Mismatched Nightstands: Charming or Chaotic?
My sister walked into my bedroom, stopped in the doorway, and said, “Did you run out of money halfway through buying furniture?” She was looking at the two nightstands flanking…
Two Mirrors in a Bedroom
I currently own three mirrors in my bedroom, which is one more than I own opinions I’m willing to defend at a dinner party, and somehow still feels like the…
The Black Bed Frame Nobody Warned Us About
The argument was that black shows dust worse than any other color, which sounded reasonable until someone dragged out a photo of the old oak frame with three months of…
The Black Nightstand We Overthought
Somebody described black as “the beige of trying too hard” and the group chat did not recover for about three days. That was the entire debate, really, before we’d even…
Storage Beds and Mattress Fit
Okay so it’s a Sunday, I’m doing the most boring task known to man, which is stripping my sheets because I spilled coffee on them at 8am like an absolute…
A Whole Day Lying in Bed: What Your Body Says
I woke up on a Sunday in November, decided the rain outside was reason enough to stay exactly where I was, and made it to about 2pm before I noticed…
Tatami on a Western Bed Frame
I bought a tatami mat off a marketplace listing at eleven at night, half asleep, convinced it would function exactly like a very expensive mattress topper. It arrived four days…
Wardrobe Against a Radiator: Warmth Stolen
I own six wardrobes. Not six wardrobes’ worth of clothes, six actual pieces of furniture, three of which are currently doing absolutely nothing except taking up space in a storage…
Any Headboard, Any Bed? Not So Fast
I get called out to fit a headboard onto an existing frame somewhere between ten and fifteen times a year. That’s not a guess, I actually started keeping a rough…
Wardrobe Spotlight on Resale Apps: Worth a Try?
My mom looked at my phone over my shoulder while I was mid scroll and said, “Wait, you’re paying them to sell your own stuff?” She said it the way…