Picking a Coffee Table for an L Shaped Couch
Okay so my roommate Dana walked into the living room, looked at the coffee table I’d just wrestled through the door, and just went “why is it shaped like that.”…
Navy Blue Sofa Pairings for People Tired of Neutral Rooms
Okay so every single navy sofa post I’ve ever read says “navy is the new neutral” like that’s a fact and not just a sentence someone typed to make you…
Living With a White Sofa: What to Put Around It
“You’ll ruin it in a month,” she said, standing in my doorway with her shoes still on, which, fine, different battle. She meant the sofa. Cream boucle thing I’d just…
Olive Green Sofas and the Pillows That Suit Them
I saw someone on a Facebook furniture group declare, with real confidence, that olive green sofas should only ever get white or oatmeal pillows because “anything else fights it.” Scrolled…
Is a Black Couch Too Much? What to Put Around One
Too much for who, exactly? Because I bought a black couch three years ago fully expecting my mother in law to say something about it at Thanksgiving, and she did,…
Light Gray Sofa Pillows and Coffee Tables That Balance a Pale Base
You know that thirty seconds where you’re standing in the checkout line at the thrift store, holding two throw pillows, and the guy behind you is doing that thing where…
Teal Sofa Pillows That Make the Color Look Planned
I bought my teal sofa four years ago, in a fit of confidence I still can’t fully explain, and for three of those years I dressed it with whatever pillows…
Setting Up a Living Room Around a Cream Sofa
My colleague from two desks over came into a meeting last month holding a red Solo cup full of coffee, the kind you’d bring to a tailgate, not a Tuesday…
What Goes Beside, Inside and Under a TV Stand
I was standing in Target with a rug swatch in one hand and my phone in the other, texting a photo of my TV stand to the group chat with…
Living With Light Yellow Walls: Curtains, Furniture and Sofas That Work
My friend Wendy painted her whole living room a light yellow called “Farmhouse Butter” two summers ago, hung linen curtains in a warm white, and the room looks like something…