The people behind CornerHandbook
Every guide here is written, tested and signed by a person. Four regulars, no ghostwriters.
Verity Lang Lead writer
Two children at home, years of tracking spending and chores. she prefers using shared spaces pieces built around tables.
- Volunteering locally: costing it honestly
- Telling neighbours about renovation: how to start and how to keep it
- What a residents' committee does: only a few moves matter
- Rules for parcel collection: turning choices into a process
- Effects of subdivided flats: when a professional should step in
- Balcony fall protection: turning choices into a process
- Sources of carbon monoxide: when a professional should step in
- Appliances in a thunderstorm: when a professional should step in
Emory Blake Contributing editor
Eight years writing lifestyle features, allergic to showroom photography. he starts with your real life, then aesthetics.
- Settling into a long-term home: from messy to orderly
- Solving a pet nuisance: turning choices into a process
- Organising a group order: from messy to orderly
- Coordinating a lift retrofit: only a few moves matter
- Joining community events: when a professional should step in
- Window restrictors: when a professional should step in
- Choosing child locks: how to tell you are doing it right
- Lock grades that matter: turning choices into a process
Maeve Donnelly Staff writer
Previously coordinated renovation projects, now writes about how homes actually work. she flags what should have been solved during building work.
- Approaching a noise problem: costing it honestly
- Where parking disputes end: the version that fits a real home
- Risks of shared childcare: the version that fits a real home
- Limits of neighbourly help: the version that fits a real home
- Looking out for an older neighbour: costing it honestly
- Choosing a fire extinguisher: only a few moves matter
- Anchoring tall furniture: the wrong order wears you out
- Storing medicine and cleaners: five common misreadings
Sonia Marchetti Regular contributor
Six years as a home-organising consultant, mostly undoing container shopping sprees. she writes only what can be maintained.
- Mapping local resources: when a professional should step in
- What to do about clutter in shared halls: the long game versus the quick fix
- Channels for talking to management: the long game versus the quick fix
- Using shared spaces: five common misreadings
- Preventing objects thrown from height: how to tell you are doing it right
- Drawing an escape route: how to start and how to keep it
- Making a bathroom less slippery: costing it honestly
- Checking for ageing wiring: how to tell you are doing it right