No matter what I do to organize my house, the sad reality is that this is what my living room couch looks like at the moment. Creating this little piece of installation art was quite an labor of lov...
While I’m usually not a minimalist, the gloomy weather and the looming holiday frenzy have made me long for calm, light-filled spaces like the incredible black bathroom I photographed this week fo...
Q: We moved into a new house in Arlington a couple of months ago. Our earth-toned furniture and small rug worked well in our old living room where the moldings were painted white and there was plent...
Now that the night temperatures have dropped to around the freezing mark, all of the container plants from our front steps and deck have moved in. We've got pots on the floor next to the sofa, on o...
We love our large, tufted secondhand ottoman (that we reupholstered) but sometimes using a tray on top of the ottoman just doesn't serve enough of the hard surface function that we miss by not havin...
I work with a lot of clients who have recently purchased a sectional sofa, only to discover that it either doesn't fit in the space or it severely limits the arrangement options. Fortunately, I al...
The photographs of the Providence Athenaeum that we posted yesterday made us pine for a vintage library-inspired reading nook at home to curl up in during the chilly months ahead. Here are some furn...
To Room for Color Contest Page and All Entries Name: Faith Location: Malden, Massachusetts Type of Home: one bedroom condo Color Inspiration: Months ago, I saw a pillow that caught my eye &mdas...
To Room for Color Contest Page and All Entries Name: Amy Location: Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts Type of Home: rental apartment Color Inspiration: I wanted a saturated color that was calming yet...
With no one blinking anymore at chairs that don't match, or mixing decorating styles.. would you draw the line at mismatched curtains?...
A girl needs to dream big. And this one dreams of falling into some unexpected resources and getting one of these magical rotating orb fireplaces from Focus Fireplaces, so that she can be cozy from...
We're big fans of simple window treatments like white shades and roller blinds, but occasionally they need a little something-something to hide the hardware at the top, and to look more finished. A...
Over a year ago, Kayla’s sister discovered that her 5-year-old son was severely allergic to their home. The culprit was a white mold infestation that had quietly consumed the lower half of their r...
While we are definitely intrigued by these askew sofas and chairs by Allermuir, they also disturb our equilibrium. We'll blame it on our proclivity for motion sickness. How about you?......
We loved to waterski when we were younger, which might explain our fascination with these colorful wood benches which are made with the same poly-rope typically used for waterskiing ropes! Handmad...
People who live in small spaces sometimes need creative solutions for where to sleep overnight guests. We thought we'd seen it all until we spotted this Poppi Theatre system from Resource Furnitur...
Like many a great craigslist purchase, it was quite an adventure picking up this 80s faux marble Roche Bobois coffee table. After some white-knuckle driving through the Hollywood Hills and catching ...
Being outdoor month here at Apartment Therapy we are interested in exterior spaces and bringing the outdoors in but what really struck us about this space is that it feels as though it has been trea...
This time of year outdoor furniture starts cropping up everywhere. We're always thinking about using outdoor furniture, like these fun cafe tables and chairs from Ballard Designs, indoors too......
Our living room has been undergoing a rather prolonged makeover. It all began with the desire to paint an aubergine wall. Then we had to swap out the curtains, and to finish things off, we're finall...
We're big fans of daybeds but it's not always easy to find stylish off-the-shelf daybed covers. So we were excited to learn this morning that Bemz, the Swedish company that sells reasonably priced s...
“Purple” probably ranks close to the top of controversial home décor colors, right up there with “pink,” and “black.". We put these color names in quotations because the right shade of an...
We have people over a lot so we're always on the lookout for flexible, affordable seating/surfaces for our living room. (We were happy to see Susie's post yesterday on AT San Francisco about extra s...
AT Boston readers Molly and Adam were searching high and low for an attractive media stand, when they stumbled across this vintage hoosier cabinet and brilliantly turned one piece of furniture into ...
It's easy to covet furniture made from reclaimed wood but it's often prohibitively expensive. And Broyhill Furniture isn't a brand that's referenced too often on AT - they're not quite known for hi...
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