Apartment Therapy Tagged: Kansas City

Look!: Unusual Mailbox Post

While taking an afternoon stroll yesterday we happened upon this mailbox. It's on the outside of a large building in the garment district of Kansas City. We always enjoy something out of the norm, ...

Midwest Scavenger: Great Finds From The Heartland

The Midwest Craigslist cities have been a bit of a snooze lately. This week they are back with some real treasures that boast big designer names! Click through to see what we found and let us know ...

Look!: Bright And Bold In Westport

This house can be found in Kansas City, Mo., in the Westport neighborhoods. This area is full of colorful people, so there is no reason the houses shouldn't reflect the personalities that live there...

House Tour: The Worden's MC Inspired Modern Build

Name: Steve (Project Manager), Cathy (Registered Nurse) and Graham Worden Location: Shawnee, Kansas Size: 2174 SF Years Lived In: 4 Years Our Style: Mid-Century Architecture & Design >> Enter Sli...

Mid-Century Americana Comedy
Kansas City

"The United States of Charles Phoenix" A Comedy about Mid-Century Americana. The United States of Charles Phoenix is a laugh-out-loud funny celebration of 1950s & 60s tourist traps, theme parks, car...

Midwest Scavenger: The Craigslist "Business" Section

Things found in the business section are often made well and can be used for things that they weren't intended. For instance, 80 plastic cafeteria trays could be a wall treatment or paneling. How ab...

Midwest Scavenger: Round Two of 50+ Craigslist Items

Last week we upped "our Craigslist game" when it came to searching the midwest, bringing you 50+ items from all all over. This week is no different and there are some fantastic finds out there to be...

Look! Maps, Maps and More Maps

Tucked away in a corner of downtown Kansas City, we came across this giant map of Paris, split into individual frames at TMB Travel. Click through the jump to see them closeup! ...

House Tour: The Foster's Drummond Dream Home

Name: Jerad (Intern Architect/Contractor) & Jessica Foster (Registered Nurse) Location: Prairie Village, Kansas Size:1184 Sq. Ft. Type: Mid Century Modern Drummond Years Lived In: 3 come January >>...

Midwest Modern Housing
Dwell Magazine 10.08

The cover of this month's the latest Dwell magazine is graced by the architecture of Jamie Darnell out of Kansas City, Mo. A father of 2, husband and architect, Jamie turned his simple plan for a mo...

Home Tours: See Where The Architects Live

This coming Sunday in Kansas City you will have the ability to tour four homes that were all designed by the architects who live in them. Two of the homes are new and two are complete rehabs of hous...

Midwest Scavenger: 50+ Great Finds

This is our biggest Midwest Scavenger yet. With so many midwestern towns to search through, we had a hard time leaving anyone behind. We have searched high and low for the best of the midwest, so c...

Events Calendar: 09.09.08
Midwest (New!)

I Like Ike - Mark Mothersbaugh Postcard Diaries 2007 Art & Design Events... The One Show: Advertising + Design + Interactive "This touring exhibition presents the world's best work in print, radi...

Look!: House With No Door

This weekend I was out and about checking out some Mid Century homes in the KC metro and came across this one. The house with no door. Click through the jump for closeups!...

Look!: Gilbert & Whitney's Ceilings

Once a mercantile store for those heading west, this store retained in its original location (as well as name) and anchors the downtown area of Independence, Mo. Selling specialty groceries and cook...

Westport Art Fair: Keeping it Handmade & Local

The basket above is a cremation urn for a beloved pet for a women in St. Louis. Handwoven with love, care and pine needles, this vendor along with several hundred of the best local sculptors, textil...

Midwest Scavenger: Finds From Duluth to Detroit

There is quite a haul this week in the midwest. Find a friend with a trailer and pack some snacks because there are couches to be sat on, chairs to be tested and lighting that's 1 in a million. Cli...

Look!: Scrap Canvas Board

We made a trip to our local art store for some canvas. While there, we were checking out different supplies and came across this small piece of scrap canvas board. It had been put out to test the m...

Midwest Scavenger: From Big Cities To Cow Towns

This week's Midwest Roundup has some really great highlights. There is a custom table and chairs set that tucks away to just under 3 ft wide in Ohio. Plus a pair of orange and white retro loveseats...

Look!: Orange and Purple Color Combo

Orange and Purple is usually a combo done in small doses. Although this house in Kansas City seems to have taken it to the extreme. Give us your thoughts on it after the jump......

Upcoming Auctions of Interest For The Midwest

Auctions are a blast as we have discovered in the past, but sifting through the riff raff of hundreds of auctioneers can be tricky. We have spared you the pains of searching and have found a few auc...

Look! The House on a Hill

This house stands tall overlooking the southwestern end of downtown Kansas City. From it's long flight of front stairs (carrying groceries in must be quite the task) to it's dark front porch, it's b...

Look!: Colored Window Casings

We think about the inside of our home, as well as out. But what happens if you live in a building where you aren't able to personalize the color of your shutters, or the direction your grass gets mo...

Look!: Discount Store Find

While out at a local salvage store in Kansas City, we came across these. Not being 100% sure what they are, they intrigued us. They sat tucked away with the "manly tool and construction materials" ...

Look! Go-Go Gadget Sun Shade Windows

While cruising through downtown Kansas City last week, we happened to catch a glimpse of this home off I-35S. Having been in the area again this weekend we noticed something different about the ho...

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