Apartment Therapy Tagged: Green

Easy DIY: Phonebook Turned Doorstop

Sometimes the simplest of things are the easiest ideas to forget about. Often times it's easy to think a diy project has to be a daunting undertaking, but not today. Click through to see how easy t...

Found: DIY Bows From Magazines & Maps!

It's always a good feeling when you discover making something isn't as hard as you'd originally thought. For instance, bows. Yes, like birthday and Christmas present bows and sure you can go buy ...

Jason & Michael's Beautifully Structured Bohemian
House Tour

Name: Jason Loper & Michael Schreiber Location: Rogers Park, Chicago Size: 800 square feet Years lived in: Purchased 2 ½ years ago You might have heard us mention the name Jason Loper around the p...

Flickr Find: Repurposed Drawer Shelving

Last week Apartment Therapy San Francisco gave us a quick look into the office makeover from Jason Loper. After taking a stroll through his Flickr we also noticed a great repurposing project that n...

8 Great Repurposed Goods From T.O.M.T.

We have a serious soft spot for items that find new life in great repurposed fashions. Rodney Allen Trice, the man behind T.O.M.T. has a serious eye and talent for taking everyday discarded items a...

The 3 In 1 Tent Sofa

Have you ever wanted a little privacy when having an out of town guest stay with you? Well this 3 in 1 tent sofa transforms, giving the user the ability to put a roof over their head for some incogn...

10 Vintage Blue & Green Ebay Finds

Oh Ebay. It sometimes feels like a past time with all the Craigslist Scavenging we do, but there's some real treasures if you have a specific color choice in mind or a certain type of item. We rou...

Vacation To One Of The 15 Most Sustainable US Cities

There are thousands of wonderful places you might chose to vacation to this summer. You might be headed out in search of good food, family and friends or just seeing the sights. But would you be mor...

At Home With Karim Rashid
Nylon Magazine

Karim Rashid has been modernizing and putting color into the world for quite some time now, but what about in his own home? We featured his loft last year, but in a new video we spied even more of ...

ModKnobs: Cool Door Knobs In Cool Colors

Jeff and Mary set out to make a cool space, but when it came to their door hardware there wasn't anything on the market that was cool enough, or within their price range. So they did what any of us...

Painted Bookshelves in a Colorful Library
Country Living

On the Country Living site, we ran across photos of an unusual library set up - one in which the shelving catches your eye before its contents, thanks to a coat of a very......

Pucci-Inspired Party Palette by Amy Atlas

click thumbnails for larger picsWe've blogged about Amy Atlas and her talents in the world of party decor before. Her specialty is the presentation of sweets, taking the simple offering of treats to ...

Would You Buy Land Strictly For Gardening?

We double plus love our noisy, busy downtown Kansas City loft. The space makes us feel super creative and fits our lifestyle perfectly, except for one small thing. The lack of green space. We don'...

The Art Of Going Bold In Every Room
(Without Looking Like The Circus)

click thumbnails for larger pics Bright and bold colors can be beautiful, even when they are used in every room of your home. Eve Trombley has accomplished the task quite well and although her walls...

Design Dare: Floor to Ceiling Drapes in a Bright Color?

Wow, fearless color, right? A full wall of fabric in a bright hue is an amazing, memorable design detail in this showhouse sitting room but do you think it would look just as fresh day in and day out ...

Lucy Renshaw Furniture & Interiors

click thumbnails for larger pics Lucy Renshaw is inspired by junk. She works with recycled fabrics and reuses found materials to create everything from lamps to large furniture. She combines techniq...

Repairmen On Site: Should You Stay Or Should You Go?

We only wish that was a skylight over our bed! Instead, today we have a whole slew of handymen and roofers in and out of our loft. The rains over the last few days have taken a toll on our roof (an...

Roundup: Bedrooms At The Selby

We have spoken well and often of our love for photographer Todd Selby. His ability to capture the living and work spaces of many a creative mind always leaves an amazing trail of photographic eviden...

Look! Edible Holiday Wreath

We're sad we didn't think of this earlier this summer when we had fresh herbs coming out of our ears, but even still we love the idea of hanging something up that is used and not just adornment. Wha...

Whoa! Color Overload And Then Some
Adventures in Loft Living Day 3

One of the joys of moving is deciding what colors to paint your new space. Is it going to be something calm and serene or something bright and shocking? We are guessing that the people who moved fr...

Look! Boldly Painted House Trim

Everyday we pass by this small unassuming midwestern home. It sits back off the road and watches the world drive past. There hasn't been a day that's gone by where we haven't wanted to......

Fresh Wave Air Neutralizers

Prefer fresh air to air fresheners? When it's not the time nor place for even the fanciest candle, the Fresh Wave odor-neutralizing product line clears the air. It neuters the musty from your front-lo...

10 for Under $100: Apple Green in the Bedroom

One of the colors that stood out to us as both fresh and homey in this year's color contest is a nice gold-y apple green. Especially interesting for the bedroom, it works well with both warm (oranges)...

Color Inspiration: Marimekko Textiles Fall 2008

New for Fall 2008 from Marimekko - a line of fabrics that reflect both the season and a darker, richer palette for home decor. Plums, olives, burnt oranges and greenish yellows are seen in many of the...

House Tour Roundup: Color, Color and More Color!
Chicago

We love color in Chicago and all across the Midwest. Click through the jump to see some of our favorite uses of color in past home tours. There is every color under the sun, so just in case you are...

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