If you're like us, you're always looking to score a great vintage or secondhand find. If you live in LA, you're in luck. Today's the Designer Tag Sale in Venice (everything under $200) and tomorrow'...
Name: Allison Amon & Paul Francechi
Location: Silver Lake, California
Size: 2,400 square feet
Years lived in: 13, 2 years since remodel
Shaded by a row of bushes, the front of the Allison and Paul'...
"Life is like IKEA furniture. Sometimes you have to take it apart so you can put it back together the right way" – Chris Blake...
During the summer months, it's a safe bet you can find us underneath an umbrella or a shady tree, relaxing in a comfy chair. To us, certain chairs signify summer more than others......
While staying at a friend's place this week, we've been enjoying the gorgeous sunlight that bathes her house during the day through the huge windows in every room......
A little over a year ago Staci Cain was re-evaluating her professional path. Having spent years as a studio executive, she yearned for something more creative, something that she felt more pas...
Classic Los Angeles apartments often have built-ins. From shelving to vanities to breakfast nooks, sometimes useful, sometimes not, they always add character and are perfect for displaying col...
If you're anything like us, and you're preparing (or helping prepare) a move away to college or to your new first home, you've got a reasonably sized collection of home electronics and accessories tha...
Enjoy summertime lounging or dining outdoors in Palms Springs chic style with this original 1960's pool patio set. Unusual shaped chairs with a formica top table makes for unique backyard furni...
This website would have been awesome when we were in college (assuming the internet existed back then). Anyhow, Design Your Dorm has a ton of great features for small space living using 3-D models fr...
Happy Friday! Got anything fun lined up for the weekend? We're ending this week with this surprising--and cheerfully strange--duplex located in Tel Aviv. If you love 70's retro textile patterns, uniqu...
Janel over at Apartment Therapy Chicago posted about an article in the CS Interiors magazine about seven influential designers helping to create the term "Chicago Design". Well, we're not sure i...
Did any filmmaker better capture middle class 1980's suburban America in look and feel than director, producer and writer, John Hughes? In memory of his passing today, we look back at some of o...
We've been on the hunt for simple garden ideas and also for some modern garden blogs to really sink our teeth into. While on the search we came across 2 things we loved: this idea for an uber modern ...
One of our favorite items to makeover is a dresser. We enjoy finding inexpensive gems at thrift stores and painting them bright white.. Katie had a similar idea when she received this hand-me-do...
Who doesn't love good-looking, modern, repurposed furniture? We’ve found a local Austin designer who’s recently started his own furniture line, and it’s safe to say his first stab at furniture ...
Sometimes we looks around our space and want to change everything. We're starting off with beige wall to wall, beige walls and those awful vertical blinds so there's plenty of room for improvement. ...
We run into the best and simplest ideas time and again. They always make us take a second look. What they have in common is their simplicity, their elegance and the way they can take junk, add it to...
Fans are something you might want to feel, but not necessarily want to see. Designs of most household fans are utilitarian at best, and downright an eyesore on occasion. You couldn't say that about de...
Brand new leather and cotton upholstered modern three piece sectional sofa and lounge in cream and dark brown. Would look great anchoring the living room of an organic modern decor interior......
Whimsical and beautiful, Ramonah's cat wall would make any feline jealous. Not all cat ladder's are created equal so when we spotted Ramonah's DIY version--we had to share......
Our friend Carolyn recently bought a lovely condo in West Hollywood, and now she's in the process of picking out paint colors. "I want a look that's just timeless...classic...like listening to Billie...
Built on a vacant block on a street full of terrace houses, this home by Kavellaris Urban Design is a modern and ironic take on what could be described as today’s terrace house. The terrace design o...
Name: Flavia and Rodrigo
Location: Leblon, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Size: 1,184 square feet
Years lived in: 4 years
Here's our first house tour from Brazil, a modest sized apartment located in Leblo...
Apartment Therapy reader Jackie Honikman sent us her whimsical and imaginative DIY project that puts a cheap canopy bed frame to reuse in a whole new light as a balcony garden flower bed. We could als...
Last week we met up with a retired Apartment Therapy editor while shooting a house tour down in Costa Mesa. He showed us some sights and we stopped in at The Camp, an outdoor mall, for a quick...
Q -I happen to live in Phoenix, so I wasn't sure which city would best answer my question! I am looking for a less expensive alternative to this library swing arm lamp from Circa Lighting. I would lik...
To us, there's a certain quality to garland that instantly transforms a space. Similar to a strand of glittering lights, garland conveys a party vibe that can't be beat....
Earlier today we posted tips for adding oversized lamps to a room. We thought we’d hit on a subject also important to lamps: a proper lampshade fit. While it might seem like a small detail, the lam...
