The Art of the Unfinished Project
There is a particular kind of anxiety that comes from having a half-finished project sitting on your dining table. But I have come to believe that the unfinishe...
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The Entryway: First Impressions Matter
Your entryway is the handshake of your home. It is the first thing you see when you walk in after a long day, and the last thing you see when you leave. And yet...
Summer Linen: Why Fabric Choice Changes Everything
Walk into a room with linen curtains on a summer afternoon and you will understand immediately why fabric choice matters. The light filters through differently....
The Evening Walk: A Daily Practice That Changes Everything
I started taking an evening walk three years ago on the advice of a therapist who charged 200 dollars an hour. The walk costs nothing and, I would argue, has be...
Transitioning Your Home Between Seasons
The hardest part of seasonal decorating is knowing when to start. Change too early and you feel ridiculous. Change too late and you feel like you are lagging be...
Why Beige Doesn’t Have to Be Boring
If I had a dollar for every time someone told me beige is boring, I could afford a full interior designer renovation. But beige done wrong is boring. Beige done...
Cooking as Meditation: The Kitchen as Sanctuary
There is a particular kind of calm that descends when you are standing in your kitchen, knife in hand, with no agenda other than feeding yourself or the people ...
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I was bored last Sunday. Not the irritable kind of boredom, but the spacious kind. The kind where you have nothing to do and no particular urge to find somethin...
The Power of Negative Space in Small Rooms
There is a particular kind of magic that happens in a room when you stop trying to fill every corner. It is not emptiness—it is intention. Negative space, in in...
The Joy of Washing Dishes by Hand
My dishwasher broke three months ago. I expected to hate washing dishes by hand. Instead, it has become the most unexpectedly peaceful part of my day. The Lost ...