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Round Up: Nesting Tables

With the holidays quickly approaching, I've been thinking about all our guests who are bound to be balancing their tiny hors d'oeuvres plates on their knees if we don't come up with a better plan qui...

Small Room Solutions: Using Your Under Window Space

Most of our windows are between 2 and 3 1./5 feet from the ground, making them the perfect place not to place a sofa, headboard, or any piece of high-backed, light-blocking furniture. Here are a few ...

Bring On the Red Wine: Party-Proof Patchwork Furnishings

I have a wise friend who insists upon upholstering her furniture in colors of the party food/drinks she serves most often. Regretfully, we ignored her advice when buying our immaculately white sofa, ...

Fabri-Tac-tastic, Part I: One Easy No-Sew Pillow Update

Recently, while showing some out-of-town visitors around our newish home, I noticed a recurring theme: fabric-tac embellishments. They seem to multiply. When we moved in about a year ago I added the...

Selecting Window Treatments for a Long Room?
Good Questions

Q: I just recently purchased a Baltimore rowhome and finally decided to get rid of the curtains the seller left. Characteristic of Baltimore rowhomes, the room is long. It is one large room conta...

Toni's Sky Blue Living Room
Room for Color - South #17

To Room for Color Contest Page and All Entries Name: Toni Location: Gainesville, Florida Type of Home: converted 1920s parsonage Color Inspiration: Even though I love calming neutral homes, my b...

Kristen's Castleberry Hill Loft
Room for Color - South #14

To Room for Color Contest Page and All Entries Name: Kristen Location: Atlanta, Georgia Type of Home: warehouse loft Color Inspiration: We moved into our loft a little over a year ago. It was a...

Ode to Diana Vreeland: Alex's Red on Red on Red Living Room

A constant source of inspiration is Alex's Granny Chic House Tour. In honor of COLOR month, we're highlighting Alex's "ode to Diana Vreeland" — a red on red on red living room....

Lauren's Gray & Glamorous Living Room
Room for Color - East #19

To Room for Color Contest Page and All Entries Name: Lauren Location: Baltimore, Maryland Type of Home: rowhouse Color Inspiration: I chose a sophisticated gray for the walls of the living room,...

Marjorie's 'Coconut Cream' Florida Room
Room for Color - South #12

To Room for Color Contest Page and All Entries Name: Marjorie Location: St. Petersburg , Florida Type of Home: single family home Color Inspiration: Being a transplant from Seattle, Washington, ...

Lital's Earth Toned Family Room
Room for Color - International #15

To Room for Color Contest Page and All Entries Name: Lital Location: Ra'anana, Israel Type of Home: single family home Color Inspiration: Our family room was very small so we decided to use bri...

Terri & Evan's 'Peacock Tail' Living Room
Room for Color - International #4

To Room for Color Contest Page and All Entries Name: Terri & Evan Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada Type of Home: 1 bedroom bungalow Color Inspiration: Our upholstery color choices a...

Traci's Pastel Pop Living Room
Room for Color - South #1

To Room for Color Contest Page and All Entries Name: Traci Location: Richmond, Virginia Type of Home: Victorian Row House Color Inspiration: A CD case from Target. I am a big fan of clean, mod...

Open Floor Plan Solutions From The 2009 Idea Cottage
Coastal Living October 2009

As beautiful as most show houses are, I had never seen one that I'd actually want to live in until I came across Coastal Living's 2009 Idea Cottage in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. There is much to...

Baltimore Row Home Revamped with a Modern Twist
Chesapeake Home

A lovely Baltimore row house was recently featured on the August cover of Chesapeake Home. This modern renovation took place shortly after Howie Bartz purchased his home, with help from interior de...

A Converted Stable in N.E. Goes Green, Retro, and On the Market
DC Urban Turf

Add this one to the list of positive design gossip we've been hearing about the H Street corridor in N.E., this home is definitely buzz-worthy. Once a delivery stable, now a family home decked out in...

A Hope-filled Family Home
Charleston Mag

When Karen told us about her home's feature in Charleston Mag we swooned, but not just for the usual reasons. Her home is a 1,600 sq.ft. masterpiece brimming with color, order, and a strong sense o...

Perfectly Imperfect: Bold Bohemian Color Meets the White Box

It's the perfect look for the color lover who's wary of living in an oppressively vibrant gypsy wagon. Most homes need a balance of interesting color and refreshing white, which in the average house ...

Setting Up Home: In a Hotel Room

While I was on a week long vacation on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina last week I was unpacking all of my belongings as if I was actually moving in for good. Much to my surprise, I wasn't alone...

Roundup: Schoolhouse Style Lighting Options

Schoolhouse style has been a growing obsession. It's an eclectic mash of vintage and industrial with a bit of geek chic that is easy to incorporate into a home with inhabitants of any age. Until rece...

Inspiration: Homage to Blues and Neutrals

I'm merging the Northwest (my home) and the Mid-Atlantic (husband's home) in our apartment — and the easiest color combo to that purpose has been blues and neutrals. Here's some like-minded in...

Small Space Solution: Oversize Mirrors

Sometimes small spaces call for big accessories. Not overstuffed couches or outrageously large chandeliers —although we admit that we like this too sometimes— but big, unapologetic, refle...

DC Deli Men Take on Design
Dwell

Apparently, mouth-wateringingly magical hoagies are not the only specialty of Taylor Gourmet co-owner's David Mazza and Casey Patten. Last year, we featured the inspiring industrial-bent interior of...

Five Favorite Re-Uses For Wooden Crates

Wine, re-purposing, and attractive storage solutions — these are a few of our favorite things. Perhaps that's why we've featured the wine crate on so many occasions. As a flea market staple and...

Roundup: Rotating Artwork Displays, 5 Ways

Displaying artwork may be one of the most frequently visited topics on Apartment Therapy, and over the years we've amassed quite a few favorite ideas for creating versatile art galleries sans nail ho...

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