Is the hidden drawer the seat flipping up to reveal storage? If so, probably a piano bench. The width and the low back suggests so. I'd suggest Danish oil: I've had amazing success wit...

Once, out of desperation at 3am, I just put on a reeeally bad comedy record. It was so cringeworthy that the last few stragglers (of course, a few people I barely knew) made a quick exit, giving my...

I saw a great idea in, I think, the Pottery Barn storage & organization book, if you're handy and so inclined -- the higher your bed, the better: Get a piece of plywood roughly the size of th...