Rustic Side Tables and the Colors That Sit Well Beside Them
You’re standing in the paint aisle at the hardware store with a chip in each hand, phone open to a photo of the side table your dad helped you drag…
The Navy Sofa Debate: Love It or Doubt It?
I have genuinely lain awake, actual insomnia, over whether a navy sofa was going to make my living room look like a hotel lobby or like something out of a…
Living With Light Yellow Walls: Curtains, Furniture and Sofas That Work
My friend Wendy painted her whole living room a light yellow called “Farmhouse Butter” two summers ago, hung linen curtains in a warm white, and the room looks like something…
What Goes Beside, Inside and Under a TV Stand
I was standing in Target with a rug swatch in one hand and my phone in the other, texting a photo of my TV stand to the group chat with…
Gray Headboards and What Really Goes With Them
“What goes with a gray headboard” is doing something a little dishonest as a question, because it implies gray is one fixed input you’re solving around, like it’s a constant…
Cashmere Colored Wardrobes and the Colors That Sit Nicely Beside Them
I was standing in a stranger’s kitchen in Ardsley Park, half a wardrobe door hanging off the wall unit behind me, trying to explain to a paint rep on the…
What Actually Lives on a Nightstand, Night After Night
My mom told me last week that her nightstand growing up had exactly three things on it, a lamp, a Bible, and a glass of water her own mother refilled…
Dark Brown Sofas Deserve a Second Look
I spent about four years telling clients dark brown was a mistake. Told them it ate light, made small rooms feel like a dentist’s waiting room from 1997, and that…
Gray Sofa in a Sunny Living Room: Pillows That Hold Up in Daylight
You’re standing in the sofa section with a pillow in each hand, the light through your actual living room window nothing like the light in the showroom, and you have…
Where a Dark Gray Sofa Fits Best in a Living Room
“Dark gray goes with everything” is the kind of sentence that sounds true right up until you’ve actually put one in a room with north facing windows and a radiator…