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LA Times Home & Garden Roundup 04.18.09
Los Angeles

You like to think of yourself as green. You recycle your plastic bottles and your newspapers. Maybe your home is furnished with a few pieces of furniture you've found on the street. Take it about t...

House Tour: Ario's Texture and Colour
Jakarta

Name: Ario Pratomo Location: Jakarta, Indonesia Size: 72 sq. meters (775 sq. ft.) Years lived in: 1 year >> Enter Slideshow We've highlighted homes from Singapore, India, the Philippines, and quit...

Look! The Big Outdoors In A Tiny Space

You know how we've been talking a lot about outdoor spaces lately? And how inspired we were by a recent camping trip? Seems all our attention is on getting outside into nature. But what about going...

Look!: Giant Glass Partition

Our work took us to Pasadena yesterday when we spotted this giant glass partition. Used to separate a work station and a conference table area, the French doors allow light through while maintaining ...

Small Cool 2009: Angie's Bedroom Cinema
International Division #27

To Small Cool Contest Page and All Entries Who Lives Here: Two, me and my boyfriend Location: Shanghai, China Size: 452 square feet What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home?...

Roundup: Small Plates
Dinnerware That Can Double As Decor

We love checking out dinnerware designs, especially small plates like dessert or salad plates. These little guys are great at playing double duty for your space. If you need a colorful or textural acc...

The 727 Fuselage Home

Look up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane...well, yes, it's a plane that also happens to be a 2 bedroom Costa Rican hotel suite constructed using a real 1965 Boeing 727 fuselage, complete with spa...

Roundup: 6 Best Watering Cans

Having recently switched from having a small backyard with a hose to an apartment with a balcony and a container garden, I've had to adjust my watering techniques. Lacking a watering can I've been re...

Small Cool 2009: Vinh's Home Soul
Little Division #48

To Small Cool Contest Page and All Entries Who Lives Here: Vinh Diep Location: Los Angeles, California Size: 800 square feet What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? My fav...

Inspiration: Yellow

Is because we wear gray all the time and we're looking for something to mix it up? Or maybe it's a harbinger of spring? Or could it be a friend's child's obsession with Curious George and his patron...

Small Cool 2009: Shuan and Amy's Outside In
Tiny Division #57

To Small Cool Contest Page and All Entries Who Lives Here: The two of us, our pets and the occasional tree frog Location: Flatonia, Texas Size: 490 square feet What is your one favorite eleme...

Inspiration: Laurana's 16 Square Foot Craft Studio

Laurana takes a teeny space and organizes an entire craft room perfectly. Not only is it one of the teeniest craft studios we've seen, it may be the most organized--further reasons why her craft stud...

Look: Fence Me In Community Project!
Austin

In keeping with the same theme as the Earth Day festivites post earlier this week, we'd like to tell you about another opportunity to help save the planet. If you live in Austin and really want to get...

Small Cool 2009: Sparkle's Cured Space
Teeny-Tiny Division #26

To Small Cool Contest Page and All Entries Who Lives Here: One: Myself (and a cat named Peppermint) Location: Los Angeles, California Size: 280 square feet What is your one favorite element i...

Small Space Solution: Use Curtains to Divide

A friend of ours just moved into a pretty small studio and wants to have her bed, a sitting area, a place to play music and then room for books and media without it looking like a closet crammed to th...

Look!: Twig Cabinet Door

We're big fans of taking a run of the mill cabinet and making it your own. We've seen fabric and contact paper used to transform a cabinet door but this is a first for us--using twigs to DIY a cupboa...

Small Cool 2009: Ali's Sense of Intimacy
Small Division #19

To Small Cool Contest Page and All Entries Who Lives Here: Three, Poonam Sharma, myself, our 4 month old daughter Noorand (and our kitty-cat, Kullu) Location: Los Angeles, California Size: 914...

Inspiration....Tempaper

[Here are some before photos of our main room] Apartment Therapy has definitely covered wall decor tips for renters and one of our faves has been the addition of temporary wallpaper. We've been living...

Roundup of Home Offices In A Closet

An appropriate topic for Small Cool month, Unplggd's gathered various examples of optimizing the space within a closet or stand-alone storage for home office use. Now if we can only clean out our walk...

Look! Spring Inspired Bathroom Mural

We're sorry we didn't remember this little gem during bathroom month, but from a house tour ages ago comes this amazing hand painted flower mural in a classic pink and yellow tiled bathroom:...

The Weekend Guide: Sales & Events
Los Angeles 04.16.2009

LA SALES & EVENTS • How to Live Water-Wise in Los Angeles • Plastica Pappelina Plastic Woven Rugs Sale • Giant Robot Silver Lake Liquidation Sale • LA Mart Design Center Sample Sa...

Small Cool 2009: Maggie's Right Size 1920's Hotel Room
Teeny-tiny Division #22

To Small Cool Contest Page and All Entries Who Lives Here: One: All by myself Location: Los Angeles, California Size: 240 square feet What is your one favorite element in your small, cool h...

