Last week Apartment Therapy DC readers were excited to spend time at home during the snow storm. With the schools and government offices closed again tomorrow, we're wondering if you're still enjoying the snow. Are you loving an extended home stay or feeling stuck at home?
In DC we freak out about the slightest snowfall, but this time the dire predictions give good reason to hunker down at home — a potential 18" of snow! How do you weather winter snowstorms? Do you stock up on groceries and supplies before an impending storm?
This memo pad is designed to "engage people with the problem of hair loss." The hair becomes thinner as the memo sheets are used. Offensive or humorous? Take our survey below the jump.
Since Leah's post on Stranger's Portraits in the Home, we've been thinking about portrait paintings and photographs in prominent places. We've rounded up bedroom portraits and are wondering: would you put a portrait above your bed?
This post-Civil War era U Street rowhouse has been renovated to be more sustainable and energy-efficient. With 11-foot wide interiors, the home would fit into our roundup of skinny houses.
As of this year, a 5 cent tax is charged for each plastic bag used for food purchases in DC. Proceeds go to a worthy cause: cleaning up and protecting the Anacostia River. But if you want to be good to your pocketbook and the environment, use reusable bags. See our favorite tips and bag options below the jump.
The late Senator Edward Kennedy's Kalorama home is up for sale. The blog Things that Inspire reports that this is the last of the three DC-area Kennedy estates from John F. Kennedy’s generation to be sold.
Forget installing a home alarm, how about locking your front door? We're surprised by yesterday's article in The New York Times claiming that people in big cities keep their front doors UNLOCKED. Do you keep your front door locked or not? Take our survey below the jump...
Since seeing Scott's hidden wall safe in his house tour Scott's Detailed Restoration at The Ontario, we've been thinking about secret hiding places. Not many have safes built into their walls, so we've come up with 7 options for keeping a hidden safe at home.
Scott's home was a big hit in his House Tour: Scott's Airy Simplicity and we loyally follow his blog Domicidal Maniac. This week, Scott blogged about collecting antique table lighters — a surprising collection we hadn't considered.
A new season of MTV's The Real World started last week. We saw the inside of the Dupont Circle house before MTV redecorated. The house now includes a recreated oval office, Presidential-themed bedrooms, and lots of red, white, and blue.
In Michael & David's Modern Classic house tour, we admired their updated neoclassical style. This architectural column in the kitchen serves as as pedestal table. Can you guess where it's from and its material? Answer below the jump.
Name: Laurel, Conor & their children Gianna & Michael
Location: Silver Spring, Maryland
Size: 1,400 square feet
Years lived in: rented for 3 years
Laurel and Conor have turned a rental house into a warm, comfortable family home. A creative person by nature, Laurel sewed most of the curtains and organized the decor. The small house has plenty of room for children Gianna (5 years old) and Michael (2.5) to play and for talented artist Laurel to have an art studio.
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