What to Do When There Is No Room for a Bedside Table
The bed goes against the wall because that is the only way it fits. Or there is a radiator on one side and a door that swings open on the other. Or the room is wide enough for the bed and about fou...
Why Your Entryway Is Always the Messiest Part of the House
You can keep a kitchen tidy. You can keep a bedroom tidy. Then you walk in the front door and there are four pairs of shoes across the floor, a coat over the back of a chair that is not meant to be...
How to Choose Pillow Height for the Way You Sleep
Most people buy a pillow the way they buy a cushion. They press it in a shop, decide whether it feels nice under a hand, and take it home. Then they spend three years waking with a stiff neck, fold...
How to Sleep Through the Night Without Getting Bitten
You wake up at three in the morning to a high thin whine next to your ear. You swat at nothing, lie still, listen. Silence. You start to drift off and it comes back. By the time the room is light y...
7 Changes That Make a Bedroom Feel Like a Retreat
There is a difference between a bedroom that works and a bedroom you want to be in. Most bedrooms work. There is a bed, somewhere to put clothes, a lamp, curtains. Everything functions. And still t...
Why Keeping Knives in a Drawer Ruins Them
You bought a decent knife. For the first few months it went through a tomato without thinking about it. Now it crushes the skin before it cuts, and you have started pressing harder to get through a...