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Floor Lamp Or Table Lamp
Floor lamps and table lamps are not interchangeable. What each one is good at, the heights that stop glare, and how to layer both.
What To Put On An Empty Console Table: Vases, Bowls And Trays
What actually goes on an empty console table, in what order, and how to fill a surface with three objects instead of ten.
Console Table Height And Depth
A console behind a sofa or in a hallway lives or dies on two numbers. How tall it should be, how deep it can be, and where storage is worth it.
How Many Sets Of Plates Do You Actually Need
How many dinner plates, side plates and serving pieces a household actually uses, and the honest number to buy before you run out of cupboard.
How To Use One Print Across A Whole Room
Use the motif to connect practical pieces, then give the eye a few quiet places to rest.
Hostess Gifts By Price: What Changes From $40 To $450
What a hostess gift actually buys at $40, at $150 and at $400, and how to pick one that gets used instead of stored.
How To Buy A Table Lamp Online
How to buy a table lamp online without seeing it lit, from new production to vintage and the named designers, with the measurements that actually matter.
Is Boucle Hard To Clean
Boucle looks delicate and behaves like a loop pile. What actually cleans it, what damages it, and which pieces are worth the upkeep.
Building A Guest Bathroom
Plan a guest bathroom around useful towel weight, a dry landing spot, a comfortable robe and simple counter accessories that feel considered.
How To Choose An Accent Chair
An accent chair has to do a job before it does anything decorative. A practical way to choose one, from swivel bases to cane frames.
Cane And Rattan Furniture
Cane and rattan are not the same material, and they age in very different ways. What holds up indoors, and what dries out.
Are Upholstered Dining Chairs Practical
Upholstered dining chairs are more comfortable and more work. The honest trade off, plus the fabrics that survive real meals.
Nightstand Envy
A nightstand is the piece of furniture you look at last at night and first in the morning, and mine was a stack of books for the better part of two years.
Vases, Candles, And Decorative Objects
Shop the best of The Favorites. Our edit of 12 candles and home pieces, from $30 to $325, all in stock and shoppable now.
Home Pieces For Your Space
Home pieces curated for you — Cocktail-hour, design-collector, standout worthy conversation starters
How To Mix Antique And New Furniture
How to mix antique and new furniture: one old anchor, a new soft layer, and a modern object that bridges the two.
What Makes A Quiet Room Feel Considered
What makes a quiet room feel considered rather than empty: objects that do one job, soft layers with weight, and one thing with age on it.
Does Vintage Furniture Hold Its Value
What vintage furniture actually holds in value, bracket by bracket, and which pieces are bought as furniture rather than as an investment.
How To Buy Art For A Blank Wall
How to buy art for a blank wall: editioned prints, original works at auction prices, and sculpture for a shelf when the wall is not the answer.
What A Good Scented Candle Actually Costs
What a good scented candle actually costs, from small formats to the large pours and the holders, and where the money genuinely goes.
How To Layer Glassware On A Table
How to layer glassware on a table without buying a matching set, starting with the water glass and ending with a decanter.
What Actually Makes Bed Linens Feel Expensive
Fibre, weave and finishing decide whether bedding feels luxurious. A shoppable guide to sheets, duvet covers, throws and down pillows at Bloomingdale's, from Hudson Park Collection to Frette.
What Is Worth Buying for a Luxury Kitchen
Porcelain, crystal, silver plate and cast iron, and how to tell which is worth the money. A shoppable guide to Ginori 1735, Baccarat, Christofle and more at Bloomingdale's.
Cushions And Throws: How To Layer A Sofa Without Overbuying
How many cushions a sofa actually needs, what a throw is for, and how to layer both without it looking staged.