About the Book:
"From not enough space and too many things to not knowing what color to paint the living room walls, many of us struggle with our homes. Now Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, frequent makeover expert on HGTV's Mission: Organization and Small Spaces, Big Style, shares the do-it-yourself strategies that have enabled his clients and fans to transform their apartments into well-organized, beautiful places that suit their style and budget.
Week by week, Apartment Therapy will guide you to treat common problems, eliminate clutter, and revamp even the tiniest space. Here is an eight-step process that includes:
- A therapeutic questionnaire to help you get in touch with your personal taste and diagnose your home's physical, emotional, and energy flow issues
- A prescription with recommendations for each room based on your needs and lifestyle: including tips on how to use color, lighting, and accessories
- A treatment plan, including regular maintenance schedules to ensure the ongoing health of your space
- Illustrations of floor plans and decorative examples that allow you to visualize concepts before you begin
With surprising ease and without elaborate professional help, Apartment Therapy will help you clear a path through disorder and indecision, to reveal a home you'll love."
Veronica & Keith's Handmade Chic 
Before & After: A Bathroom Goes From Pinky Peach to Sleek and Chic
Good Food to Share 
The Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces 
Apartment Therapy Presents 
The Eight-Step Home Cure 
Hunslet Dinner Plate
A Beginner's Guide to Superb Stir-Fry: Quick, Healthy Meals from a Wok
Easy Pitcher Cocktail Recipe: Strawberry Basil Margaritas
Comments (2)
Grat book!
I don't know where to post this, but I've already started applying the book's idea of flow to my main living room.
When I demo'd the restaurant on my 1st floor of my townhouse to make an open kitchen/dining/computer/living space, a friend advised me that when her father did something similar the open space became a "corridor." The AT book explains what she was getting to. It's the concept of flow and how the tendency to push furniture toward the walls of a room creates too fast a rhythm. So one evening last week while my wife was at work, my teenager and I rearranged the furniture of our front room.
The photos in the link include before (with Xmas decorations) and after. Just improving the flow has made a tremendous difference in the space.
Now we are starting to declutter.
I also note that your office is down the block from the Putnam Rolling Ladder company, one of the treasures of NYC. When can we expect a feature on this fabulous company. In my experience, they do wonderful work, deliver the product, and then eventually get around to sending you a bill.
BTW, we live on the few streets in Manhattan as short and obscure as Howard Street. Even with the bustle of trucks, there is something quiet and calming about so short a street, much like living on an island.
Frank
I must find the bed that you have pictured in this blog.
the one with the egyptian sheets on it. Love the bed frame
where did it come from?
thanks!