The IKEA Alex Desk Hack With a Butcher Block Top and a Pegboard Above
Two IKEA Alex drawers, one butcher block top, and a Skådis pegboard on the wall. A home office for about the price of a desk chair.

Two IKEA Alex drawers, one butcher block top, and a Skådis pegboard on the wall. A home office for about the price of a desk chair.

The Kallax is great until you look at it. Don't fill every cube. Add oak trim and legs, and it stops looking like a college dorm.

A cozy bedroom has somewhere to sit that isn't the bed. It doesn't need to be big. A small chair, a lamp leaning over it, a blanket over the back.

Brown and cream are two quiet colors. Put them together and the room can doze off. A wide stripe behind the bed wakes it up.

What's behind you on a call matters more than what's on your desk. Point the camera at a wall worth looking at, and nobody will notice the desk.

Most brown bedrooms start at the duvet and stop there. Here's what happens when you start with the walls instead, with paint names and pairings.

Styling a whole bookcase at once is overwhelming. Do it one shelf at a time, with a simple rule for each, and the whole thing comes together.

Fall bathroom decor, contained. Everything on the bath tray. A brown candle, a sprig of dried eucalyptus, a small glass of something. Nothing on the floor.

Fall bookshelf decor without a single pumpkin. Dried oak leaves, pinecones, a brown taper. Swap them out in December and nobody will know the shelf was seasonal.

Most Halloween bedroom decor is terrible to wake up to at 3am. This version uses old lace, black velvet and one small pumpkin. Moody, not scary.