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Colleen Murphy

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    Colleen Murphy is an advertising producer, freelance writer and pop culture junkie. Her dream apartment is Julia Robert’s unbelievable loft in Stepmom.

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    The 9 Best Desks for Small Spaces
    When you're looking to economize space in your at-home office, selecting a functional and stylish desk is a must, and these options are perfect for small spaces.
    Katie Maguire
    Dec 23, 2025
    Activated Charcoal Toothpaste: Teeth Whitening Magic or Bogus Mistake?
    Hello stranger! It’s time for another installment of Beauty Bucket List, a series in which we roll up our sleeves to do some hard and fast testing of cult beauty products, because just hearing about how great something is isn’t good enough for us.
    Colleen Murphy
    May 3, 2019
    9 Trends Designers are Ready to Say Goodbye to
    "Keep Calm and Please STOP IT."
    Colleen Murphy
    Jul 26, 2018
    5 Lessons I Learned from My Cross-Country Move
    On May 1, 2017, my partner and I squeezed all of our remaining belongings into an overstuffed Hyundai Elantra and departed on a one-way trip from Toronto to Vancouver. I say remaining belongings because an 2008 Elantra is no U-Haul. Tony Bennett may have left his heart in San Francisco but we left all of our furniture in the Salvation Army loading bay.
    Colleen Murphy
    May 5, 2018
    10 Things I Wish I Had (or Hadn’t) Left Behind in My Cross-Country Move
    The best piece of advice I received when I moved from Toronto to Vancouver last year came from a family member who had more than one major move under his belt. Having experienced the anxiety of packing and the self-doubt that comes with paring down, he told me, “you’re always going to throw away stuff that you wish you kept and bring stuff that you wish you left behind.
    Colleen Murphy
    May 4, 2018
    Every ’90s Kid Will Remember These Totally Rad Home Decor Items
    Whether you’re watching the latest television reboot or liking the latest retro #TBT on your timeline, nostalgia for the ’90s is at an all time high. While the pop culture love fest for the decade rages on, let’s take a look back at some of the craziest decorating trends that will give any 90s kid a truly rad blast from the past. Maybe the ’90s should have been known as the see-through decade. Transparency was totally in when it came to home decor.
    Colleen Murphy
    Apr 16, 2018
    Ridiculous Name, Major Results? We Test the Much-Hyped Milky Piggy Bubble Mask to Find Out
    Welcome to another installment of Beauty Bucket List, a series in which we roll up our sleeves to do some hard and fast testing of cult classic beauty products, because just hearing about how great something is just isn’t good enough.
    Colleen Murphy
    Apr 24, 2017