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LA Times Home & Garden Roundup 11.08.08
Los Angeles

When you're ready to make a change in your home (and, after this week, we're feeling the strong winds of change blowing through every aspect of our life), where do you look for inspiration? Many of u...

House Tour: Sharon and Spencer's Danish & Dogs Domicile
Los Angeles

Name: Sharon Montrose and Spencer Starr Location: Los Angeles, CA Size: 2,000 sq. ft. Years lived in: 3+ years >>Enter Slideshow When we found the photos of Los Angeles photographer Sharon Montro...

Argington Eiffel Book Case

The Argington Eiffel Book Case has everything we like in a storage unit: a display area in the center, various oriented/sized storage spaces, and a modern, but warm aesthetic thanks to four different ...

House Tour: Tracy & Rex's Southbay Home
Los Angeles

Name: Tracy & Rex Location: Manhattan Beach, CA Size: 3400 sq/ft Years lived in: Own / 3+ years >> Enter Slideshow We are happy to share the home of Tracy, Rex and family. Their pretty Southbay ...

Upcoming Green Events in Santa Monica

Santa Monica has a bunch of great public programs for learning more about living green. This month they're hosting lectures and classes that teach you how to plant an edible garden, put together your...

How To: Remember If You've Turned the Stove Off
And Keep Your Sanity

We might just be the most paranoid person when it comes to remembering whether or not we've turned off the stove, heater, iron, etc. We will spare the really embarrassing story of calling the fire de...

Look! SunkenBackyard Slide

Who at one time or another hasn't wanted a huge slide to enter or exit a home with? The architectural firm of EM2N incorporated a long yellow slide that allows visitors and owners alike to enter the H...

Colours Clock by Richard Shed

Here's a clock for those obsessed with colour. The Colours Clock by Richard Shed is just one of a series of playful designs we've fallen smitten with, joining his odd shaped Keith's Console, the Hidde...

Tile Vault: Candies and Cigarettes 60's Square Tile

What: Tiles on the side of a building Where: Main Street in Santa Monica When: Sunday Morning, a late breakfast. Why: We've often admired this old candy, cigarette and cigar distributor building whi...

Southwest Fall Cure: Planning and Purging
Week Four, Weekend

dzinelvrslc found this ottoman and bright orange throw in the "as is" section at Ikea. The bright orange colour of the throw brightens up the neutrals of the rest of the room and is like a cozy ray o...

Good Questions: Black Modern Couch Recommendations?

Bret is on the hunt for the perfect black couch but is having a hard time finding a black couch in mid-century style: Dear Apt. Therapy, Help! Why is it so hard to find a black mid-century modern st...

Roundup: Label Makers

How To: Clear The DVD Clutter We thought we'd end this week full of organizing tips with a roundup on label makers. A simple label on your containers can save you time and money--find out which labe...

Flickr Finds: One Room Living (in London)

Whenever we stay in London for longer than a week, we're usually put up in some kind of corporate housing environment. It's part hotel in the sense that it never really feels like "home" and more lik...

Extreme Ironing, Women's Dirtier Hands, and a Couple Ideas for Extra Paint Chip Samples
Los Angeles Slinks for 11.07.08

TGIF everyone! Here's a few end of the odds and ends from our week of scouring the internet for interesting, if not sometimes odd, tidbits to share. Hope y'all have a wonderful weekend and a fun time ...

Look: Wallpaper by Tres Tintas!
Austin

While visiting the awesome local Austin store Kirk in the 2nd Street District earlier this week, we fell in love with the gorgeous wallpaper we saw displayed on one of their walls. Inquiring after th...

Open Thread #66
Los Angeles

Got a question you'd like your fellow Apartment Therapy readers to take a shot at answering? Have a local resource you'd like to share? Just want to say hello to everyone? Drop a comment here....

Renovation Aggravation: Living in a Construction Zone

It's been a noisy day working from home today. Between the hammering, sounds of crumbling stucco and the occasional clank of metal being pulled out from the walls, we've had a long day enduring a mode...

Look! Moroccan Tiles For Sale at Casbah Cafe

It's no secret that we're pretty into encaustic tiles (see here, here and here) so when we saw these tiles sold by the piece we started thinking about what we could do with a tile or two:...

Good Questions: How Do I Create An Urban-Masculine Apartment?
Los Angeles

AT reader Haris writes in with this question about his first "grown up" apartment. Dear AT, I rent, so I am not able to alter a lot of things that need construction, etc. I would like to give my be...

