Apartment Therapy Los Angeles - Archive for the week of 2007-01-28

Rat Hunt: Day 3

Score! While our Hav-a-heart trap continued to fail us and no visitors were registered inside the house last night, Eric from Pro Pest came today and removed one juvenile rat from under the house. ...

How To: Lori2's Mom's platform bed

Last December, we featured AT regular, Lori2's Mom's fabulous Palm Springs home. Many people inquired about the platform bed that she made, and Lori2's mom just sent us detailed plans and an instruc...

The Slanket

It's been kinda cold lately! Many of us will be snuggling up with a blanket to read or watch tv. However, it can be an awkward task to keep the blanket covered, and still use your arms to hold, say,...

Sales & Events Calendar: 02.02.07

"Pictures of the Gone World" at CSUF Grand Central Art Center Sales: Restoration Hardware Final Clearance Sale (50% off select items) and Annual Bath Event (20% off original prices) Onlin...

ATLA Editor's Meetup Last Night!

Bloggers and bubbles. Last night we had a little editor's get together at the fashionable Viceroy Hotel in Santa Monica with champagne and chicken & waffles all around. On hand were ATLA editors Jo...

MiniKitchen

Now we’ve always thought we had a small kitchen! But now looking at this amazing 1966 MiniKitchen designed by Joe Colombo for Boffi, we’re intrigued with the idea of trying to fashion our own mobile t...

Hot or Not?

"Nano iKitty" ...

Reality Bedding

Valentine's Day is just around the corner. Oh cripes...Valentine's Day is just around the corner!! But my fellow gents, I feel strongly inclined to warn you about something you should definitely not c...

Pottery Barn's Plasma TV book case

As flat screen televisions are more the norm than not, furniture builders are coming up with new and inventive ways to mount and display them. Personally, we like it when it becomes almost a piece of...

InStore, Online or a Little Bit of Both

I look around our small apartment and I can't but help note that a great deal of our decor has been purchased online, whether it be via eBay, craigslist or online retailers. Yes, we've got our fair sh...

Scavenger: Custom plinthe (platform) bed, mid century inspired- QUEEN for $600

Take a look at this Custom plinthe (platform) bed, mid century inspired- QUEEN. Real wood, simple lines, classic yet modern. We like it. Apartment Therapy Furniture Classifieds are open for your bu...

Vote AT! : It's the Bloggies '07

We've been nominated yet again for a 2007 Bloggie award for Best Topical Weblog. For this we can only thank our readers, who must have written in in numbers big enough to put us on the ballot. ...

Riedel Amadeo Water Glass

Thinnest of the thin. Checking out Larry Shaffer's new collection at OK on third street yesterday, we spotted a hot new addition to the Riedel family. Dubbed Amadeo, Riedel has two new stemless wate...

Rat Hunt: Day 2

No dice. We baited up our trap again (with apples, peanut butter and cheese), and went to sleep hopeful (left pic from last night). We caught nothing! These guys are smart. So, we called in a pest...

Flickr Find: Laure's Green and Turquoise Art

Artwork month draws to a close this Friday, but we wanted to throw in one last flickr find of Laure's artwork that she has in her home. We love the green and turquoise collection she has going on in...

LA Times Home&Garden 2.01.07

This week's LA Times' House & Garden main feature is a housetour, entitled "A brutal kind of beautiful." The Silver Lake home of Tim Cambell and Steve Machado is a study in contrasts. The outside is ...

Space Saving Oven Stove

Anyone serious about cooking knows cooking with gas is the way to go. But we have to applaud Hotpoint for their compact, feature filled Creda Collection - Concept 50cm Electric Double Oven. We current...

Martha Stewart's Home Furniture Collection

We're not sure if it's new or not but we continue to see ads for Martha Stewart's furniture collection with manufacturer Bernhardt so we wandered over to the site to check it out. As expected MS's st...

Slinks
n. (slingks) Surreptitious web links to other good sites

•Let’s Stitch Frank! : Make your own pup shaped stuffed animal/decorative pillow. •Wall Garden: We've got dreams of creating our own Hanging Gardens of Babylon, full of delicious herbs. ...

Alyson Fox show closing tomorrow at Reform School

We just got a reminder from our friends at Reform School that the Alyson Fox show will be closing tomorrow, Friday, Feb 2nd. There are still some pieces available so get them while you can! Also, loo...

Look! Turquoise + Ikea sitting in a tree...

Look who's sitting pretty in an upcoming ad campaign for Ikea in the February issue of Ciudad Magazine but ATLA's very own Vanessa de Vargas! The complete ad below, under the cut. *Note: We had this ...

Scavenger: 1950's California Cool Wood Couch for $900

Check out this groovy 1950's California Cool Wood Couch. It's from Surfing Cowboys. We like it, moondoggie. Buy it and let's go catch a wave. Apartment Therapy Furniture Classifieds are open for y...

California and the ban of conventional lightbulbs?

Did anyone catch the report yesterday about the proposed ban on incandescent lightbulbs by 2012? According to this article, CA assemblyman Lloyd Levine is expected to introduce the legislation this we...

Bravo's Top Design is TONIGHT!

Don't forget tonight is the first episode of the much anticipated Top Design show, on Bravo. Make sure set your Tivo's/DVR's or your VCR (if you still own one)! Are any of you AT readers gon...

Look!: Mexican Match Art

Enter Slideshow We love the brightly colored artwork that decorates Mexican matches. It reminds us of classic French poster art and we think that a great DIY would be to blow these images up big an...

Rat Hunt: Day 1

In NYC we have mice in apartments and rats in the subway. Out here in LA, they've got rats in their homes (sometimes). Since our arrival on Saturday, the kitchen has been visited nightly by a visitor...

