Sides of a TV Stand: Lamps, Plants and Storage
I own fourteen things right now whose entire job in life is to sit on either side of my TV stand and look like they didn’t cost anything, when at…
Top of a TV Stand: What Sits There Besides the TV
I currently have fourteen objects on top of my television stand. I counted them this morning, out of what I can only call morbid curiosity, and then I stood there…
What Belongs on Either Side of a TV Stand
I always figured the space on either side of a TV stand was decoration. Filler. The bit you throw a fern in or a stack of coffee table books you…
Floating TV Stand: What Goes Underneath
I own three floating TV stands. Three. Across two houses and one truly regrettable rental in between, I have mounted three separate slabs of wood to three separate walls, and…
Coffee Tables for a Leather Sofa
I reach for my coffee table roughly fourteen times a day. I know that number because I counted for a week last spring, out of boredom, while I was supposed…
A TV Stand Without a TV: Turning It Into Something Else
I got rid of the television in the den in 2019 and left the stand exactly where it was for four months, empty, because I genuinely did not know what…
Filling the Gaps Beside a Living Room TV Stand
I was on the floor on a Sunday afternoon, untangling three HDMI cables and one very confused ethernet cord that had somehow wrapped itself around a lamp base, when it…
TV Stand Shelves: What Goes On Them Besides the TV
I counted it once, out of boredom more than curiosity, and the number stuck with me: I open or reach into my own TV stand shelves about nine times a…
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…
Red Leather Sofa Pillows That Dont Fight the Shine
My colleague Ron walked into my living room in October, looked at the sofa, looked at me, and said, “Did you rob a Sizzler.” Which is unkind, and also not…