Look!: Another DIY Closet
Part III

We stopped by our friend's new pad last evening on the way home and spotted her new DIY closet. Apparently there isn't any storage in her new apartment except for the kitchen cabinets. Needing to co...

The Rake and Take
Free PDF Plans to Make Your Own

The arrival of fall means a lot of us will be raking clear lawns, sidewalks and backyards. Designer Louis J. Morton considered the back aching act of raking and then gathering leaves and set out to im...

Using All Of Your Kitchen Space

Our coffee cups in our small kitchen seem to either get stacked on top of each other or are dangerously close to falling off the shelf anytime we open the door. While we do try to keep them organized ...

Look! One Room Forest
At Tokyo Design Week

We love it when nature is brought indoors, so we loved this modern take on an indoor forest. As a part of Tokyo Design Week, architects got to realize their ideas for an organic living space with nat...

How To: DIY Paint Ceramic Tile

Got a bathroom or kitchen with an outdated colour palette? That burnt umber and avocado green tiling not floating your boat in the kitchen or bathroom any longer? Tiling around kitchen backsplash, flo...

21 Household Uses For Rubber Bands
(Apart From Shooting Them At Your Friends)

When we were kids, we wore them on our teeth and around our wrists, shot them at friends, used them to corral the pencils and pens in our schoolbag and hold our hair back (ouch!). Now we pile the one...

Sales & Events Calendar: 11.06.08
Los Angeles

November Sales... Start the weekend early! Santa Monica eco-friendly store The Green Life is hosting a LA green drinks cocktail party tonight (November 6) from 7pm. Get in on the last day of a "Priv...

4 Tips For Making a Small Office Feel Big

Catching up on our Top Design last night, we fell in love with Ondine's vintage modern office. She picked the smallest room to design but chose elements that made it function like a big home office. ...

Do I Really Really Need This?
Being Choosy At The Flea Markets, Swap Meets & Estate Sales

This totally happens to us whenever we go to a swap meets: when we see something we like--not love, just like--we buy it. Somehow, being in an environment where every price tag is on the cheaper end...

Organic Serenity Natural Latex Mattress

Some readers made mention in my recent BoConcept Fahrenheit mattress review about natural latex options, so we thought we'd share some info we received from local furnishing shop, Denizen Design Galle...

Martin Klimas' High Speed Photography

We have a friend who could give a rodent's proverbial hind quarters about art, floral arrangements or decor enhancing touches. Well, that was until I showed him these high speed photos of beautiful fl...

Alone Illuminating Coat Hook

Such a simple, but useful idea for the entryway: coat hook that is also a wall mounted LED light! Daniele Trebbi's Alone light is one of those products that get our mind racing in the hopes of finding...

9 DIY Gift Ideas To Get A Jump On the Holidays

Last week we unveiled a new little plant that we started as a part of our commitment to making more of our gifts this year. Since projects can become time consuming, we've started early with the goal...

Good Questions: Good Lampshade Resources
Los Angeles

Hi AT, I found this lamp in a local (Phoenix) vintage/estate sale store. It came with this shade and the guy who sold it to me said that he put it on the lamp because it didn't come with one. What sha...

Clothes As Display

We've seen this idea in magazines before but never noticed it executed in any house we've visited. While we've never seen this decorating idea in action, we can think of a few reasons it's a great id...

Picking The Perfect Paint Color For You
House Beautiful's PaintBrush Tool

Like Aaron, we also did a little home improvement painting over the weekend and we love the color result! While picking the perfect color for a room is not always the simplest task, we had a little tr...

This or That? "Cork Links" by Brian Kelly vs. "Sole Mate" by Shannon Scovell

Similar in concept, we're fond of both designs for their aesthetic and utility (we'd use Kelly's design in the home office while Scovell's creation would be a great closet or entryway shoe storage sol...

When Cleanliness Levels Collide
Boyfriends, Girlfriends and Roommates

One of our tips for making a space feel bigger is cleaning it (this also helps it to feel cozy and comfortable) but what do you do when you live with someone who's messier than you, or shall we say, h...

What Are Your House Rules?

Last night, like thousands of other households across the nation (if not the world), we invited our closest friends to share in some food, spirits and to watch history unfold on 92" of glorious high d...

Good Questions: Anyone Recognize This Bed?

