Welcome back to Make It Nice, Defector’s best interior design advice column. Today we have messy boys, an awkward living room layout, and advice on shopping for a couch. As a special holiday bonus, I ...

Unless you have the income to build a custom home from scratch, you are probably going to be buying a home that's already built, and sometimes the layout of the house isn't perfect. Even with an ...

Amie Miller has a go-to spot for conducting job interviews: a gray, L-shaped couch. The problem is it is everyone else’s favorite spot, too. “We’ve reached peak couch,” says Miller, the chief talent ...