Sarah M. VazquezCommerce SEO Editor Sarah writes about all things shopping for Apartment Therapy, The Kitchn, and Cubby helping you find the best deals and the best products for you and your home. A Brooklyn-born Jersey Girl, she loves a good playlist, a good bagel, and her family (but not necessarily in that order).
Most of the things I know about cleaning and organizing, I learned from my mom. She has always been a tidy person, which as a child I could not appreciate; as an adult, I am grateful she has passed down this trait to me. While my mom and I have not lived together in years, … Read more
Garbage disposals are super-helpful gadgets of the modern kitchen, swiftly whisking away small food scraps that you’d rather not have sitting around in your kitchen trash can. But they are not magical, and if you don’t use them properly they will rebel in any number of ways. We talked to the people on the ground … Read more
Traditional decluttering wisdom dictates that you have four options when undertaking an out-with-the-old project: to keep, donate, sell, or trash. But the process of downsizing is so much more emotional than that. No, it’s not practical to save everything that’s ever belonged to you, your children, or your late loved ones. But items like birthday … Read more
We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing. We’re knee-deep in casserole season here in the Midwest, which means you can find a glass baking dish soaking in just about every sink on the block. Soaking pans … Read more
Sarah M. VazquezCommerce SEO Editor Sarah writes about all things shopping for Apartment Therapy, The Kitchn, and Cubby helping you find the best deals and the best products for you and your home. A Brooklyn-born Jersey Girl, she loves a good playlist, a good bagel, and her family (but not necessarily in that order).
Ashley Abramson Ashley Abramson is a writer-mom hybrid. Her work, mostly focused on health, psychology, and parenting, has been featured in the Washington Post, New York Times, Allure, and more. She lives in the Milwaukee suburbs with her husband and two young sons.
I recently learned of something called the FlyLady Cleaning Method from organizing expert Marla Cilley, aka the FlyLady. The method, which advocates for cleaning in 15-minute increments five days a week, isn’t new, but it is newly a TikTok sensation — no doubt because it supposedly works for everyone: the people who are overwhelmed by … Read more
Lauren Wellbank Lauren Wellbank is a freelance writer with more than a decade of experience in the mortgage industry. Her writing has also appeared on HuffPost, Washington Post, Martha Stewart Living, and more. When she’s not writing she can be found spending time with her growing family in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania.
Sarah M. VazquezCommerce SEO Editor Sarah writes about all things shopping for Apartment Therapy, The Kitchn, and Cubby helping you find the best deals and the best products for you and your home. A Brooklyn-born Jersey Girl, she loves a good playlist, a good bagel, and her family (but not necessarily in that order).