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…
Nightstand Styling: What You Reach for in the Dark
I counted them last Sunday, out of something between curiosity and dread, standing at my own nightstand at eleven at night instead of doing literally anything else with my evening.…
Dressing Table Top: Keeping It From Turning Into a Junk Pile
I own six trays whose entire job, their entire professional purpose in my home, is to sit on top of one dressing table and hold things. Six. I counted them…
On Top of a Bed Frame: Ledges, Canopies and Storage Frames
I built a platform bed with an integrated ledge for my own bedroom about six years ago, back when I thought I knew everything about building things because I’d been…
Ideas for the Top of a Wardrobe: Baskets, Boxes and Plants
I was up on a step stool in my own bedroom on a Sunday morning, not doing anything productive, just finally dealing with the top of my wardrobe because my…
Why a Wardrobe Smells and How to Fix It
A musty wardrobe has this reputation as an inevitability of old buildings, like uneven floors or a radiator that only works in July. You open the door, you get that…
Making Clothes Smell Nice in a Wardrobe Without Overdoing It
I own eleven shirts I wear on rotation and I probably open that closet door around fourteen times a week, more if laundry’s backed up, which it usually is. And…
Bedroom Side Tables: More Than a Lamp and a Phone
For years I figured the bedroom side table was the one piece of furniture in the house you didn’t need to think about. Bed’s the main event, dresser’s got a…
Styling a Bedroom Dresser Top
I once spent forty one dollars on a “vignette.” That’s the word the caption used, some interiors account showing a dresser with a leaning round mirror, three ceramic objects, a…
Stopping Mold in a Wardrobe Before It Spreads
I was pulling my green wool coat off the rail on a Tuesday morning in October, already running late, and it smelled like the inside of a gym bag that…