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• House Tour: Bill & Natalie's Serene Treetop Renovation
• 5 Colorful New England Homes: Best of the 2008 Color Contest
• How To: Bui...
Living in a dense, urban environment brings us closer to other people than we sometimes want to be. But there are those instances when a serendipitous connection was right there, within arms re...
Q: Me and my husband need some color guidance for the living room in our new (awesome) apartment......
Thankfully, it's been a very, very long time since I shared a dorm room. But I still remember my heart dropping when I saw the absurdly tiny room I had to share my freshman year (we were stuck wit...
It clearly took some serious elbow grease for Heather and her husband to transform the raw basement space of their Rhode Island home into a functional (and comfortable) office and studio where ...
Retail on this Pottery Barn creamy yellow sofa was $1300 but it can be yours for $250. ...
Architectural Digest features an inside look at the Martha's Vineyard house where President Obama and his family recently vacationed. The Victorian house is part of 28-acre Blue Heron Farm, whic...
Q: This is the towel shelf we are desperately looking for... If anyone can help us out in any way we would really really appreciate it! Thanks! Sent by Alina...
We all know how expensive attractive pendant lights can be. A client of mine, Elizabeth, took matters into her own hands, creating a lovely light from this inexpensive Ikea pendant lamp. The resul...
Artist Jen French, whose incredible gothic bungalow we toured a few weeks ago, came up with this super simple, yet fantastic-looking idea for an entryway coat rack by screwing some vintage hooks int...
This West Elm Cooper chair is a nice simple piece of furniture that will blend nicely into any decor....
THIS WEEK
• Brimfield Antique Show
• Mohr & McPherson's Final Day Auction
• NEXUS: Green Home Retrofit
• Maker Fair Rhode Island
• Hudson Semi-Annual Sale
• GSelect Sale
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We've been following the Apartment Therapy Design Showcase closely and enjoy seeing all the new creative designs being shown by independent designers. The website Architonic has a section where...
Q: I need an L-shaped sectional sofa for my loft, with a twist: I need (at least) one half of the "L" to be backless. It's going to be smacked up against some low cabinets under my windows, and I'd li...
Our interest is piqued by a recently released book called Design Revolution by Emily Pilloton, founder and Executive Director of Project H Design, a nonprofit that encourages designers to apply thei...
Yes, we love clean, organized spaces, but we also firmly believe that a little chaos is an essential part of the creative process. Nestled between the antique shops that line the waterfront in ...
Here on the East Coast fall is in the air. Time to start getting out those jeans and stow away summer things...sigh...but if you had a great chest like this for storing things away it might not be su...
Name: Bill and Natalie
Location: Jamaica Plain, MA
Size: 2250 sq ft
Years lived in: Owned 7 years
Peace is among the more ephemeral of spacial qualities — a fleeting moment captured, for ins...
Lately we've been obsessed with unusual desks. People who put boards on sawhorses, paint bright shiny colors on plywood or use antique doors on file cabinets. One of our favorites was put together...
Q: We have cork floors in our kitchen that were installed about 5 years ago. They are scuffing in spots and need to be retreated. Can you suggest a vendor in the Boston area who can treat cork floors?...
We have a feeling this might be one of those posts that elicit's plenty of your "um, no way" reactions. Regardless, we trudge on, in support of those of you like us, who have an entryway with not a...
You might not expect a Catholic high school founded by Benedictine Monks to be at the forefront of green technology, but in 2006 Portsmouth Abbey School built a 164-foot-tall wind turbine on it...
This solid wood Danish Modern dining set includes a table with extension leaf and six chairs all in excellent condition.
• Mid-century Danish Modern dining room table and chairs
• 2 Avingto...
Last year's Color Contest marked the first large Apartment Therapy contest where we had lots and lots of entries from Boston and New England — here are some of our favorites!
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