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How To... Freshen Up Your Home Without Spending A Lot
The Washington Post, 10.16.08
The Washington Post features tips from top DC designers on how to update your home without breaking the bank. Tips include grouping a collection of art or objects together in one room and making a f...
GE Edison Halogen Crystal Bulb
Last week we documented our ceiling light transformation, and several of you have since asked for additional information on the new lightbulbs......
Pulp Giveaway: 6 Days To Go!
Item: 3 Canvas Totes
Designers: Quotable Cards
Value: $24.99 per tote
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Look!: Mardi Gras Beads as Outdoor Decor
Seen in Capitol Hill: Mardi Gras beads brightening up window bars! What a great way to decorate otherwise dark and dreary security bars. Close-ups below the jump......
Good Questions: Help Me Find Morrocan Tables!
Hello AT, I could use some help and shopping suggestions!
I love the look of these Moroccan style coffee tables with the heavy wood and beautiful tiles and designs but I just can’t afford to spe...
Look! Text on Home Accessories
We love the idea of decorating with the written word. While checking out the CardBoard Box Duvet that we posted about earlier this month, we came across these other great items.... ...
Thursday Giveaway: 3 Canvas Totes from Pulp
UPDATE: The Submission Form has been fixed.
Item: 3 Canvas Totes
Designers: Quotable Cards
Value: $24.99 per tote
Description: We've blogged about Pulp's fun offerings and are excited to have a DC ...
House Tour: Yokie's Updated Pops of Color
Washington, DC
Name: Yokie
Occupation: Research Analyst, Trade Specialist
Location: Dupont Circle, Washington DC
Size: 700 sq.ft.
House Style:
Years lived in: owned for 3 years
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East #74: Stephanie's "Humboldt Earth"
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Name: Stephanie Ballard
Location: Charleston, SC
Type of Home: Single Family Home - Two story, 2100 sq ft
What inspired you to use color? My house was big, stark and co...
East #72: Andrea's "Old Mill"
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Name: Andrea
Location: Raleigh, NC
Type of Home: Brick Ranch
What inspired you to use color? This is the first home we have ever owned so we really wanted to make it ou...
Good Questions: Help Matching These Vintage Chairs?
Hi AT -- I bought these two chairs at a thrift store about 10 years ago, always thinking I could find another matching pair or foursome. I've almost come up empty, with the exception of the purchase...
East #70: Nicolette's Fresh Color
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Name: Nicolette
Location: Wilmington, NC
Type of Home: Coastal Lowcountry Home
What inspired you to use color? Moving from a mountain town to the coast of North Carolin...
Sales and Events Calendar: 10.16.08
Washington, DC
[Ella Scott Design Closing Sale]
Sales & Events...
AT Events:
• Our Fall Colors Contest is underway. October is color month!
G Street Fabrics & Home Decorating Center
- 25% off most Fabric...
East #68: Evan's "Lime Pop"
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Name: evan kaplan
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Type of Home: Condo
What inspired you to use color? The change of seasons here in the East Coast. Each room represents a se...
Round Kerala Rug from Anthropologie
We love the bright colors and bold design of this rug from Anthropologie. Available in five colors (aqua, turquoise, red, green, natural) and two sizes (5' and 8'), this Kerala rug certainly lives ...
Scavenger: Mid-Century Chair for $225
AT reader SamiLais is selling this mid-century chair (shown left) for $225 in the Apartment Therapy DC Furniture Classifieds.
After finding the chair, SamiLais restored its finish, stripped the pr...
East #65: Virginia's "Beachwalk"
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Name: Virginia
Location: Florida
Type of Home: single family, 1350 sq ft
What inspired you to use color? The wonderful light variations (our only indication of seasons ...
Look!: Antique Art Store Pigment Cabinets
In honor of color month, we're sharing with you our fantasy antique furniture piece: a paint pigment cabinet. These cabinets were used in art stores to hold oil paint pigments sold to fine artists. ...
Edible Landscaping
[photo from Rose's Self-Sufficient Solar Home and Garden]
For her self-sufficient solar house and gorgeous garden, Rose orders seeds from Edible Landscaping. Rose mentioned that they have helped he...
East #61: Rachael's "Canyon Cloud"
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Name: Rachael Amen
Location: Chester Springs, PA
Type of Home: townhouse
What inspired you to use color? I've lived in rentals for so long that I've had it with white b...
Colorful Greggo Magnets
These Greggo magnet sets at the Philadelphia Museum of Modern Art store echo the colors and patterns of the quilts in the Gee's Bend Exhibition. We love that the colorful magnets are an easy way to ...
East #60: R&R Ranch's Reaction to Builder's Beige
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Name: R&R Ranch
Location: Durham, NC
Type of Home: Midcentury Modern Split-Level Ranch
What inspired you to use color? I was inspired to use color in our home becaus...
