Covering a Lampshade With Fabric: Pretty or Risky?
My cousin walked into my dining room, took one look at the lamp on the sideboard, and said, “Isla. Did you just wrap that lampshade in a dish towel?” It…
Working Out What Mattress I Actually Need
Della walked into my bedroom on a random Tuesday, took one look at me flat on my back on top of the comforter with my knees bent and my hands…
Soft Close Drawers in a Closet: Luxury or Just Quieter Habits?
I used to think soft close drawers were one of those things you paid extra for so a closet company could put a fancier sticker on the quote, right up…
Electric Blankets on a Tempur Bed: A Warm Debate
I keep a running tally in my head some winters, and last January it hit thirty one nights straight of turning my electric blanket on before I’d even gotten my…
New Sheets Straight Onto the Bed? I Have Thoughts
I count these things because apparently I’m the kind of person who counts things now. In the last three years I have opened and washed nine new sets of sheets…
Top of a Tall Bookcase: Styling Without a Ladder Every Time
Everybody talks about the top of a tall bookcase like it’s dead real estate. A place you fill because you have to, not because you want to. I heard it…
Tall Glass Floor Vase Ideas
My sister Corrine walked into my den back in March, looked at the six foot glass vase in the corner with a single dried palm frond drooping out of it…
Making a Black Side Table Work in Any Room
I was on the floor of my hallway last Saturday, cross legged on a drop cloth, going through a coffee can of drawer pulls I’ve been hoarding since a barn…
Comforters for a Brown Headboard
I used to think brown headboards were a design dead end. The kind of thing you inherit from a rental or buy in a hurry at a warehouse store and…
Bedding for a Dark Gray Headboard
I got it wrong for about four months before I got it right, and I want to be honest about how wrong, because it’s the kind of wrong that makes…