The Gold Mirror We Wish We Had Measured For
There was a proper argument the week someone turned up with a mirror that had been measured, apparently, “by eye.” Full width of a hallway wall gone, and not in…
The Framed Wall Art That Looks Better in Real Life
There was meant to be a whole rotation plan. Swap it out every season, keep it fresh, treat the wall like a gallery instead of the same three prints staring…
A Full Length Mirror in Real Life: Love It or Leave It
The real fight in this office isn’t about the mirror. It’s about what kind of person checks their whole outfit before leaving the house, and what kind of person finds…
The Gold Wall Clock We Almost Sent Back
The box sat unopened in the hallway for four days, which tells you almost everything about the hesitation before we’d even got the tape off it. Gold wall clocks look…
The Ones Who Love the Black Wall Clock and the Ones Who Don’t
Half of us think a black wall clock makes a room look like it knows what it’s doing. The other half think it makes a room look like a dentist’s…
The Black Wall Sconce We Keep Moving Around the House
This one has moved house more times than any of us, and none of those moves had anything to do with the sconce itself. It has lived above a headboard,…
The Canvas Wall Art Nobody Warned Us About
The argument about the big canvas over the sofa went on for about four months, entirely theoretical, because nobody had actually bought one yet. It was going to be a…
A Mirror in the Bedroom: Superstition Versus Sense
I was on my knees in my own bedroom last Tuesday with a stud finder running along the wall behind where my bed sits, trying to figure out where I…
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…
Two Mirrors in a Bedroom
I currently own three mirrors in my bedroom, which is one more than I own opinions I’m willing to defend at a dinner party, and somehow still feels like the…