Living Room

I didn’t fully appreciate how much a coffee table could affect an entire room’s overall cohesion until I made the mistake of choosing mine purely based on price during my

A few years back, right after finishing grad school and moving into my first real apartment, I had exactly enough money for rent, groceries, and not much else. But I

When my sister and her husband finished building their addition a few years back, the family room was the space they’d spent the most time planning, more than the kitchen,

When my sister decided to knock down the wall between her kitchen and living room a few years ago, I got roped into helping with the planning almost by accident,

A couple of years ago, my friends and I started a monthly movie night tradition, rotating whose house we’d gather at each time. It didn’t take long before I noticed

I inherited my grandmother’s old sitting room furniture a few years ago, a heavy carved wood settee, an ornately framed mirror, and a small marble-topped side table, all pieces that

A few winters ago, I remember sitting in my living room on a particularly cold evening, wrapped in a blanket because the room itself just felt cold and unwelcoming despite

My first apartment out of college had a living room that, if I’m being generous, could be described as “cozy.” In reality, it was tiny, barely large enough for a