armoire
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In “Office Hours,” a film studies professor on the brink of leaving academia discovers a doorway to a cool, dark forest behind an armoire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2022
This Instagrammer uses an armoire in the hallway to store sheets, and we love that the see-through doors give you a peek at all the pretty patterns inside.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2022
In one video, Jeanine describes how her brother convinced her to jump off an armoire with an umbrella and try to fly like Mary Poppins.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2022
When the St. Julian family moved from New Orleans to Texas last year, son Oliver’s room was carefully re-created, with the jack-in-the-box sitting on top of a white armoire.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2022
“Why were those drawings hidden in the armoire? Why did Papa Georges get so upset when he saw them?”
From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick
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If, as the New York Times’ Amanda Hess argues, we live in the “golden age of celebrity branding,” liquor is the filigree on its balustrades, the inlay on its armoires, the leaf on its chandeliers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2023
“They should forget about their massive armoires and work with the capacity for storage in the new place.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 25, 2022
Gomez recommends doing the same at home, making sure to dust behind beds, sofas, curtains and any large armoires or case pieces.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2021
Seeing the NFL plan for an uncertain future with rote certainty is like watching passengers on the Titanic carefully unpack their bags and place their clothes into cabin armoires.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2020
Behind him, confiscated treasures are crammed to the ceiling: rolled tapestries, grandfather clocks, armoires, and giant landscape paintings crazed with cracks.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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