Big Vase Ideas for Rooms With Space to Spare
I own eleven big vases. Eleven. I counted them last week while attempting to dust one and had to sit down for a second, because that number arrived so gradually…
Stopping a Headboard From Banging the Wall
I used to think the fix for a banging headboard was a folded up moving blanket, duct taped to the wall at exactly headboard height, because that’s what my buddy…
Beds With No Headboard: What to Put Behind Instead
I’ve slept in a bed with no headboard for going on six years now, ever since the actual headboard I owned, a sad particleboard thing from a big box store,…
What to Hang Above a Bed Frame
The space above a bed frame has a reputation for being the wall nobody actually plans, the one you deal with last, after the mattress and the frame and the…
Floor Vases and the Scale Problem
I own six floor vases and precisely one of them has ever held an actual flower. The other five have held branches, a rolled up rug I didn’t know where…
Bathroom Vanity Storage: What Goes Inside
I own fourteen individual storage containers inside a vanity that is, and I measured this specifically for this post, thirty inches wide. Fourteen. Two drawers and one cabinet door hiding…
Black Bed Frame: What Goes With It
Dana stood in my bedroom doorway for a solid five seconds before she said anything, which for Dana is basically a monologue. Then: “Okay, but why does it feel like…
Tulips in a Vase: What to Pair Them With
Okay so tulips have this reputation as the beginner flower. The “I don’t know anything about flowers but I need a vase to not be empty” flower. Cheap, cheerful, grab…
Flowers That Hold Their Own Beside Sunflowers
The reputation is that sunflowers are a starter flower. The bouquet you grab at Trader Joe’s when you haven’t thought about it, the thing that shows up at a backyard…
Roses in a Vase: What to Add So It Isnt All Roses
Roses in a vase have a reputation for being the safest flower purchase a person can make, and also the most boring. I believed that for years. A dozen red…