Pricey? Yes. Unnecessary, yup. Likely to bring a smile amongst your neighbors as you take out the trash on collection day? Almost guaranteed. Happy Sacks offers two Wieden + Kennedy designed bags: a...
Last week Beth asked whether you look in other people's medicine cabinets when you're at a party. We're among the "yes" contingency. Knowing where we stand, we clean out this space before the festiv...
Apart from a great cup of coffee, a great bathroom can start your day off on the right foot. Unfortunately, if you rent, your hands are tied. You can't exactly start ripping out tiles and replacing ...
Since the seasons have turned, consider getting your home ready for Fall and getting inspired for Apartment Therapy's 2009 Room For Color contest that is starting today! Check out 8 ways to welcome in...
My grandmother's thriftiness is the stuff of family legend. While some of the stories seem incredible (like the time she mentioned that she switched her sneakers from one foot to the other to preve...
Lately, we've had a few visitors stop by our home and the comment we keep hearing over and over is "your house is so clean." We're always flattered by the observation because we don't clean 24/7......
We confess, Austin normally has gorgeous weather---the kind of weather perfect for relaxing on porches and decks. We found ourselves on a friend's beautiful screened-in porch this weekend, only we ex...
Growing up, we were taught to clean--not cook. It might also have something to do with the fact that we just weren't interested in cooking. You wouldn't find us offering to help out in the kitchen b...
Knowing how much I love this kind of stuff, my brother scored this collection of household tips (actually inserts from old cigarette packs) on EBay The other day a friend stopped by while we were clea...
It's supposed to be a beautiful weekend here in LA and we're gonna be diving into outdoor month in June so we thought it was a good time to dust off this post on cleaning patio furniture to inspire yo...
We like to think of our house as clean. We vacuum once a week, we dust daily, we take off our shoes when we come in the door. But then we do a dry mop and there they are, living under the bed, the d...
We're going to say on a scale of 1-10, 10 being the best, we're about a 3.275 when it comes to the task of regularly doing our laundry. Mostly because we live in an apartment without a washer and drye...
We all have our dreaded household task. Our personal behemoth is vacuuming (followed closely by laundry and dish washing.) But as Mary Poppins pointed out, "In every job that must be done, there is ...
Our new year's resolution included having people over more often and while we definitely have upped the frequency, we'd like to be hosting people a couple times a month instead of once a month at best...
Kitchen counters not only have to be good-looking enough for us to want them in our kitchen, but they've also got to be durable. They have to be able to withstand cooking and cleaning, resist scratch...
We were procrastinating quite a bit this afternoon. A re-vamp of our own business website is no small feat, so to avoid starting, we decided to clean. We recently purchased a new lint roller and dec...
"You know how I organize everything? Well, this is all the stuff that doesn't fit into any category! So you see, I'm not messy...I'm just, uh, so organized..." - Monica Geller from Friends Fiona, a g...
Despite best efforts to keep your home clean and tidy, accidents happen. We had a semi-spectacular spill last night, after misjudging the hand’s multiple-container-holding capacity the above jar ju...
It all starts out fine. You've got a couple spare plastic trash bags from the store you want to use as receptacle in your waste bin, so you put it in and wrap it around the edges, nice and neat. But b...
So, you've finally decorated your home. That's it, right? Now you can sit back, relax and never buy or do another thing in your home. Hold on. Not so fast. Your home is a constantly changing mirr...
I was just talking with a friend yesterday about how convenient those pre-producted cleaning wipes are--grab one and dust the whole house, grab a heavy duty one and clean behind the toilet, etc. I do...
Ask any window cleaner what the secret to crystal clear windows are and they'll undoubtedly mention the importance of using a squeegee to remove water and cleaning solution. But sometimes there are wi...
Don't you love how extra rested and revived you feel after vacationing in nice hotels and bed and breakfasts? More time to relax isn't the only reason for the restfulness; gorgeous and comfortable d...
Guisset Constance and Cid Grégory's Tri3 trashcan manages to provide three separate containers in a space saving vertical form, perfect for those of us who like to neatly keep our recyclables separat...
Trader Joe's Super Amazing Kitchen Cloths have been doing a superb job of cleanup duty around our apartment, but after months of use one of them is looking (and smelling) a bit funky, so we're going t...
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