Design on a dime, design for a dollar, this week's Los Angeles Times Home & Garden section puts the focus on thinking economically, from inexpensive ideas for sprucing up a rental to Pratt's inspiring...
Name: Jeremy Kasten, Filmmaker
Location: The Eastern Columbia Building, Downtown Los Angeles
Size: 880 square feet
Years lived in: 2.5 years (owned)
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To put it mildly, we were sto...
Hello Apartment Therapy, I've recently received these two items as gifts. I'm very into the industrial look and love them, but I'm not sure exactly what they are. Apartment Therapy readers, can you h...
Emily, one of the contributors for TheKitchn and my better half with whom I share my life and home, recently traveled over the Atlantic for an epic solo 2-week backpacking trip across the UK while I w...
Looking for outdoor planters and furniture that is stylish, simple and affordable can prove to be quite a challenge so we're always looking for smart ways to use what we've already got at hand. Long ...
You might remember Catherine's hallway from a previous Apartment Therapy post. Leslie from AT, San Francisco highlighted 10 refreshing decor ideas from Catherine's home. While Catherine has since mo...
These two chairs (pictured) are in the market for an overhaul and we'd like to reupholster them. We've been checking prices around town but don't want to spend the money right now on hiring someone fo...
We've been posting more and more about crochet chic (or knitting chic as the case may be) recently. Match that trend up with modern woodland and you've got yourself a crocheted stool that isn't too m...
This Friday's Los Angeles Craigslist Scavenger is all about lamps and lighting...
Vintage Brass Milkglass and Walnut Bedside Lamp - $35 (Studio City)
Eames Era ceramic "Flying Saucer" Base La...
In the movie, Sex and the City, Louise (Jennifer Hudson) carries a Louis Vuitton bag that she's rented from Bag, Borrow or Steal. I've always wished that such a site existed for furniture; I'd get a ...
Skona Hem recently did a feature on this afternoon party in a greenhouse in Sweden. Aside from the stunning scenery and pretty linens, we were intrigued by the string of Easter lilies hanging above t...
Last month we brought you an event taking place in Austin that combined both helping the community and recycling. Called the Fence Me In Project, the aim of the project was to gather the community to...
Dear Apartment Therapy, I would really appreciate your help. I’m trying to track down the blanket seen on the chair in the image above. This image was part of your [Small Cool] contest. Any help wou...
Unplggd has been very lucky to have our own DIY master blaster, Peter Treadway, consistently posting amazing DIY projects he's done from his home for us weekly. Hopefully you've found them as inspirin...
click for more picsTrue to our word, we've been attempting to entertain more often. We're taking advantage of having a dining room table and we're cooking more often. One thing we're getting th...
Apartment Therapy, Los Angeles has been on a flower kick this month. With inspirational posts from Rebecca and Laure on how a single flower and trips to Trader Joe's can breathe life (and color) into...
Looking for a fun and easy project for your home? Make your very own round art gallery reusing cardboard tubes hanging around your home, like paper towel holders or toilet paper rolls. After the jump,...
Now that we're transitioning into longer days, our houses are clean and we're free to spend lots of time in the outdoors, we might be tempted to bring some of nature inside. Seeing Amona's temporary ...
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Name: Deanna Bracken
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Deanna Bracken's former Franklin Hills home has been profiled as a house tour and also as a Fall Colors Contest entry before, a...
While I was in NY at ICFF, two earthquakes rocked Los Angeles. I had visions of returning home to books thrown about the floor, my flat screen face down, my wineglasses shattered on the kitchen floor...
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We find it to be a luxury when we're able to spend time outdoors in amazing weather. If you're like us, you can manage with a set of steps but when we're lucky enough to spend an afternoon in an insp...
Over the three day weekend, we hosted our annual Memorial Day barbecue / ping-pong tournament. Unlike last year, when we foolishly kept the ping-pong table in the back house, we decided to take full a...
