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…
Wardrobe Moths: What Actually Keeps Them Away
I own fourteen cedar blocks, six sachets of dried lavender that came from three different stores because I forgot I’d already bought some, two pheromone traps stuck to the inside…
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…
The Wall and Ceiling Space Above a Wardrobe
I bought four wicker baskets and a fake trailing plant for the top of my first proper wardrobe, in my first proper apartment in Somerville, because a magazine told me…
Wardrobe Colors for a Room With Gray Carpet
I painted a wardrobe door swatch on a Sunday afternoon, propped it against the wall of my bedroom, decided it looked “elevated and moody” in the four minutes of northern…
Choosing a Wardrobe for Plain White Walls
I was standing in the middle of my own spare room with a pencil behind my ear and a roll of blue tape in my hand, marking out where things…
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…
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…
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…