Making Our Tiny Box Room Actually Worth Staying In (Without Spending a Fortune)
When I first started planning to turn my small guest room into a functional space (after the initial excitement wore off) I quickly realized I had no idea how to…
Making Peace with Phone Booth Bathrooms: What I’ve Learned About Tiny Powder Rooms
It’s very humbling when you’re standing in a “half-bathroom” which is officially referred to as a “powder room,” yet has all the ambiance of a toilet closet. I’ve experienced this…
Duvet Sets by Size and Texture
The duvet set is where a bedroom either comes together or just sits there looking unfinished. We’ve learned that the two decisions that matter most are size and texture, and…
Coffee Tables by Colour
Most people search for a coffee table by shape or material and then spend an hour scrolling through things that are close but not quite right. Starting with color is…
How I Finally Tamed My Tiny Bathroom’s Storage Chaos (With a Toddler Around)
I began to understand how a place could look okay — even good — but somehow feel wrong. We’d done everything right. Torn up that awful, still-hard-to-believe-they-did–it bathroom carpet; painted…
Outdoor Rugs by Color and Style
Wonky TM Collection: no child categories found under outdoor-rugs-by.
How I Finally Made My Bathroom Feel Like Home (It Wasn’t the Big Stuff)
I remember the exact moment I realized something was amiss. It was a month after we’d completed our renovation – an amazing amount of work – we ripped up that…
Why My Shiplap Bathroom Experiment Nearly Went Horribly Wrong (And How Yours Won’t)
Okay. I think i made one of the smartest decisions of my life (well, at least for the last Three years) — and that was to try to fix-up a…
Why My Kids’ Bathroom Renovation Nearly Broke Me (But Was Worth Every Soggy Towel)
You remember that feeling when you’re waiting outside the bathroom and it’s as though someone is directing a symphony using all the water in the world? That’s pretty much my…
Table Lamps by Style and Era
The lamp is doing more work in a room than most people give it credit for. It is not just light. It is scale, it is silhouette, it is the…