Blogging Western Interiors & Design Magazine

To be honest, I've never really looked at Western Interiors & Design Magazine. I always knew it was there, but was never motivated enough to pick it up. However, something was different about the Febr...

Art Month: The Hive Gallery Show + Art @ Juvie

As Art Month wraps up, we're squeezing in a couple last art related events happening here in Los Angeles: Los Angeles artist and friend, Ina Lim invites everyone to attend a huge group show this Satu...

Flickr Find: Justine's Home Art

Justine sent us a link to her Flickr images of the artwork around her home. She has a great collection of pottery, a fantastic orange wall in the family room and a neat collection of ear ornaments s...

Ser-vice Pillows

Pillows are like t-shirts; they're an easy and economical way to make a bold statement. Ser-vice is a company that must have made that connection since they make both t-shirts and pillows. We're part...

The Underbed Lift

With the introduction of flat panel televisions, the days of having a room's decor dominated by a large ugly box is no longer a necessity when creating a home theater environment. People are hanging...

Good Quotes: Home + Fashion

“I think the home has become fashion...I have always used my fabrics to decorate my homes and for me it was a natural development.” -Rosita Missoni - head of Missoni Home...

Scavenger: Hollywood Regency style drum light fixture kinda Priven for $80

Melinda's selling this hollywood regency style drum light fixture kinda Priven. She's also selling the wall hangings listed at the top of our list below. Pretty cool. Apartment Therapy Furniture Cl...

Santa Rosa Mexican Church Candles

Big, big candles. We're staying in Studio City in SKGR's family home, where her mother has a strong Mexican theme going on. She visits Mexico often and always brings a little something back. Unlik...

Slinks
n. (slingks) Surreptitious web links to other good sites

•New paintings by Buff Monster at Gallery 1988 •O-14 Green Dubai tower (via Inhabitat) • Vinyl wall clings by Zeptonn at popcling. (via land+living) •HGTV's 2007 Dream H...

Plant Therapy: A great list of OC nurseries

February is a great time to start a new garden. The OC Register's website has an incredibly comprehensive listing of nurseries for all of us that live in Orange County. Definitely a great thing to pri...

Westinghouse SweepEZE Vacuuming Dustbin

We've recently polled about your cleaning habits, and the majority of you voted that you focus on the larger tasks of cleaning rather than the more detailed household chores. Amongst the more importan...

Good Questions: Window treatments for this room?

Emily needs some suggestions: "I just bought a new condo that is still under construction. The living room/dining room/kitchen is one large room that has a glass enclosed patio in it (off to the side)...

Low Impact Living, Inc.

Jessica of Low Impact Living, Inc. emailed ATLA about their new LA company that specializes in helping people understand how they can make their homes more environmentally sustainable. Their recent bi...

Art Month: Conde Nast Art

If you're looking for great images but don't have the money to invest in upscale photography check out Conde Nast Art. With collections spanning their full roster of magazine titles from Vogue to Hou...

Removing Residue From a Clothes Iron

On the list of things we enjoy doing, we'd put ironing somewhere at the bottom of the list, inbetween scrubbing toilets and watching repeats of Mama's Family. Still even further below on that to-do li...

Scavenger: Unique African Paintings for Sale!!

Honestly, we're not sure about these Unique African Paintings for Sale!! But it is Art Month, after all, so here they are, for your perusal and possible purchase. Apartment Therapy Furniture Classi...

Look! : Surf Art in San Buenaventura

On a one week visit to the Golden State, the apartment therapist is ready to soak up the sights, carry around the camera and try not to be too much of a tourist. Enter Slideshow Yesterday it was ...

Corey Helford Gallery

Since we are in the final days of AT-LA's art month I thought I would squeeze in one more gallery to share. I had the pleasure over the weekend of being invited to the opening of Chris Anthony's ...

Flickr Find: Spins LP's paintings

This is our last week of Artwork Month. We love this painting by Scott Yeskel entitled "Late Leavers", which SpinsLPs has in his downtown loft. He kindly tagged this image and several others for us on...

Dr. Suess Does Santa Barbara

Nowhere to Go But Up - Visiting the West Coast this week from NYC, we were overjoyed to see this article in yesterday's LA Times real estate section... ...

Good Questions: How To Display a Collection

Nancy wrote in asking about displaying her numerous collection of concert tickets: I have collected a large amount of concert tickets throughout the years, and would love to find a creative way to dis...

Blogging Small Space Big Style: Episode 411

AT:Chicago did a great recap of Episode 411 of Small Space Big Style on HGTV. Click here to check it out....

Pier 1: Miso Shelving

Pier 1 Imports has always been a place to find asian inspired accents and furniture. However, they usually tend to skew on the darker side of the color spectrum- focusing on dark woods, or deep reds, ...

Smith and Noble Outdoor Panels

Because we fantasize about someday having an outdoor cabana to lounge in for brunch on Sunday mornings we spotted these new outdoor panels from Smith and Noble in the catalog that just came in the ma...

Hot or Not?

Neoclassical Revolving Bookcase ...

eBay Scavenger

•Antique One Leg Corner Table: Don't know whether I like this or not, but it's definitely unique. •1940's Bamboo Table w/Folding Shelves: A delicate display perfect for your 50's tiki col...

Scavenger: Custom Edward Fields Carpet for $2000/BO

AT:LA reader Ryan is selling a Custom Edward Fields Carpet -- it's about 11x14, wool, in great condition, and has just been professionally cleaned. Apartment Therapy Furniture Classifieds are open f...

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