An Open Fire Pit in the Backyard: Who Decides?
Okay so backyard fire pits have this reputation of being the easiest, most “just go outside and do it” purchase in the whole outdoor category. You see one on someone’s…
Storage Beds and Mattress Fit
Okay so it’s a Sunday, I’m doing the most boring task known to man, which is stripping my sheets because I spilled coffee on them at 8am like an absolute…
Artificial Grass and Fire Pits: A Meltdown Waiting?
Okay so I currently own four fire pits. FOUR. One of those little tabletop propane ones that looks like a marshmallow toaster, one cheap steel bowl thing from a big…
Using a Cracked Chiminea: Do Crack Sizes Matter?
My mom sent a photo to the family group chat last month of her chiminea, the metal one that’s lived on her patio since basically forever, with a crack running…
Area Rugs in a Home Washer: Probably the Wrong Tool
Okay so it’s a Tuesday, I’m doing normal human laundry, and I’m standing in front of my machine holding my kitchen runner going “this is basically a big towel, right?”…
A Patio Heater on a Wood Deck: Base and Heat
Okay so I counted this because I am that person who counts things: nineteen times last month. That is how many nights between October and now I have dragged my…
Bathroom Lights and the Ratings Nobody Reads
I own eleven light fixtures that have, at some point, lived in a bathroom. Eleven. I counted them for this and then sat on my bathroom floor for a genuinely…
Water in a Clay Vase: Sweat Marks and Surprises
I was doing the most boring possible Sunday chore, wiping down the shelf above my radiator with a Clorox wipe because dust in this apartment is genuinely a personality trait…
Pillows Behind the Headboard: Solving the Odd Gap
Okay so real talk, I thought pillows behind a headboard was one of those things influencers do purely so the bed looks like it belongs in a boutique hotel lobby,…
Not Every Mattress Bends: Adjustable Beds Explained
I’ve raised the head of my bed forty three times this week. I know because the app for my base logs every single adjustment like it’s judging me, and honestly,…