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Missing that Hour of Sunlight? 5 Ways to Fake It

We realize that there’s no replacement for good old fashioned sunshine, but leaving work today and finding only darkness outside left us with a sinking feeling that the S.A.D. days of winter are r...

The Gallery: Nina Max Daly

These lovely works on paper come from Jackson Heights artist, Nina Max Daly. Working in gouache, collage, or pencil, Nina captures a delightful sense of whimsy in her thoughtful use of negative spac...

Antique Anatomy Prints from Transmission Atelier

Transmission Atelier Inc. works with museums, art dealers, and private collectors to produce affordable print editions of antique artwork, mostly of a decidedly dark bent. ...

Strange and Beautiful Prints by Alec Thibodeau

We spotted Alec Thibodeau’s work at Craftland a few weeks ago and thought that his bizarre and colorful silkscreen prints would be perfect Halloween décor that could easily stay up year round....

Illustrate Your Family Photos with Emmie Bean

People are always looking for sizable, affordable original artwork. Etsy artist Emmie Bean provides an amusing, endearing option by transforming your silly or serious photos into digitized, illustra...

Intergalactic Quilts by Jimmy McBride

We’ll go ahead and say it because we just can’t help ourselves: these colorful solar system-inspired quilts by artist Jimmy McBride are totally out of this world. ...

Grown-Up Hideouts: A Wild Things Fort-Building Contest!
booooooom.com

One of our favorite art blogs, booooooom.com, recently held a Where the Wild Things Are fort-building contest and the entries, including the contest winner, by Providence artist and woodworker, Eric...

Roomba Art!

Move over Mary Poppins, you're not the only one who knows how to make cleaning fun. There's a whole community of folks that make art by dimming the lights, opening the exposure on their camera and ...

10 Etsy Finds for Fall

We woke up this morning with lovely little ice cubes where our toes were supposed to be, but we decided to make the best of it and search out some handmade and vintage house wares and artwork to cel...

Whales: Non-Nauseating Nautical Decor

In addition to a highly restrained color palette, there are several other decorating trends we noticed in downtown Nantucket: jaw-dropping amounts of hydrangeas and sculpted hedges dominate nearly e...

A Dramatic & Colorful Gallery at the RISD Museum
Providence, Rhode Island

I was an art history major in my undergrad days, but in all honesty, the typical Renaissance painting exhibit can be a bit of a snoozer even to an art geek like myself. Not so for this salon style d...

Backgammon Boards by Ara & Jack Peterson

Providence, Rhode Island based artist Ara Peterson — known for his work with intense, saturated color and eye-popping graphic patterns — collaborated with his father, Jack Peterson, in a...

Displaying Books Cover-Side-Out

We’re total book junkies here at Apartment Therapy, but it often makes us sad to hide their beautiful covers deep in the shelf while their spines get all the glory. ...

Food Photographs by David Sykes

Like food itself, food-centric artwork is pleasing to many. The stylish and witty work of London-based is especially fun — maybe it is the abundance of gingham tablecloths?...

Paper-Wrapped Room Photographs by Lola Guerrera

These paper-wrapped rooms by Madrid-based photographer Lola Guerrera may not exactly be an idea you want to steal for your own home, but the crisp, clean spaces are irresistible (as freshly wrapped ...

Etsy Find: Pencil Nub Sculptures by Jennifer Maestre

The humble pencil typically plays a behind-the-scenes (albeit vital) role in the creative process, but artist Jennifer Maestre brings it center stage by turning sharpened pencil nubs into beautiful ...

House Industries Affordable Typographic Prints

We were excited to hear from House Industries today letting us know about their new collection of 27 hand-pulled serigraph prints. Not only are they hand made high quality prints but they are large ...

Paper Sculptures by Kirsten Hassenfeld

Artist Kirsten Hassenfeld’s ornate paper sculptures, which are on view at Brown University’s Bell Gallery in Providence, Rhode Island through November 1, are essentially gorgeous chandeliers tha...

"Missed Connections" Translated into Visual Poetry
Etsy Find

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 reach, ...

An Artist's Curiosity Shop: William Schaff's Studio

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 Warre...

Hanging Framed Artwork on Rarely Used Doors

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...

Host a 3 Hour Collage Making Class!

People are always asking us where to buy affordable art. Well, maybe it's time to try your hand at making your own masterpiece. And wouldn't that be much more fun in the company of friends and wi...

Do You Display Art Off the Wall?
Survey

Normally we wouldn’t advocate blocking off a window, but the decision to put this framed photograph by Erik Lang in the window of our old studio was born out of necessity as many home design solut...

Photography by D. S. Brennan

Rhode Island photographer Diana Stith Brennan’s serene photographs perfectly capture the dark beauty of New England landscapes and natural history collections....

The Gallery: Rune Guneriussen

We've been voraciously bookmarking all forms of playful and romantic expression we can find, even sharing a few here and here. Art and design are facets of an incredible human experience, both perso...

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