I'm working with a client currently to revamp her home's main storage closet. We're ripping all existing elements out and starting from scratch; it's a wildly enjoyable old time. Since space is at a premium, I've mandated that the closet door--previously doing nothing other than hanging there-- be put to its full use, and I'm feeling pretty confident that's going to make the difference. And if it doesn't I guess I'll look like a big ...

This classic Pema again and always.   My dad has never let me off the psychological hook. "What should I say to her?" I'd ask him. Or, "How should I handle this?" Or, "Do you think he's bad news?" It's a losing game, for the record; continually going to someone whose specialty is what to feel or who to be and asking for advice exclusively aimed on what to do. "Well," he would say, "What ...

Just for fun because it's Thursday, and because I haven't done one of these kinds of posts in a while--the kind that's mostly pointless other than to collectively say, "Huh! Well, would you look at that!"--and because I probably have some mostly-pointless-posts quota that I have to fill: one devoted to electrical outlets. Hold your horses and your mouses! I swear this is going to be fun. Anyhow, I can almost guarantee it won't be ...

My clients are in the habit of buying many things of the same kind in a short span of time. Have you ever done this? They'll fall in love with a certain style of t-shirt, and then buy twelve more exactly like it. Or they'll decide they want to take up cooking, buy 1 cookbook, and then the next day buy 3 more, and then 2 weeks later, 5 more. Or they'll get into a ...

Whose laundry room couldn't do with a little sprucing? Hear that? That's the sound of almost no one raising their hands. Since Live Simply ardently holds laundry to be a sacred, zen-like act, today we're sweeping aside the dirty clothes piles and the dryer lint and talking 6 ways to upgrade your laundry life. Readysetgo. Instead of: Hanging your delicates on every surface in your home and/or shoving everything indiscriminately in the dryer in the ...