We love the current shift towards bright, glossy black furniture to add contrast and drama to simpe interiors. If you've got the space, this 9 drawer black lacquer buffet is a great take on wh...
Beth's raved about Echo Park, Rebecca cheered for Beverly Hills, Laure waved the flag for Venice, Gregory spoke up for Silver Lake and Adrienne piped in for SoCo Austin. Today I'm tooting the ho...
An absolutely stunning line of refrigerators from Meneghini, inspired by traditional Italian ice boxes, with distinguishing features like real wood finishes, brass handles and hinges, glass shelving, ...
Growing up, nothing satisfied us more than a neat room. To us, having everything in its place was a great feeling--and it's a standard that has followed us into adulthood. We recognize a kindred spi...
With the fall semester looming around the corner, we're pretty sure that Target and Ikea are going to be clogged with students stocking up on dorm essentials. Thankfully, it's becoming easier to be a...
When asked our favorite décor advice, we always underscore the importance of pulling together décor elements that are proportional to the space and to one another. However, we also recognize how an...
THIS WEEK
• Designer Tag Sale
• LAXseries Sample Sale
• Shelter Storewide Sale
• Happy Summer Sale
• "Leaf Cutouts" at Tortoise
• "Building LA's Future" Fall Breakfast Se...
Over the span of a year, we receive, post, answer, and share multitudes of reader questions, so we're always very happy to receive updates from the original reader who sent in their question. Such was...
While her daughter was away at camp, AB Chao got to work transforming her daughter's little girl room into a big girl room fit for someone all grown up and ready for high school. We're a bit j...
We can safely say that Apartment Therapy readers love easy and affordable organizing solutions. So it's no surprise that we're always on the lookout for more great ideas to bring to the mix. Er...
Sasha's powder room initially had powder blue walls to match the light blue, textured wallpaper behind the sink. But a recent shopping trip at Home Depot uncovered a roll of red damask wallpaper--on...
When my beloved Coco died 2 months ago I was bereft. She had been my constant companion at home. She jingle jangled her way down the stairs to greet me, she hopped up on the couch as soon as I sat d...
A collection and selection of great Mac multi-monitor setups with combinations of desktops, LCDs, HD televisions and laptops utilized in a variety of non-tech mess configurations. Check out all ten o...
It's not too often we see something quite of this historical significance or price on Craigslist. This original Richard Neutra designed Camel Table for Moore House, Ojai in 1952 converts from coffee t...
A great color year round, blue is a calming color that feels organic and trustworthy. Anja's blue palettes feel spring-like but can translate into the seasons with alternating decor......
Just picked up the latest copy of Living Etc.--we have to say, we're intrigued by this new twist on an old style. Dubbed "Modern Moroccan," this trend punches up the tried n' true jewel tones to the ...
Saturday In Design was held over the weekend in Sydney. We weren't fortunate to go but if we were, we would have sought out the Living Edge Chandon Miniature Chair Competition. With the corks, foil an...
Name: Milton Court A-Frame
Location: Mount Washington, CA
Size: 1,520 square feet
A reader sent us these images of a home just around the corner from where she lives, noting the 1965 built hil...
Q - I have an assortment of galvanized metal storage boxes, tubs, and magazine racks that I picked up from places like Pottery Barn when I was really into that look years ago. I've tired of them a bi...
Driving through our neighborhood last week, we noticed the Porta Hedge parked in front of a row of stores. Since we live in LA, we were positive it was in our neck of the woods for filming purpo...
We've always prided ourselves on being able to see the potential in any space (even when we faced a dreaded make-shift stage with a disco ball hanging in the corner of the room). One of our go-to mov...
One of our favorite pastimes is losing ourselves in the fantasy of living in a modern little prefab on a hill. Often, reality comes crashing in when we realize how expensive prefabs can be. T...
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This week's episode was the first individual challenge and is just the kind of thing we're intrigued by on Apartment Therapy. With $1000 in their pockets an...
At times it can seem as though we live mainly out of our home office. It's well used, but it can be difficult to get things done in a timely and efficient manner if we don't like spending time in it...
A matching pair of green vinyl Mid-century modern couches in good shape, except for a few missing buttons. $750 for the pair with delivery an option. Love the shape and the vinyl looks minty fr...
We often see items on the curb in our neighborhood--free for anyone to pick up that happens to be passing by. It's rare that we actually need what is on display, but sometimes it's fun to take the ca...
Lately, there's been an influx of amazing lifestyle blogs geared towards the "modern gentleman," offering up advice tips on everything from fashion to travel to grooming. But the one that really stan...
We recently came across a disturbing news story: apartment burglaries in Austin have risen 80% this year. Due in part to the bad economic situation, we bet that other cities across the country are ex...
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