Laura Cole

Lifestyle Editor

Laura covers lifestyle and home decor with a focus on the seasonal buying guides that drive most of our reader questions. She joined the team after six years of writing for home and lifestyle publications, and her work emphasizes the gap between aspirational catalog images and how products actually look and hold up in lived-in homes. She personally tests every item in our seasonal gift guides over a two-month window before publication — the kind of patience required to catch the kettle that looks beautiful but burns your hand on day eight.