The Wall Mirror That Looked Simple and Wasn’t
There’s a fault line in this team about round versus rectangular that no amount of living together has closed. Half of us think a round mirror looks like something a…
The Trouble With Buying a Toy Storage Unit
Someone brought a bin measurement into the group chat once, forty two litres versus thirty eight, and it caused a proper argument that ran for two days and nearly ended…
The Upholstered Bed Frame We’d Pick Again in a Heartbeat
For months there was a genuine standoff in the group chat about how high off the ground this bed should sit. One camp wanted it low, moody, almost floor level,…
The Upholstered Dining Chair That Won Over the Skeptics
One of us thinks upholstered dining chairs are a mistake dressed up as a good idea, something you buy in a showroom under flattering lighting and regret the first time…
The Walnut Nightstand That Survived the Kids and the Dog
Someone on the team admitted last week, completely unprompted, that they spent two years pushing everyone toward the pale oak nightstand and it was, in hindsight, a mistake. Wrong wood…
Why We Keep Coming Back to a Velvet Armchair
The argument was technically about linen versus velvet and it ran for the better part of a year, until someone dragged out the office chair from the spare room, the…
Is a Walnut Coffee Table Overrated? We Argued About It
There’s a running joke in the office about the person who cannot walk past a walnut coffee table without touching the surface first, palm flat, like she’s checking a horse’s…
The Velvet Bar Stool Nobody Talks About Enough
There is a running joke in the group chat that one of us cannot walk past a velvet bar stool without touching it, palm flat, like checking a horse’s flank,…
The Walnut Console Table We Keep Talking About
The walnut console table comes up in the office at least once a month, usually when somebody’s mid renovation and asking what to put behind the sofa that isn’t just…
The Velvet Curtains We Didn’t Expect to Love
If you go back through what this site has said about velvet curtains over the years, there’s a real shift buried in there. Early on the tone was mostly suspicious,…