One day, not long after she had endured yet another session under the surgeon's knife, he took a mirror from her dressing table and thrust it in front of her face to reflect the livid scars and the bruising under her eyes.

CNN: Books - Excerpt: 'Flint'

It got me thinking: Why not assemble a stripped-down, tomboy vanity by pairing this mirror with a low-key desk or dressing table a solution that wouldn't flood our bedroom with estrogen?

WSJ: The Un-Vain Vanity Table

Now, Ms. Wade has set up a more subdued or "butch, " as she calls it, dressing table a '50s American desk paired with a 19th century mirror in the bedroom she shares with her husband and urges her customers to similarly mix periods.

WSJ: The Un-Vain Vanity Table