Thinking About a Small Floating Shelf? Read This First
There is one person on this team who will not, under any circumstances, use a stud finder, and it has become the sort of thing we mention at parties. She…
Should You Buy an Industrial Bookcase? The Team Is Split
There was a proper argument in the office the week someone turned up with a photo of an industrial bookcase they’d found secondhand, all black scaffold pipe and reclaimed boards,…
Is a Black Bookcase Overrated? We Argued About It
The argument that finally cracked this one open wasn’t about the bookcase at all. It was about what kind of person owns things. Half the group treats a bookcase as…
Is a Black Floating Shelf Really Worth the Money?
One of us thinks a black floating shelf is the single cheapest way to make a wall look like it was designed on purpose. Another thinks we have collectively lost…
The Black Bathroom Shelf That Looks Better in Real Life
Every product photo of a black bathroom shelf looks the same. Moody light, one candle nobody would actually put that close to running water, maybe a single fern that has…
Billy Bookcase Without Its Back Panel
I used to hear “you can’t take the back off a Billy bookcase, it’ll fall apart” and just nod along like everyone else, because it sounds like it should be…
Top of a Tall Bookcase: Styling Without a Ladder Every Time
Everybody talks about the top of a tall bookcase like it’s dead real estate. A place you fill because you have to, not because you want to. I heard it…
Empty Vase Ideas for Shelves and Tables
Okay so here’s the thing everyone says about empty vases. That they’re a placeholder. A “waiting for flowers” situation. Something that only earns its spot on the shelf once there’s…
Using the Lower Shelf of a Coffee Table
I was on my knees Tuesday morning, vacuum attachment in one hand, phone flashlight in the other, trying to work out what exactly had colonized the space under my coffee…
Lower Shelf of a Console Table: Baskets, Books and Beyond
I currently own eleven baskets whose entire job in life is to sit on the bottom shelf of my console table. Eleven. I counted them last week while my roommate…