apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

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Item: Jasmine Sofa

Store: Dania

Total Value: $695

Description: The Jasmine Sofa has great style with a tightly tailored bench seat and floating back. In a velvety green, java brown or berry microfiber with venge legs. Super comfortable and durable. Comes with four accent pillows. DANIA offers an eclectic mix of modern furniture, lighting, rugs and art at great prices, importing from many countries around the world and the US. They also offer a wide selection of contemporary office furniture for both large and small spaces. Dania stores are located in Orland Park, Lombard, Northbrook, Hoffman Estates and now in Algonquin. Check them out on the web at daniafurniture.com...

This is for local discussions in the Chicago area.

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Title: A Little Paint & Wallpaper Go a Long Way
Name: Brad Dufton
Time: 3 days
Cost: $3,500

Brad's gorgeous space was already nice before he went in for this makeover with paint and wallpaper. The size of the room makes us dizzy, and his use of wallpaper is right on. Accent walls with wallpaper are very, very effective. Click above for the pics and head below for all the instructions. Give Brad a THUMBS UP if you find his project helpful....

Dania Furniture is a resource that pops up time and again in our comment threads and Midwestern House Tours. They've opened a new store in the Algonquin Galleria that features a wide selection of their affordable contemporary furniture. Functional and reasonably priced, Dania products are rooted in a twenty-year history of quality European design. In addition to the Algonquin location, Dania has stores in Lombard, Northbrook, Orland Park, and Hoffman Estates. Click below for a few selections from the new store...

1. Jane's Wall Collection Christmas Tree

2. Top 10: Modular Shelving Systems

3. Five Poster Designs Inspired by The Great Depression

4. Dual-Purpose Door Mat

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1. Tiny Norwegian Summer House by Todd Saunders and Tommie Wilhelmsen

2. Small Space Living...In a Garbage Truck

3. 5 Uses for Vintage Suitcases

4. Top 10 Dream Towns - Sunset, August 2008

5. Silver Luggage from SwissGear

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1. How To: Incorporate a TV into Your Living Room

2. How To: Soundproof Your Home

3. How To: Green Your Dorm Room

4. How To: Make a Floor Plan

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Product: Needlepoint Stripe 30-tile 8x10 rug
Source: FLOR
Value: $389.70

Description: Neat, compact rows of tight loops in multiple colors give Needlepoint Stripe a clean look and a pleasantly smooth firmness. All colors coordinate perfectly with other styles in Martha Stewart Floor Designs; try mixing and matching to create a unique area rug or runner perfect for family rooms, kitchens, or entryways. Choose from six Needlepoint Stripe colors and enter this giveaway below. Happy Holidays!

Before I tip you into these three remarkable house tours, that also happen to have been absolute hits with our readers, I want to put in a good word for the latest edition of ID magazine, which I had the pleasure of reading from cover to cover last night. It continues to be intelligent, beautifully photographed, innovative and feisty. Check out BMW's Gina skin car, TAF Design, and Julie Lasky's diatribe against internet publications on page 16. She's dead on. The only problem is you can't read it, because it's not yet online. But it IS worth buying...

Name: Shannon and Emmett
Location: Chicago, IL
Size: 1700 s/f
>> Shannon and Emmett's From Factory to Family

Last Wednesday, the subject of AT's daily email was house tours - three really wonderful house tours from Chicago, to be exact. Jump below for the full email and click here to sign up to receive the emails directly...

Dear Readers,

For the next hour we'd like to ask you to help us by trying out our new gallery, which we've totally redesigned.

You can click to any gallery in any post or house tour to see the new version or you can simply click here to see it in this current post: CHI House Tour: Jessica & Alex's Simple Modern On a Budget

Please let us know what you think and if there are any problems by commenting HERE.

Thank you!

You chose 'em, now click on any pic above to see the full post. We want to thank all of our contestants and congratulate the Final Four in the Midwest above. Now, we invite you to handicap the winners in the thread below. These finalists are showing off their brand new, enriched entries this week for the judges to pick the winners, but we'd like to invite you to indulge in a little fantasy league of your own. All links and comments below......