What's your fantasy living space? If we had our druthers, we'd live in a loft in an up and coming neighborhood in some city's downtown. This week's Los Angeles Times Home and Garden section looks at...
Name: Kate and Damien
Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
Size: 1500 sq. ft.
Years lived in: less than a year
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When couple Kate and Damien purchased their San Luis Obispo home about a ye...
Work weeks should always end with something wonderful. Something like...oh...a bunch of kittens riding on a Roomba vacuum! Have a wonderful weekend everyone (and remember to vacuum the kitchen)...
AT reader Alex is our DIY hero. He first impressed us with his Loft Room Divider and Wardrobe, an IKEA-based solution which provided privacy and storage in his downtown Los Angeles loft. Then he came ...
As we mentioned yesterday, our old apartment had a sordid past and it reminded us that oftentimes in an older apartment building there can be some great stories (also some downright creepy ones). At...
click for more picsLiving in a loft tends to the choice amongst singles and couples without children, a lifestyle without rules...and mostly without walls. But what about when you're a loft dwell...
Dear AT: On the VH1 show "Tool Academy", the therapy session room has chairs that look like Louis Ghost chair knock-offs. I'd love to know if anyone could ID them? Thanks! Molly
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We absolutely love this creative reuse of old film strips as curtains. Not only are they breezy and light, they are a nice, warm color palette. We could also see these film strips partitioning off a...
[Check out Trina's colorful fabrics available at Patio Culture in Venice.]
Although we are in the middle of a cold winter, warmer weather is on the way and we wanted to share a bright + colorful forec...
Vânia Costa poured us a cup of "good idea" with her cute cactus in a teacup photo over at our Apartment Therapy LA Group Pool. We're also thinking tiny succulents would look stunning in Japanese tea ...
When we came upon this sitting-room-in-the-kitchen set-up we stopped. It just looks so...comfortable. And full of style. And full of light! We found out that it came from LA based designer Elizabe...
So, you've finally decorated your home. That's it, right? Now you can sit back, relax and never buy or do another thing in your home. Hold on. Not so fast. Your home is a constantly changing mirr...
Photoshop rendering of what Kim wanted to achieve during the Cure
Here's a detailed question about adding that missing "something" into a room of one of our readers, Kim, who participated in the last ...
We're pretty organized around the house and while we wouldn't say minimalist, our space is definitely not cluttered. Unfortunately, because of space issues, our office is in our bedroom (we know, we ...
We remembered seeing this studio apartment on HGTV a few years ago, so when we spotted these scans on Lisa's blog Small Space Style, we had to share. Back in 2003, Canadian Style at Home magazine fea...
This Friday morning slinks include links to China's version of HGTV (dub it in English and it's practically the same show), IMM Cologne 2009 design innovation winners, an A-Z photo montage comprised o...
We had the pleasure of attending an event last night in Austin with the purpose of attempting to unite and share resources with all the organizations working on building a better community through af...
Did you know you can clean wallpaper of dirt or fingerprints using plain old slices of bread? Neither did we, since we almost always finish any bread sitting around the house...and we don't happen to ...
In our last apartment we had a murphy bed nook in the living room (the apartment's lore was that the building had at one point been a brothel and so there were beds in every room). You won't see it i...
For more than one year we endured early morning hammering, drilling, and shouting while workmen did their thing on the adjacent lot while reconstructing an apartment building. It wasn't all too much f...
One lucky person came home to a downpour of hearts in the bedroom. Apparently there are 579 hanging hearts from the ceiling, one for each day the couple has been together. This sentiment of love is ...
Despite writing about our favourite decor and gift shop down the street on numerous occasions, we've never had the chance to actually snap some photos of the new and improved Reform School, the c...
While we enjoy the mimosa yellow that Pantone released as their trendcast color of 2009, we also simply love color! Check out one of our fave fashion + design bloggers, coco + kelley's, roundup of col...
Abby writes in:
A few months ago, Laure blogged this Nakashima-esque coffee table. I am considering tackling making my own as the first part in redoing my living room. The first step: finding the mate...
I was just talking with a friend yesterday about how convenient those pre-producted cleaning wipes are--grab one and dust the whole house, grab a heavy duty one and clean behind the toilet, etc. I do...
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Name: Kristen
Location: West Hollywood, CA
Yesterday we posted about Kristen's in-house going away sale in West Hollywood, a fabulously decorated apartment that is being offe...
