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How to Comparison Shop With Google Autocomplete

In today's hyper-connected world, shopping is a serious endeavor. There's an insane amount of choices for everything, from where to shop to how many HDMI ports you want. But we're apt to believe that sometimes lots of choices is a good thing and can actually help you make the right decision and save some money in the process. More

5 Steps For a More Natural Smile While Posing for a Photo

We've got plenty of posts about what to do once you've taken a photo, but we've yet to discuss how to avoid inadvertently entering into the pantheon of awkward friends and family photos. I suspect many of you out there have the same problem I do: smiling on cue, especially in this age of Instagrams and digital cameras hiding in every bag, purse, and pocket. Here's how to naturally smile the next time someone pulls out their iPhone or Canon...

Hate When Your Mac Falls Asleep While You're Still There Using It?

The "Sleep" function available to OS X users is a helpful preference to enable...you can walk away from your machine and know it will switch over to a screensaver or power down to standby mode. The Achille's heel is occasionally your machine will go beddy-bye when you're actually still there (while reading a long article, in the process of doing your taxes, etc). Should I Sleep, a will cure your Mac's case of narcolepsy by keeping an eye out for you...

Quick Tip: How To Clean Up Glitter Messes

I have a friend who jokes that kids go to preschool so that they can throw glitter on the floor. She has a household prohibition on loose glitter and I always thought I would do the same, but then I discovered that I have a house full of glitter lovers. At craft time my house bears an uncanny resemblance to a Ke$ha video. This is how we clean it up: More

One Minute Tip: An Ode to White Walls Apartment Therapy Videos

Today's One Minute Tip comes from Judy Ross, textile and furniture designer, with her favorite way to maintain a feeling of expanse in small spaces. More

Get In Gauge: How To Choose the Right Speaker Wire

You've got the cables to hook up your receiver to your TV, but what if you're looking for the right speaker wire to route your speakers to your receiver. There are lots of choices out there, and what you choose will depend on your particular application. Here's how to pick the right wire for you. More

Where To Turn To When You've Lost the Manual To the Remote Control

Not that long ago, thanks to the kindness of a friend, I became the owner of a perfectly fine, but well used audio receiver. One problem: there was no remote and no manual. Actually this turned out to be no problem at all, I could turn to a helpful online resource for old and outdated devices...a library of missing manuals. More

How To Strip a Mantel & Hearth Apartment Therapy Tutorials

You are looking at a room in our house called "The Ann Cave." This is where my partner (her name is Ann if you didn't get that) retreats to watch golf and play her ukelele. That mantel and hearth looked a lot different when we bought the house. In fact, here it is as we first found it:

You see a chair on the curb. It's sitting right in front of your building and it's free. Or, you're at the thrift store and spy a cheap sofa. But something holds you back. You're just. not. quite. sure. If only there were guidelines — holy reminders if you will — of things to keep in mind while looking at used furniture. How do you decide if it's the right thing to re-do? Or if you should run in the other direction? More

Specialty Painting Technique: How to Paint Stripes and Patterns Apartment Therapy Videos

If you've ever wanted to know how to paint great stripes, chevrons, and other patterns, today's video is for you! Hosted by Mark Chamberlain (our own specialty painter). More