Tiny house

When I lived in downtown Seattle my apartment building shared a total of two basement washers, two dryers, and zero elevators. This, combined with living on the third floor of …

  When people imagine living in a tiny house, often the initial vision of the experience skips over the minutia of day-to-day living and how an ultra-small space makes many …

  With the exception of professional artists with dedicated out-of-home studios and  hobbyists with the luxury of dedicated studio space,  art supplies storage never turns out looking quite as good …

Bathrooms can be a cramped storage space- especially in older homes or apartments. In my tiny studio apartment in downtown Seattle, while the bathroom is relatively enormous it does not …

You’ve made the leap to your own home- perhaps even your first time taking the exhilarating ride of being a home owner, and you’ve done it on your own: How …

    In 2015 I took the plunge, downsizing my life to adapt to a new adventure. As I began the process of selling my business in early 2014, I …

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 …

2015 saw me transition from a 3,000 square foot home in on a 3 acre farm to a 300 square foot studio apartment in downtown Seattle, Washington. Unlike a tiny …

As faithful blog followers know, I sold my small business in 2015 and moved to Seattle for grad school. I rented rooms for my first term, then fell in love …

I have made no secret of my affinity for daffodils on my blog. In order to feature them even more prominently in my spring landscape, a few years ago I …

Good chicken-coop landscaping includes a balance of well-chosen vegetation with foliage-friendly coop management practices. In this article, I’ll be reviewing the creative planting methods we use at Hawk Hill as …