The Last Layer by Colin King

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Why Do We Keep Bringing Shells Home?

Tiny Things I Do That Make a Room Feel Alive

The Decorative Bowl Is Doing Too Much

Screens Are the Most Emotionally Intelligent Thing You Can Put in a Room

Outdoor Furniture Is Where Optimism Goes to Die

Counter Stools, Unfortunately

Everything is Beautiful and Nothing is Interesting

Why I Keep Coming Back to Borsani

You’re Not Missing Anything

Pendant Lighting Is Where Rooms Go Wrong

It Wasn’t the Lampshade

Why I Still Hang Candle Sconces

I Finally Made the Folder

The Only Sectional I’ll Ever Use (Even If It Isn’t One)

I Don’t Fix Rooms I Just Met

Why I Keep Buying Things With Legs

I No Longer Believe in “Investment Pieces”

The Smaller One Is Always the Smart One

You Can’t Crop a Room

How I Ended Up Designing a Brass Egg Lamp

Looking at the Wrong Thing

Why I Believe in Open Shelves

More Than One

Faux, and Fully Committed

The Same Apartment, A Different Story

I’ve Never Been a Mirror Person

How to Make Objects Talk to Each Other

Why I’ll Always Hang a Wall Vase

Why I Keep Moving Things

In Defense of Fragile Things

Design Advice Is Often Just Someone Else’s Regret

The Table I Can’t Stop Putting Everywhere

Most Things Don't Want to Be Centered

White is the Hardest Color

I Don’t Believe in Signature Style

Floor Vases Are Better Than Plants

Beyond the Scroll

When Vintage is Too Much

Leave It There

Soft Commitments

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