Charcoal Sofa Pillows and Coffee Tables That Work
I bought my first charcoal sofa in 2011 convinced I was buying black, and I want you to sit with that for a second before you judge me too hard,…
Choosing an Outdoor Bulb Color Without Making the Yard Look Harsh
My sister texted me a photo of her own house at 9pm on a Tuesday with the caption “why does my front yard look like a crime scene.” No context.…
White Headboard Bedding, Plus How to Keep It Clean
I was stripping the bed on a Saturday morning, the way you do when you’ve finally noticed the pillowcases have gone a bit gray and you can’t remember the last…
Bedding Ideas for a Light Gray Headboard
Light gray headboards have a reputation for being the furniture equivalent of a beige rental wall, the safe choice you make when you’ve run out of decision making energy and…
Bedding That Works With a Cream Headboard
I count laundry days now, not because I’m precious about it but because I’ve got a spreadsheet habit left over from quoting jobs, and the number that came out of…
Bedding for a Black Headboard: What Looks Right on Top
I swapped the bedding on a black headboard bed for a client shoot eleven times this year. Eleven. I counted because a friend asked why I kept photographing the same…
Area Rug Colors for a Room Full of Gray Furniture
I bought a rug once specifically because it was the exact same gray as my sofa. Not similar. The same. I brought a fabric swatch into the rug store, held…
Picking a Coffee Table for an L Shaped Couch
Okay so my roommate Dana walked into the living room, looked at the coffee table I’d just wrestled through the door, and just went “why is it shaped like that.”…
Coffee Tables That Work With a Chesterfield Sofa
I bought my chesterfield off a guy in Ballantyne who was getting divorced and needed it gone by Saturday, and every single piece I read afterward about styling one said…
Side Table Ideas Beyond a Lamp and a Coaster
I bought a side table made entirely of glass and brass rods, no shelf, no drawer, nothing, just a circle of glass balanced on three thin legs, because it looked…