Along with the other trends we've noted, it seems that growing your own food is making a comeback. This week the Los Angeles Times Home & Garden section looks at victory gardens, a wartime concept th...
Name : Mark and Marissa (Interior & Graphic Designer; mzajack@mac.com)
Location: Hollywood
Size: 1,100sq.ft.
Years lived in: 4, Rented
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We were first introduced to Mark and Mariss...
Warm crumpled cotton,
streaming light and a deep sigh,
just 5 more minutes.
Want to try your hand at a haiku? Add your ode to the bedroom in the comments....
For 2009 we're all about crossing things off our "things to do before we die" list. This is less of a written list and more of a list that stays in our head. Each time we pass Heath Ceramics on Beve...
We often post suggestions and tips when it comes to home design. Whether it's via designer, architect or artist, there are tons of great tips out there when it comes to planning the look and function ...
We mentioned some habits to start in the new year that would help keep the bedroom a serene, restful place. A big part of that is creating routines for keeping it clean. But how clean is your laundr...
What do the casts of Grey's Anatomy and CSI know that you don't? They're some of the people who've already discovered Ernest Gregory Designs on Beverly Boulevard. The store's lacquered turquoise doo...
Sfera Retracting Alarm Clock
We couldn't sleep one night this week and finally fell asleep around 3 in the morning on Wednesday (and are now up to date on all of our friends' Facebook happenings). W...
Want a work table but on a tight budget? Then check out this cost-effective Ikeahack by Kari, owner of Spring Chick Designs: She and her husband made their own custom work table for her craft room by ...
The ultimate relaxing Sunday morning for some people would no doubt include sleeping in, a newspaper and breakfast in bed. While the food choice might vary from person to person, if you're eating in ...
In movie after movie, when the couple wakes up in the night to a strange noise in the house, the husband grabs a bat from under the bed and goes in search of what might be causing the ruckus. And alt...
I live in the Phoenix area, and would like something similar to the pictured blinds to put on my deck. I must be using the wrong keywords to search, because I can't seem to come up with anything when...
8 Spots To Put A DresserWe recently helped a friend organize her bedroom--including the dresser drawers. We ended donating many things from her bedroom, but most items came from the dresser. Because...
[The Credo pillow's inspiring declarations would be a great accent in a space.]
We spotted a bunch of fun + colorful accent pillows over at CB2 with a nice price tag - $25 and under. Check out a few o...
Perusing Flickr, we found this amazing ceiling in India made completely of inlaid stone (laid piece by piece by hand!). Probably a tad too involved to recreate in your home but if you consider using ...
We just mentioned yesterday about how horribly jarring LED sourced lighting can be compared to warm incandescents, one of the major reasons cited why some people still haven't moved to more energy eff...
We're experiencing our version of winter in LA and our apartment, which is located on the first floor and which doesn't get a lot of sun, can get decidely chilly. It's not unusual to come home after ...
I have been searching for a chair like this one shown with Angelina Jolie above and would love to find some websites and locations where I can find unique, 1 piece furniture...aside from ebay and crai...
We've been on a DIY kick this week and we're showing no signs of stopping. We saw this vintage shelf with vintage doorknobs being used as hooks and thought--genius! Check out our favorite DIY projec...
Oh man. You know when you find a blog or a Flickr that is chockfull of beautiful photos featuring a cozy home, a lovely family...perhaps an adorable cat snoozing in a nest of striped blankets in the a...
One of the more unexpected gifts we received this Christmas was a body pillow.
We usually sleep with just one head pillow, a very minimal requirement according to this AT survey on how many pillows p...
Ahh, the good ole litter box...the bane of cat owners all over, not only because of it's obviously distasteful functional nature, but also because they often stick out like a sore thumb with the rest ...
Yesterday we talked about how to stamp your own patterns onto white sheets to make a custom set. But not everyone has the time to dedicate to that kind of endeavor. So today we've rounded up some ve...
I love reading great responses to AT questions so I thought I'd pose one as I need some advice on restoring these chairs to the AT community. I'm thinking of using these chairs as bedside tables in ou...
We've never met a house before that made us want to turn around and paint our own more than these inspirational pics. We're not kidding. We have leftover paint from previous painting projects and we...
As the days have become shorter and darker during the winter, the issue of security lighting around our apartment building has arisen as a priority again. In the past we had tried using a city-provide...
It's easy to get caught up in buying home decor and accents for your space. A few dollars here and a few more dollars there can add up though and even make your space feel a bit cluttered. Just a remi...
Inspired by their outdoor hiking excursions together, our friend AnnaMarie's collaboration with fellow artist Steven Ketchum as Etsy shop, Ambrose Bird, has resulted in the creation of lovely ceramic ...
When we think about a brand new year we try to pinpoint a couple of things we'd like to try and/or learn. They don't have to be big or important, more often they're fun things that can be done in an ...
Recent graduate of the USC School of Architecture Christopher Megowan sent us several images and a detailed description of an architectural project that juxtaposes a modern addition with a hundred yea...
Jamie writes in with a question about possible affordable options for a household storage solution:
I am looking for a more affordable version of this seagrass basket featured at Pottery Barn. Any he...
In The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Benjamin notes, “It’s a funny thing coming home. Nothing changes. Everything looks the same, feels the same, even smells the same. ...
