Ideas for the Top of a Wardrobe: Baskets, Boxes and Plants
I was up on a step stool in my own bedroom on a Sunday morning, not doing anything productive, just finally dealing with the top of my wardrobe because my…
Why a Wardrobe Smells and How to Fix It
A musty wardrobe has this reputation as an inevitability of old buildings, like uneven floors or a radiator that only works in July. You open the door, you get that…
Making Clothes Smell Nice in a Wardrobe Without Overdoing It
I own eleven shirts I wear on rotation and I probably open that closet door around fourteen times a week, more if laundry’s backed up, which it usually is. And…
Wardrobe Moths: What Actually Keeps Them Away
I own fourteen cedar blocks, six sachets of dried lavender that came from three different stores because I forgot I’d already bought some, two pheromone traps stuck to the inside…
Stopping Mold in a Wardrobe Before It Spreads
I was pulling my green wool coat off the rail on a Tuesday morning in October, already running late, and it smelled like the inside of a gym bag that…
The Wall and Ceiling Space Above a Wardrobe
I bought four wicker baskets and a fake trailing plant for the top of my first proper wardrobe, in my first proper apartment in Somerville, because a magazine told me…
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…
Choosing a Wardrobe for Plain White Walls
I was standing in the middle of my own spare room with a pencil behind my ear and a roll of blue tape in my hand, marking out where things…
Brown Wardrobes and the Colors That Sit Nicely Beside Them
I painted my bedroom wall the exact color of wet cardboard once. Not on purpose, obviously. I stood in the paint aisle at the hardware store on the west side…
White Wardrobes: What to Put Around Them So They Dont Look Flat
I was standing in the doorway of the spare room on a Tuesday afternoon with an armful of flat sheets I hadn’t folded properly in maybe four years, trying to…