Here's a reader question we couldn't answer ourselves and has been sitting in our mailbox for awhile, all in the hopes of finding an answer to give RR to no avail. Perhaps someone out there knows and...

How To: Make A Cozy Home
From Apartment Therapy House Tours

Last night we hunkered down in front of the television. We had the windows wide open, listening to the blustery wind while snuggled underneath our down comforter. It was one of the coziest nights we...

A Modern Kitchen with a Retro Color Palette

You know that shade of seafoam green? We see it quite frequently in retro bathrooms, like at Lynn and Leif's Paris Hotel Home. So we were surprised to see it used effectively in an extremely modern k...

Good Quotes: Isaac Mizrahi About Home Decor

CNN: What about in home furnishing? You do a line for Target that's ending this year. What's the most common mistake people make there? Mizrahi: You know what it is with people? I think people get la...

Store: Kirk
Austin

We talked about new stores that were opening up in the 2nd Street District here in Austin not too long ago, and now we'd like to make good on our promise on showing you one of them: Kirk. While it ma...

Close-Up: Home of Fernlund & Logan Architects

Anthony originally posted this over at our home tech site, Unplggd, but then realized this would be best suited for the AT sites... While many of us may or may not be familiar with the New York-based ...

Look! Unusual Floor Pillows at Linea

We're not sure whether we find these unusual floor pillows keen or disturbing...perhaps a bit of both. But they definitely caught our eyes as we walked past Linea in Santa Monica just recently. The bu...

Why We Hang Onto Stuff
And Why It's OK To Let It Go

Benita's Organized Media! This week in the Cure we're dealing with media: books, cd's, dvd's and magazines. While we're clearing it out, paring it down and organizing it in a way that works and makes...

Good Questions: Chrome or Brushed Finish?

AT reader Kristina writes in with a question about the merits of matching your kitchen hardware above with the faucet finish down below [chuckle]: I'm on the brink of a kitchen renovation and have pu...

Cute Cushion Alert
Melbourne

To add to yesterday’s pillow round up, we found these cute cushions by Pippijoe. They’re handmade in Melbourne and are silkcreen printed using environmentally friendly inks. More below....

Tips For Hiders and Seekers: When You Can't Remember What You've Stored

We loved SarahC's post yesterday on Organizing: Are You A Hider Or A Seeker? AT readers were definitely divided evenly with their preferences but one thing seemed to ring true for both parties. Seek...

One Year Ago Today...
Popular Los Angeles Posts Way Back When

What were we posting about this time today in 2007? Here are several posts from our back catalog of popular posts you might have missed, but are still worth checking out a year later: A glamorous Holl...

25 Wallpaper Ideas By Ballard

A friend of ours recently wallpapered an accent wall using Ballard's Lustre Wallpaper Charcoal Sheen and it looks fantastic! (We love the chandelier motif!) We checked out their supply and found many ...

Scavenger: 1960's Krueger Airport Style Seating for $550
Los Angeles

Complete the fantasy of your weekend staycation and lounge on one of the two orange vinyl seats and rest you cocktail upon the white melamine tabletop. Or check one of the other ten Craigslist Scaveng...

Matin House Peek
Los Angeles

We've been crushing on the amazing porcelain pieces that Matin Gallery in Culver City shows. From Edmund de Waal to John Pawson the look is minimal, elegant and beautiful. So we were really excited ...

Look! Sunset Magazine Mentions AT and Reader Comments

Some of us might be self-professed magazine addicts, but we've rid ourselves of almost every subscription except for some science related publications (when you look at decor all day, there's somethin...

Blogging...Small Space Upgrades from "This Old House"

Though we think of the focus of "This Old House" as being homeowners, renters enjoy their time in the spotlight too. One editor documented the changes she has made over the years to her small 550 foo...

Good Questions: Reseal or Refinish?
Los Angeles

I'm moving in with my girlfriend into her 1940's apartment with real hardwood floors in rough shape. They're worn out with little to no finish on them. They smell quite bad due to her two dogs, spills...

Easy DIY: Masking The Lightbulb

We can't get enough of O!Rachew!'s Flickr photostream. She makes every DIY seem like a no brainer. Her beautifully arranged inspiration boards were a hit and who can forget her DIY vintage frame arr...

Color Combo: Red, White, and Blue

In honor of Election Day, we decided to showcase some of our favorite red, white, and blue color combos, thanks to Living Etc. and Rachel Mallon's Twolia Blog. We love these slight variations of reds...