Grey Gardens: An Extreme Example of How a Home Reflects Its Inhabitants

Grey Gardens, as the house is known, is as much a character in the film as the two women and their relationship.Tonight we're attending the premiere of HBO's "Grey Gardens" starring Drew Barrymore and...

Small Cool 2009: Janet's Peaceful Modern
Small Division #18

To Small Cool Contest Page and All Entries Who Lives Here: Two: My husband (artist - his piece is in the fireplace) & graphic designer), me and our dog, Coco. Location: Los Angeles, CA Size: 1...

Inspiration: Red, White and Blue

Traditionally, red, white and blue color combos inspire more of a preppy, nautical vibe but Ania has managed to combine the trio of colors in a way that is less patriotic and more vintage charm. More...

Gone Mad: Decor Goes Plaid

In preparation for this post, we conducted a little experiment: Instead of haunting our usual lunch spot, we ventured a little further out and parked ourselves at an outdoor table at a cafe in Eagle ...

Look: Grass Green Glass Kitchen Splash Back
Melbourne

It was the grass green glass splash back that completely drew us in. Searching around architect Grant Amon’s website this St Kilda apartment caught our eye and boy are we glad it did. This apartmen...

Small Cool 2009: Adam's Edited Bare Essentials
Little Division #37

To Small Cool Contest Page and All Entries Who Lives Here: Adam Location: Houston, Texas Size: 710 square feet What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? It is hard to choose...

Look! All White Bedroom With Warmth and Texture

Oftentimes it is said that an all white room will look bigger than a darker one. That white walls will magnify how big a room feels. So it's often a good bet for small apartments that are lacking in...

Flickr Find: Office Nook In A Dining Room

Since working from home is the norm nowadays, it's inspiring to see options of this reality put into action. Especially since most folks have to make one room function as the office (and something el...

Do You File Your Taxes Electronically?

Today is the day, procrastinators. And we say that with a smirk, since we just finished filing our own Fed and states taxes online. We don't know how our parents did it the old fashioned way with pen,...

L.A. Mart Design Center's New Buyer Services Program
And This Weekend's Furniture Sample Sale Details

We recently heard some great news out of the L.A. Mart...they are launching a brand new year-round program called the Buyer Services Program, a service that enables consumers an opportunity to shop th...

Help Us Give 1% To The Planet
Tell Us Your Non-Profit of Choice!

Last year you helped us give thousands of dollars to Habitat for Humanity, your non-profit of choice. This year we're asking you to help again. For three years Apartment Therapy has been teaming up wi...

Look! Living Canopy on a Tiny Balcony

Since we've been looking for ways to maximize the use of a small balcony or outdoor area (see here, here and here to catch up) we've run across a lot of the same kinds of ideas: tier plants, keep it c...

Small Cool 2009: Raddlesnack's Second Chance Charm
Tiny Division #45

To Small Cool Contest Page and All Entries Who Lives Here: Me and my dog "Mouse". Location: Los Angeles, California Size: 395 square feet What is your one favorite element in your small, cool...

Week 5: Getting Into The Thick Of It
Tips & Tricks

• Cure Clock: 3.5 weeks remaining • Assignment: Read Chapter 8, Pages 154-184    • Finalizing Color    • Sunday Night 101 • Curees: 870 and coun...

Small Cool 2009: Bonnie's Former Hotel Room
International Division #23

To Small Cool Contest Page and All Entries Who Lives Here: Myself and my papillon puppy, Isobel Location: Sydney, Australia Size: 258 square feet What is your one favorite element in your sma...

Inspiration: One More Office In A Closet

We're a big fan of taking a closet and transforming it into a work space. Not only does this suggestion make great use of a teeny space, it also evokes a cozy vibe that we're attached to......

Blogging...Things I Bought That I Love

"I don’t have the kind of Martha Stewart eye where I know how to turn vintage drapes into flat sheets and pair them with some cool pillow from the Fairfax flea market or whatever; and voilà, I have...

Look: Austin Earth Day Festivities!
Austin

We're no stranger at trying to make the earth a better place here at AT. Any search will produce many "green" idea posts, from gardening, to recycling to cleaning products and even green home decor. ...

Small Cool 2009: Cookie's Little Temple
Little Division #33

To Small Cool Contest Page and All Entries Who Lives Here: One, just me Location: Temple City, California Size: 865 square feet What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? My ...

Small Garden Idea: Use Bamboo For Privacy

One of the nicest things about living in Venice was getting to have a little garden all to myself. Only problem is that the next door neighbors added on to their house and ended up putting a second s...

Getting Rid of Skunk Smells
Biocide Systems' Room Shocker

While some may think skunks are cute and fuzzy, their smell surely is not. Our first experience with a skunk lingered long after we encountered its smell (driving around Los Angeles on our first visi...

Texte-ile Chair Made From Discarded Laptop Keyboards!

