Light Purple Walls Are Easier to Live With Than Youd Guess
People will argue about light purple walls like they’re arguing about school districts, real heat, genuine betrayal in their voice if you say the wrong thing, and then the actual…
Navy Blue Sofa Pairings for People Tired of Neutral Rooms
Okay so every single navy sofa post I’ve ever read says “navy is the new neutral” like that’s a fact and not just a sentence someone typed to make you…
Living With a White Sofa: What to Put Around It
“You’ll ruin it in a month,” she said, standing in my doorway with her shoes still on, which, fine, different battle. She meant the sofa. Cream boucle thing I’d just…
Beige Headboards and the Bedding That Keeps Them From Washing Out
The woman who sold me my headboard, a linen wrapped thing in a color the tag called “oatmeal,” leaned across the showroom and said, “Beige goes with everything, you really…
Teal Sofa Pillows That Make the Color Look Planned
I bought my teal sofa four years ago, in a fit of confidence I still can’t fully explain, and for three of those years I dressed it with whatever pillows…
Setting Up a Living Room Around a Cream Sofa
My colleague from two desks over came into a meeting last month holding a red Solo cup full of coffee, the kind you’d bring to a tailgate, not a Tuesday…
Olive Green Sofas and the Pillows That Suit Them
I saw someone on a Facebook furniture group declare, with real confidence, that olive green sofas should only ever get white or oatmeal pillows because “anything else fights it.” Scrolled…
Making a Fire Pit Area Somewhere People Actually Sit
Four. Four fire pits, three houses, one very confused insurance agent when I called to ask if a “pit” counted as a permanent structure. I’m not proud of the trajectory…
Small Tricks for Making Cut Flowers Last Longer
My mother in law told me last month that “back in her day” you just put a penny in the vase and the flowers lasted two weeks, no fuss, no…
Making a Billy Bookcase Look Custom by Styling the Top
Someone in a Facebook group I lurk in said you should throw the whole Billy top away, crown molding, full custom scribe, the works, or you’ve basically got IKEA furniture…