Los Angeles is a city of transplants so it's only fitting that this week's top stories in the Los Angeles Times Home & Garden focus on influences from other places: artist-blacksmith Alan Drew draws i...
Name: Shawn Gold and Amy Neunsinger
Location: Laurel Canyon area of Los Angeles
Size: 5,500 square feet
Years lived in: 2 years since remodel, 8 years total
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Ever since I started looking for a place of my own I always looked to your site for inspiration. I just bought this retro coffee table and I want to take in the task of restoring...
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Both The Wall Street Journal and NPR are reporting the latest trend in home selling: moving in faux homeowners to help sell luxury homes. These human props get to live in style at a deeply discounted...
Newly upholstered in black and white Toile de Jouy, this wing back chair would look equally stately sitting in the corner of a traditionally or modern appointed room. Available for $360 with de...
So you've just decided to take your pet with you on vacation. And while the little guy does well on trips to the dog park, you'd like to be as prepared as possible to make the journey comfy. We spea...
Last week, we blogged about two homes we saw on the Dwell on Design home tour where the bathrooms were a little...ummm...less than private. But whether we live in apartments or houses, especially if ...
Whether you're thinking of taking a quick vacation to Austin or you're a resident and just need a break from your own place, you'll probably be on the lookout for the coolest and hippest places in Au...
John Gidding of HGTV's Designed to Sell has our respect for this hardcore IKEA hack which he shared over at IKEA Hacker; he transformed various parts of the IKEA Expedit shelving system and had them c...
Name: Hidden House; Standard
Location: Mount Washington, CA
Size: 3,500 sq. ft.
Los Angeles architecture team Standard recently completed this beautiful upgrade to a formerly modest 2 bedroom,...
Okay, here's the challenge, because my mom and I have both been searching for forever: she loves placemats for the old wood dining table, but not just any placemat. We're looking for ones that...
We enjoy dining out in Los Angeles and especially love checking out the wonderful restaurant design and style that is on display. We often always check out the design elements and sometimes wish we co...
Item: The Bogart Sofa
Store: Plummers
Value: $895
Description: The Bogart has a great retro design with wide deco-styled arms and a tight seat back. In white, dark brown, or red bicast leather. Lov...
I love traveling. Give me five minutes and I'll be ready to go. If you make the reservations and figure out the itinerary, even better. There's something about going away that energizes me. And it...
THIS WEEK
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• Way Basics Summer Sale
• Renegade Craft Fair
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Recently, we've been thinking about revamping our bar stools and living room chairs. Because we've been spotting a lot of great "before & after" projects--it's starting to give us the itch to DI...
It's T-minus 5 days until I head off to London for fourteen days straight of music, music, and more music...with some blogging in between. But before I go leaving on a jet plane, there are a few thin...
By day we work in a standard office building complete with fluro lighting, cubicles and generic office furniture. As a result, we feel so inspired when we see office spaces that are creative, especial...
Dear Apartment Therapy, I just spotted this couch online and was wondering if anyone knows could recommend similar modern tufted style seating? Thanks, Tammy
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How's this for traveling in style? European tech company, Vodafone, worked with Waskman Design Studio and Creative Space Culdesac to design a stylish abode on wheels for a blogger to live in with his...
By now you might have passed by Royal/T over in Culver City a few times and wondered what was within the faux lawn covered facade. It's not quite in the heart of Culver City's healthy gallery a...
Because we work from home, we're much more likely to have an unexpected visitor than our office-job counterparts. And while we're always prepared for unexpected guests, friends don't drop by every da...
We spotted this sweet and inspiring story over at A Tiny House Blog and wanted to share it with you, Apartment Therapy readers. April and Keith had some unexpected life changes in 2008 but took a posi...
Below are our top ten posts from last year at this time, including hidden home offices, an LA downtown loft tour, dream furniture, and homewares from Japan we wish we could get our hands on and more a...
"But that's the glory of foreign travel, as far as I am concerned. I don't want to know what people are talking about. I can't think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than t...
