Warm Grays, Cool Grays and What Goes With Each
“That’s not gray, that’s just beige that gave up.” She said it standing in my kitchen, arms crossed, looking at a wall I’d spent three weekends and one entire Saturday…
Curtains for Light Lavender Walls
People will argue about this in a Facebook group like it’s a custody hearing. I’ve seen someone post “HELP what curtains for lavender walls” and get forty three replies, several…
Which Color Bed Frame Should You Pick?
A guy at a lumberyard counter told me black bed frames were “a phase people go through,” like it was a rash. Handed me my lag bolts and everything, totally…
A Dresser Top That Doesnt Look Random
I realized what I’d been doing right about eighteen months ago, standing in my own bedroom, looking at a dresser top I’d rearranged without thinking about it for the tenth…
Making a Billy Bookcase Look Custom by Styling the Top
Someone in a Facebook group I lurk in said you should throw the whole Billy top away, crown molding, full custom scribe, the works, or you’ve basically got IKEA furniture…
Small Tricks for Making Cut Flowers Last Longer
My mother in law told me last month that “back in her day” you just put a penny in the vase and the flowers lasted two weeks, no fuss, no…
Making a Fire Pit Area Somewhere People Actually Sit
Four. Four fire pits, three houses, one very confused insurance agent when I called to ask if a “pit” counted as a permanent structure. I’m not proud of the trajectory…
Beige Headboards and the Bedding That Keeps Them From Washing Out
The woman who sold me my headboard, a linen wrapped thing in a color the tag called “oatmeal,” leaned across the showroom and said, “Beige goes with everything, you really…
Light Gray Sofa Pillows and Coffee Tables That Balance a Pale Base
You know that thirty seconds where you’re standing in the checkout line at the thrift store, holding two throw pillows, and the guy behind you is doing that thing where…
Is a Black Couch Too Much? What to Put Around One
Too much for who, exactly? Because I bought a black couch three years ago fully expecting my mother in law to say something about it at Thanksgiving, and she did,…