There are certain things you don't foresee ever being relevant to your life, like hacksaws, understanding nuclear fusion, or anything related to the term "nuclear" for that matter, baby booger-removers, those sorts of things. For me, that list includes outdoor furniture covers. Never could I have predicted that covers for patio furniture, grills, and more would ever play a role, however small, in my life. But there it is: I'm constantly helping clients to organize ...

Many months ago now, back when I was living in my old house, I happened to be working from home for the day. It was the start of summer, and I had the windows cracked open, letting in the breeze and the sounds of neighbor kids playing. I was probably writing a blog post at the time when the sudden pop and crackle of an explosion sounded, followed by the whole house coming to the halt ...

The last time (aka the first time) I featured the work of Jenny Wolf, it was circa 2012. A lot has changed since then; I hadn't begun overcoming my banana-aversion for one (now up to stomaching a third, frozen, in my pro-shake, for the record and applause). I owned those gold Superga sneakers that were great until they'd had their day. 2012 was pre-Greek funnymoon, and pre-first house purchase. I still had my long-standing hair-cut ...

I recently received a request to help track down attractive filing cabinets, which I was all too happy to oblige. After all, no one enjoys filing, and most people go to great lengths to avoid having to do it all together. That's why it's imperative that you make the experience of filing as pleasurable as it can possibly be made for you. You heard me. So that clanky, old metal filing cabinet whose drawers are ...

My new house has about seven hundred stairs in it, which is a fact I'm merely stating, not, it should be noted, complaining. There are two flights between the first and second floor, two flights between the second and third, and two flights to the upper deck. You wanna know what I've discovered in the month plus of living here? You spend a good amount of your time going up and down the stairs is ...