We've discussed how changing your bedding can change your look. But, you can also change your bedroom's look by changing the way you make up your bed and you won't have to spend a single cent......
THIS WEEK
• Weego Home Sale
• Cisco Home Once a Year Sale
• Living Room Sale and Gallery Show
• See Jane Work Private Sale
• Private In-House Decor Sale (more images below...
The president of NAPO-LA, John Trosko, called us up Tuesday and asked us if we'd like to interview Hal Sparks for Apartment Therapy. You see, Hal has used a professional organizer before and has foun...
This meal served on Virgin's Mumbai to Heathrow plane trip caused one passenger to pen a hilarious letter of complaint to Sir Richard Branson: "Ironically, by the end of the flight I would have gladly...
Here's an interesting and inspiring idea for those of you with a love for fabric and DIY, Lockwood Design's Patchwork Headboard, recently featured in Living Etc. The tufting effect might be difficult ...
This lovely Elwood apartment featured on The Design Files is a great example of how a consistent colour theme can bring your home together. Orange highlights are used throughout in the form of furnit...
There was this Recycled Blankets Polar Bear rug and this other Global Warming Rug, with a lone stranded polar bear incorporated into the floor cover design to milk out our bleeding heart, tree-huggin'...
Of course, this is the "after"; check under the jump for the "before"
We've been followers of the LiveJournal SaucyDwellings community probably as long as we've been readers of Apartment Therapy, so w...
If you're looking to earn some extra cash and have a spare room or a spare couch, would you consider renting it out by the night? Airbedandbreakfast.com is a site where people advertise their spare r...
Steve writes in with a window treatment question:
Dear Apartment Therapy, I'm looking for a simple roller shade that goes from the bottom up. Can you recommend any sources for this window treatment so...
We spotted Christy's before and after desk on flickr and snooped around a little bit on her photostream. Turns out, this desk (pictured above) is where her work area used to live. Moving the desk ju...
Although it may feel that antlers in home design are over, we often see them around town as small details in pretty spaces. We recently spotted some neat antler lamps in the Philippe Starck designed.....
We normally post about sales in our weekly sales and events calendar post, but Kristen's email was a tad different, inviting not only us, but also you our readers to a private apartment sale where she...
Whenever we need a bit of inspiration we check out what Weego Home has to offer. Started as a an "antidote to the uber-chic minimalist furniture stores that have left you feeling hungry for some colo...
This is dedicated to my better half, who likes to move around the bed in her sleep (which she says I mention too much here on this site, but I find an endearing quality). Beautiful bedroom themed vide...
click for more picsName: Stanley Tham - KNQ Associates
Location: Leicester Road, Singapore
Size: Approx. 1000 sq. ft. Condo
Years lived in: Approx. 2 months
Here's a short, but sweet look at ...
Lisa writes in with a detailed questions about bringing her recent vintage purchase back to life:
Hi, I just purchased this set of mid-century chairs from This Is Not Ikea. The cushions are over-sized...
For us, this month has been all about painting. Next on the list was our friend Heather. It was her New Year's resolution to transform her living room into something striking and new. She borrowed ...
It's just, when you buy furniture, you tell yourself, that's it. That's the last sofa I'm gonna need. Whatever else happens, I've got that sofa problem handled.
- Narrator/Tyler Durden - from Fight C...
Saarinen is famously quoted as saying that his tulip table was designed in order to "liberate the space" under the dining table from the clutter of legs and other supports...Wonder what he would think...
Way back in early January, Maxwell posted a (somewhat controversial) predictions list for 2009. Whatever your opinion is of what's in or out, we personally loved the idea of Mid-Century Modern furni...
click for more picsWe don't often drop by the Westside to shop (we primarily make it out there to hit the coast/beaches, as the sunsets are near magical), but we had an opportunity to visit the S...
Dear AT: I was hoping I could get some advice on how to apply an aluminum foil treatment on an interior wall? I saw this referenced in your article titled "Top 10 Affordable Wall Treatments," but hav...
Strolling through Ikea last week on our quest to help the bf get his office in order (we got the pax system, more on that later) we spied these fabric covered boxes in 3 great colors that had us dream...
Alright, we normally pass over PR releases, but this one caught our eye because this particular sofa was created specifically inspired by the physical attributes of one famous Hollywood star. Gander a...
This past Sunday, we attended the Go Green Expo at the LA Convention Center. Not sure what to expect, we were thrilled with the sustainable lifestyle resources available to us at the expo. Booth aft...
