Michelle Slatalla

3 weeks ago | kanebridgenews.com | Michelle Slatalla

Why are we willing to spend that much for, say, nice boots, yet consider bed linens that cost that much unconscionably indulgent? Our columnist fights her way past this double standard.

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Michelle Slatalla

The other day I threw open the windows, ready to spring-clean and flip the mattress. Then I started to strip my bed only to see…sheets shredded by my husband’s toenails. How long has this situation been developing? I spend eight hours a day physically interacting with my bedsheets, so how did I miss this? We all have private, recurring bedroom fantasies. Mine is that every night I tuck myself into crisp, unwrinkled, lavender-smelling sheets.

Jan 22, 2025 | gardenista.com | Michelle Slatalla

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Dec 17, 2024 | wsj.com | Michelle Slatalla

Guess who probably won’t care that I rushed out at the last minute to buy their holiday gifts? My dogs. That’s one of the many things I love about my tiny papillons. I also love that if Pigeon feels I haven’t scratched him long enough, he gently pushes my hand back into position with a tiny cottonball paw.

Nov 29, 2024 | wsj.com | Michelle Slatalla

Your browser does not support the audio tag. 00:00 / 08:51This article is in your queue. IN RETROSPECT, last year’s over-the-top Christmas party was the one that broke me. After years of increasingly elaborate holiday seasons, last December my husband and I crazily got up on step ladders to create a magical Hogwarts Christmas-themed spectacle. Like set designers, we suspended 200 battery-powered “floating candles” on fishing line, sticky-tacked to the ceiling. In concept, great.