The Ceramic Candle Holder That Earned Its Place at Home
Nearly everyone here agrees the ceramic candle holder started as a maybe, one of those things bought because the shelf looked unfinished and something had to go there. One dissenting…
The Canvas Wall Art Nobody Warned Us About
The argument about the big canvas over the sofa went on for about four months, entirely theoretical, because nobody had actually bought one yet. It was going to be a…
Do You Actually Need a Cantilever Patio Umbrella?
Look back through what this account has said about cantilever parasols over the years and you can watch the opinion move, slowly, like a shadow following the sun it’s meant…
Is a Shoe Storage Cabinet Really Worth the Money?
Nearly everyone here thinks the shoe cabinet is the best money the collective has ever spent as a group. There is one holdout who still maintains, calmly, at every meeting,…
The Hallway Shoe Storage Cabinet That Survived the Kids and the Dog
The argument about whether the hallway cabinet should have doors or open cubbies ran for about a year and a half, on and off, whenever someone stubbed a toe or…
What Owning a Black Wine Rack Is Really Like
There’s a genuine split in this office over whether a black wine rack looks moody and deliberate or like something you’d find bolted to the wall of a wine bar…
The Black Wardrobe We Bought on a Whim
Whoever walked past the shop window that Saturday and decided the office needed a black wardrobe, with no discussion, no group chat vote, nothing, still hasn’t owned up to it.…
The Black Wall Sconce We Keep Moving Around the House
This one has moved house more times than any of us, and none of those moves had anything to do with the sconce itself. It has lived above a headboard,…
The Ones Who Love the Black Wall Clock and the Ones Who Don’t
Half of us think a black wall clock makes a room look like it knows what it’s doing. The other half think it makes a room look like a dentist’s…
The Black Headboard We Almost Sent Back
The box sat unopened in the hallway for four days, which tells you most of what you need to know about how confident we felt. Black headboard, tall, a bit…