There are sand castles and then there are sand houses. As my daughter, Ursula, has turned five, her imaginative play has suddenly all centered on the home and making it her own. She wanted a play kitchen for Christmas, she has been taking care of her doll by giving her a bed and a clothing shelf in her room, AND she's become super great at cooking and helping to set and clear the table.

Our annual Link Love party begins Friday, February 24th. Get ready to nominate your favorite home blogs and send mad props around the web. Past winners are below the fold.

Q: Frustration knows no bounds when I can't find something. I came across this picture on the Gracious Home website of these very cool, black roller shower curtain rings which also have rollers going all around them.

At the very back of today's TStyle mag is the best bit: beautiful interior shots by Jason Schmidt and a brief article on Olatz Schnabel in her new West Village home. Julian Schnabel's former wife - a Basque-from, Paris-raised ex-model - has impeccable style and you can easily see her influence on Julian's interior projects.

Going around our office this week is this fascinating, in depth article in NYMag about the Chris and Tory Burch's creative, inspirational and acrimonious divorce, which now seems to pit C-Wonder against Tory Burch's brand.

We got this sweet little card in the mail (really, the mail) this morning and thought it perfect to capture the bittersweet, romantic and sensual combo that is Valentine's Day. Head below for more details and Enjoy!

Ursula's amazing nanny of over four years is starring in a new show on Cinemax called "The Girls Guide to Depravity," from which comes the memorable line, "The best way to get over a guy is to get under a new guy." It was a good reminder to me that amidst all the politics of dating, as an apartment therapist, I think that the BEST way to catch the person you want is to have a fantastic bedroom. Your bedroom is the clearest expression of how you are feeling about yourself right now and is bathed in your pheromones. Are they hot or cold?

As a former Waldorf school teacher who had a big struggle convincing parents that lotsa hours in front of the television wasn't good for their children, I was pleased to see this article on declining TV use, BUT the reason wasn't as heartening. For the first time, data is being shared that seems to prove that TV viewership has actually peaked in the US among young people as they spend more and more time watching shows and playing games on computers, iPads and mobile phones.

Not that ANY of you would ever need any help like this, BUT it is a fact that a fast growing segment of the interior design and furniture buying population is made out of... divorced, single men (the first part of this sentence is a joke - of course there are all types of readers in our audience out there and NO ONE wants to get divorced. Sometimes it just comes unwanted in the night). These men have money and standards and don't want to do it all by themselves. They've learned to delegate, and they want to get it done asap.

If traditional publishing is about "creating an experience," curating and highly editing the reader's passage from the front cover to the back, running a website like Apartment Therapy is much more about hosting a party for our reader community. There are multiple "front doors" and mediums that we flow into and there is no "end" as our database of posts is just about endless after eight years. Our job? To keep the room warm and inspiring, all the refreshments well stocked and a well lit open space for people to step forward and share.