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Dwell: Complete Back Issues Online for Free

We were tipped off this weekend that there is an archive of Dwell back issues online at Google Books. Starting in 2000 and currently concluding with the December 2008 issue, this is an excellent resou...

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Style and Substance: The Best of Elle Decor

We're enjoying our review copy of the new Elle Decor coffee table book titled Style and Substance. Filled with photos from the magazines 20 years of archives, it creates a bit of time capsule - a port...

iPhone, Blackberry & Pre Wallpapers by Jonathan Adler

Download some of Jonathan Adler's wallpaper designs (or a photo of Liberace, his adorable terrier) to your phone of choice. Included patterns are a greek key, classic bamboo fretwork and a funky damas...

A Place for Everything

We recently came across this book by Peri Wolfman and Charles Gold. It's a wealth of organizational inspiration that we know Apartment Therapy readers will appreciate. The couple's background: Wolfm...

Reprodepot Pattern Books

As Art, Craft and Collections month winds down, we had to squeeze in two new books that sound like a perfect addition to any craft-lover's collection. Online favorite fabric source Reprodepot has come...

Coming Soon from Domino's Former Market Editor: Lonny

Do you miss Domino? If you are like us, the answer is "yes" followed by a "very much" maybe even with a "desperately" in there somewhere if we're feeling dramatic. Since they closed up shop we've fel...

Canadian House & Home Editors' Favorite Blogs

We were very happy to see that Apartment Therapy made the short list (Thanks, Meg!) of favorite blogs put together by the editors of Canadian House & Home......

Dressed Up Reference Books

When the internet came along, many of us forgot about our bound versions of resource materials. The days of flipping through well read pages to find the definition of a word, or the geography of a ...

Inspiring Interiors from a New Graphic Novel

This is by far the most modernist comic book we've ever seen. Written and beautifully illustrated by David Mazzucchelli, Asterios Polyp is the story of an architect who escapes to the Midwest after ...

Vintage Magazines: Love em or Leave em?

Magazines - they are easily our number one storage problem - we love them so much that it is hard to let them go. For instance we have EVERY issue of Domino, which we were kind of beating ourselves up...

10 Design Ideas to Steal from the New IKEA Catalog

Aaron did a great post earlier today on the brand new IKEA 2010 catalog, and as fun as it is to see the new items, we love to see the new room set-ups even more. Nobody does IKEA as well as the catal...

Simply Green Blog Launches : Ideas, Tips & Giveaways

Simply Green is the name of the line that Danny Seo works on with JCPenney and, as of today, it is also the name of a new blog they are collaborating on. It is a place where "you'll find lots of easy ...

Roundup: Online Book Swapping Services

Back in March, we surveyed you (over in D.C.) to see if you used an online book, CD, or DVD swapping site. From your comments and not surprisingly, it appears that the most popular thing to swap is bo...

Another iPhone Decor App: Sherwin Williams ColorSnap

Last week we posted about the upcoming (in June) iPhone app from Benjamin Moore, the Color Capture. In response, we heard from the folks at Sherwin Williams......

Will You Download the "Ben" Color Capture iPhone App?

The iPhone seems to be the phone of choice amongst the Apartment Therapy editors; at our retreat this past week, there were iPhones aplenty. I imagine that we'll all be giving the upcoming Color Captu...

Worth a Click: The Wary Meyers Blog

The design blogosphere loves the design duo of Wary Meyers and now they have officially joined the fray. Starting last month, Linda and John are blogging their finds, treasures and ideas and naturally...

Japanese Living: Two Rich Resources

This beautifully balanced interior comes from the cover of writer Amy Katoh and photographer Shin Kimura's book, Japan Country Living, an exploration of traditional homes in rural Japanese villages....

Free Craft Patterns from Amy Butler

In a recession, even the un-craftiest of us all might begin showing signs of interest in getting crafty. If you find yourself thinking "I could do that myself for so much less" or "I could make some...

New Book Releases in Architecture and Small Spaces

click thumbnails for larger picsThis collection of new releases in architecture (with a few focusing on small spaces) via Amazon includes titles brand new to us and others that are more familiar (Tin...

Padmapper: Apartment Search Tool App

Are you apartment hunting? Have an iphone? You might want to check this out....we just heard about Padmapper from Rachel at Re-Nest. It is a free web-based tool that takes Craigslist apartment listing...

Candida Höfer's Libraries

click thumbnails for larger pics Ever since we spotted this book on Annie Coggan's Chairs and Buildings blog, we have been coveting it. German photographer Candida Höfer is famous for her photograph...

Tips for the Newly Unemployed
Wisebread

If it happens to you, it may be the first time. It may be a shock. While it's usually true that "things could always be worse," that's not much consolation when you're reeling from the sudden need to ...

A DIYers Guide to Chicago

The folks at Charles & Hudson asked the Chicago couple behind the renovation blog House in Progress to pull together a guide to the local resources (vendors, contractors and retailers) you need for pu...

Decor Style Quiz at Sproost

Here's a little friday afternoon diversion for the decor obsessed! We just took a fun decor style quiz at Sproost. It's very visual - you simply take a look at a series of photos of interiors and give...

Thermal Delight in Architecture by Lisa Heschong

Often, the heat and coolth of our homes is controlled by the push of a button and the thermal source is invisible. LIsa Heschong's book - a one-evening read - is a potent reminder of the joy of expe...

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