Ep. 42: Hobby Horse

If you want to hear our general strategies for living in a small space, check out episode 5.

Painting the bedroom turned the whole apartment into a disaster zone, which meant trying to finish in one weekend.

DIY projects, like repainting frames for the bedroom gallery wall, also take up a lot of space in the living room. I don’t put everything away between coats, but I do try to finish projects within a day or so of starting them.

If you want to hear our wishlist of spaces we would have in our dream apartment, including a second bedroom for a potting station, check out episode 36.

All Donnie’s hiking stuff fits in this corner of the living room, which keeps it contained to one space. Once this space is full, he goes through everything to see what needs to be donated.

This is Donnie’s kombucha scoby, which gets covered with a towel and put in a cabinet to protect it from sunlight. His various fermenting projects can take up a lot of room in the kitchen, especially when it’s time to feed and strain everything.

If you want to hear us talk to our friend CJ about bread and other various kitchen matters, check out episode 32.

My plants all come out to the coffee table at night to hang out under the grow light. We’ve adjusted our dinnertime eating and Netflix watching so it fits with all the pots.

My painting, DIY, and planting supplies live on these two shelves and get quelled pretty regularly.

If you want to hear our general feelings about learning new things as adults, check out episode 20.

We discuss whether or not we’re minimalists in episode 23.