The Rattan Outdoor Sofa We Overthought
We spent about six weeks on this decision, which for a sofa is a genuinely unhinged amount of time, and now half of us think that research paid off while…
Where We Landed on a Rattan Outdoor Dining Set
Whoever leaves the cushions out when rain is forecast has still, to this day, never once apologized for it, and at this point we’ve stopped expecting them to. The forecast…
The Rattan Patio Table That Looked Better Online
There is a running joke in this group chat that has outlived three house moves, one breakup, and at least two different rattan tables, and it is this: someone always…
The Rattan Patio Chair We Keep Buying for Friends
Almost everyone on this team has bought this chair as a gift at least once, and almost everyone will tell you it’s the correct move. There’s one holdout who thinks…
“The Rattan End Table We Regret
There is one person on this team who cannot walk past a rattan anything without touching it first, palm flat, like she’s checking a loaf of bread for doneness. We’ve…
The Rattan Egg Chair We Wish We Had Measured For
The delivery driver said it before any of us did, standing in the doorway with the box on a trolley going “you know that’s not actually going to fit through…
The Day We Finally Replaced the Rattan Dining Chair
It was a guest who said it, not one of us, which is honestly the only reason anyone in the office listened. She sat down at the table, shifted twice,…
The Pillar Candle We Keep Buying for Friends
Someone on this team finally admitted, unprompted, that the scented three wick monstrosity they gifted two Christmases running was a mistake, and that the recipient had been quietly regifting it…
A Personalized Throw Pillow in Real Life: Love It or Leave It
There’s a personalized cushion on the sofa with a photo of a dog that died four years ago printed onto it, slightly faded now because it sits in a patch…
The Day We Finally Replaced the Memory Foam Pillow
The old pillow finally gave up sometime around the four year mark, though “gave up” is generous, it had actually been dead for at least a year and a half…