Using discarded keyboard elements removed from laptops, designer Dante Bonuccelli took the keys and fashioned the aptly named Texte-ile, a lounge chair that incorporates keys as both material and patt...

Look! Decals On Stairs Create Design

We spotted this neat decal design in Manhattan Beach over the weekend. The shiny circles definitely caught our eye and we thought using decals or stickers are a great way to add design and detail to y...

Small Bedroom Solution:Use the Window

In our tiny bedroom we just don't have the option of putting our bed against a plain wall; every single wall has a window, a door, a couple of windows or a closet. And the whole thing is already bare...

Small Cool 2009: Patrick's Extraordinary Nature
Little Division #30

To Small Cool Contest Page and All Entries Who Lives Here: Two: My partner Jade and I (and our two kitties). Location: Los Angeles, California Size: 715 square feet What is your one favorite ...

Your Ideal Home: Inspiration for Where You Live Now?

Despite how we may live now, we all carry around in our heads a picture of our dream home, often based on someplace from childhood that made a big impact on us. For me, it was a loft apartment carved...

Good Questions: Durability of Painted Stair Runner?
Los Angeles

A question about painted stairs: I love the look of the painted stairs and the stained runner that people have posted before, however, I question the durability. One friend recommended porch paint o...

Small Cool 2009: Petra's Furnished From Scratch Flat
International Division #20

To Small Cool Contest Page and All Entries Who Lives Here: Two: me and my cat Marina Location: Melbourne, Australia Size: 300 square feet What is your one favorite element in your small, co...

Flickr Find: Ryan's Bike Rack Wall

My roommate and I had a similar dilemma--two bikes that needed a home (only we had no extra room to spare). We love Ryan's DIY solution to make the most out of a hallway......

Look: New Bespoke Press Prints
Brisbane

Brisbane based Bespoke Press have just released their latest range of letterpressed prints. Using their antique 1893 printing press these vintage chair prints are available in signed and numbered limi...

Good Questions: Viceroy Hotel Reproductions?
Los Angeles

Hi! I would love to post a question for the AT readers. I'm designing an office and I'm looking to find someone in Los Angeles who can do furniture reproduction at a reasonable price. I'm looking for...

How To: Make a Curved, Padded Headboard

You heeded the call! Last week we featured the shipping pallet furniture that a reader diy'ed and we asked you to share what inds of projects you've been up to. Today another reader showed us how th...

Inspiration: Penny's Enchanting Home

When we came across Penny, an artist that creates pictures sewn from fabric and thread, we expected a house as delightful as her craft. And Penny delivers--her home is a mix of eclectic vintage finds ...

Small Cool 2009: Rachel and Ernie's Curiously Curated Space
Tiny Division #48

To Small Cool Contest Page and All Entries Who Lives Here: Rachel and Ernie Location: Los Angeles, CA Size: 500 square feet What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? I love ...

Sharing and Living In A Super Small Space

We often talk about small space solutions and sharing a space at Apartment Therapy. When we caught an episode of The Office last week, the Michael Scott Paper Company set up shop in a mere 165 sq ft,...

Look! Using Real Bamboo As a Wall

We're guessing if you feel like you're working in paradise, work somehow becomes paradise. We can't really attest if that's really true ourselves (our walls are a nice dark cream color that reminds us...

4 Ideas for Sprucing up that Patio Floor

As apartment dwellers and renters we don't often want to invest a lot in the outdoor space we've got. Adding those lovely (but expensive) pebbles, doing any real hardscaping, etc just isn't practical...

Small Cool 2009: Emily's Downsize Theory
Little Division #22

To Small Cool Contest Page and All Entries Who Lives Here: My husband and I Location: Dallas, Texas Size: 750 square feet What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? That it...

Look! Colorful Flooring
Via Design Crisis

Given our druthers we prefer a wood floor over carpet, linoleum or painted floors. But whether you go dark or light, wood flooring tends to come in a range of wood, i.e. brown tones, and the exciteme...

Small Cool 2009: Mujiri's Green Field
International Division #17

To Small Cool Contest Page and All Entries Who Lives Here: Two, together with my wife Location: Singapore Size: 968 square feet What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? "Th...

Inspiration: 6 Ways To Bring Shells Into The Home

We have our own version of the idea pictured above--a simple shell decorated with a plant inside. We love the beach vibe ours gives off (hanging in the window over the kitchen sink). With summer day...

Prison Break: Black and White Stripes

Now that Easter weekend has officially ended, we're dutifully locking ourselves up for another tough work week ahead. On that note, we've collected a few examples of black-and-white striped decor that...

Look: Fresh Veggies with Resolution Gardens!
Austin

Last week AT readers weighed in on their opinions of fake plants versus real ones inside the home. While some people are okay with fake flowers if they don't have a green thumb, what's a homeowner to ...

Hot Posts: 04.12.2009
Los Angeles

Happy Easter everyone! Hope you're enjoying your Sunday and that you take the time to peruse our selection of week's favourite posts. A great deal of this past week's best posts were from our Smallest...

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