Occasionally, we dream about what we would do if we had the opportunity to live in an old warehouse or a large loft space. When we saw Taste on Sussex Lane on a local travel show recently, we knew we ...
Apartment Therapy, I need your help! I love, love, love the layout of my kitchen but hate all of the finishes in it. The counter tops are white laminate, cabinets are white washed oak (and yellowing!...
Tyler of design and interior blog Plastolux wanted to build a credenza for his home entertainment center, inspired by a project done by x818.com we showcased over at Apartment Therapy NY awhile back, ...
I've been thinking a lot about nesting recently. Abby gave me some good advice that I've been following which is, simply put, that to feel at home it helps to take some time to nest. So I've been th...
We love Linnea's illustration of the color coordinated closet. Going from dark colors to light makes it a cinch to find what you're looking for (which proves to be quite helpful when you're in a rus...
We love checking out other people's style and set-up. You never know where inspiration can come from and what works for their space could maybe, potentially, possibly inspire ideas for your space too....
Having spent the weekend lounging around in the park, at the beach and by a pool, my mind is still outside. The wall to wall underfoot hardly registers as I tap tap tap away on the keyboard. So runn...
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Funky vintage wooden cabinet or nightstand - $60 (Downtown)
Ligne Roset Sofa - Like New - paid $6800 now $3395!!! - $3395 (Downtown LA)
Low Slung Midcentury Slipper Chair - ...
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"No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden." Thomas Jefferson...
Lately, we've had a few visitors stop by our home and the comment we keep hearing over and over is "your house is so clean." We're always flattered by the observation because we don't clean 24/7......
I met Gina Lazenby very recently, thanks to HomeExchange: After seeing her beautiful home online, I rushed to contact her. Of course, her place was already booked for another exchange; but I discove...
We stumbled into a local tile resource in Austin the other day and were so impressed by their selection and service, we had to post! Full of basic tiles for simple projects to highly detailed decorat...
Hi Apartment Therapy, I have saved this picture in my "inspiration files" for when the time comes to redo my home office. Well...the time has come! Unfortunately, I did not save any product info and ...
Anna of Newburgh, NY has been renovating her home for quite some while now, and her back room turned home office has made some huge leaps forward. What started as a dirty old room was turned into a br...
click for more picsLast week had us drooling over converted garden sheds in the UK, and this week we found something to covet in our own backyard (kind of). A dilapidated 250 sq. ft. storage she...
It's been getting a bit warmer in our bedroom at night with summer right around the corner. One of our favorite signs of the changing season is our traditional paring down of our winter bedding in fa...
We often like travel on holiday weekends and take advantage of the extra day. This year, however, we decided to just hang at home and really enjoy our space. While our intention was to just relax and...
Stopping by Trader Joe's the other day we spotted the season's first Peonies. We grabbed up a bunch (at $6.99 it was a great price) and waited for them to open. Now a couple of days later just 2 of ...
Memorial Day, early this year, marks the beginning of summer for us. And, with the days getting longer and it staying light out later, we have been finding that the rhythm of our life changes. It fe...
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Apartment Therapy reader hoxha emailed us this step-by-step instructional of how they were able to revive an original vintage Eames Swivel chair themselves after being quot...
The spot above the fridge is often times a tricky place to decorate. Unless there are cupboards already in place, the area is wide open for interpretation. If you're like us, your microwave hangs ou...
This past weekend, we hosted a barbecue/ping pong tournament at our home to celebrate a birthday in addition to Memorial Day. None of our guests showed up empty-handed either--we have enough beer, bo...
Anyone who has been watching MasterChef Australia [which we are watching as we type this] would have noticed the fantastic works by Lump. Dividing screens, sculptures and feature panel lights in a rus...
We've finally returned last night from a week of staying in New York for ICFF and an Apartment Therapy retreat with our fellow managing editors where we reveled in camaraderie (we're normally geograph...
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