When people start describing my one-bedroom apartment in Vancouver as "cozy," I start thinking about apartment-hunting days where "cozy" has often been used to describe a place that is on the small side. Maybe even a place that is somewhat cramped. I have a generously sized main room, where I work from home, with my desk facing a large expanse of windows, work at my dining table (which is not in the little designated dining area), lounge on my sofa, and prepare meals/style Instagram and blog ...
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Do You Donate or Sell Clothing and Shoes? Beautiful or Useful?
It's hard to decide sometimes what objects to keep or get rid of. With clothing, I find this an easier decision. If it is: stained hole-y ripped beyond easy repair really faded, worn or stretched then I definitely put it in the donate pile. What about clothes with sentimental value? Maybe you might keep your wedding dress, a christening gown, your child's first day of school outfit. . .what other clothes hold sentimental value for you? For me, I have a few things that I am ...
How Do You Decide Which Books To Keep? Beautiful or Useful?
Books take up the most amount of space and weight when packing and moving. Our book collection is massive-yet it is a great deal smaller than it used to be. Over the years we've sold or donated hundreds of books. While this is a good way to not hang on to excess books, there are certain drawbacks. For instance, we don't own a car so paying to take one out in order to try and sell or donate is uneconomical, not to mention time consuming. Just the other day we took out a car to try and sell 4 ...
Organizing Magazines — Beautiful or Useful?
We have, what seems like, hundreds of magazines. We've moved years worth of magazines to over 6 places—and we've had enough! As a part of our moving process, and general down-sizing, we'll be getting rid of almost all of our magazines. Why do we have so many magazines? Well, we don't really buy fashion magazines very often, so most of our magazines are design or décor related. We enjoy looking back on these magazines for home ideas, or at least we would if we actually had room to store them in ...
