Hi! I'm Katie.

I'm an American in Berlin, Germany. My apartment is 480 square feet; the kitchen's only 36. This blog chronicles the DIY approach my husband and I take in Making This Home.Read more.

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• Are Ya Kidding? Culture Shock
• Crashing: Cupboards & Closets
• Crashing: International Weddings
• Crashing: Readers' Small Spaces
• How to: Become a Better You
• How to: Celebrate Green, Simpler Holidays
• How to: Green Your Home
• How to: Live with Less
• How to: Make Decor, Crafts & Gifts
• How to: Save Money at Home
• How to: Simplify
• How to: The Decluttering Project
• How to: Thrifty Tricks
• Journaling: From the Shop
• Journaling: Project Ideas
• No New Clothes Challenge
• Odds & Ends
• Our Kitchen: International Recipes
• Our Kitchen: Remodel
• Our World: A German Boy in America
• Our World: American Country Life
• Our World: An American Girl in Germany
• Our World: Berlin Life
• Our World: Exploring Europe
• Our World: Learning to Fly a Plane
• Poetry by Katie

• An Uncluttered Life: Tips for Buying Less
• Wearing the Same Clothes Over and Over?
• Learning to Speak a Foreign Language
• 5 Reasons We Love Living Small
• Earthship Tour – Tire House Where We Live in the US