Putt Up or Shut Up FLOR rug, Coathanger Artwork, the Cardboard Office, and a Ray Kappe Architectural Beauty
Los Angeles Slinks for 11.04.08

It's Slinky, it's Slinky, it's fun for a girl and a boy (showing my age, aren't I?). Here are a few things we personally found of interest that we thought we'd share that fell into our miscellaneous b...

Change of Season, Change of Bedding
Australia

Here in Australia we’re quickly moving into Summer and for our friends in the Northern Hemisphere, you’ll be heading towards Winter. More and more we’re waking up all hot and bothered in our Win...

Look: Lab Partners @ Outre Gallery
Melbourne

Well this is timely, we were just looking at our walls wishing we had some new artwork to spruce them up, and what do know, SF based design/illustration team Lab Partners are heading down under for an...

Open Thread #65
Los Angeles

What's the story, morning glory?...

How To: DIY Your Own Holiday Cards

The month of November just started and we're already hearing darn Christmas muzak while shopping at the local drugstore. As annoying as that is, it does remind us we should start preparing for some ...

5 Things That Made This Weekend Cozy

Did you guys enjoy the weekend's gloomier weather? The rain gave our plants some much needed water and it gave us a chance to hang out indoors more than usual. We took it as an opportunity to do som...

Good Questions: Bathroom Storage Recommendations?
Los Angeles

Help AT reader Claire with her bathroom storage and decor dilemma: I've been searching high and low for just the right storage piece for my small guest bathroom. Right now I'm using a cheapo MDF whi...

Inspiration: Lush Bella on Etsy
And At Her Home

We found this picture of an artfully arranged pack of butterflies on Flickr. Always admiring the artistry of a beautifully arranged wall, we immediately wanted to know more about the image and the ar...

Don't Just Be Neat, Bneato with Organizing Bootcamp

Our very own Beth Zeigler is our resident organizing guru, and she'll be heading up a few organizing events in November we thought we'd share with our fellow Angelenos looking for some hands-on advice...

Roundup: 6 Comfortable Pillows from Urban Outfitters

We recently bought the Velvet Pouf pillow from Urban Outfitters and love the comfortable nature and design. After checking out their site, we spotted more colorful pillows and put together a little ro...

Look! Das Schwimmhaus

Possibly the coolest house boat we've ever laid our eyes upon, the Das Schwimmhaus is not only a floating example of fine architecture, but also was manufactured using green materials. More photos and...

Store: Weego Baby
Los Angeles

The newest store in the Weego Home family just opened up in the old Moca Store space on Main Street in Santa Monica. Besides carrying modern nursery and kids' room furniture and accessories, true to ...

House Call: Pasinetti House
Los Angeles

Name: Pasinetti House; Willow Glen Partners Location: Beverly Hills, CA >>>View Slideshow Timothy Braseth of Willow Glen Partners sent us this gallery of images of their restoration project of the P...

Southwest Fall Cure: Planning and Purging
Week Four

Autzve's landing strip has been tidied up and the bright blue of the bookshelves echoes other parts of her home. Cure Clock: 5 weeks remaining Assignment: Read Chapter Seven, declutter all media and ...

Good Questions: Cleaning/Whitening ABS Plastic?
Los Angeles

An AT reader from Germany sends us this query: I bought a Steen Ostergaard Cantilever 290 chair a few days ago. The chair is in a great condition, just the white isn't so white anymore. So I'd like to...

Look!: New Use For Empty Toilet Paper Roll

Still on a search for the perfect apartment, our friend had us check out a new place with him last evening and this is what we spotted. A new cover up for the base of a wall light by using the empty ...

The Neuton CE 5.2 Battery Powered Lawn Mower in the Test Lab

When it comes to routine lawn care, we usually have a gardener that comes around once every two weeks; however, we've been weighing the option of doing it all ourselves. So, when the fine folks at Ne...

Inspiration: Craftsman Joseph Zambarano
Austin

We did a house tour awhile ago of the great modern home of Kim and Paul in South Austin that featured, among a great aesthetic, an awesome glossy yellow central staircase with built-in storage. While...

Hot Posts: 11.02.08
Los Angeles

Remember to vote! Yes, yes...Tuesday also...but we're talking about today with our final two Color Contest entries, pitting Southwest vs Midwest (hey, that's sort of like the real election candidates ...

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