All in Inspiration
Holiday Cards: Sentiment, Clutter and Time
Let me insist, before you read this post, that I am not a holiday card scrooge. I love holiday cards. I really do. But...
Stand Up Inspiration: A Lamp with a Mission, Trash Becomes Arresting Art Pieces
I'm inspired by art and design. My latest Stand Up Inspiration focuses on three artists and a lamp that helps you to focus.
The Irresistible Appeal of Office Supplies That Pop
I just spent 25 minutes looking at office supplies I really don't need. Poppin is a line of office supplies in every color of the rainbow. They look good enough to eat!
The Sweetest Thing About An Empty Space: Potential
The empty room. You know that feeling, after you've signed the lease and been given the keys to your new place, and you take one long look around before you head home to pack? For me, it's a combination of excitement for the new space and dread over the moving process.
Oliver Sacks On Life, Towards the End
When I read the title of Oliver Sack's essay in the NYT a few weeks ago I thought I would only be saddened to read what he would say about being terminally ill. Instead I read what amounted to a celebration of the time remaining to him and gratitude for the time he has left.
Organizing is Big In Japan. And the UK. And Canada. And Australia....
Guess what? I’m big in Japan. Ok, maybe not me, Rascher Marie Alcasid. The organizing / simple lifestyle ethos and home organizing industry is on the rise around the world.
In the New Year, Whisper the Resolutions and Share Your Routines
A week after the winter holiday is a good time to reflect. Resolution talk is all over the place. It's on the local morning channels at the gym, every single magazine I subscribe to has a feature on resolutions and keeping them.
What Overseas Moves and Refugees Can Teach Us About What is Truly Essential
I’m serious about my work. On the outside, it may look like I'm just this stuff organizer, helping folks resort their stuff in endless bins, all the while waving my label maker around.
Marta Blair: Smart Babies Love This Artist
I'm so excited to share Kid Size Studio's new beautiful line for babies (and kids!) because the artist and designer, Marta Blair, is a dear friend of mine.
Stand Up Inspiration: Organized Homes With Kids. Yes, It's Possible.
On the heels of a recent post about living the good life with kids, I began to see a flurry of advice for overwhelmed parents. Seems I'm not the only one with an impossible dream to live in peace with small, organizationally deranged humans who leave a trail of toys wherever they wander.
Stand Up Inspiration: More Writer's Rooms and Phoenixes in Flight
T, The New York Times style magazine, has more writer's rooms. In case you didn't know, I have a thing or two for writers and the rooms where they work. These rooms along with the artist Xu Bing, below, are today's Stand Up Inspiration.
In Defense of Ridiculously High Standards
Just a short note about fighting the good fight against the kid's mess in our home (sticker covered, grease spots on the couch, mangy walled, tattered furniture, trail of crumbs in every hallway, parents around the world, you feel me?). Aim high. Aim for clean floors and clear counters smudge and free light switch plates. Clorox commercial clean. Yes, I'm serious.
A Writer's Room in T Magazine
I happened across this article a few weeks ago. A photo essay by John Spinks of six established writers in their work spaces. Blurry-eyed and tired but still browsing the New York Times app on my phone when I should have sleeping. Then my eyes popped open because these photographs remind me of one of my favorite books of all time, Jill Krementz's photos of writer's at their desks, called The Writer's Desk.
'Applied Design' at MoMA
I was very excited to see the recent Applied Design exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. On view until January 31, 2014, the installation showcases about 100 objects from the Museum’s collection.