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Before & After: Setting Up A Small Studio
Good Question Revisited

Anne and her graduate student daughter Elizabeth have been working on setting up Elizabeth's small studio apartment in her new city, Chicago. They wrote asking for help from the Apartment Therapy read...

Before & After: Anne's File Cabinet Makeover

Have one of these office basics hanging around? Not many of us would think of them as a decoration "plus" in their usual state, but Anne changed all that when she pulled off a remarkable transformatio...

Pixelated Artwork Made from Paint Chips
Apartment Therapy Reader Project

Nite saw our recent how-to post on creating a pixelated painting and it inspired an email to us with some photos of an amazing bit of DIY artwork that he made from paint chips......

Small Space Gallery: Dining at the Counter in Style

One of the quickest things to be "lost" when living in a small space is the dining room. A table and chairs for eating take up lots of space and for a small household, having a "formal" spot for eatin...

Brittany's Improvised Outdoor Dinner Party

Brittany sent us an email and some photos of a recent dinner party that she hosted. She took two excuses for not having a party (small apartment and summer heat) and simply threw them out the window -...

Before & After: DIY Painted Colorful Kitchen Cabinets

BeforeAT reader Schlomi sent in photos of an impressive kitchen cabinet makeover. According to their email, it took one weekend, "some paint, tape (lots of it), patience, and more tape." Jump below fo...

Small Space Gallery: Deep, Dark Wall Colors for Bedrooms

click thumbnails for larger picsLast week we took a look at small space bedrooms that successfully went with white walls and saw that as a design decision it works, no doubt. But, certainly one size ...

Small Space Gallery: White-Walled Bedrooms

click thumbnails for larger picsSay you've got a small apartment AND landlord prescribed white walls. Don't despair - as we've all heard many times, going with white walls can make a small space feel...

Before & After: Sarah Beth's Kansas Bathroom

We recently heard from Sarah Beth about her major bathroom renovation in her Kansas stone cottage. What she expected to be a quick "pull up the old floor, paint the walls" redo, ended up being a huge ...

David and Amy's Great Room
Chicago Social

Waaaay back in 2007, we were happy to feature the apartment of Amy and David. Their vintage modern home filled with art, classic furniture and tiki touches has long been a favorite in our archives. Si...

Reader Small Space Solution: Christopher's Murphy Bed

We love to see setups like this: a home office, sitting area, dining area, kitchen and bedroom all in one not-so-big space. Christopher wrote to us last year when doing research on adding a Murphy Bed...

Before & After: Nicole's Bedroom Transformation

Nicole wrote to us with some amazing transformation photos of a room she spent two days redoing at her parents' place. You may not believe the "before" shot (granted, the photo appears to be taken at ...

Reader's Rooms: Watch the House Grow

When we put up a post yesterday about barn conversions, AT Reader citizengreen (aka John) included a link to his own barn renovation in the Catskills. He's documenting the renovation process with a ...

Halloween: Keeping Things Spooky Yet Attractive

Most of the time when we think about decorating for Halloween, it involves children's crafts and many things that are typically unattractive. But not in this Charleston, South Carolina home. Click ...

Reader's Room: Andrew's Two Chicago Built-In Units

Answering our call for built-ins, AT reader Andrew sent in a few photos and thoughts: Finally, I have a chance to showcase my beautiful built-ins. That's right, I have TWO fantastic built-in units in ...

Reader's Rooms: Jen's Chicago Built-In

Yesterday we couldn't stop thinking about the built-ins we no longer have. The smallest apartments and the largest homes can all benefit from these features - organizational treasures, really. Plus, t...

IKEA Hacks in Justin's Map Room

Following last weeks good question about the IKEA stainless table, we heard from Justin about two IKEA hacks he's completed, one using the same table legs... ...

Guess Whose Garage This Is?

For those who have been reading the comments lately, you might have seen the garage above pictured in one of our readers links. Click through the jump to see who this fabulous space belongs to......

Magnaverde's Small Space in O at Home

From Small Cool to A Big Shelter Mag is how we titled a post about Bart (known as Magnaverde on AT)'s announcement at our Design Meetup back in April that he was going to be included in an upcoming is...

Mansi's Detroit Apartment

Today we heard from a devoted Detroit reader, Mansi: Apartment Therapy has been a great inspiration for me to decorate my apartment...here are some images of my apartment living room. So, thank you fo...

Reader's Rooms: Framed Charles Harper Prints

Rob just got in touch with AT: We just had our collection of Charley Harper prints hung last night by Martin from April Sevens (custom framing). They did such an amazing job we wanted to share! We wh...

Displaying Musical Instruments at Home: AT Reader AJ

Yet another AT reader/musician, AJ in Little Rock, wrote us about how she incorporates musical instruments into home decor. AJ, apologizing for the quality of camera phone shot, says: When I moved in...

Displaying Musical Instruments at Home: Sarah in Toronto

AT reader Sarah shared photos and words with us detailing her home's musical slant (after we asked): Here are some pictures of my loft and basement that show how my musician boyfriend and I have dis...

How To: Tony's Salvaged Wood Coat Rack

Wowza - a gorgeous (and green!) reader project arrived in our inbox this morning. Tony sent us photos of this coat rack/picture rail project made from salvaged wood and old doorknobs. Jump below for t...

Jacqueline's Tiny Hyde Park Studio

We got a quick email from AT:Chicago reader Jacqueline, without much text but filled with inspirational photos of her small space - one of our favorite things to find in the inbox. She told us: Here i...

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