The Cheap Round End Table Versus the Nicer One
Whoever keeps putting mugs directly on the round end table without a coaster in sight needs to be named and shamed, and yet somehow it’s never anyone’s fault when we…
The Ones Who Love the Round Footstool and the Ones Who Don’t
The round footstool causes less argument as an object than as a question of what it was actually bought for. Someone in the group swears theirs earns its keep daily,…
The Round Patio Table We Live With Every Single Day
There is one person on this team who cannot walk past the round table without checking it for wobble. Presses down on the edge with two hands, leans in like…
Why We Keep Coming Back to a Round Lamp Table
There’s a faction here that thinks a round lamp table should look like furniture, proper wood, a bit of presence, something you’d photograph. And there’s another faction that just wants…
A Round Side Table Six Months In
Six months ago this table was a triumph. Everyone said so. It arrived, it looked exactly like the photo, someone put a coffee on it within the hour and declared…
Should You Buy a Rattan Side Table? The Team Is Split
There is a rattan side table currently sitting in the office that has caused actual raised voices, which feels like an unhinged amount of feeling to have about a small…
What Owning a Rattan Patio Lounger Is Really Like
A delivery driver said something last spring that we still bring up. He was hauling the second lounger out of the van, took one look at the first one already…
The Reading Floor Lamp We Keep Moving Around the House
A delivery driver once stood in the doorway waiting for a signature and said, apropos of nothing, “that lamp’s been in three different corners since I’ve been coming here,” which…
“We Bought a Ribbed Vase
Someone brought the ribbed vase into the office wrapped in three layers of tissue paper like it was a christening gift, set it on the big table without a word,…
Is a Lockable Filing Cabinet Really Worth the Money?
Opinion on the lockable filing cabinet has done a full loop through this office over the years. There was a stretch, maybe two years ago, when nobody would have admitted…