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Roald Dahl's Unique Sense of Style

Wes Anderson's new movie, Fantastic Mr. Fox opens nation-wide this Thanksgiving and has been praised for its particular sense of style, parts of which are based on the home, clothes, and fetishes of...

Traditional Meets Modern: Bedrooms
Inspiration Gallery

We’re always impressed by people who are able to make disparate styles feel right at home together. These bedrooms, pulled from the Apartment Therapy archives, balance traditional and modern eleme...

Twilight Inspiration: Edward Cullen's Bedroom Design

Since today is the launch of New Moon, we thought we'd take a look back to just around a year ago, when we Twilight hit the screens and we posted this look at Edward's bedroom... We went to see Twi...

Weekend Tent by Cibic & Partners

This mod tent (titled "the Perfect Weekend" by Italian designer Aldo Cibic) is the grown-up version of a kid's fantasy play fort. Cibic makes it clear that, although his idea takes the form of a ten...

5 Ways to Use a Steamer Trunk

The classic steamer trunk, once used for long voyages by ship, has proven its resilience as companies like Louis Vuitton, Ralph Lauren, and Restoration Hardware continue to adapt the form for new pr...

Loft Ideas from Colorama

We love lofts. It's hard not to be drawn to high ceilings and walls of windows. The downside of loft living, on the other hand, is the difficulty of separating functional "rooms" in a sea of open sp...

10 Stylish Eat In & Open Kitchens
Inspiration Gallery

Since it's the place where everyone gathers at parties, we thought we'd take a look at some of our favorite magazines in search of eat-in and open kitchens that coordinate cooking and eating (two of o...

Lux Interior by Jaime Hayon

When we first spotted this high-style interior, we weren't sure what it was. A hotel lobby? A tricked-out conference room? The set from a David Lynch movie? Actually, it's…...

Subtle Holiday Decor

Subtle holiday decorations can be great for those of us who can't wait to get seasonal and want to leave decorations up as long as possible. That subtle touch might just be a little extra greenery, ...

Black & White Wallpapered Bedroom - The Answer
Guess the Decade

We've always got an eye out for good potential "Guess the Decade" photos and this one really fit the bill - lots of detail to look over and a very distinctive style. But was it enough of a challenge? ...

Guess The Decade: Black & White Wallpapered Bedroom

"Guess the Decade" is back with a striking wallpapered bedroom in classic black & white with some great green accents. There are lots of design details in the room for you to use your deductive skill...

Cut Bittersweet Arrangements

A few years ago, bittersweet randomly began growing in some of the evergreen trees at my family's farm. Probably thanks to a bird, the trees were bestowed with natural orange-red ornaments. We cut l...

Creative Redesign: Honoring the History of a Home
Dwell

A feature from Dwell shows a unique renovation of a live/work building in Ottawa - the thoroughly modern reno incorporates bits of the buildings history as exterior design motifs. Including original f...

Purple & Gray
Color Combo

Purple is one of those colors that's very popular right now, but still hasn't totally shaken off its association with psychedelic art and a certain 1980s movie starring Prince. One way to move purpl...

Saturated Color: The Altstadt Vienna

Vienna's Altstadt is one of those rare hotels that looks like someone could possibly live there. Rooms are decorated in varying styles, from mid-century to borderline baroque, but the thread tying t...

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...

Doily Garlands

Like snowflakes strewn together. These doily garlands are something special for holiday decorating that isn't in-your-face holidays, you know what we mean?...

Tabletop Inspiration from Dining By Design
Chicago, November 5-7 2009

Last night, we attended the opening cocktail party for the annual fundraiser at the Merchandise Mart, Dining by Design. It's a three day industry event that raises funds for DIFFA (Design Industries F...

Why We Can't Wait for Fantastic Mr. Fox

There are so many reasons why we're excited about Wes Anderson's interpretation of this classic Roald Dahl story, but the main one is the amazing level of detail that went into designing the stage s...

Kelly Hoppen's Gorgeous Georgian Townhome
Metropolitan Home

British designer Kelly Hoppen's townhome (enviously located near London's Portobello Road market) was a gut rehab. It's featured in the upcoming December issue of Metropolitan Home and naturally, it's...

Classic Tony Duquette Design: Works from 1949-1972

I've been intrigued by the work of Tony Duquette since getting the (very lucky!) opportunity to visit his home in Los Angeles in the late 1990s. Last year, Baker, Knapp & Tubbs came out with a line of...

Inspiration: Glass Dinner Plates

Clocks under glass plates are the main attraction at this tabletop for a time-themed party. While this would probably be really spectacular at a New Year's Eve dinner, the idea we're taking away fro...

Warm Pink and Beige Bedrooms
Color Combo

Pink and beige might seem like a blah color combo, but it's one that we appreciate in certain contexts. We've seen it work really well in bedrooms, from Molly Ringwald's pad in Pretty in Pink to mor...

A Look Inside The 21c Museum Hotel

The 21c Museum Hotel calls Louisville, Kentucky home. Normally when you think high end hotels decked out with amazing artwork, we aren't usually thinking Kentucky—but maybe we should be. The...

Creative Collection Display Solutions
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...

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