When life gives you lemons...

Make lemonade. Duh.

But sometimes you can get stuck with a whole bunch of lemons and feel uninspired... so here are some of our recent lemons-to-lemonade stories that will hopefully inspire you! 

1. Our lovely plant, Harrison, got knocked over. Insert sad face. We put him in a temporary bowl for the night, and bought a bigger & better home for him the next day! Now Harrison's new home will help him grow into the beautiful, strong tree he's meant to be :)

2. We've been super busy. Like my iCal is a color coordinated mess that keeps overlapping and making pretty new colors busy. Finding a couple hours to have roommate hangout time has been hard... so we set up a chessboard on our counter and have post-its to let the other person know when it's their turn (and check/checkmate!). Corinne won the last game!

3. It was my ONE free night. I was going to do something, something awesome! Then it started raining. And I'm not one of those people that posts on social media "OMG, I love when it rains". No, rain in the city is my least favorite weather- ever. But we decided to make the most of the night and go for an evening jog in the rain! (If you wear contacts I recommend wearing a baseball cap to keep the rain out of your eyes!)

Life is what you choose! So choose to make lemonade. Choose to be inspired! Choose to LIVE LIGHT!

AND to our fellow Northeastern-ers stay warm! It's FREEZING out there :)

Live Light,

Grace & Corinne 

Small Space?! Clutter?! This will help...

Our home is tiny- like, there is a shower in the kitchen, tiny.

Sometimes living in a small space can be... well, complicated.  So we use different containers from places like The Container Store, Ikea and Bed Bath & Beyond (BB&B is also known as Dumbledore's in our home) to help remove clutter and make living light in the city a little more beautiful & easy!

After the holidays, I realized I had more stuff! Shocking, huh? New stuff is great, but in a tiny apartment you have to be careful- because too much stuff can make your space look cluttered, and normally that makes you FEEL cluttered.

So I kept shoving new "stuff without a spot" onto my bookshelf, and then put my chair in front of the bookshelf to distract from the eyesore.  I KNOW. I know. This is my confession. I am ashamed, but I was busy! Last night, I finally had some time open up- so what did I do with my free Friday night? What every normal person would do- go to The Container Store. (I did see Zero Dark Thirty with some friends too...)

Here is the before and after of my book shelf:

Containers are amazing! We use them all over our apartment! (Think One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish...)

Striped ones:

 Elegant ones:

 Floral ones:

 Green ones:

 Woven ones:

 Plastic ones:

Basket ones:

Containers can help make your space look tidy and comfortable! Make it your own! And you know what, sometimes your "stuff" can make your apartment feel like home! Our neighbor threw a holiday party for the building, and while it may not be our style of decor- it couldn't feel more like home :) 

Make your home feel like YOURS- whatever that looks like! And don't forget to smile today :)

Live Light,

Grace and Corinne