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…
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,…
October arrives and I find myself at the table with yarn again. Halloween is the best month for this because everything you make for it is small, quick, and immediately satisfying. A bat takes an evening. A ghost takes half…
All a renter longs for is a dedicated, organized, and beautiful culinary space where they can cook dinner and host friends easily without feeling like they are standing in a 1990s time capsule. That’s why executing renter-friendly, temporary kitchen upgrades…
Having a cluttered living room can be highly annoying, especially when it is just a pile of loose remote controls, random chargers, and keys scattered across your coffee table. All a homeowner longs for is a dedicated, organized, and gorgeous…
Living in a tiny apartment or a small house can be highly annoying, especially when you feel like the walls are constantly closing in on you. All a renter or homeowner longs for is a bright, airy, and spacious home…
Looking out at a dark, empty backyard can be highly annoying, especially when the evenings start getting chilly and you want to spend time outside. All a homeowner longs for is a cozy, warm, and inviting outdoor lounge area where…
Every summer I find myself at odds with one room in the apartment. The bedroom, to be precise. It was my parents’ before us and it is where you get the full brunt of the afternoon sun. By evening we…
Like clockwork, the same thing happens in our kitchen every June. Marina figures out what she’s going to get her teacher around three weeks before school is out, and she has a very definite idea. This idea will use quite…
Every year, one particular Saturday towards the end of May (though the actual date moves around) I go around our Thessaloniki flat and get a feeling that things have to be altered. It’s not that there’s something wrong with the…
