A Taper Candle Six Months In
One of us admitted last week, unprompted, over coffee, that the first pair of tapers we bought for the house were a mistake, and not a small one. Bought them…
A Tealight Candle Holder in Real Life: Love It or Leave It
Whoever keeps buying more tealight holders than we have tealights needs to explain themselves, because right now we’re sitting on a shelf full of glass and metal waiting for candles…
“We Bought a Terracotta Plant Pot
Nearly everyone here agrees the terracotta pot is the correct default choice for basically any plant, in any room, at any time of year. One of us thinks this is…
The Velvet Bedroom Chair Debate in Our Group Chat
The group chat has been going for eleven months now, on and off, about a chair nobody actually needs. One of us thinks a velvet bedroom chair is the single…
The Terracotta Vase We Wish We Had Measured For
There was a period, roughly two years ago now, when this whole site was a bit sniffy about terracotta vases. Too rustic, too Pinterest, too many of them turning up…
The Thermal Curtains That Earned Their Place at Home
Look back through anything the collective has written about thermal curtains over the years and you can watch the opinion move. Early on the line here was basically that they…
The Tiered Plant Stand We Live With Every Single Day
Nearly everyone here thinks the tiered plant stand is the single best thing we’ve done for our windowsills in years. One person disagrees, and she disagrees loudly, and we’re going…
The Ones Who Love the Toddler Bed and the Ones Who Don’t
There’s a fight that resurfaces every few months about whether the toddler bed in this house is a bed or a very expensive floor decoration, and nobody has won it…
Where We Landed on a Velvet Dining Chair
The velvet dining chairs were bought for a dining room that, if we are honest with ourselves, gets used properly maybe six times a year. Christmas, one birthday, and whatever…
Should You Buy a 13.5 Tog Comforter? The Team Is Split
The 13.5 tog argument had been going on so long in this office that nobody could actually remember who started it. One side wanted it as the only duvet in…