The Ones Who Love the Ceramic Table Lamp and the Ones Who Don’t
Nearly all of us agree the ceramic table lamp is the best looking thing in most rooms it sits in and also, somehow, the most useless at doing the one…
The Black Toilet We Still Have and Still Like
The black toilet has been in the downstairs bathroom for four years now and it still gets a comment from anyone using it for the first time, usually somewhere between…
The Black Umbrella Stand Our Guests Always Comment On
Nobody puts their umbrella in it properly and it is genuinely exhausting to watch. There is a black umbrella stand sitting by the door, doing its one job, and instead…
What Owning a Black Vase Is Really Like
Someone brought a black vase into the office to settle a debate about whether the matte finish shows dust more than gloss, and it caused a proper argument that ran…
The Day We Finally Replaced the Cotton Blanket
The old cotton blanket finally got binned after someone staying over asked, very politely, if we had “a spare one that wasn’t see through.” That was the whole review, really,…
The Cotton Placemat We’d Happily Buy Twice
We have bought this cotton placemat set three separate times now, which for an item that costs less than a round of drinks is either a ringing endorsement or proof…
The Cotton Table Runner That Looked Simple and Wasn’t
The argument was about whether a runner needed to match the tablecloth at all, and it got settled the day someone turned up to dinner with a photo on their…
Thinking About a Cotton Throw? Read This First
Whoever is on sofa duty at the end of the night is expected to fold the throw. Nobody assigned this. It just became true, the way a lot of things…
Is a Counter Height Bar Stool Overrated? We Argued About It
Counter height bar stools get talked about like they’re furniture for people who peaked in 2015 and never left the kitchen island phase, and honestly we came into this piece…
The Hallway Shoe Storage Cabinet That Survived the Kids and the Dog
The argument about whether the hallway cabinet should have doors or open cubbies ran for about a year and a half, on and off, whenever someone stubbed a toe or…