We ran across this really cool idea on a building material reuse website where a customer purchased a used mantelpiece and DIY'd their own headboard. In our search for other mantelpieces masquerading...
"God takes care of the garden, but the Devil takes care of the lawn."
Just had to share this chuckle-inducing line we noted and quoted by a bonnet-wearing, dear old lady at the opening of Louis Mall...
The kitchen always seems to be the trickiest room to organize. If we had to make a list of faulty kitchen characteristics from our past apartments, it would probably go something like this: Lack of ca...
This being the month for bedrooms, we felt this awesome community patchwork project we stumbled across during Austin's famous First Night celebrations was worth showing. It reminds us of curling up u...
We're going to end our day with a novel idea that practically guarantees you'll become more prudent, albeit possibly less fastidous in the process, with your disposable napkin use: the Napkin Calendar...
We're always pleased as a plum when we see former house tour participants featured on other sites or publications; we remember the whirlwind thrill of going from being featured on AT and then being as...
Basic white sheets are probably the best investment we've ever made. Change a pillow case or throw a different colored blanket along the bottom of the bed and voila, a whole new look for the bedroom...
Dear AT: My teeny-tiny living room colors are beige and dark brown...in other words, blah. I have light wood floors and light buttery walls with white crown molding. I just painted an accent wall (w...
It's a new year and many of you might be starting 2009 working from home. For those of us that have had the pleasure of being our own boss it can be amazing. You get to make your own schedule, follo...
Small space living, one of our own editor's homes profiled as a house tour, window privacy using bubble wrap and other materials, and living inside a hidden room at the mall were all favourite posts o...
While it's easy to be inspired by designers + artists when it comes to home design, why not consider your own life too? We recently decided to do a wall gallery of pictures we had taken over the last ...
Going through today's listings of local Craigslist finds, we noticed a couple of pieces from some of our past house tours, including a 1960s Burke Saarinen Dinette Set from Gidget Gets a Sex Change an...
The Green Life opened last July as a smart design meets earth friendly boutique carrying all kinds of organic bedding, non toxic cleansers, and things for home and garden. This week they launched the...
Name: Carrie Brown
Location: Burbank, CA
Size: 800 sf
Years lived in: 4
Carrie, a graphic designer who lists furniture refurbishing as a hobby, sent in a detailed account of her modest sized 1964 Bu...
For many of us, New Year's Eve is a time when we make plans to change what's not working in our lives. From losing weight to quitting smoking to our own personal demon, tardiness, we vow that this is...
I live in a terrace house in Sydney, which is old and great, but has really small rooms. The bedroom is tiny, and we somehow managed to get a queen sized bed in there, but this leaves little room for...
Right now, we're looking at our blank bulletin board. It has one final step (a coat of white spray paint) before its ready to go back in our office. It used to be covered in fabric from IKEA (a busy...
We've got a fun array of links below that range from Adrienne's Mid-Century primer, to a selection of erotic homewares (yes, those are exactly what you think salt and pepper shakers above), a home cat...
2421 Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91107
http://www.jasonarnoldformodern.com
Over the holiday break, we decided to spend an afternoon checking out antique shops in Burbank. After picking through a num...
Southwest #23: Tisha's Airy StudioWe spent New Years Eve staying at some amazing accommodation with plenty of features that got us excited. While the huge free standing bath was nice, the shower on th...
With the long list of imagined home improvement projects we had dreamt up finishing while on vacation, we only completed one major project: emptying and organizing the closet. Hidden in the back of ou...
We've already made the switch to nontoxic cleansers and laundry soap to keep our home free from weird chemicals and things that are harmful to our sensitive skin and environment. Now we're looking at...
Hi LA Apartment Therapy,
I was hoping you would be able to help me. I found this Velvet Tufted Border Queen Headboard in the beautiful chocolate velvet...it was love at first site. I went to purchas...
We decided to rearrange our bedroom over the holidays and our bed ended up in front of the window (no pics yet because we need new drapes). We always heard that it was bad feng shui and basically not...
This past weekend we spent some time at our local hardware store in search for some special screws and drill bits for installing a security motion detecting light at the base of our apartment stairway...
In the past, we've been known to pre-buy everything for an upcoming move. Pre-pick out and get the paint, pre-order a new piece of furniture, pre-purchase a new rug for our new space, you name it! Sin...
AT Los Angeles' own organizing expert Beth Zeigler recently headed up a clutter busting bootcamp with participants bringing their own boxes of paperwork to learn how to properly and efficiently organi...
January is a great time to start building habits that will carry you through the year. And if your vacation was anything like ours (no alarm clocks, no deadlines, lots of time with family and friends...
Two weeks of rest and relaxation, that's what I prescribed to myself during the holidays and I proudly stuck to keeping the trusty laptop off except for a little Facebook, Flickr, Twitter updates (my ...
Dear AT, we need help finding a good solution for the windows in the house we rent. We want something that will allow the light to come in from the two smaller side windows and that gives us privacy ...
This new year is the first of many that we've felt quite inspired to tackle projects around the home. We've been scouring the web these past couple of weeks while we've been off looking for ways to e...
Now that 2009 has officially begun, we're already mulling over simple projects to take care of certain things that we never got around to in 2008. For example: Caulking the bathtub. Another example: ...
With the new year well upon us, it's probably safe to assume you've made at least a few resolutions. If one of those resolutions was to eat less sweets, then prepare yourself for a sugar overload wit...
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