There are so many people who want to be organized but feel totally overwhelmed at the prospect of selecting organizing products. They're the ones who treat themselves with a visit to The Container Store, but once inside, they're lost. Hours later they'll emerge; dazed, confused, slightly encouraged thanks to an employee's coaching, but overall, having no certain feelings that they chose the best possible options for them. The confusion ends here. 1. Figure out exactly what ...

I recently got some major flack for the bitty-sized ugliness posing as a calculator I had been squinting at for the past way-too-many months. You know how it is: you resign yourself to the fact that you need a calculator that resides outside of your smartphone or your laptop and then all of a sudden you just need that calculator already, damn it! And so, shuffling through the grocery store as you do, you frown ...

As healthy people, we want to feel good now. And in order to do that, we want to communicate sentiments, resolve mistakes, repair what has broken, and vent our frustrations as quickly as we can. This inclination is a sign of maturity; holding grudges, not owning up to our shortcomings, or not communicating our feelings in a timely fashion are many things, but they certainly aren't happiness-building, relationship-sustaining, success-producing measures. Just as we need to ...

Today's designer spotlight is another Insta-find, because I, like everyone else with a screen, am hooked. Here's what I can tell you about Nicole Davis: she's a designer. Her work is exceptionally lovely. And, other than that, her feed is responsible for my thumb getting plenty o' exercise as of late. She used to share a firm with another design, but now they're separate entities and also collaborate. I'm not clear on the specifics, especially ...

Really wanting to love your rental but stuck on how to make it feel like home, without alienating your landlord and being cast out on the streets? Don't worry my little peach, I got you. Follow these six tips to Happy Town. 1. Hang stuff   The fastest, most impactful way to inject your personality into your rental is to hang art and shelves for display or storage. Most people don't realize how easy it is to ...