‘I got so many clothes I keep some in my aunt’s house,’ said Tinie Tempah in one of his lyrical musings. We’re not sure how our aunts would feel about us showing up on their doorstep with armfuls of off-season clothing, but we get what he was talking about. Knowing how to store clothing is something most of us have had to deal with at some time or another, so we were delighted to sit down for a chat with stylist and fashion writer (as well as Boxman customer), Tyler Kenny, about fashion, moving house and storing clothing in London flats (and we even managed to pick up a few hints and tips as well).
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10 albums that were recorded at home
If you’re a musician yearning to record that ground-breaking album that you know will change the world (or at least propel your name into musical conversation) the good news is that you really don’t need the keys to Abbey Road in order to make it a reality. The equipment available to the modern home recording studio is many times more powerful than the old four-track that The Beatles recorded Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band on.
Better living in small spaces: Cooking Without a Kitchen
What do you do when you’re a passionate cook, but have an area approximately the size of a postage stamp to do your cooking? Miriam Nice, food writer and London-based foodie, has taken a rather a novel approach to the art of cooking in a less-than-comprehensively kitted out kitchen: contemplating what to do when you don’t have one at all.
From bedroom to brewery: How home brewing has become London’s new hobby
As regular readers will know, we’re all about better living in London’s small spaces. This week our roving reporter, Em Kuntze, set out for the Old Kent Rd Brewery to discover how a hobby that started in a bedroom is fast becoming a way to make a living.
Tidy home, tidy mind: making your home a relaxing place to be
Feature image credit: Freshome Life in the city is stressful - fact. What with all those sharp elbows on the tube, unreasonable working hours and packed social schedules, there’s very little time for relaxing at home. So when it does come around, it’s precious. You don’t want to sit in a cramped, cluttered living room, worrying about the fact that you haven’t organised the cupboard under the sink for years, or painfully aware that you can’t put your feet up on the coffee table for all the plants.