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If you’re like me, your garage is the primary way you come in and out of your home. As a result, we always have keys, wallets, hats, and sunglasses on shelves spread throughout our kitchen.  Even worse, since the closest closet is near the front door, we also have shoes stashed all over our downstairs.  If this sounds familiar, the answer may be to create a garage mudroom with a designated place for all your stuff.  In this article, I’ve gathered several practical, creative ideas to help you get your entryway organized.  But first, let’s talk about how important it...

It’s been a while since I last wrote a blog post, but you know what they say about riding a bike…it might be a little wobbly. Today, for your viewing eyeballs, I have the quaint little makeover of my mom and dad’s primary bedroom and bathroom. It’s really more of a refresh since we had an almost non-existent budget to work with and very strong attachments to many of the existing pieces. Let’s start with the befores, shall we? Please, ignore the clean laundry all over the bed. I took these photos for my own reference, not realizing it would...

The next day Giovanni Drogo commanded the guard at the New Redoubt. This detached fortification, three-quarters of an hour from the Fortezza, sat on top of a conical rock formation that overlooked the Tartar plain. It was the most important garrison, completely isolated and assigned the essential task of sounding the alarm if any threat were approaching. In the evening Drogo left the Fortezza in command of approximately seventy men. This many soldiers were required to cover the ten sentry posts, not counting two gunners. It was the first time he had set foot beyond the pass; for all practical...

Do you think living in a rental leaves you no way to customize your space? This post will make you think twice. Here, we share ten clever ways to add personality to your rental apartment without causing any damage. [TAG0] [TAG1] [TAG2] [TAG3] [TAG4] [TAG5] [TAG6] [TAG7] [TAG8] [TAG9] Peel and stick backsplash A rental kitchen can be an eyesore, but you can make minor updates that won’t cost you your deposit. We love how Anna from the Modern House Vibe updated her rental kitchen. She covered the unsightly tiles with a peel-and-stick backsplash that could be removed without a...

Photo illustration by William Joel / The Verge; photo by Anthony Hamboussi Tevina Willis taped up her windows as Superstorm Sandy neared her Red Hook, Brooklyn, home. Outside her apartment, hurricane winds pushed a wall of water into the city. The storm surge swept boats from the harbor onto streets turned into rivers. Willis rode it out. “I had been through hurricanes in the projects when I was a child,” she says. “I knew just to be calm and sit away from the windows, away from glass.” Two days later, the storm subsided. But for Willis and others in Red...