I was recently reminded, once again, of the necessity for freedom when it comes to the decoration of one's space. I was working with a dear client to edit and organize his office when I unearthed a business marquee. Not insignificant in size, the sign had hung outside my client's and his father's company for over thirty years. Inexplicably, he wanted it. Without any rational justification for holding on to it, he nonetheless couldn't bear ...

Luggage has an special knack for eating up square footage in people's spaces. Is this in part due to people's having convinced themselves that they require an entire fleet of suitcases from which to choose for any particular trip? Surely; excess is always partly to blame. But marketing manipulations and the false allure of additional options aside, suitcases, even a modest amount of them, take up a lot of space. They're meant to contain a ...

The other day, I was talking to a friend about a health issue that she's recently been experiencing. She is brilliantly gifted at understanding the internal workings of the body, and of taking measures to establish ultimate wellbeing. She told me how she's spent months trying everything she can think of to aid the issue, to no avail (yet). She was somewhere between frustrated and resigned. "It is what it is right now," she said. ...

I've logged thousands of hours in people's kitchens working to optimize existing storage, and lamenting having to work around the constraints of unfortunate (and sometimes downright stupid!) design decisions. "Man, if I could have had a word with the shmahgegy that designed this situation..." I'll find myself thinking. "It wouldn't feel like finding a place for this tea cup was akin to moving heaven and earth." It is for this reason that I derive so ...

Like everything else, the way to a relaxing (read: stress-free) summer is paved by the measures of preparedness one takes. Nothing about summer needs to inherently be complicated. If done right, summer, in my mind, should be Simple. And with a bit of foresight into the main activities yours will be comprised of, the material belongings relating to said activities, and systems needed to support those items, you can ensure yours runs as smoothly as ...