I’m Katerina Lithopoulou, co-creator of DIY Cozy Living. I’ve always loved the little things that make a space feel special. With a background in language and a passion for photography and cozy design, I enjoy turning everyday inspiration into simple ideas people can actually use.
My motto: “Cozy isn’t a trend — it’s a feeling.”
I grew up convinced that Christmas only counted if there was a fireplace. The stockings hanging from the mantel, the garland draped just so, the glow of candles reflected in the brick. We did not have one growing up. We…
There is a specific smell that hits you in December and makes everything feel like Christmas. It is not one thing. It is orange peel and cinnamon and something resinous underneath, pine maybe, or cedar. It is the smell of…
Maria asked for a playhouse for three birthdays in a row before Tasos finally ran out of reasons to wait. The fourth birthday he said yes, and we spent a weekend in the backyard with a pile of lumber, a…
The frames you buy at a home decor shop are almost always either too plain, too expensive, or too identical to the one in every other house on the street. The frames you make yourself are none of those things.…
Our Thessaloniki apartment had landlord-controlled heating that came on three weeks after we needed it. What followed was an accidental education in how much warmth a home already generates and wastes. Most of it escaping through gaps, cold floors, and…
Hello beautiful people! Welcome back to our little corner! When we decided to add privacy to our Thessaloniki balcony, I looked at bamboo screens, outdoor curtains, slatted panels, and artificial hedge rolls before landing on the same answer every time:…
Our Thessaloniki apartment balcony faces directly onto the street and onto the balcony of the building opposite. For the first year we lived there we used it mostly as a place to dry laundry and occasionally stand with a coffee…
I bought my first bath bomb at Lush, used it in about four minutes, and spent the rest of the week thinking about how to justify buying more. At twelve euros each I could not. So I learned to make…
Every year on October 31st I tell myself I am going to do something special for breakfast. And every year it is 7am, Marina is already in her witch costume, Maria is asking where her hat is, Tasos is looking…
Halloween parties for adults hit different when there is an actual theme holding everything together. Not a costume suggestion on the invitation and a bowl of candy corn on the counter. A real theme, carried through the decorations, the food,…