East #58: Drew's Contrasts & Complements
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Name: Drew
Location: Durham, NC
Type of Home: Bungalow
What inspired you to use color? We wanted to use colors that would contrast with and compliment all of the wide t...
DC Launches Expanded Recycling Program
We recently learned that the Department of Public Works recycling collection crews are accepting an expanded list of items for recycling- now residents can recycle film plastics like grocery, produc...
Vastu Giveaway: 1 Day To Go!
Item: 6 Design Items from Vases to Dishes to Candles
Designers: Various
Value: priceless
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East #56: Damien & Rachel's Chromatic Casa
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Name: Damien & Rachel
Location: Athens, GA
Type of Home: Modern Home, Owner
What inspired you to use color? After living with white walls for one year we painted a b...
East #53: Jeannette's "Feel the Energy"
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Name: Jeannette Pomeroy Parssi
Location: Wellington, FL
Type of Home: Single Family
What inspired you to use color? Color makes me smile, laugh and is a great inspiratio...
Flickr Finds: Incredible Kitchen Makeover
ATDC reader jjfedele shared these pictures of a newly painted renovated kitchen that we found absolutely inspirational. Want to see the "before" pictures? Keep reading after the jump......
Good Questions: Kitchen Design Software?
Hi there --
Chelsea Handler would describe my kitchen as "a hot mess" -- and she'd be right. The story behind these cabinets is too long to relate, but four carpenters have looked them over, and al...
Hot or Not? Exterior Halloween Decorations
Frankly, we love it. Halloween decorations like this can really bring out the kid in you... ...
East #50: Mariegael's "Frosty" & "Ripe Mango"
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Name: mariegael
Location: Charleston, WV
Type of Home: 1920s deco studio rental
What inspired you to use color? As an artist, everything inspires me, but primarily fairl...
20 Ways to Go Green at Home
Southern Living, 10.4.08
Southern Living magazine offers "20 Real Life Ways to Go Green." Many of the tips involve water conservation, like replacing old shower heads and collecting rainwater. More tips below the jump... ...
Presidential Paint Forecast by Benjamin Moore
Last week we showed you what the past and current White House private quarters look like. Paint company Benjamin Moore offers paint color suggestions for the next White House residents. The paint c...
Good Questions: Painted Woodwork- Yea or Nay?
ATDC reader Lesa would like your opinion on a crucial home design question:
Should we paint our woodwork? We have worked on updating our early 1900’s Bungalow (as seen in the before and after pi...
Vastu Giveaway: 2 Days To Go!
Item: 6 Design Items from Vases to Dishes to Candles
Designers: Various
Value: priceless
>> Enter Here...
East #46: Tiffany's "Paradise Valley"
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Name: Tiffany
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Type of Home: Single Story Ranch (typical Florida)
What inspired you to use color? Honestly, I have a really hectic life. I shar...
East #42: Melanie & Kevin's "Racer Pink"
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Name: Melanie & Kevin Van Wynsberg
Location: Lynchburg, VA
Type of Home: Single Family Home/house
What inspired you to use color? I LOVE Color! I can't imagine a life wi...
Look! Haint Blue in Savannah GA
Thanks to everyone who made suggestions for our trip to Savannah; we found some great stores that you'll be hearing about in the coming weeks. To get you in the spirit (and in keeping with the them...
Scavenger: 1950's Dinette Set with Table and 6 Chairs for $175
This retro dinette set from the 1950's includes a 3 x 5 foot table and 6 matching chairs made from metal, vinyl, and formica. The set is being sold in McLean, VA for $175. Click here to find out mor...
Plumber's Garage Turned into Home Loft
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 10.13.08
The Philadelphia Inquirer features a plumber's storage garage that was converted into a home. After one of the owners suffered from a fall, they wanted a space that would be easier to move around in...
East #38: Kitschy Collectors Quarters' Color
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Name: Kitschy Collectors Quarters
Location: Alpharetta, GA
Type of Home: colonial house
What inspired you to use color? I think when you walk into someone's home, it sho...
East #36: Sara's Watermelon Theory
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Name: Sara
Location: Washington, DC
Type of Home: rowhouse
What inspired you to use color? Hygge, which means something like cozy in Swedish, and also pleasure, warmth, ...
Vastu Giveaway: 3 Days To Go!
Item: 6 Design Items from Vases to Dishes to Candles
Designers: Various
Value: priceless
>> Enter Here...
Retro Fans at Tabletop DC
Fans are great for the obvious reasons of circulating air and saving on your overall energy bill. Readers have pointed out that fans also drown out street, neighbor, and hallway noise all year round....
Good Questions: Help Me Find Indonesian Lazy Chairs!
AT DC,
We have just moved into a new house in New Orleans with a great front gallery and are looking for seating options. We have tried rocking chairs and they just do not look right. We have trie...
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