Lampshade Colors for White Walls
My sister texted me a photo of her new living room at eleven at night, all caps in the message before I’d even opened the image: “IS WHITE ON WHITE…
Silver Sofa Pillows: Working With a Cool Metallic Tone
I counted them last month, actually, out of curiosity more than anything. Client living rooms with a silver sofa, since the start of the year: six. Not gray, which is…
Red Sofa Pillows: Keeping a Bold Couch From Taking Over the Room
Corinne stood in my doorway with her coat still on, looked at my new sofa, and said, “Oh no. It looks like it’s mid argument with itself.” I’d just had…
Wall Colors That Go With Light Wood Floors
My friend Dana stood in my hallway, still in her coat, staring at the wall I’d just painted a color called “Simply White” and said, “This looks exactly the same…
Cream Leather Sofa Pillows for a Household That Actually Lives on It
I reach for the pillows on my cream sofa more than I reach for the remote, which tells you something about how often they get repositioned, thrown on the floor…
Wall Colors for a Bathroom With a Blue Vanity
I used to think bathrooms with colored vanities were a trap. You inherit the thing (a rental, a house you bought with the previous owner’s choices baked in, whatever) and…
Bathroom Light Color: What Flatters and What Doesnt
I currently own fourteen bathroom bulbs. Not fourteen fixtures, fourteen individual bulbs, sitting in a kitchen drawer in various states of packaging, because at some point in the last two…
What Fits in a Vase With a Small Opening
I own eleven vases. I counted them properly last week, standing in my kitchen with a tape measure, because that is apparently the sort of Tuesday night I have now.…
Bedding for a Black Headboard: What Looks Right on Top
I swapped the bedding on a black headboard bed for a client shoot eleven times this year. Eleven. I counted because a friend asked why I kept photographing the same…
Warm Grays, Cool Grays and What Goes With Each
“That’s not gray, that’s just beige that gave up.” She said it standing in my kitchen, arms crossed, looking at a wall I’d spent three weekends and one entire Saturday…