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Pedestal Sink Problems, Solved: Bathroom Storage Alternatives

While yesterday I outlined various conceptual remedies for the pedestal sink's egregious lack of bathroom storage, today I shall offer a few tangible solutions. 1. Napa Over The Toilet Etagere - Many over-the-toilet shelving units are real sad in the looks department. This version, not so. 2. Benton etagere- Another looker, in my opinion, which could easily cater to towels and cosmetics, alike. 3. Contas 4 Tier Etagere in Chrome- sleek, slim, shiny. I can't think what else those ...
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The Problem With Pedestal Sinks

The great problem with pedestal sinks is, obviously, their lack of storage space. One perhaps need not lament that fact to such a great extent were the aforeblogged sink to have been sunk into a guest bath or powder room. In a master bath, the one where the heavy grooming goes down, having a place to put the things is crucial. I grappled with this dilemma in my own loo, or, more accurately, am coming ...
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An Easy Trick For Keeping Scarves Neat

Scarves, you will know if you've ever tried, are a real pain in the ass to keep organized. I can't blame anyone for having a messy scarf collection, as I wouldn't their having a bunch of tangled, cooked pasta noodles.   Recently though, I staged a scarf-ervention for one of my clients. She was limited to cubby space for her scarves, not quite an ideal scenario, but you know, the Live Simply motto is make ...
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Monday’s Meditation: On Martin Luther King Jr.’s Creative Force

From a culture of hatred, Martin Luther King Jr. emerged. Spiritually attuned, eloquent in speech, he, like the great world shifters before him, rose above the level of personal anger to the higher plane of nonviolence. In anger we accomplish no positive, forward progress. We merely perpetuate any wrongs that may have been done to us by dwelling on them, creating more negative outcomes as a result, all the while giving continued power to those ...
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Spotlight On Nickey · Kehoe, Inc.

At time of composition, the Seattle weather is doing its full-on Seattle thing: a grey, unmoving sky that occasionally open its mouth to elicit a spit, that old thing. After a long week (that's a lie; this one flew) of moving and sorting and donating and arranging and the greyest, most Harry Potter fog mornings, I'd say the work of Nickey · Kehoe, Inc. is certainly in order. Designers Todd Nickey and Amy Kehoe have a portfolio ...
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