DIY

I was standing in the middle of my first “adult” apartment, staring at these massive, depressing windows and a bank account that definitely wasn’t ready […]

I was staring at a literal mountain of paperbacks slumped in a corner of my studio apartment, feeling that familiar, low-grade panic that comes when […]

I was currently sitting on my floor, surrounded by three different types of nails, a half-empty box of Command strips, and a mounting sense of […]

I was standing in the middle of my living room, surrounded by expensive cedar planks and a pile of sawdust that looked more like a […]

I was sitting on my kitchen floor at 2 AM, surrounded by half-empty paint cans and feeling like a total failure, when I realized I’d […]

I was halfway through moving a heavy vintage mirror into my apartment last Tuesday when I heard that dreaded, hollow thud—the sound of my drywall […]

I was standing in the middle of a massive home decor aisle last weekend, staring at a ceramic pot that cost more than my entire […]

I used to think that if I didn’t have a massive backyard and a fancy, expensive rotating tumbler, I was somehow failing at being an […]

I was staring at a pile of expensive ceramic mugs and a stack of thrifted cookbooks, realizing they were all currently living in a chaotic […]

I used to think that having a “clean” apartment meant owning a literal army of neon-colored bottles, each with a hyper-specific label and a price […]