Ask a Cool Person Where we ask stylish individuals with particular, exacting, or simply exceptional taste to tell us about the things they’re actually buying. Read more here . Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Dan Pelosi, Madeline Scalzi Renters have varying levels of comfortability when it comes to changing up their spaces. Some have no qualms painting walls, installing shelves, and swapping out hardware . For others, messing with and spending money on a home they don’t own can feel