Mirrors for a White Vanity
I own seven mirrors right now, in a condo with exactly one vanity, and I want to be honest that four of them are currently stacked against the wall of…
Reading Light at Night: Getting the Warmth Right
My mom walked into my bedroom last November, took one look at the lamp on my nightstand, and said, “Why does your room look like a hospital corridor at 2am?”…
Outdoor Light Color: What Suits a Yard or Patio
My sister Maddie walked onto my patio last June, looked straight up at the string of bulbs I’d just spent forty five minutes untangling and clipping to the fence, and…
Bulb Warmth for White Walls
My mom walked into my living room in November, took one look at the lamp by the couch, and said, “why does it look like you’re running a dentist’s office…
Flooring Colors for Light Gray Walls
I’ve got thirty eight flooring samples sitting in a milk crate in the back of my truck right now. Not swatches, actual samples, the six inch chunks of engineered oak…
End Tables for a Dark Gray Couch
I did a rough count of drink rings on the current end tables in this living room last month, purely out of curiosity, and got to fourteen across three tables…
Curtains for Light Brown Walls
I own fourteen curtain panels right now. Fourteen. I counted them properly the other day while I was hunting for a specific rust colored pair that had gone missing between…
Bed Frame Colors That Stand Out Against White Walls
My sister walked into my bedroom in April, took one look at the new bed frame, and said, “Well. That’s certainly a choice.” Then she sat on the end of…
Comforters for a Brown Headboard
I used to think brown headboards were a design dead end. The kind of thing you inherit from a rental or buy in a hurry at a warehouse store and…
Comforters for a Blue Headboard
I was on my knees on a drop sheet in my bedroom at eleven on a Sunday morning, sanding the top rail of a headboard I’d bought off Facebook Marketplace…