Gray Headboards and What Really Goes With Them
“What goes with a gray headboard” is doing something a little dishonest as a question, because it implies gray is one fixed input you’re solving around, like it’s a constant…
Gray Beds and the Nightstands That Suit Them
I was standing in the cereal aisle at Star Market on a Tuesday night, genuinely deliberating between two brands of granola I already know taste identical, when my phone buzzed…
Gray Wardrobes: Which Walls and Colors Play Well With Them
I once had someone tell me, dead serious, in a lighting showroom of all places, that “gray furniture is what happens when a person gives up on having opinions.” Direct…
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…
Light Gray Walls Look Easy Until the Carpet and Curtains Show Up
A woman going through the same bin of drawer pulls as me at an estate sale off Waters Road leaned over, completely unprompted, and said “gray’s such a safe choice,…
Gray Bed Frames Are Easy to Buy and Surprisingly Fussy to Dress
“Gray goes with everything, just throw whatever bedding you’ve got on it.” That’s what the guy at the furniture store told me while I was standing there with my card…
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…