In this article, we’ll talk about cheap and easy ways to provide sound dampening in rental spaces like apartments and offices. Although you may have found this article by googling “soundproofing,” the materials and effort required to actually soundproof a space are unrealistic for an average renter on a budget. But the good news is…
When I lived in downtown Seattle my 35-unit building shared a total of two basement washers, two dryers, and zero elevators. This, combined with living on the third floor of a very high-ceilinged 19th-century building made laundry day a dreaded task. Laundry day meant lugging laundry down several floors only to find the washroom busy…
Confession: I have a Pottery Barn taste on a Target budget. I lust after expensive linens but used to convince myself to settle for something cheap, instead. Until recently. In 2010 I fell in love with the anthropologie rosette quilt, and though it was far more that I was comfortable spending on a quilt, I loved the…
Within a week of signing the lease on my tiny studio apartment in Seattle, I had one of my favorite vintage chandeliers shipped to me from Missouri. Determined my new life had to have at least one chandelier, I converted it from a light fixture to a lamp with a plug and set about finding…
