Loving Simple Living. There is a revised post of what we owned before we started traveling here – Minimalist Living – What We Own Now.
Want to come wander through our minimalist apartment? We are pretty social people and would love to have you over, but it is a bit far to travel for most of you. Minimalist Kids - Our Minimalist Apartment - Loving Simple Living. Last week I told you about our Simple Living – Take 2 where we downsized again.
We went from a 2 bedroom apartment to a 1 bedroom apartment. Many of you (rightly) asked about the kids. We are a family of 4 living in a 1 bedroom apartment… that doesn’t work right? A Closer Look at Our Minimalist Wardrobe. As I’m sure you can imagine, I’m NOT a huge fan of clothes clutter.
I hate it when drawers and closets are so jammed full of clothing… and I’ve always said that I won’t have more clothing than can fit comfortably in my closet. Every piece of clothing Dave and I own is in our closet or in our dresser drawers {besides our winter coats and boots} and we intend to keep it that way, partially because we live in an old farmhouse where extra closet space is slim to none, but also because we personally feel like we don’t NEED more clothing than we have space for. And remember, I hate clothes clutter As you can see by the picture above, we have plenty of room left in our closet — however, I don’t plan to fill it any time soon.
Fascinating and Fashionable: Sarah the Minimalist. This is the first in a new series of interviews with fascinating folks about their unique perspectives on style, fashion, and body image.
I’m launching with Sarah Von of Yes and Yes, who is one of the most stylish women I know yet owns an absolutely tiny number of wardrobe items. Call her a minimalist, a capsule wardrobe aficionado, or a thrifty shopper, she’s got a good thing going. A minimalist wardrobe: in photos. As a supplement to last week’s post, I put together a photo gallery of what a minimalist’s wardrobe looks like.
So without further ado, I present my minimalist wardrobe. main characters supporting cast dress rehearsal noteworthy A few points to consider: My present wardrobe is more minimalist than lagom. Special thanks: To my sister, aka Lizzie Lizard, for providing the use of the props. My Tiny Apartment Tour: Minimalist Bedroom. After last week’s post (400 Square Feet is the New Black), I received quite a number of emails and comments requesting more photos of our tiny apartment.
Today, I thought I’d give you a sneak peak into the bedroom. I feel a little shy inviting thousands of people into this space, but what the heck – here goes. To be honest, there’s really not much to see. Wardrobe. One of the most frequent questions I’m asked is how to create a minimalist wardrobe; and boy, do I love to answer it!
I devoted an entire chapter of my book, The Joy of Less, to the topic; however, some readers have expressed the desire to see my tips in action. Ask, and you shall receive –- in this post, I’ll illustrate some key strategies using items straight from my own closet. (Men, don’t stop reading; although the clothes pictured are my own, the tips are gender-inclusive!) What I’ve done is selected my core, or capsule wardrobe: ten items that can get me through the majority of my daily activities, in every season. I didn’t include socks and unmentionables (we’ll take those as a given), or exercise/specialty wear (in other words, I don’t go hiking in my little black dress).
Furthermore, these items are particularly tailored to my urban, business-casual lifestyle, and work from office to dinner to weekend. How To Minimally Furnish an Apartment. I tend to go off on tangents.
What, you mean you haven’t noticed? I start typing and I just keep going. So on New Years Day I promised myself I wasn’t getting on the computer, wasn’t responding to any comments, and was taking a day off. Ehh, well there was just one itsy bitsy little comment that maybe I had time for… next thing I know I’ve written almost a whole blog post as a reply! So I decided to turn that response into a post, make Regina wait 2 days for her big response, and put it up where more people could read it. Regina’s moving into her very first apartment (exciting times!) Hey there, I just discovered your blog through Miss Minimalist and I’m really enjoying it, especially the Holidays post.
Thanks and keep up the awesome posts, ~Regina Glad you found me! Tour My Minimalist Apartment. The Allure of Minimalism in Photographs Step inside my apartment for a moment.
Welcome. I’m glad you could spend a few minutes chez Millburn. Please pardon the mess. Just kidding. People are often intrigued by my living space, or rather by the idea of my living space, wondering what it looks like, how a minimalist really lives, often posing all sorts of voyeuristic questions: How many things do you own? But that’s okay—I understand the allure. When Ryan and I first started this website, I counted my things as a parody, showcasing the fact that I didn’t have the desire to be as extreme as some minimalists. Revisit: My Current Apartment. David from Simple, Organized Life asked about pictures of my apartment.
Some of you long-time readers from Fabulously Broke in the City will have already seen this but here goes: The Tour of my Studio! Walking in, this is what our front hall way looks like. The front closet is actually my clothing closet. Turn Stuff You Don't Need Into a Good Deed. Minimalism Is Not a Radical Lifestyle. Some people meet me and when we talk about minimalism they think I live a radical lifestyle.
They say things like “I could never be a minimalist.” But the truth is that my lifestyle is not radical.