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Do You Have "Placeholder" Furniture?

In yesterday's house tour Michael & David's Modern Classic, readers did NOT like the IKEA bedside tables. Michael and David are looking for the perfect pieces, but the IKEA tables do the job for...

Lightbulbs: Shedding Light on the Power of Choice

I've heard many interior designers express disdain over the quality of light emitted from fluorescent light bulbs. However, incandescent bulbs will be phased out starting January 2012, unless someon...

The Lure of Collections

I've always been a collector, even before I knew I was a collector. When my sister and I were little, our room was full of knick-knacks and doohickeys and stuff from everywhere we ever went and eve...

Survey: Is Animal Print Seating a Do or a Don't?

A friend recently moved back DC and found herself in an empty apartment facing a four to six week wait for the delivery of all her worldly goods. She borrowed an air mattress and TV, and then set o...

Bedside Décor Duel: Task Lamp vs. Table Lamp

A design debate rages in our home right now: for bedside lighting, should we use task or table lamps? A pair of task lamps would be more functional for late-night reading (and wouldn't disturb other...

Survey: Theatre Props in the Home?

Once a year The Studio Theatre on 14th Street holds a Garage Sale to sell all props and costumes from the season. The annual sale has been going on for 25 years and this year we stopped by to see the...

Keeping a Car in the City: A Help or Hassle?

Finding parking in our U Street neighborhood is increasingly difficult, and we've been wondering more often whether it's practical to keep a car in the city. Our friends in the suburbs wouldn't drea...

Survey: Glass-Breaking Etiquette?

We've all been there: you're visiting a friend's home, having a glass of wine, and then it happens — you break the glass. The question is, do you replace or do you not replace? Especially if i...

DC, Maryland & Virginia: Do You Prefer City or Suburbs?

A healthy rivalry exists between DC, Virginia, and Maryland residents over which state is best to live in. We admit that some of us here at Apartment Therapy strongly prefer the District, though the...

Hot or Not? CB2 Coming to DC

We heard a rumor that CB2 is looking to open a store on 14tth Street, near the future Room and Board (see our post It's Official: Room & Board Coming to 14th and T Streets). How do you feel about...

Fresh Home: New Shelter Magazine Hits Stands Tuesday

Fresh Home, a new home decor magazine, is coming out with its second issue this Tuesday. The target audience: "[a] whole new generation of 20- to 30-somethings who really want a nice home but want to ...

Hot or Not? MTV's "The Real World" DC House

MTV's "The Real World" is coming to DC and we now know the location: in Dupont Circle at 2000 S Street NW/1734 20th Street NW (the two addresses are together). The DCist, a great local blog, linked ...

Ceiling Height: How High (or Low) Could You Go?

Eight-foot ceilings used to be standard but many new DC condo buildings now boast ceiling heights of at least 10 feet. Ra'ed and David lowered the ceiling in their contemporary condo, accentuating th...

Survey: How Does Your Garden Grow?

A good friend recently reached out to share a newfound lesson learned from gardening: sometimes patience really is a virtue. The foxgloves marching toward her front door above were planted as seed...

Survey: Eco-Friendly Consideration in Rental Decisions?

Here at Apartment Therapy, we know many of our readers share our commitment to reducing, reusing and recycling. Many of us insist on eco-friendly goods for our home, from green cleaning products t...

Hot Hens in the City?

Keeping chickens in the District is not allowed, but The Washington Post reports on anonymous locals who hide henhouses in their backyards. Fresh eggs in the morning sounds great, but hiding a chicke...

Survey: How Big (or Small) Was Your Childhood Home?

An interesting, though heated, discussion took place in our recent post Tiny Paris Apartment for 4 + Dog about the acceptable size of family homes. American readers were shocked by the small living q...

Survey: Sofa on the Porch?

The Mid-Atlantic is a nice mixing zone between the North and the South, and this is often reflected in home décor choices. One mark of the Southern influence is the number of sofas and outdoo...

Good Questions: Refinishing Cabinets in Kitchen?

ATDC reader KS has a new home with a kitchen dilemma: Hi ATDC, I recently bought a home in the DC suburbs. The previous owner renovated the kitchen with solid oak cabinets and granite countertops, b...

Ambient Art: Would You Buy Art From Your Gym?

My gym recently started a rotating art exhibit on its concrete block walls. While I like having something to divert my attention from the flat-screen TVs, it didn’t seem to me like the optimal galle...

Survey: Focusing on the Hidden Potential?

A friend of a colleague is house hunting, and recently shared a virtual home tour of a house definitely stuck in a time warp. Though we all had a giggle looking through the pictures at work, we fel...

Survey: Did You Make the Artwork Hanging in Your Home?

One of the many joys of house tours is getting to see original artwork of creative AT readers in their own homes. Kelly made the collages and took the photographs hanging in her living room (shown at...

Survey: Would Let Your In-laws Live With You?

President Obama is living with his mother-in-law, Marian Robinson (shown here with President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama). Marian Robinson is a former secretary who retired last year and took...

Survey: Should the Obamas Adopt a Labradoodle or Portugese Water Dog?

The Obamas appointed their First Decorator, but are still reviewing candidates for First Dog. Ever since election night, we've been wondering which dog they'll pick. Now they have narrowed down the...

Survey: Obama Art In DC Museums... and Your Home?

President-Elect Obama is inspiring many artists. Yesterday, the National Portrait Gallery here in DC acquired the red and blue stenciled portrait of President-Elect Obama by street artist Shepard Fai...

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