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The Olympics in Chicago?

The current status for Chicago as a possibility for the 2016 Olympics is third on the short list of four. According to the Tribune, we are ahead of Rio de Janeiro, but behind Tokyo and Madrid. Hosting...

Survey: What Type of Gardener Are You
(or Would You Be)?

Living on a bungalow-lined street now, we notice gardens more than ever. Yesterday we saw the most symmetrical, organized and patterned garden. Red flower, white flower, red flower, white flower. All ...

Inexplicable Design Items

We all have them, and we're not ashamed to admit it. Well, maybe just a little. In each and every one of our homes resides that kooky, kitschy little item that we refuse to give up. Sure, it makes ...

Who Slept Here?

The answer may be easy for many of you. Whose bedroom is this? Take a guess and see below the jump... ...

Survey: What's Your Top Spring Cleaning/Organizing Task?

We've needed to get our new home office under control for several weeks, and this past weekend we finally accomplished what seemed like a miracle: organization. That nagging "this is going to take for...

Best Thrift Store Finds

We're always envious of those gifted thrift store types. You know, the people who manage to find a mid-century gem for only $20; people who find a dumpy couch and with a quick cleaning and new pillow...

Survey: Coffee Table Tops

When we were young, we would pore over every issue of our mother's subscription to Metropolitan Home. While we loved closely examining each page, our main fascination was always the countless living ...

What Kind of Homebody Are You?

It's 10 pm right now and we're working. Of course it's not like this every night, and some nights we even watch t.v. (egad!). Since moving, we've been spending most nights hard at work on home proje...

Survey: Steam or Sauna?

If you could have either a steam room or a sauna in your home, which would it be? We just want to be warm, that's all. As for you? Jump below to cast your vote:...

Survey: Bathroom Door Open or Closed?

Habits often change (but sometimes old habits just won't die) when you go from living solo to co-habitating. We're wondering, in all honesty (and whether or not you live alone), about your bathroom do...

AT Survey: Hidden Hairdryer?

Curious as to whether others stow their hairdryer after each use (like we do) or follow the live and let live approach of leaving it out (or using open storage), we decided to put together a quick pol...

AT Reader's Survey 2008

Dear Readers, below the jump you'll find a Reader Survey - something we've never done before - that will help us get to know who all is out there. We'd love it if you'd take a few minutes to go throu...

Survey: Bedroom Door Open or Closed?

This is a silly question, but sometimes that's what it takes to get to know our readers' quirks and habits. Lately my husband and I have been flip-flopping (big struggle, we know) about sleeping with ...

Survey: What Celebrity Bedroom Would You Most Want to See?

This was rather amusing: DearSugar.com surveyed their readers exactly one year ago today to find out which celebrity bedroom people were most interested in seeing. Out of Dita Von Teese, Charlie Sheen...

Design Elections: The Best of Retro Modern Design Winners

We polled the AT constituency throughout President's Day this past Monday to find out their choices for the best in Retro Modern Design...and here, ladies and gentleman is the official winning ticke...

Design Elections: Best Retro Modern Chaise

Asymmetric by Harry Bertoia Knoll 1952 or La Chaise by Charles and Ray Eames 1948 Voting below the jump - write in candidates welcome......

Design Elections: Best Retro Modern Dining Table

Poul Kjaerholm for Fritz Hansen 1963 VS. Eero Saarinen for Knoll 1956 Voting below the jump - write in candidates welcome......

Design Elections: Best Retro Modern Dining Chair

Cantilever Chair by Verner Panton 1967 vs. Wishbone by Hans Wegner 1950 Voting below the jump - write in candidates welcome......

Design Elections: Best Retro Modern Cocktail Table

Warren Platner 1966 VS Isamu Noguchi 1948 Voting below the jump - write in candidates welcome......

Design Elections: Best Retro Modern Lounge Chair

Egg Chair by Arne Jacobsen 1958 VS. Womb Chair by Eero Saarinen 1948 Voting below the jump - write in candidates welcome......

Design Elections: Best Retro Modern Bench

(This President's Day, we thought we'd hold some elections of our own to decide the AT reader's retro modern design favorites...the voting booth is open all day...) Florence Knoll 1954 VS. George Ne...

Design Prediction: Macrame!

During a recent conversation about the cyclical nature of design (both for home and fashion) we predicted that macrame was due for a comeback...are we ahead of the curve or crazy? Will it follow knit...

Survey: Is This a Décor Conflicted Era?

We read this piece in the New York Times (Thursday, Dec. 27), and the identifying "conflict" was a norm that we've all likely become accustomed to. The gist: the "traditional" and "contemporary" polar...

Survey: How Do You Wrap?

In the next few days there's going to be a frenzy of gift wrapping in most homes. Maybe presents are all over your dining room table or some already neatly placed under the tree. Whatever the current ...

Heirlooms of the Future?

This month, Real Simple put together a list of home items that their panel of experts have earmarked as "heirlooms of the future" and it's an interesting read. Take a look below to see our five favor...

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