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How to lay out a room, in inches

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…

By Alice Delacroix 5 min read

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How to keep wood furniture for thirty years

Furniture rarely dies from one dramatic event. It dies from ten years of small neglect: a chair that has wobbled since 2019, a table by a south-facing window, dry air every winter, a glass that sat somewhere overnight. Each of those is…

By Alice Delacroix 5 min read

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