Spaces for Life: Best Gifts For Your House This Christmas
By Lance McCarthy When I was little I remember being at a family Christmas and being super aware of whether I was getting as many gifts as my cousins. If I was getting things like a sweater with a horse on it and they were getting a new nerf gun, it made me feel pretty
Spaces for Life: Door Hardware 101
By Lance McCarthy I have decided to bravely serve as tour guide to the home. Each month I dedicate one of my columns to illuminating some part of the house that most people might not know much about. This week’s topic is door hardware. I know–exciting! But this is the time of year that a
Spaces for Life: Organizing Ideas Continued…
By Lance McCarthy Last week I asked my friend Mary Ellen Vincent to write about some of the ways she uses IKEA products in her home organizing. She started her business OrganizeME around the time I was starting ReTouch, and we have enjoyed a cooperative relationship over the years. She has helped my clients prepare
Spaces for Life: Organizing Hacks using IKEA
By Lance McCarthy Organizing with IKEA Products Part I This week I have asked my friend Mary Ellen Vincent to write about some of the ways she uses IKEA products in her home organizing. She started her business Organize Me around the time I was starting ReTouch, and we have enjoyed a cooperative relationship over
Spaces for Life: 5 of my favorite gadgets for the home
By Lance McCarthy When I was an English teacher, we read a Ray Bradbury book called the Martian Chronicles. One of the chapters described a future home so advanced that it kept making breakfast, calling out voice reminders and vacuuming even after a nuclear holocaust. Crazy huh? Actually, we aren’t far from that now. Some