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...
Name: Sharon Montrose and Spencer Starr
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Size: 2,000 sq. ft.
Years lived in: 3+ years
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When we found the photos of Los Angeles photographer Sharon Montro...
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 ...
Name: Tracy & Rex
Location: Manhattan Beach, CA
Size: 3400 sq/ft
Years lived in: Own / 3+ years
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We are happy to share the home of Tracy, Rex and family. Their pretty Southbay ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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....
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...
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:...
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...
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 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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Name: Pasinetti House; Willow Glen Partners
Location: Beverly Hills, CA
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Timothy Braseth of Willow Glen Partners sent us this gallery of images of their restoration project of the P...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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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