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Decorative Ice Buckets
Roundup

Formal ice buckets always take parties a good three steps above picking cubes out of trays with your fingers &mdash they even make three-buck Chuck glamorous. Sleek ice buckets are almost clich&eacu...

How Do You Celebrate When It's Just You … or Maybe Two?

I'm sure most of us have thought it at least once while the turkey was being carved. "Wouldn't it be great if I could spend one holiday without my crazy family?" But unless you've experienced flyi...

Iacoli & McCallister: Mini-Pedestals

Serving Dishes are a dime a dozen now a days — every store thinks they have the next big thing. It's rare that you find a serving dish that really stands out from the rest … in a good ...

Inspirational & Attainable Dining Spaces
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It seems as though there's always something or some area in our home that we want to transform. During this particular time of year — it's usually the dining area that gets the face lift....

Hosting Overnight Guests: From Organizing Your Way
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Mid-Atlantic resident Mandi Ehman will help you organize every part of your home and life with her blog, Organizing Your Way. There are some great seasonal tips on her blog right now, including plan...

Last-Minute Party Prep from Speed Decorating

One of the reasons that Jill Vegas' book is a great one to have on your shelves is that she has a ton of lists that help with last-minute makeovers. We love her quick and inexpensive last-minute coc...

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, ...

Pouf! Cube! Stool! For Small-Space Seating
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Entertaining season means guests. And guests need somewhere to sit. But if you're space is small like ours, then maybe you're looking for stow-able folding chairs, or one or two stools or poufs. ...

Inspiration Gallery: Asparagus Centerpeices

With entertaining season on the horizon, we're looking for fun alternatives to the standard floral display centerpiece. Here are a few smile-worthy ideas straight made from one of our favorite produc...

Help Us Make the Ultimate Cocktail Party Playlist

Music is the most important part of entertaining, no? But it's hard to find the right music for entertaining: to keep the mood upbeat but not drown out conversation. Let's put our heads together for...

Inspiration: DIY Party Place Cards

We've talked about inspirational Entertaining Serving Pieces for really informal dinner parties; where seating doesn't seem too relevant. However, seating is a whole different story when it comes t...

Entertaining Ideas from DC House Tours

It's Entertaining month at Apartment Therapy so we've rounded up DC homes that are ready to entertain. Click through for ways to make your home party-ready and see a peek of an upcoming House Tour....

Roundup: Top 5 Tempting Trivets

Yes yes, trivets- those tiny, oh-so-important products that help protect our tables and countertops from burning and ugly heat rings, the things you always thought were so absurd until the day you r...

Entertainingly Entertaining Serving Pieces

November is the start of the party season and that makes us both excited and a tad bit nervous. We love throwing dinner parties (and attending them too!) so this year we wanted to make sure our par...

How Do You Party-Proof Your Home?

With the chilly season upon us, it's time to move the party indoors. And while we all love a good gathering, the thought of mingling red wine, white sofas, and lots of laughter doesn't always bring o...

Time for a Pre-Guest Clean Sweep?

Entertaining is moving indoors with the season change, folks. And now that I'm out of the parents' house and on my own, I know that the way my home looks is a reflection of me. So, when guests are c...

Michel Berger Hotel
Berlin, Germany

We've all been doing a lot of traveling this year, and sometimes you get lucky with your hotel choice and sometimes you don't (I had wicker furniture last hotel I stayed in)! Either way, we're pret...

Horrible House Guests

Guests who won't leave, damage your home, make outrageous demands - can you relate? Sadly, we can and it's making want to switch our sleeper sofa with something a little less comfortable, maybe a sp...

LALALA Hotel in Sopot, Poland

Writing this while I'm sitting in a hotel on the beach doesn't necessarily make me wish I was someplace far, far away such as Poland. However, comparing white wicker furniture to designer guest roo...

House Warming Gift Giving

We love attending house warming parties and sharing such an exciting time with friends and family. We know it may sound terrible, but sometimes we focus more on what to bring to the party, instead ...

Philadelphia: Setting the Record Straight

We were a little perturbed by the recent article in the July issue of Dwell Magazine. We weren't really happy with the way Philadelphia was portrayed; it's a lot more thriving than the magazine was ...

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...

July 4th Festivities: Staying Home or Braving the Crowds?

The Independence Day (July 4th) weekend in DC means huge crowds of tourists, traffic delays, and fantastic fireworks. In past years, we've watched the fireworks from U Street rooftops, friends' balco...

Charming Bed & Breakfast: Lippincott House
Philadelphia

I was once invited to a place that took me back to another era as soon as I walked in the door. Warm light filled the space and after I was stuffed full of amazing appetizers, all I wanted to do wa...

My Great Outdoors: Madie's Seasonal Living Room

Name: Madie Location: South Philadelphia Type of space: Back Yard Patio Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: This was a tiny spot of concrete with no character. Over the past...

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