Not long ago, we blogged about using IKEA kitchen cabinets for a DIY storage bench in our kitchen. We just spotted a kindred idea in the November issue of Better Homes & Gardens. Textile des...
No matter how hard I try, I don't like to cook. So, in hopes of luring myself into the kitchen, I've created the atmosphere to feel more like an extension of my living space than a kitchen. In that...
Q: I recently moved into an apartment with white colored walls. I am planning to buy new living room furniture. I visited IKEA and like their KRAMFORS sofa in Kvilla Natural Color. I was just wonderin...
Our good friends, Laura & Keith, recently bought a 2+ bedroom condo in South Boston and are three months into a major remodel. This narrow non-bedroom was acting as wood shop / organizational ce...
Hi Apartment Therapy, I just moved into a new 1 BR apartment in Cambridge, MA from a cramped Manhattan studio. With the bigger space, comes more windows and I was looking for these sheer white curta...
Hi. I'm in love with the CB2 "big dipper" arc lamp for my living room, but at $199, even CB2's lower-end interpretation of the high end Flos arc lamp is too expensive for me. So, I recently bought the...
Desks that reside in anything other than a dedicated office run the risk of being used for non-official tasks. Such was the case for Brighton resident, Jeremy, who was clearing piles of clothes from...
I recently completed a major decorating overhaul of my kitchen and living room and last week I went to Ikea to pick up some of the final touches. I was disappointed to find that some of the items I h...
On our last quick trip to Ikea Stoughton, we were walking though the bed section and noticed a large display advertising a variety of bed slat bases. We've bought a couple Ikea beds in our life and al...
click thumbnails for larger pics At the end of his famous Ode on a Grecian Urn, Keats leaves us with the quote, "Beauty is truth, truth beauty." We recently went clicking through Small Cool entries f...
So many apartments we've rented have had random medicine cabinets installed over the sink that should have been recessed but weren't (just slapped up over the sink and awkwardly sticking out), or th...
click thumbnails for larger pics Lack of closet space is an issue we must all confront at some point. Our apartment's previous tenants dealt with the bedroom's tiny closet by installing IKEA Stolmen ...
Where is the small, round, Saarinen-esque dining table and chairs from in Anne & Todd's "Gropius Meets Victorian" Condo? I've been looking and looking for the perfect table for my small apartment an...
Hi AT Boston, I would like to put in a new kitchen but I find IKEA a bit too flimsy, and Archlinea too expensive. Is there anything in between? Thanks! Elzbietka (Include a pic of your query and yo...
Name: L and E Location: Beacon Hill, Boston Size: 400 sq/ft Years lived in: Rented 1.5 years Enter Slideshow Beacon Hill may be a historic neighborhood but peak peek inside any one of its beautifu...
You may remember this Good Question where an AT Boston reader wanted help with her tiny floorplan after completing a lovely closet-office makeover. Well, it looks like that little closet overhaul in...
Some of our favorite IKEA names are ODDA, BLANDA, SNUDDA and GNARP. Ever wondered what your Swedish furniture name would be? Click to find out after the jump......
We have an IKEA Grundtal rail in our kitchen. It's great for holding utensils, potholders and even a portable cutting board. But we ran across some unconventional uses for it that we love, too. Th...
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