Do Gray Pillows Work on a Brown Sofa?
I’d like to have a word with the woman who spent forty dollars on two pillows in a shade the catalog called “storm cloud” back in 2011, brought them home…
Coffee Tables That Work With a Chesterfield Sofa
I bought my chesterfield off a guy in Ballantyne who was getting divorced and needed it gone by Saturday, and every single piece I read afterward about styling one said…
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…
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…
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…
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…