Topic

Light and quiet

Sleep and work in a thin-walled apartment using weight, fabric, and lamps — not construction.

• Make an apartment quieter without touching the drywallYou cannot turn a party wall into a studio. You can cut echo in your own room and a surprising amount of the gap under the door.
• A renter lighting plan with no new wiringApartments go dim because the ceiling box was placed for a builder, not for a sofa. Fix the pools of light. Leave the wiring alone.