What would it have been like to grow up in Case Study Home No. 22? What would it be like if your home had a big beautiful garden? What's the story behind that big sculpture in Echo Park? The Los An...
Name: The Lorna House
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Reader and home owner Traci Brandon sent us a few photos of her renovated 1950's Ralph Haver designed residence located in Phoenix, Arizona (Haver wa...
Here's what's happening over at our home technology site, Unplggd:
• Does Tech Keep You Up?
• PlayLab Inc.'s Small Space Office Ideas
• An All-White Home Theater Roundup
• Dodeca...
Name: Maggie B
Location: Silver Lake, CA
Type of space: Patio
Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: The house gets really hot in the summer so this is the defacto living room ...
For us, My Great Outdoors month has been awesome! We got some great tips from our succulent stoop post and went straight over to our local garden center and picked up some pretty new containers. We ...
No joke, this is how the credenza was left after popping in a dvd for us to watch.
A little blurry from laughing.
Although it's been many years of living together, I still can't get over when Boy my ...
We loved Abby's recent post about using a friend's home to decompress (sometimes you just need to get away from it all). In addition, it's important to have a spot in your home (besides the living ...
Name: Rachel
Location: Silverlake, CA
Type of space:: backyard and porch
Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: Whether in large groups or small, adults or kids, for barbeques...
Name: Tim & Nicole
Location: Austin, Texas
Type of space: Balcony
Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: This is our “surprise balcony.” We lived in this apartment complex ...
As if there isn't anything already going on in the city of angels this weekend, two major design exhibitions will be taking place. Although they are on opposite ends of town (thank goodness) Dwell on...
Over here at Apartment Therapy LA, music is a huge part of both our home and work lives. With one of us working in the music industry and another in a band, we're constantly checking out each other's...
With June's Outdoors month coming to a close here on Apartment Therapy, we'd like to share one last spot to gain inspiration from for your own outdoor spaces. Wildseed Farms isn't in Austin (it's loc...
Name: Maggie B
Location: Silver Lake, CA
Type of space: Front porch
Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: When I first moved in this was nothing more than a storage area and s...
I'll be staying at the Custom Hotel in Los Angeles (I know there have been several posts about the place). Just wondering if anyone could ID these rocking chairs or the bike seat stools. Thanks, Laur...
THIS WEEK
• 4th Annual Dwell on Design Conference and Exhibition
• CA Boom Design Show
• Pier 1 Sale
• Create:Fixate Presents "Build"
• Hammer Lectures, Hitoshi Abe
• ...
We picked up this helpful tip from fellow Professional Organizer, Donna Smallin. Author of a handful or organizing books, she's the go-to gal for organizing how-to in the home. All you'll need are s...
Yesterday we posted part 1 of our interview with the lovely Trina Turk, fashion and home designer. We have more in store for you today with Trina chatting about her best tips for creating an outdoor r...
One of our favorite ways to decorate an empty wall is with plates. We find ours at thrift stores where they're very inexpensive (and the plate holders can usually be found for under $5). It's r...
Name: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari
Location: Mumbai, India
Size: 1150 sq. ft.
Pageviews: 17,073
37 Comments: Using color in the way you did can't be easy. If I tried to do this I'd have a mess! I'm impres...
We are loving all of the My Great Outdoor posts throughout the Apartment Therapy site and it's inspired us to walk around our neighborhood and see what our neighbors have been up to. As we check out o...
Name: Beth
Location: Fallbrook, CA
Type of space: Front porch of our cottage
Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: We are currently renting a very small cottage in the midst o...
To us, there's something about oilcloth and the outdoors that goes hand in hand. The bright colors and easy clean-up not to mention the all-American patterns that pair so well with this style of...
We're hosting a bridal shower at our house in less than two weeks, and one of our friends who is a party planner came over to finalize the schedule and go over our pre-party duties. Even though the pa...
Unfortunately for interior design loving TV watching Australians, locally made TV show Homemade has absolutely bombed in the ratings. Every week a group of up and coming interior designers fight it ou...
Dear Apartment Therapy, I was hoping the AT community could help me with this question I've been struggling with lately: what is the proper ettiquette when a loved one gives a home decor gift that's n...
Cough, cough! I'm currently recovering from accidentally inhaling a tiny bit of fumigation spray while trying to seal off the door to my front office. You see, the last couple of days the small front ...
We're partial to organizing (and walls painted gray) so this kitchen caught our attention immediately. At first glance, the kitchen looks larger than it is because of its highly organized nature......
The design influence between fashion and home design are well represented by fabulous designer, Trina Turk. Trina launched her colorful fashion brand in 1995, more recently launched Trina Turk Residen...
When our goal is a cozy, inviting space, it's good to think about layering items. Sandra incorporates the layered look on her back patio which makes us feel right at home....
