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House & Garden

A List of Small Things You’ll Never Regret Doing

Easy and free (or inexpensive) things to do that’ll make you feel like a whole new person.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya November 28, 2024 9 Comments
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House & Garden

What’s Your Favorite + Least Favorite Household Chore?

Turns out a lot of us hate folding laundry.

the team November 22, 2024 15 Comments
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House & Garden

Spring Edit: Things for Organizing Other Things

Sometimes truly all you need for a slightly less cluttered, more organized life is just a really big box.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya May 15, 2023 4 Comments
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House & Garden Shopping

Spring Edit: Hot Outdoor Decor for Under $30

Give some love to your yard, stoop, fire escape, garden, patio, porch, wherever you spend time outside!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya April 13, 2023 2 Comments
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House & Garden Relationships

Homo Reno: 13 Tips for Keeping Your 5 Year Queer Relationship Intact While Renovating the House You Live In

Sometimes you are going to have to undertake a project during which it will be inevitable that you will scream at each other. My advice is to just kind of pretend it didn’t happen.

Nico February 14, 2023 27 Comments
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House & Garden Shopping

Silk Pillowcases Changed My Life, Made My Self-Made MILF Dreams Come True

If you, too, want MILFy vibes without having to have children, I highly, highly recommend a silk pillowcase!

ashni January 2, 2023 10 Comments
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House & Garden Shopping

These Throw Blankets Will Help You Be Your Best Couch Gremlin Self

If you ask me, there’s no such thing as having too many blankets.

Sa'iyda Shabazz November 28, 2022 6 Comments
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House & Garden

A List of 10 Gay Mushrooms

“This mushroom was last seen in a lesbian club circa 2006 wearing a vest and skinny tie.”

Sally November 8, 2022 24 Comments
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House & Garden

10 Crate and Barrel Finds To Level Up the Luxury of Your Dyke Domesticity

Now that I’m a seasoned dyke approaching 30, I want to own things that match the kind of person I’m growing into.

danijanae October 16, 2022 3 Comments
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First Person House & Garden

7 Pressing Questions I Have for Myself After Moving

In the week following my move from Miami to Orlando, I’d like to ask myself some urgent questions, like for example: Why do I own this many pairs of opera gloves and where the hell am I going to put them?

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya September 26, 2022 17 Comments
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House & Garden LGBT Pride

Five Cheap Ideas for Your Container Garden This Summer

If you’re looking for ideas for container gardening, no matter how small your space, this is for you!

Nico June 18, 2022 29 Comments
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House & Garden

Nine Vegetables Procrastinating Queers Can Still Grow from Seed in May!

Hey there, my procrastinating yet effervescent gay friend. I’m so glad you’re here and that you’re contemplating the possibility of growing at least one vegetable. I’m here to tell you it is not too late to plant some seeds right now in May!

Nico May 2, 2022 50 Comments
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Food Lists House & Garden

You Could Be Growing Basil Right Now

The thing about growing your own basil is that you’re going to consume a lot of basil. But of all problems to have, doesn’t this one sound nice? Having just simply too goddamn much basil? The dream!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya April 22, 2022 24 Comments
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House & Garden

So I Bought the Gay Green Couch

The instructions for putting this couch together stated in bold print “this is a two-person job! don’t try and do it by yourself!” and I said, “I’m a dyke” and proceeded to try and put it together by myself.

danijanae April 8, 2022 40 Comments
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House & Garden

Notes for a Queer Homemaker: How To Clean Your Kitchen

My hope in crafting this guide for cleaning your kitchen is that it makes the task never feel daunting, even when your kitchen is absolutely a mess – and believe me, your kitchen will be a mess more than once if you use it as it’s intended to be used.

Ari March 31, 2022 21 Comments
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House & Garden

18 Queer Florists to Follow on Instagram

Fill your feed with flowers by following these queer florists.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya February 5, 2022 20 Comments
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House & Garden

Notes for a Queer Homemaker: States of Being, Not Moral Designations

I want you to be the best housekeeper you can be. And if and when you can’t, I want you to know more than anything, that you’re still a good person.

Ari January 28, 2022 22 Comments
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House & Garden

Notes for a Queer Homemaker: When Company Comes Over

Hopefully these tips make hosting feel more accessible to more people (although, please heed the guidelines of your local health authorities right now about hosting because Miss Omicron is truly everywhere).

Ari December 24, 2021 16 Comments
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House & Garden

Notes for a Queer Homemaker: Tips From Someone Who Loves You

Many of us are getting into the season of hosting and cleaning that comes with the holidays, and I hope that this makes preparing for company feel a little easier and brings a little order to what can sometimes feel like an unhinged time of year.

Ari November 26, 2021 32 Comments
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House & Garden

9 Holes in My Haunted House, Ranked by Lesbianism

This hole has the lesbian energy of the film “Bound.”

Nico October 25, 2021 22 Comments
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