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The default way a room gets arranged is by pushing everything backward until it touches a wall. It is what movers do, and most people never undo it. The result is a running track down the middle of the room, seats too far…
Read the articleA solid oak dresser turns up on a local listing for sixty dollars because the family is moving Saturday and it will not fit in the van. That is the good version of buying used. The bad version is the same photograph and…
Read the articleEvery sample in a flooring showroom looks good. They are six inches long, held at chest height under bright light, and none of them have been walked on. The price spread between two boards that look nearly identical can be four to one…
Read the articleA sofa is usually the most expensive piece of furniture in a house and the one that gets the least research, because of when it is bought. Somebody is moving in three weeks, or the old one has finally gone through at the…
Read the articleThe classic sequence goes like this. Saturday morning you look at the spare room and decide today is the day. You go out and come back with nine matching bins, a label maker, and a set of drawer dividers. By evening the room…
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