Gardening is one of my favorite hobbies, but it can also be expensive when you start buying lots of plants and pots. What if you could double, triple, even quadruple the number of plants you currently have without spending a dime?  If you have a little bit of time on your hands, along with a lot of patience, you can do just that.  Let's dig into cacti and succulent propagation!

The key to making a table lamp is finding the correct socket set-up and mount. Some readymade kits already exist but, otherwise, you have to figure out what works best for your chosen vessel-turned-lamp base. I myself had a random wooden vase/candleholder that perfectly accommodated a basic globe shade from the hardware store. It was screaming to become a lamp, and I was more than happy to oblige. 

Since I moved to Brooklyn, ants have been invading my kitchen for several weeks each spring. Usually I buy commercial (and toxic) ant bait traps from my local hardware store, but this year I opted for an easy solution using two ingredients I had in my kitchen pantry. Here's how to make your own non-toxic ant killer. 

Once a week on Apartment Therapy we have an "On The Wall" post, where we pick out a particularly excellent poster, print, artwork that would look great in a kid's room or nursery. These pieces of art make great starting points for a room, too. However, sometimes it can be hard to work out: how do you turn a piece of art into a plan for an actual room? Well, here is how I go about it, starting with a poster I own: Charley Harper's "Space for all Species".

As much as we'd all love to sew an heirloom quilt for our kid, sometimes it's the quickest projects that are the most satisfying - because they actually get done. My niece has entered the crafty phase of her young life, and tissue butterflies, art projects, and drawings are starting to pour in. I needed a quick and easy way to temporarily display her creations.

I have been eating my way through crates of winter citrus, and recently decided to use some of the peels to make a homemade cleaner. I added orange peels to vinegar, and let them sit in an airtight container for a couple of weeks. The result: a powerful, inexpensive, natural cleaner. More

Repainting my windowsill made it onto my to–do list during the January Cure, and I decided to tackle it this past weekend. After a couple hours of scraping and painting, my windowsill looks good as new. Below is a step by step visual guide of what I did: More

I've long wanted to replace our bulky old shower doors with a curtain in our home's one-and-only family bathroom. This shower sees a lot of action, from our daily showers to my son's baths. A curtain eliminates that bottom rail, making it much easier to give baths. And left open when not in use, the room now expands larger than before. I was daunted by the idea of dealing with holes in the wall (and possibly the tub!), but I'm so glad I took the plunge: More

This tutorial is inexpensive, easy, and best of all: low-risk. I was in need of some art for our bathroom, and it needed to be rather large and until I can afford what I've really got my heart set on — rather cheap. More

The simplest, helpful household tips are the ones that I value the most. I love finding new uses for humble objects, and it's exciting to share these tips and learn some in exchange. For some reason, I seem to have a surplus of candles in my home, even though I'm not exactly a "candle person." Here's a quick how to on making those extra, old or partially used candles work for you! More