Bon Voyage, Clutter: Organizing with Suitcases

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This luggage has functional storage with vintage style. No longer practical for jet-setters, old world suitcases can have second lives as handsome sources of storage for the home. Their easy portability makes them especially handy for things that need to be moved from one room to another, like toys, craft supplies and magazines.

Shop the Set: The Americans

The Americans is a new television drama that is bringing a not-currently-in-favor era back into style with mustard yellow and high wasted jeans. The early 1980’s style of the kitchen in The Americans is bringing back wood paneling and Harvest Gold appliances, but there is a modern way to get the early 80’s look without the formica.

Mid Century MoblerStore Profile

For Mid Century Mobler owner Julian Goldklang, what started as a little weekend estate sale addiction has become a 5,000 square foot warehouse stocked full of mid-c finds. Open on weekends only, this warehouse is an extension of Julian's already thriving online shop.

Scrolling through the Apartment Therapy Classifieds this morning I was stopped in my tracks by the yellow print chairs shown above. So colorful! Such a fun shape! Digging in a little further, I noticed that Blockhead Furnishings has an impressive collection of items in our Classifieds - and even more in their shop in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Cassette tapes have gone the way of eight tracks, obsolete with the march of time, but I feel nostalgia every time I see one. As a throwback to old technology, here are five fun objects-of-desire inspired by cassette tapes. May they rest in peace! More

Print Out Your Own Free Vintage Style Posters (Yes, Free!)

Like many of you, I often struggle with finding artwork I like versus artwork I can afford. For example, I love vintage posters. But good, interesting, (not to mention affordable) prints can be hard to find. Until now, that is... More

Brainworks HomeStore Profile

Erin Adams brings a great deal of design history and experience to Brainworks Home, her LA vintage store. Since 1988, Erin has worked as an artist, art director and interior designer, with projects in Las Vegas and LA. Over the years she has also developed up a great eye for vintage housewares and talented artists - both of which are represented in her shop.

With a store concept that hopes to ensure something for everyone who walks through the door, Ellen, Sally and Jeff really couldn't of imagined a better spot. A mere two months ago, they opened their doors officially to York Blvd in the newly revived Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.

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

Reminiscing and Collecting Old Tech From Our Childhood Past

Many are in a perpetual state of anticipation for next new tech device that's coming out, but sometimes it's fun to take a look back, like at this collection of Apple computers (who owned the under-appreciated Cube?). That's what #ThrowBackThursday's are for right? Here's a look at old technology that have long since run their course, yet still resonate in popular culture thanks to nostalgic memories. Some have even become collector's items... More