Tag: vintage decor

5 Ugly Truths About New Furniture

  • 5 Ugly Truths About New Furniture

    Most of us don’t think twice about grabbing a new desk online or upgrading a sofa when the style feels stale. But behind every shiny new furniture purchase is a web of environmental damage that’s easy to ignore—and costly to the planet. Here are five reasons to rethink the cycle of buying new: 1. It’s…

  • The TGIF Manifesto

    INTRODUCTION: BURN THE CATALOGS We don’t need more stuff. We need better eyes.Better questions. Better taste — and I don’t mean expensive. I mean earned. This is not another article about how to make your home look like a boutique hotel or a Scandinavian influencer’s rental flat. This is an article about not buying your…

  • How Color Affects Mood: Choosing the Right Hue for Every Room

    Color isn’t just a visual experience — it’s a psychological one. It shapes how we feel in a space before we ever have a chance to think about it. A room’s color can soothe or energize, focus or distract, uplift or overwhelm. That’s why choosing the right hue for the right room is one of…

  • How to Find Inexpensive Art That Will Transform Your Space

    When it comes to decorating a home, art is often treated as a finishing touch—something you add once the big decisions have been made. But at Object Lesson, we believe art can be the starting point. Not because it’s expensive or exclusive, but because of what it does, not just what it looks like. You…