Is a Memory Foam Mattress Overrated? We Argued About It
If you go back through everything this account has ever said about memory foam, you can actually watch the opinion move. Three years ago it was written up like a…
The Ones Who Love the Manual Recliner Chair and the Ones Who Don’t
The manual recliner chair does not announce itself the way its electric cousin does. There is no whirring, no soft mechanical hum that makes guests ask “ooh, is that one…
The Machine Washable Rug We Still Have and Still Like
Someone on the team finally admitted, unprompted, that they spent two years telling everyone the beige one was a mistake and it wasn’t, they just hadn’t washed it right. That’s…
The Low Bed Frame We Keep Moving Around the House
This bed frame has lived in four rooms of the same house, which tells you either that it is remarkably easy to move or that none of us can commit…
Is a Lockable Filing Cabinet Really Worth the Money?
Opinion on the lockable filing cabinet has done a full loop through this office over the years. There was a stretch, maybe two years ago, when nobody would have admitted…
Is a Potted Artificial Plant Overrated? We Argued About It
Nobody bought the fake fig tree in the corner of the office because they wanted it. It arrived as a compromise after the real one died for the third time,…
The Pocket Coil Mattress Nobody Warned Us About
Nobody warned us about the noise. Not the springs themselves, they’re fine, it’s the specific creak that only happens at 6am when someone rolls over trying to be quiet and…
The Plug in Wall Sconce We’d Pick Again in a Heartbeat
We keep coming back to the same two lamps whenever this argument starts up again, the brass swing arm one that lived in the room with the reading chair for…
The Marble Table Lamp That Looked Better Online
The argument got settled the day someone dug up the original listing photo and put it next to the actual lamp sitting on the actual side table, side by side,…
Living With a Marble Side Table: The Honest Version
A delivery driver said it best, actually, hauling the second box up three flights and setting it down like it owed him money. “Whatever’s in here,” he said, “better be…