There are two ways of seeing the world: the first is to see what is lacking, while the second is to see all the good that exists. It is extraordinarily easy to focus on what others are doing wrong, on how they aren't living up to their potential, on how they mishandle situations, and as easy to see ourselves in the same critical light. The reason why we do this, why we fall into this ...

Studio McGee, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee's work so much I already featured it in a designer spotlight post, for one. Ever since then, everything you roll out of your design factory simply slimes me in green envy. And then you went and updated all your social media channels with this latest project of yours and it's all I can do not to start yelling at my ...

For as many extremely cluttered spaces as I've been in (and believe me, I've seen some shi-yat), I have to say I have yet to find a single silverware drawer that wasn't fully functioning; fully organized. Knives are always with the knives, forks are always with the forks, spoons are always with the spoons. Not only that, I can't think of a silverware drawer I've opened where the utensils haven't all faced in the same ...

It's happening. Officially. The days are getting shorter and the darkness is descending upon us earlier and earlier with each passing day and to be entirely frank: this fact really bums me out. But since this blog and life are supposed to be joy-filled and not sinkholes of depression and despair, let's turn our attention to the happier business of combating the darkness outside by increasing the light inside. It's really the only fighting chance ...

People are constantly confirming with me the fact that assessing and editing another person's belongings is so much easier than tackling your own. "I mean, I can go over to my friend's house and help her--no problem. Then I come home and it's just like, uch...where do I even begin?" They'll say. It makes sense, of course. Eyes free from the cloud of familiarity and the bias of attachment tend to more definitively and accurately ...