White Wardrobes: What to Put Around Them So They Dont Look Flat
I was standing in the doorway of the spare room on a Tuesday afternoon with an armful of flat sheets I hadn’t folded properly in maybe four years, trying to…
Feature Wall Colors That Work in a Light Gray Room
Feature walls have a reputation, and it isn’t a good one. Say the words “accent wall” to anyone over forty and you’ll watch their face do something complicated, because most…
Gold Sofa Pillows for One of the Hardest Colors to Find
I currently own fourteen pillow covers for one sofa. Fourteen. I counted them properly last week, laid out on the guest bed like some sort of forensic display, and my…
Are Light Gray Kitchen Cabinets Still a Good Call?
My sister walked into my kitchen in the spring of 2019, took her coat off slower than she needed to, and said, “So we’re doing this now, are we.” That…
Charcoal Sofa Pillows and Coffee Tables That Work
I bought my first charcoal sofa in 2011 convinced I was buying black, and I want you to sit with that for a second before you judge me too hard,…
Warm Bedroom Lighting That Still Lets You See
I have changed the bulb in my nightstand lamp four times in the past two years, and not one of those changes happened because the old bulb burned out. Every…
Do Gray Pillows Work on a Brown Sofa?
I’d like to have a word with the woman who spent forty dollars on two pillows in a shade the catalog called “storm cloud” back in 2011, brought them home…
The Wall Above Your Headboard: What Deserves the Space
I was stripping the bed on a Tuesday, which is not a day that usually produces revelations, but there I was with the fitted sheet balled up under one arm…
Curtains for Light Lavender Walls
People will argue about this in a Facebook group like it’s a custody hearing. I’ve seen someone post “HELP what curtains for lavender walls” and get forty three replies, several…
Making a Fire Pit Area Somewhere People Actually Sit
Four. Four fire pits, three houses, one very confused insurance agent when I called to ask if a “pit” counted as a permanent structure. I’m not proud of the trajectory…