Curtains for Light Lavender Walls
People will argue about this in a Facebook group like it’s a custody hearing. I’ve seen someone post “HELP what curtains for lavender walls” and get forty three replies, several…
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…
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…
Above, Behind and Over: Dealing With the Wall Around a Headboard
“What to put above your headboard” and “what to put behind your headboard” get typed into Google as if they’re two different questions with two different answers. They’re not. They’re…
Light Pink Walls Without the Nursery Look
My sister repainted her guest room in what the paint chip called “Blush Whisper” right before her father in law came to visit for two weeks, and by the time…
Gray Wardrobes: Which Walls and Colors Play Well With Them
I once had someone tell me, dead serious, in a lighting showroom of all places, that “gray furniture is what happens when a person gives up on having opinions.” Direct…
Light Gray Walls Look Easy Until the Carpet and Curtains Show Up
A woman going through the same bin of drawer pulls as me at an estate sale off Waters Road leaned over, completely unprompted, and said “gray’s such a safe choice,…
Pairing Things With Light Blue Walls: Bedding, Rugs, Curtains and Floors
“That’s a nursery color, Aisha, you’re painting your bedroom like a nursery.” That was the guy I was seeing for about four months last year, standing in my bedroom doorway…