Lots of DIY projects from our readers one year ago today, alongside a debate about dish racks, controversial pet behavioural devices, a celeb's first place, 6 best uses for a vase and an eclectic West...
One of our favorite places to enjoy a cup of coffee in Los Angeles is The Little Door Next Door. Aside from great food and drink (the Americano is awesome!), we enjoy the bright cobalt blue painted wa...
Playing the part of a Craigslist buzzard was easier than normal today, with a wide range of interesting items up for grabs, including a large wall divider comprised of sticks, a large lot of vint...
From last friday's post it seems we're split on the dark walls thing. But more and more we're seeing moodier rooms with more grey and black seeping in, especially in the bedroom. When we found this ...
click for more picsOur friends over at IKEA in Burbank sent us this early sneak peek catalog of items that should be arriving to IKEA stores in February, including a bevy of bathroom related item...
Although we don't keep a foghorn under the bed like Laure does (or anything else for that matter), we confess we have another kind of psychic protection against the things that go bump in the night......
Here's a question we noted from our most recent Open Thread from AT reader "vagary" Does anyone have the assembly instructions for the Ikea ALG mirrors? They're not on Ikea's site, and I think I can f...
Rows of records at the American Record Corporation
We read yesterday that when President Obama moves into the White House, he's inheriting quite the collection of classic LP's. The White House appar...
A great many fellas don't care about home decor beyond where to put their HDTV. Designer Tui Pranich caters to this demographic with "ready-to-wear" designs for bachelors to choose from. Also, news ab...
Before we can totally write off hunting lodge chic as a trend of the past, we couldn't help admiring the interior of this restaurant in Europe called Fjällpuben. It's an interesting combination of r...
Some good friends of ours are about to move into a new house together and can’t afford removalists. They’re fine with packing all there stuff into boxes and transporting them but the idea of movi...
This weekend we treated ourselves to something we had not enjoyed in a long while: a two hour, late afternoon siesta. We used to nap regularly in your youth, but with our weekends as busy as our weekd...
Designer Thom Felicia has a classic design sense that he always manages to work something unexpected into. In his newish book Thom Felicia Style Inspired Creating )which we checked out from the libra...
Vanessa writes:
I have a decorating dilemma that revolves around my living room sofa. As you can see it is a traditional tufted leather camel back sofa. For the life of me I cannot seem to come up wit...
In our recent quest to find out how to upholster a door (still looking) we found an interesting way to treat the often unsightly kitchen cabinets--with fabric. Veronique from Tres Chic Veronique show...
Often it's the small details that make a house a home. We enjoy spotting personal objects, small knick knacks, family photos in a home. When we recently visited a friend and noticed her decorative doo...
Amy, an AT Los Angeles reader, dropped by scenic Santa Barbara recently and snapped us a few photos of her new favourite vintage housewares and clothing store located on popular State Street to s...
I spent half the weekend doing everything I could to not catch what my boyfriend had: sore throat, runny nose, itchy eyes and fatigue and the other half dealing with having caught it. Cold weather, h...
click for more picsJaime wrote in to us awhile ago inquiring about entering the 2009 Fall Colors Contest, as she wanted to enter her stylishly appointed Sunset Blvd. pad. Unfortunately, Jaime not...
So you've got champagne taste and a skim milk pocketbook. You're bored with Ikea, Pottery Barn, Crate & Barrel and the like. You're not quite ready to plunk down a few car payments on the high end s...
Brenton is in the hunt for an art print from a canceled TV show:
Dear AT, I am on a search for this architecture print featured on a canceled television show called Veronica Mars (filmed in San Diego...
What's more striking than a fresh coat of bold paint? Stripes--and lots of them. We love how Graham has taken the traditional striped wall and made it his own. All of his inspiring spaces after the...
Judith Seng's Glazed Porcelain "Fingerbowl"
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Apparently, it's common knowledge that Swedes love the color yellow--and not a muted, hazy yellow tone; but a bold, bright, retina-searing yellow that says, "Good morning starshine, the earth says hel...
Being Sunday yesterday we enjoyed sleeping in, but were bothered by the morning light streaming through our window through the forgotten open blinds. Knowing that some people are bothered more than m...
It's raining, it's pouring, here's the hot posts you were adoring...including house tours from India and Australia, tips on how to make your own removable fabric wallpaper, bedroom tips (decor, not of...
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