A Topper on a Sofa Bed: The Cheap Comfort Fix
I bought my first sofa bed in 1979, the year my husband and I moved into the house I still live in now, and for a solid decade I operated…
A Futon on a Bed Frame: Will It Sit Right?
My mom walked into my apartment in October, took one look at the bed in the corner, and said, “Chloe. What is that.” Not even a question. Flat statement, the…
Vinted Wardrobe Spotlight: Paying for Attention
My phone buzzed while I was mid scroll through my own Vinted closet, seeing what needed reshuffling before the weekend. My friend Marnie, who’d come round to drop off a…
Candles in the Bedroom: Cozy Habit or Bad Idea?
Fran was staying over for a conference at Brown, sleeping in my spare room, which in a hundred and thirty year old triple-decker means sleeping approximately four feet from whatever…
Bed Frame Quizzes and What They Get Wrong
My buddy Marcus texted me a link at eleven at night with the message “just take this thing it’ll be faster than asking you.” It was one of those “What…
Pillows Behind the Headboard: Solving the Odd Gap
Okay so real talk, I thought pillows behind a headboard was one of those things influencers do purely so the bed looks like it belongs in a boutique hotel lobby,…
Adding a Topper to a Hybrid Mattress
I have reached for a mattress topper exactly six times in the past two years, which sounds like a lot until you remember that four of those times were on…
Not Every Mattress Bends: Adjustable Beds Explained
I’ve raised the head of my bed forty three times this week. I know because the app for my base logs every single adjustment like it’s judging me, and honestly,…
Mattress Protectors and the Dryer: Mind the Waterproof Layer
Somebody asked me last week, over text, completely out of nowhere, “can you put a mattress protector in the dryer or does it melt.” That was the whole message. No…
Sofa Beds: Two Jobs Done Well or Badly?
I’m on my knees on the floor of what my mortgage paperwork optimistically calls a “second bedroom,” measuring the gap between the window and the closet door with a tape…