Outdoor Light Color: What Suits a Yard or Patio
My sister Maddie walked onto my patio last June, looked straight up at the string of bulbs I’d just spent forty five minutes untangling and clipping to the fence, and…
Reading Light at Night: Getting the Warmth Right
My mom walked into my bedroom last November, took one look at the lamp on my nightstand, and said, “Why does your room look like a hospital corridor at 2am?”…
Bathroom Lighting Temperature Explained Simply
I own fourteen light bulbs in my bathroom right now. Not fourteen fixtures, fourteen actual bulbs, because at some point I decided that four different vanity bars each needed their…
Outdoor Lighting Temperature: What to Pick for the Yard
I checked my porch light app the other night, out of boredom more than anything, and it turns out I’ve adjusted my outdoor lighting temperature eleven times since April. Eleven.…
Wall Colors for Rooms With Light Brown Furniture
Someone told me once that light brown furniture is the beige of the wood world, safe, forgettable, impossible to actually mess up because it goes with everything and therefore goes…
Area Rugs for Light Hardwood Floors
I bought a rug once that I genuinely thought made my living room look like a hospital waiting area. Light gray wool, chunky loop pile, looked incredible online sitting on…
Cabinet Colors That Suit Light Blue Walls
I own nineteen paint sample pots right now, lined up on my kitchen windowsill like a very sad science fair project, and every single one of them is trying to…
Cabinet Colors That Hold Their Own Against Light Gray Walls
I own fourteen paint sample pots right now. Fourteen. They’re lined up on top of the fridge because that’s the only surface in this house currently safe from small hands,…
Wall Sconces: Bulbs, Shades and Placement
I count them properly maybe twice a year, usually right before my husband asks why the hall closet won’t shut, and the number currently sits at fourteen. Fourteen wall sconces,…
Accent Wall Colors for a Light Gray Room
Odette stood in my dining room doorway with her coat still on, looked at the strip of blue green paint I’d rolled onto one wall, and said, “Isla, did you…