The Latest: Nov 28, 2018

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Don’t Make Vanity Lighting an Afterthought in Your Bathroom

There's nothing spa-like about squinting in the dark.

Jamie Wiebe

Nov 28, 2018

6 Shipping Container Homes You Can Buy on eBay, Starting at $15K

1. eBay was originally named AuctionWeb. 2. A grilled cheese sandwich with what looked like an image of the Virgin Mary embedded in the crust once fetched $28,000 on the e-commerce site. 3. You can buy your next home (or an addition to your home) on eBay.com. Does this sound like a set up for the game “two truths and a lie”? Well, we’re here to tell you that these are all cold, hard facts about eBay.

Brittany Anas

Nov 28, 2018

Here’s Why You Should Put Your Socks in The Microwave

I am sitting on my sofa right now, writing this, wearing a wool sweater, swaddled in a blanket, and I’m still freezing. My fingers, toes, and nose feel particularly arctic, and I dread leaving the house later to walk my dog. Yep, I’m one of those people: always cold. Like a heat-seeking missile, I will shamelessly and relentlessly navigate towards warmth, wherever and whenever I can. Here’s a neat hack I use to get through winter.

Dabney Frake

Nov 28, 2018

10 Tiny House Bathrooms That Are Small But Stylish

Teeny bathrooms in tiny homes can be big on smart ideas for small spaces. The 10 bathrooms below are chock full of prime examples. Find smart and stylish ideas to steal for your bathroom of any size. This tiny (and practically perfect) modern shed in California has so many beautiful elements to be inspired by. From the organic materials palette to the custom dividing wall in the living room, this home is completely livable and totally lovely.

Adrienne Breaux

Nov 28, 2018

What Your Birth Month Can Reveal About Your Home

The driving force in how you decorate your home—and really just how you live in it—is dictated most often by your personality. Who you are as a person impacts what art you hang, how you set up your rooms, how often you host people, your cleaning tendencies, and how you unwind at home.

Brittney Morgan

Nov 28, 2018

Under-$15 IKEA Finds That’ll Effortlessly Organize Your Closet

It seems really unfair that we have seasonal wardrobes—tank tops in the summer, jackets and jeans in the winter—but we can’t have seasonal closets. I don’t know about you, but I feel like I need double the space just to stash my thick sweaters. I want to detach my normal closet from my apartment and tack on one twice its size. Until LEGO gets into the architecture business, I think we’re all stuck with the closets we have.

Taryn Williford

Nov 28, 2018

7 Ways We’re All Laying Out Our Living Rooms Wrong

The seven deadly sins of living room decorating—and how to fix ‘em.

Kelsey Mulvey

Nov 28, 2018

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5 Color-Packed Projects in DesignAddictMom’s Exuberant Home

Followers of DesignAddictMom Stacey Blake know that she’s never met a color she doesn’t love: The Fayetteville, North Carolina, blogger is all about them, and the brighter the better. Her home is a shrine to the whole Pantone wheel, but it’s also an ode to her family and her style—Stacey designed it herself!

Creative Studio

Nov 28, 2018

An Actor and Thrift Expert’s 500-Square-Foot Queens Studio

Name: Wade Dooley Location: Jackson Heights — Queens, New York Size: 500 square feet Years lived in: 3 years, owned I’m an actor/writer and self-proclaimed thrifting expert living in Jackson Heights, Queens. I believe that every item in your home should tell a story, and I also believe that you don’t have to drain your bank account to do it.

Apartment Therapy Submissions

Nov 28, 2018