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…
Brown Wardrobes and the Colors That Sit Nicely Beside Them
I painted my bedroom wall the exact color of wet cardboard once. Not on purpose, obviously. I stood in the paint aisle at the hardware store on the west side…
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…
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…
What to Put in a Dresser, Drawer by Drawer
I bought a dresser off Craigslist for sixty bucks back when I first moved out on my own in Milwaukee, and within about three weeks I’d loaded every heavy wool…
Wardrobes That Work With an Ikea Malm Bed
Everybody with an opinion on flat pack furniture will tell you the same thing about the Malm. Stick to the family. Buy the Malm dresser, the Malm nightstands, maybe even…
Orange Sofa Pillows Without the Clash
The sofa showed up on a Tuesday, and by Thursday I had genuinely convinced myself I’d made a terrible decision. Not about the sofa itself, the sofa was fine, a…
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…