One Console Table, Five Different Jobs
I was elbow deep in a bag of frozen peas, trying to get the last one off the kitchen floor before the dog found it, when my mom texted a…
Gray Bed Frames Are Easy to Buy and Surprisingly Fussy to Dress
“Gray goes with everything, just throw whatever bedding you’ve got on it.” That’s what the guy at the furniture store told me while I was standing there with my card…
Thinking About a Blue Sofa? Here Is What Goes With It
There’s a specific moment this question stops being interesting and starts being urgent, and it’s not in the showroom. It’s the moment the delivery guys have gone, the plastic wrap…
Where a Dark Gray Sofa Fits Best in a Living Room
“Dark gray goes with everything” is the kind of sentence that sounds true right up until you’ve actually put one in a room with north facing windows and a radiator…
Gray Sofa in a Sunny Living Room: Pillows That Hold Up in Daylight
You’re standing in the sofa section with a pillow in each hand, the light through your actual living room window nothing like the light in the showroom, and you have…
Gray Couch Bought, Now Comes the Hard Part: Everything Around It
“Gray goes with everything, you can’t get it wrong.” That’s what the guy at the furniture store told me when I bought my sofa, standing there with his hands in…
Brown Sofas Are Making a Quiet Return: How to Style One Now
A woman at the fabric counter, maybe thirty years old, tanned the way people who ski a lot are tanned, told me brown sofas were “having a moment.” She said…