Fire Pit on Concrete: What Goes in the Bottom
My dad stood on my patio in Charlotte, coffee in hand, looked down at the fire pit I’d just assembled on the bare concrete, and said, “You’re gonna crack that…
Flowers to Mix With Peonies in a Vase
I was standing at the kitchen sink on a Sunday morning with the water running too hot, snipping the ends off a five dollar bunch of grocery store carnations because…
Roses in a Vase: What to Add So It Isnt All Roses
Roses in a vase have a reputation for being the safest flower purchase a person can make, and also the most boring. I believed that for years. A dozen red…
Flowers That Hold Their Own Beside Sunflowers
The reputation is that sunflowers are a starter flower. The bouquet you grab at Trader Joe’s when you haven’t thought about it, the thing that shows up at a backyard…
Tulips in a Vase: What to Pair Them With
Okay so tulips have this reputation as the beginner flower. The “I don’t know anything about flowers but I need a vase to not be empty” flower. Cheap, cheerful, grab…
Black Bed Frame: What Goes With It
Dana stood in my bedroom doorway for a solid five seconds before she said anything, which for Dana is basically a monologue. Then: “Okay, but why does it feel like…
Bathroom Vanity Storage: What Goes Inside
I own fourteen individual storage containers inside a vanity that is, and I measured this specifically for this post, thirty inches wide. Fourteen. Two drawers and one cabinet door hiding…
Floor Vases and the Scale Problem
I own six floor vases and precisely one of them has ever held an actual flower. The other five have held branches, a rolled up rug I didn’t know where…
What to Hang Above a Bed Frame
The space above a bed frame has a reputation for being the wall nobody actually plans, the one you deal with last, after the mattress and the frame and the…
Wardrobe Colors for a Room With Gray Carpet
I painted a wardrobe door swatch on a Sunday afternoon, propped it against the wall of my bedroom, decided it looked “elevated and moody” in the four minutes of northern…