A Patio Heater on a Wood Deck: Base and Heat
Okay so I counted this because I am that person who counts things: nineteen times last month. That is how many nights between October and now I have dragged my…
Round Rug, Rectangle Table: Odd Couple?
I own seven rugs right now. Seven. Two are rolled up under the porch getting slightly damp because I haven’t dealt with them, one has been in the back of…
A Sideboard in the Living Room
I counted it once, out of pure boredom during a work call I wasn’t paying attention to. Nine times. That’s how many times I opened the sideboard in my living…
Sideboard Blocking the Radiator: The Heat Problem
I was on my knees in the dining room with a tape measure, which is not a dignified position for a woman my age, but there I was, trying to…
Gas Patio Heaters Indoors: I Would Not
I was standing on my back porch steps last November, in two coats and the fingerless gloves my mother thinks are ridiculous, dragging our propane patio heater six feet closer…
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…
Area Rugs in a Home Washer: Probably the Wrong Tool
Okay so it’s a Tuesday, I’m doing normal human laundry, and I’m standing in front of my machine holding my kitchen runner going “this is basically a big towel, right?”…
Rug on Top of Carpet: Layers Done Right
I own six rugs sitting directly on top of wall to wall carpet right now, in an apartment where every single room already came carpeted before I moved a single…
Layering a Rug Over Carpet the Designer Way
I own eleven rugs. Eleven. I counted them properly last week while looking for a runner I was sure I still had, laid them all out mentally room by room,…