Name: Tiara
Location: Tustin, CA
Type of space: Backyard
Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: I am in love with this yard, especially the tree which is just beginning to bloo...
While working from home has its perks, it would be a nice change of pace to share an office space with an individual or two. In Courtney's home, her workspace is divvied up between her and her h...
A couple years ago, in a fit of longing for greenery in my loft in San Francisco, I went out and bought a huge houseplant. Well, it was more like a tree (or at least that is what the bum who lived aro...
Name: Luciana Misi, of architecture firm Lamme + Misi Urban Studio and co-founder of MINIMIS and Alex Lorenz, principal and co-founder of MINIMIS
Location: East Austin
The husband and wife team...
Name: Long Tall House/Space Space
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Type: 2 bedroom, 3 story residence
Size: 102.69 meters squared
Designed by Japanese architect firm, Space Space, the Long Tall House is ...
Sort of like a Lux Pod on wheels, the Mehrzeller Inhalt trailer is a small footprint living space with big time tech inside of its mobile confines. Flat screen televisions, wall-to-ceiling LED lightin...
Sara shows us that it doesn't take a ton of space to create an efficient landing strip. She sets up shop in her hallway and goes vertical on both sides......
[Boy's job is setting up the charcoal in the BBQ because he enjoys it!]
We've spent quite a few posts at Apartment Therapy talking about moving in together, living together, the pros and cons of it al...
Almost missed this bit of news mentioned in last month's Westways magazine: the South Coast Air Quality Management District is sponsoring a program called "Mow Down Air Pollution", offering LA, Orang...
Organizing and filing paperwork can often be frustrating, difficult, boring, confusing, (did we mention frustrating?!). And while we'd love to say we're paperless, we're not quite there yet, so we've...
Today's Los Angeles Craigslist Scavenger consists of various finds from the likes of Crate and Barrel, DWR, Ragazzi, several antique and vintage pieces and even a framed world map to hang up in ...
Name: Nina
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Type of space: front patio
Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: I just moved in a few months ago and I'm still in the process of fixi...
Name: mrsvioletleigh
Location: Laguna Beach, CA
Type of space: Backyard patio
Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: Our backyard space is tiny and odd, but also unique and cha...
Last weekend, we made the short drive to Long Beach to visit with some friends and enjoy some live music at the Tour Des Artistes. We also got a taste of the local art scene in a show called "Yo...
Even if you haven't heard of Rebecca Thuss, chances are you've seen her work. She's styled some of the most amazing sets, weddings, and parties for Martha Stewart's magazines (Living, Weddings, even ...
Name: Marcus & Jenny Butler
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Type of space: Vegetable Garden
Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: We’re in the middle of winter now so our ...
Dear Apartment Therapy, I love these bedside balance arm lamps with their globe shades and have been looking for them all over. Can anyone tell me who sells/manufacturers these lamps or something simi...
Taryn at Unplggd writes: I've left my humble digs and driven 7 and a half minutes to my local gym. Just as I pull into the parking spot, I realize that although I've got my workout clothes, a towel an...
Last night was one of those awesome LA evenings when we found ourselves at a place we'd never been before (even though we have lived in So Cal for almost a decade). Despite our happiness at disco...
Suzy's first-ever succulent garden bowl attempt turned out to be a success. A mixture of our favorite plant types, she's got varied texture and color which will ultimately translate nicely in her gar...
Name: Rebecca Orlov
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Type of space: Small city backyard behind our quad-plex.
Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: When we moved into our new apartme...
We're a big fan of clay pots but they often look too new to us. We love how they look when they've gotten some age on them but although we scour flea markets and beg them from friends, it can be a ch...
Name: MVW
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Type of space: Balcony
Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: We have a narrow, long balcony space facing the street. It's sunny and perfect...
So with the spring weather, you've started riding a bike. It's healthy, it's good for the environment and you love the freedom of the wind in your hair. Problem is, last year, when you left your bik...
Ideaco Kamui Magazine Rack, an update of the previous 2004 Good Design Award in Tokyo version. What do you think of the subtle, but notable, redesign?
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Scrolling through our Google reader recently, we landed on our chosen blog for our daily dose of local happenings, The Eastsider LA. The image above caught our attention (but was piqued further after...
Happy Monday! Hope you had a lovely, restful weekend. But just in case you didn't or maybe you're suffering from a case of the Mondays, maybe this color combo will perk you up. We admit, we've never...
For many of us, the outdoors has been a place of excitement, adventure and refuge for most of our lives. While we've all grown up in different places around the world, with different climates and dif...
Below are this past week's most popular posts, including No, Really: A Cave Dwelling, 10 Good Tips For Renters To Feel At Home, Oops, No Rent! 7 Things To Do If You're Short, Matt's DIY Master Bath Va...
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