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5 Places to Stash Floor Pillows

We've written about the benefits of floor pillows before on Apartment Therapy. They're relatively inexpensive, and they're a comfortable, casual way to add extra seating around the fire, the TV, or ...

Inspiration: Stacking Cushions

click thumbnails for larger pics Floor cushions and throw pillows can be a big help when you need extra seating, or just some color around the house, but they can easily get in the way. (You don't wa...

A Modern Bead Curtain: Shimmer Screen

click thumbnails for larger picsWe watched an old movie over the weekend - Pink Panther Returns. In Clouseau's apartment, he has a beaded curtain as a room divider. It got us wondering if this concep...

Textured Pillow Covers for Fall

From cable knit sweaters to pillow covers - fashion designers Lutz & Patmos created a line of cozy-worthy home designs for West Elm. The line includes these cable covers, made from acrylic and wool an...

Decorative Birdcages from The Conran Shop

These colorful iron birdcages are meant for tea lights, not birds. For indoor or outdoor use, we love the variety in color and shape. ...

Verbarius Text Clock

It's eleven thirty-five. Make that thirty-five minutes past eleven. Trust the Verbarius to spell it out for you. The ideal time-teller for lovers of text, it changes its syntax minute by minute....

Dirty Don's Bargain Center

Sometimes while shopping, you want to visit a store strictly to be wowed and amazed. You want to run your hands over plush fabrics and chat with the store owner about the big name designers that they...

Designer Linens Outlet

Designer Linens Outlet is exactly that: designer bedding at outlet prices. They sell direct from manufacturers so you'll score discounts of 35% - 85% off retail. Jump down to hear about our own DL...

Oli

This UK-based webstore may be predominantly dedicated to wearable fashion yet Oli should not be overlooked in terms of decor. As we browsed their Home & Leisure section, one word came to mind: glam...

Alessi Blow Up

When you blow something up, can it be considered deconstructed? While perusing the Chicago Architecture Foundation online shop, we spied a basket and magazine rack from Alessi's Blow Up line....

New, Colorful Finds at Cost Plus World Market

In our experience, World Market can be hit-or-miss apart from their standard good deals (like window treatments and baskets). Checking their site this morning, we saw lots of colorful new items that...

Lekker: Unique Home Furnishings

A great online shop for specialty items, pieces from Lekker have been profiled on AT a few times. Always stylish and easy to search, we especially like to see what shows up on the "Hot" list. Click ...

Mecox

Located in River North, Mecox is the local outpost of a somewhat unusual home store chain that features both vintage and new items. What a great space - crazy high ceilings (with pressed tin) and pl...

New Designs from Benjamin Hubert

UK-based Benjamin Hubert designs some pretty, pretty things. On the new list: these Juxtaposition clocks, ceramic with laser-cut hands, and the wonderful Impression Crockery soup bowl and spoon set (s...

Felix Populi: From the Creator of Brini Maxwell

Felix Populi is a new web-based shop from the creator of the Brini Maxwell character. Brini (played by Ben Sander on TV) evokes the 1950s and '60s, a satirical Donna Reed with a stiff drink in her han...

Howard Miller

Last week's obsession with clocks led to the discovery of Howard Miller. As the "largest grandfather clock company in the world", Howard Miller doesn't stop there. The selection is vast, from tradi...

Velocity Art and Design

Velocity Art and Design is one of those shops that we bet you've visited virtually at least once. Why is Velocity such a "go-to" online shop? One is history - they've been around since 1999 - anothe...

Jonathan Adler

Distinctive style with a sense of humor is how we'd describe Jonathan Adler and his Chicago shop. Super successful but not overly serious, he seems to be enjoying his ride as a celebrity designer, ...

Prairie Mod Store

Bryan at Prairie Mod dropped us an email. They've just opened an online store this week full of Prairie Mod-ish items. The inaugural goods are screens and ornamentals featuring the designs of Louis S...

Violet

New to us, via Love Made Visible, Violet is an online gift shop. The site design brought us in, but what kept us looking were the price points. Most items are under $50. and finding something over $1...

Tonic Living

Bridgett tipped us off to Tonic Living. It's a web-only family owned buisness located on Toronto. From their "about us" section: "We believe in Karma and expect that it be reflected in our customer ...

Monarch's Heaven

This season is as much about scents as it is about sights and tastes. Monarch's Heaven in Lakeview is a spot filled with candles, candles, and more candles. The selection, both online and in-person, i...

dELiA's

We know dELiA's is really meant for the teen set, but a reader recommended we check out their home stuff, just for kicks. What we discovered: So much color, pattern, and fun, with some pieces seemi...

Target: Victoria Hagan Perfect Pieces Collection

There is a new designer in town at Target. Victoria Hagan has done a "Perfect Pieces" line of around fifty items for the giant retailer. Colors are creams, dark browns, gold, blues and greens. We t...

2 Jane

2 Jane is such a good online resource for imported interior accessories, we thought we should include it here in our guide. It features products from independent designers in the UK, which means they...

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