What to Keep in a Nightstand Drawer
I used to think a nightstand drawer was basically a filing cabinet for my whole personality. Old receipts, three different lip balms all dried to nothing, a phone charger that…
Fire Pit on a Wooden Deck: What Goes Underneath
I scorched a two hundred dollar propane fire pit purchase down to a $40 embarrassment in under thirty minutes, and I want to be honest about exactly how it happened…
The Wall Above Your Headboard: What Deserves the Space
I was stripping the bed on a Tuesday, which is not a day that usually produces revelations, but there I was with the fitted sheet balled up under one arm…
Buying a Vase Just to Look At: What Fills It
Okay so the vase story. I bought a vase before I owned a single flower to put in it, which in retrospect was the first sign I had no plan.…
Big Vases and What to Fill Them With
I reach for the big vase in my front hall entryway roughly four times a week between October and December, which is a strange thing to know about yourself but…
Does a Large Decorative Vase Need Anything Inside?
I bought my first genuinely large vase from a home store outside Pooler, and I did everything wrong with it inside the first week. It was a floor vase, cream…