The Navy Sofa Debate: Love It or Doubt It?
I have genuinely lain awake, actual insomnia, over whether a navy sofa was going to make my living room look like a hotel lobby or like something out of a…
Making a Black Leather Sofa Feel Like Home Instead of a Lobby
I used to think black leather sofas were a lost cause, decor wise. Not ugly, just cold, the kind of piece that looks like it belongs in a dentist’s waiting…
Why a Tray Makes a Coffee Table Look Finished
“Just get a nice tray, it’ll pull the whole table together.” That’s what the woman two desks over told me when I mentioned my coffee table looked like a table…
Dark Brown Leather Couch: Coffee Tables, Pillows and Armchairs That Work
You’re standing in the delivery guy’s way while he waits for you to sign off on this dark brown leather couch that just got carried up three flights of stairs,…
Pillows for a Cream Sofa That Add Interest Without Adding Stress
I used to tell people to keep pillows on a cream sofa strictly neutral. Cream, white, maybe a very apologetic beige, nothing that could stain, nothing that could clash, nothing…
Dark Brown Sofas Deserve a Second Look
I spent about four years telling clients dark brown was a mistake. Told them it ate light, made small rooms feel like a dentist’s waiting room from 1997, and that…
Where a Dark Gray Sofa Fits Best in a Living Room
“Dark gray goes with everything” is the kind of sentence that sounds true right up until you’ve actually put one in a room with north facing windows and a radiator…
Gray Sofa in a Sunny Living Room: Pillows That Hold Up in Daylight
You’re standing in the sofa section with a pillow in each hand, the light through your actual living room window nothing like the light in the showroom, and you have…
Gray Couch Bought, Now Comes the Hard Part: Everything Around It
“Gray goes with everything, you can’t get it wrong.” That’s what the guy at the furniture store told me when I bought my sofa, standing there with his hands in…
Brown Sofas Are Making a Quiet Return: How to Style One Now
A woman at the fabric counter, maybe thirty years old, tanned the way people who ski a lot are tanned, told me brown sofas were “having a moment.” She said…