Because our cat is somewhat low-maintenance, we have neighbors feed her twice a day when we go out of town. If our trip is for an extended amount of time, we'll have a friend house-sit for us. Howev...
Perhaps one of the best rewards of writing for Apartment Therapy is discovering other amazing interior design and lifestyle blogs. There are literally millions out there; and we absolutely love the e...
A column from the New York Times that originally ran a few months back hit on a subject that will no doubt be a talking point for some time to come: the suburb. Debating the relevance of suburbs and ...
Apartment Therapy, I need your help! I am hoping that someone in the AT crew or readership can help me identify these beach chairs. I am fairly certain I have seen them in white as well, but I am crus...
Taking on a 110 square meter historic building, Oliver Schick interior design encourages modern thinking and home tech incorporation into a small, vintage package. The result is a very built-in look (...
Very cool flatpack chair which can be put together in just 10 seconds. Definitely one of the more attractive looking foldable furniture designs we've seen and notably made to be used both inside and ...
For some, bringing back souvenirs can be quite a challenge. Whether the items are for yourself or for friends and family, the process (to find the perfect souvenir) can prove frustrating and time con...
The summer season is the perfect time to get out and about and enjoy your own neighborhood and city. Since it's travel and escapes month at Apartment Therapy, we wanted to share an easy 'escape do-it-...
It's large, gold, black and certainly will make one heckuva an impression in the right setting. Described as straight out of "That 70's Show", certainly not for everyone, but a perfect match for...
What do House, Ugly Betty, Nip/Tuck, Saving Grace and Big Love have in common? They're all clients of Fantasy Lighting, Los Angeles's oldest lighting store. Located on Melrose, just west of LaBrea, ...
You might remember Hilary from about a month ago; she sent in her Angelus Vintage Modern Buffet Refinish Project with details of how she redid the vintage piece. Well she's been so kind to followup wi...
We're following Maxwell (Apartment Therapy's guru) on Twitter and he mentioned the phrase "granny chic" in one of his tweets yesterday. It's the perfect way to describe Emma Lamb's crocheted creation...
Perhaps you've seen this, perhaps not...but if you haven't, this apartment featured in Marie Claire Maison awhile ago is really a fantastic example of style in a small space. We've kept these photos i...
When we visit our grandparents, we sleep in a vintage caravan parked in their driveway. They use it once a year for their annual wild pig shooting holiday but the rest of the time it’s their “gues...
Name: Douville Residence; LeanArch
Location: Manhattan Beach, CA
Size: 1,200 sq. ft.
The Douville Residence in Manhattan Beach is admirable for quite a few reasons in our book. First, its fair...
Reader Nancy sent us this dire email about receiving noticed of a most harrowing of notices that some of us here at Apartment Therapy have dealt with: Dear Apartment Therapy, Is there a website to pul...
We're really digging the home's bright and clean den, featuring Ikea's PS cabinet as a TV console table. We love how both the console and the TV matches the iPod speaker dock. It's also rare to find s...
We love the way vintage theater seats add old world charm to your space while mixing well with your modern tastes. We've rounded up a handful of ways Apartment Therapy readers have incorporated ...
Decor accents displaying words of wisdom or a witty thought are widely available and we often spot them in the homes of friends and family. Since we could all use a little inspiration every day, we wo...
Anna writes: Dear Apartment Therapy,
We are preparing to move into our house, which had previously been occupied by a tenant. The living room is currently painted light gray with a darker gray horiz...
This week a friend who's training to be a Feng Shui consultant stopped by. Her first comment was: "Wow, your hallway and your bathroom are both in your relationship corner." I had known about ...
What happens when you move into a 2 bedroom apartment with no closets to speak of? If you're like Stephanie, you have to get a little creative when it comes to designing storage space out of thin air...
In case you ever need to find that perfect gift for someone who loves dogs and/or cats, consider getting them one of these vintage-style record albums designed and created by artist Stephen Fowler......
We showed you an award-winning restaurant here in Austin last week, and today we bring you some beautiful photos of a recently award-winning Austin residence. Architect MJ Neal, who you may remember ...
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