The Touch Bedside Lamp We’d Skip Next Time
Somebody, and we’re not naming names, has been slapping this lamp with the flat of their whole hand at midnight like it owes them money, and then complaining when it…
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…
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…
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…
Light Blue Sofa Pillows That Keep It Fresh, Not Faded
Okay so light blue sofas have a reputation problem and I get why. People hear “light blue sofa” and picture one specific thing: a dentist’s waiting room, or your grandma’s…
Light Brown Sofa: Pillow and Wall Colors That Suit the In Between Shade
I was on my knees on the living room floor last Tuesday, taping four different paint chips to the wall next to my sofa, phone flashlight aimed at the fabric…
Light Gray Sofa Living Rooms: Pillows That Handle Everyday Life
Fourteen. That’s the number I landed on when I finally sat down and counted every throw pillow currently living on or near my sofa, including the two that migrated to…
Bedroom Light Color: What Helps You Wind Down
I check the color temperature stamped on a lightbulb box more than I check anything else in a hardware aisle, and I’ve done that job long enough that I should…
Bedroom Bulb Colors, Lamp by Lamp
The lamp was gorgeous. I want that on record before I tell you what I did to it. A brass table lamp, 1930s if the seller was telling the truth,…
Warm Bedroom Lighting That Still Lets You See
I have changed the bulb in my nightstand lamp four times in the past two years, and not one of those changes happened because the old bulb burned out. Every…