7 helpful how-tos

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Happy Wednesday! We've come to the end of the Winter 2025 season of guy with an eye, and I'll be taking a break for a few weeks. The newsletter will return on Wednesday, May 21, for the Spring/Summer season.

To wrap things up, let's take a look back. We've published over 150 issues now, and 36 of them fall into the how-to category. Here are my favourites in that fast-growing collection:

How to boost your curb appeal

🏡 Last summer, I spent hours strolling residential streets of Montreal and admiring entrances with unique personalities. Here are five lessons that you could apply to your own home – or to your outfit as you get ready to go out.

How to get over breaking something

😢 Breakage is an inevitable part of collecting beautiful things. How to cope? Doing these three things will help you feel better, guaranteed.

How to freshen up your home office

🖇️ Is your desktop looking a bit forlorn? Even if your colleagues don't see it, it makes a difference if you enjoy it. Gear it up with this three-item starter kit.

How to humanize a room

👁️ A foolproof way of warming up your interior is with references to the human body. Find out what kind of motifs to add in this image-packed roundup.

How to perfect your 'shelfie'

📸 Ever feel stuck when arranging things? Try shifting your focus from the objects to the gaps in between. Get savvy about negative space.

How not to choose a paint colour

🎨 There's a critical error many people make when mulling over options in the paint store. Find out what it is – and what to do instead.

How to find joy in a tiny space

🥰 The very first guy with an eye article was about Jerry Mulligan's minuscule Paris apartment in a classic Hollywood musical. Learn its four takeaways.

Thank you for reading. See you in May!

If you'd like to get in touch in the meantime, shoot me an email at guy@guywithaneye.ca. I'm always happy to hear from readers. Questions, ideas, compliments, criticisms, rants, reading lists and inspiring links are all welcome.

I'll leave you with a recent New Yorker cartoon by Amy Hwang: