The Folding Patio Table That Looked Simple and Wasn’t
The argument was about whether a folding patio table counts as “furniture” or just “a thing you own that happens to have legs.” One person settled it by dragging out…
Where We Landed on a Folding Room Divider
Half of us think the folding room divider is the single most useful thing we bought this year, hiding the work corner so it stops looking like a filing cabinet…
The Folding Patio Lounger We’d Skip Next Time
The comparison that keeps coming up is the green sling one from a few summers back against the newer gray textilene version currently annoying somebody on the back patio, and…
The Framed Wall Art That Looks Better in Real Life
There was meant to be a whole rotation plan. Swap it out every season, keep it fresh, treat the wall like a gallery instead of the same three prints staring…
The Gold Wall Clock We Almost Sent Back
The box sat unopened in the hallway for four days, which tells you almost everything about the hesitation before we’d even got the tape off it. Gold wall clocks look…
A Full Length Mirror in Real Life: Love It or Leave It
The real fight in this office isn’t about the mirror. It’s about what kind of person checks their whole outfit before leaving the house, and what kind of person finds…
What We’d Tell a Friend Buying a Gaming Office Chair
The delivery driver who dropped off the second one off said, completely unprompted, “another gaming chair, huh,” in the tone of a man who has seen this exact box arrive…
The Geometric Throw Pillow We Still Have and Still Like
One of us thinks the geometric cushion is the only thing that stops a beige sofa looking like a waiting room. Another thinks it’s the interiors equivalent of a shoulder…
The Glass Dining Table Our Guests Always Comment On
A guest said it within about ninety seconds of sitting down, glass in hand, before she’d even worked out what to say about the food. “God, I could never have…
A Glass Display Cabinet in Real Life: Love It or Leave It
Nearly everyone here thinks a glass display cabinet is one of the great honest pieces of furniture, in that it tells the truth about you within about four seconds of…