Comforters for a Blue Headboard
I was on my knees on a drop sheet in my bedroom at eleven on a Sunday morning, sanding the top rail of a headboard I’d bought off Facebook Marketplace…
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…
Matching Pillows to a Gray Sofa Without Playing It Safe
The received wisdom on gray sofa pillows is that you play it safe: white, ivory, maybe a “brave” charcoal if you’re feeling reckless, and you call the room finished. I…
Mustard Pillows and the Colors That Sit Well With Them
I have exactly eleven pillows on my couch right now, and four of them are mustard. I counted because my wife asked why the couch looks like it’s “auditioning for…
Teal Pillows: Colors That Bring Out the Best in Them
Everyone told me teal was the color you regret. My sister in law painted a whole accent wall that exact shade in 2014, this sort of swimming pool teal, and…
Pink Sofa Pillows for a Grown Up Room
Everybody thinks a pink sofa is a phase. A twenty five year old’s first apartment purchase, something you grow out of the way you grow out of fairy lights strung…
Tan Sofa Pillows for That Shade Between Beige and Brown
I was steam ironing a pillowcase on my actual ironing board, not because I’m suddenly a person who irons, but because I’d just washed four covers and they came out…
Red Leather Sofa Pillows That Dont Fight the Shine
My colleague Ron walked into my living room in October, looked at the sofa, looked at me, and said, “Did you rob a Sizzler.” Which is unkind, and also not…
Terracotta Sofa Pillows for a Warm, Earthy Living Room
My sister Dana walked into my living room in February, took one look at the new sofa, and said, “Ben. It’s the color of a terracotta pot. You bought a…
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…