginning of shared meals and too much family time, not to mention the season of copious leftovers. There are a few smart purchases you can make ...
It's been a while since I've spent a lot of time on the CB2 website and there's a pretty good reason: I want most everything. It's hard to shop there because it's so easy to shop there. They have interesting, creative ...
It's so tempting to call this "crap stock" because I'm bratty, but we'll stick with Vegetable Scrap Stock. This is one of the best, most economical tricks I've learned in my decade of experience as a semi-professional broke person. Vegetable ...
Lately, you may have noticed a few more posts about food than you may be accustomed to. I hope you're into cheap recipes with a healthy bent, because when I'm not working, I'm trying to make the best possible food ...
Those of you trying to perfect your millennial grandma style of living had better sit down or put the kettle on... I've come across something I've never seen before, and I've been shopping for the last 10 years straight. Remember when I had ...
My boyfriend found Tuft & Needle by Googling the phrase "Warby Parker for mattresses." I'm not sure what led him to do this, but when you see their website it totally makes sense. Clean and beautiful web design, low prices--and, ...
If the entire world went to shit, and for some reason, all of the heavy-duty, luxurious kitchen appliances needed to be melted down to make metal panels for spaceships, and you could only keep three of your favorite electric cooking ...
Today, I asked my good friend and star of my sidebar Dana from the amazing food blog, Killing Thyme, to wax poetic about her favorite broke food: grilled cheese. Two pieces of bread, X amount of cheese, and a little butter - you've ...