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DIY Kitchen Upgrades

If you're a renter or a homeowner who's on a tight budget, you're probably not going to take on a full kitchen renovation any time soon, but you may want to make some small upgrades. Inexpensive pro...

Chicago's Smart Home, Redesigned
House Tour

Two years ago, we went and photographed a house tour of the just-about-to open "Smart Home" at the Museum of Science & Industry on a gray, rainy morning. We made another visit there this week and it...

5 Simple, Safe & Surprising Metal Cleaners

Inspired by the folks who described their own homemade cleansers in our green cleaner comment thread yesterday, we remembered this list of simple and safe homemade metal cleaners in Real Simple Cleani...

5 Books On Self-Sufficiency In The Home

For the last few weeks, with temperatures finally (though just slightly) above freezing, we've had some serious spring fever. Our thoughts have turned away from our indoor chores and all we can thi...

Which is the Best Green Cleaner?
Reader Survey

Kitchens and bathrooms - one of the things these two rooms have in common is the requirement that they be kept clean as a whistle. With all that scrubbing going on, you might as well go green - prote...

5 Ways to Reuse Old Dishes

Dishes are one of those things you can always find for pennies at the thrift store. Cheap and ubiquitous, they have a lot of potential for DIY projects. ...

How To Start a Container Garden
Home Hacks

Container gardening is a great way for city dwellers to have their own home-grown food source in a small space. All you need is a deck, a roof garden, or a tiny patch of well-lit space to start your...

How To Clean a Rug with Snow
Home Hacks

Heavy wool rugs can be difficult to clean well without chemical processes. Shaking is hard because of the weight, and beating the rug ends up with a flurry of dust in the air. But if you're in a de...

Resources & Sites for Small Space Living
Mindful Metropolis

Over coffee yesterday, we picked up a free copy of Mindful Metropolis and were happy to see an article about small space living that included Apartment Therapy. (Thanks, MM!) Writer Christine Escoba...

10 Common Thrift Store Finds
And Ways to Use Them for DIY Projects

We often hear people complain that they're no good at thrift store shopping—they have an aversion to dirt, no patience, or just bad luck. The truth is that anyone can be a good thrifter if the...

Home How-To Ideas from Danny Seo

Danny Seo is an expert on green living and a creative crafter. Anyone who reads his blog or has perused one of his books knows that upcycling items through crafty DIY is a staple of his style. Check o...

4 New Indoor Ways To Grow A Little Green

Indoor growing is always a hot topic. It's somehow easier to think it scary, or difficult when you don't have the reassurance of a full sun backyard with a chance of rain. Over the past week we've...

10 Ways to Re-use a Card Catalog
List with Links

We been on the lookout for an old card catalog or apothecary cabinet in our price range, since these multi-purpose pieces are so useful. They make great organizers, tables, and shelves....

Solar Powered House Numbers

There are some essentials that every house must have (if you want mail or pizza delivered that is). House numbers are at the top of the list, but the cool ones always seem to cost a pretty penny unl...

8 Ways To Keep Your Bedroom Clean Once & For All!

We talk a great deal here at Apartment Therapy about keeping things clean and our persistence about it is quite strong when it comes to our bedrooms. They seem like a magnet for dust and allergens, ...

New Martha Stewart Clean, Method & Mrs. Meyers
Clean & Green

If living (and cleaning) greener is one of your resolutions for 2010, then there is good news below fresh from our email inbox...a just released line of cleaners from Martha, a new Method Laundry dete...

Cool Your Fridge with Ice from Outdoors?

Yeah, it's weird. Winter weather renders your refrigerator a cooled box inside of a heated box inside of cooled surroundings. On that subject, we just read this from a reader at the website of effic...

10 DIYable Garlands

We're a little behind schedule on our holiday decorating, and all of our projects are in a half-finished state. In case (like us) you're still decking your halls, we've rounded up some cheap and sim...

Eskay8 and Dogeared's Windowsill Herb Gardens
Flickr Finds

If you haven't already got an indoor herb garden going, now is the time to start one. Just imagine how much better the winter will be with fresh basil, sage, and mint by the window. Surfing Flickr, ...

Reducing Holiday Waste

Tipped off by an article in Mindful Metropolis, we just read this alarming figure from the Clean Air Council: In the U.S., an additional 5 million tons of waste is generated during the holidays. Fou...

8 DIY Ornaments
Lists with Links

We’ve been trying to save on holiday décor this year by repurposing things we already own and going the DIY route. In the search for inexpensive ornaments, we found a bunch of great ideas from Ap...

How To: Make a Pomegranate Votive

Project: Pomegranate Candle Votive Time: 1/2 hour Cost: $2 (or whatever it costs to buy pomegranates) We bought some deep red pomegranates at the grocery store and, rather than throw out the beaut...

Newspaper Leaf Garland

We wish we'd spotted this in time for Thanksgiving, but this newspaper leaf garland just might work for the rest of the season, too. If you're one who relishes autumn leaves, making some of your own...

23 Handmade Craft Shows

If you're looking to give handmade this season, try hitting up one of the many craft shows taking place all across the country over the next 2 weeks. There's so many handmade goods we just can't eve...

The Kiikku Planter from Unison

Usually when we drop the name Unison here at Apartment Therapy, it's in conjunction with new fabulous bed linens—like over in Chicago Editor, Sarah Coffey's bedroom? But recently Unison has ...

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