Home Offices
Home Office Lighting for Video Calls, Screens, and Long Work Days
A desk lamp that looks perfectly fine in person can still leave a video call looking lit from…
Eleanor Marsh
Eleanor Marsh covers interiors and decor for Room Almanac, with a focus on color, materials, lighting, and the decisions that make a room feel coherent. Her guides look closely at proportion, finish, undertone, and how individual choices work together in a finished space.
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Home Offices
Home Offices
Home Office Ideas for a Room That Has to Be Something Else Too
Almost nobody redecorating a home office is starting from an empty room. The desk has to go somewhere…
Furniture
How to Mix Metal Finishes Without It Looking Accidental
A brushed nickel faucet next to a brass lamp is not automatically a mistake. Leaving every finish in…
Styles & Trends
A Practical Guide to Interior Design Styles, and How to Find Yours
Type “what is my design style” into a search bar and the results split into two useless categories:…
Bedrooms
Bedroom Ideas for Every Layout, Budget, and Style
A bedroom carries less daily traffic than a living room and fewer functions than a kitchen, which is…
Kitchens
Open Shelving or Closed Cabinets: Choosing for a Kitchen You Use Every Day
The real tradeoffs between open shelving and closed cabinets in a kitchen, including where mixing both works better…
Kitchens
12 Kitchen Ideas for a Room That Has to Work as Hard as It Looks
Twelve specific kitchen design decisions, from open shelving to a repeated metal finish, that work individually without a…
Styles & Trends
Mixing Design Styles: How Many Is Too Many?
A repeated material or finish is what makes two different furniture eras look chosen together instead of accidental.
Living Rooms
Leather or Fabric Sofa? How to Choose the Right Upholstery
Leather and fabric solve the same problem in different ways, and neither one is the objectively correct choice.…
Living Rooms
17 Living Room Ideas for Every Layout and Style
A living room has to do more work than almost any other room in the house. It hosts…
Decor & Accessories
Art Above the Sofa: Getting the Height Right
The gap between a sofa and the art above it is a small measurement. It's also the one…
Decor & Accessories
Curtains or Blinds, Room by Room
Neither one is the universally right choice. Each room has a real reason to prefer one over the…