Getting to the point: our kitchen window view isn't great. I wanted to obscure this view - especially because we can see straight into our neighbor's kitchen and they into ours - without sacrificing the small amount of light we get through the window. After initially considering Gila window film, I balked when I saw [...]
Enclosed back porches are pretty standard on Chicago apartments. They're handy for storage and it's nice that you don't have to go outside to get down to the basement laundry room, but they can also be shoddily constructed heat traps. Ours slopes down dramatically and is painted a gross fleshy color our landlords must have [...]
This constantly jumbled pile of measuring cups and spoons was making me crazy. So I bought a nice stainless steel set and hung them on small brass hooks on the inside of our cabinet door. Much better! I hope your Saturday night was no less exciting.
Breaking garden news! The crime spree has ended thanks to this sweet net situation I rigged up. A friend suggested that my vegetable predator could very well be birds (instead of or in addition to rabbits), and seeing as how that stray cat had turned the bed into its litter box (I scooped out the [...]
The law of diminishing returns reigns supreme around here. Every minute over 30 spent making dinner, for example, leads to 5 diminished units of consumption enjoyment. (For the record: Taco Night yields the optimal ratio of minutes spent-to-units of consumption enjoyment.) Projects I find most satisfying, like the catio portal, come together with minimal hassle [...]
Project Palermo 