The popularity of Guitar Hero only underlines the collective dream we all have of being a rock star and the lavish lifestyle that goes along with it. In its occassional feature on the homes of ...
We thought we'd end the week with a positive figure from our community: Philip Lumbang III is a Los Angeles artist renowned for beautifying the streets of Silver Lake with his "awesome bears" murals (...
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Name: Jessica
Location: Venice, California
Type of Home: rental bungalow
Color Inspiration: My grandmother's house, which is a 1970 gem featu...
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Name: Michael
Location: Laredo, Texas
Type of Home: single family home
Color Inspiration: I am an interior designer and photographer and I ha...
One of our tips for welcoming in the new season is to consider changing out your accent pillows. This is a great opportunity to add a new palette as well as......
When it comes to shopping for home decor, furniture and home design items, many of us prefer to go with a partner. We want to secure that "second opinion" or necessary "talking you off the crazy train...
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Name: Paige
Location: Gainesville, Texas
Type of Home: converted warehouse
Color Inspiration: The vintage textiles I use for my handbag line ...
We pride ourselves here at Apartment Therapy for the international flavor of our house tours, whether they're from Sweden, India, Australia or Japan, there's always inspiration to be found…
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We visit a lot of blogs in a day so it takes a lot to get us to stop and linger, let alone return. But that's exactly what we've found ourselves doing with Discover: Interior Design...
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Over at Unplggd, we continue our month long posts highlighting specific colours in the home electronics. Today, Sonia focuses on that most eye catching of colours: red: "We remember red being the colo...
Distressed furniture may not be your thing, but this chair has great bones and could be worth refinishing especially given the price....
We here on Apartment Therapy have made no secret of our love for movies, often citing film interiors as inspiration. Here are five exteriors; can you guess which films they're from?......
This gorgeous Barcelona loft designed by Cristina Rodriguez may be a few years old, but we can't get over how effortlessly--and unexpectedly--the muted hues play with the bold colors in this huge 2 be...
While flipping through the latest issue of Tribeza, a local Austin magazine, we came across a home built by the architecture firm Andersson and Wise. Nicknamed the "Tower House," we were struck the m...
Some of our best DIY project posts came way by special guests post from local Los Angeles crafting specialist and friend, Jenny Ryan. If you're ever in the vicinity of Silver Lake's Sunset Junc...
We've been receiving wonderful glimpses into Apartment Therapy reader's homes for over a week now as the entry forms hit the inbox and and are impressed with what the color lovers in our community ha...
When we attended the Ahead of the Curve event a few weeks ago, we spotted this neat room divider idea and wanted to share it with you. Instead of using a large screen, the showroom used......
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Name: Lisa
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Type of Home: two bedroom condo
Color Inspiration: I was lucky enough to find a couple of vintage painti...
Half the fun (if you find these sort of things recreational) when repainting is noting the names of interior and exterior paints given by manufacturers. Shangrila Silk, Redwood Sunset, Blue Lagoon, In...
A few weeks ago we looked inside Kelly Wearstler's Hollywood Mansion. Today, we're zooming up the coast to drop in on her Malibu Beach Home, the place where she gets away from it all. You exp...
We just highlighted the meeting offices of The Apartment Creative Agency yesterday, and now we're follow up with this exemplary apartment designed by Stefan Boublil (also highlighted by our NY site), ...
This pair of Imperialites brass hanging lights have beautiful almost iridescent smoky glass shades....
A few weeks ago we showed you a few ways to use film posters in your home and suggested that, rather than going with the usual suspects, why not decorate using the foreign version of your favorite fli...
Ah yes...forgive us, we have to indulge once again with one of our musical playlists--except this time, we're taking a cue from a few inspiring things going on: We've chosen to pair colorful kitchens ...
This heritage listed Sydney apartment has a number of gorgeous original features. First is the huge curved wall in the living room, the second in an amazing curved library– see below... ...
It was a little more than a year ago when we posted about Charlie Kratzer's $10 Sharpie markers embellished wall decor. Now we have London artist Charlotte Mann's artistically embellished inter...
If you just can't get enough of modern homes, especially of the uniquely cool and Austin variety, we don't blame you! We've found yet another great resource to find modern inspiration from......
We've been spotting mirrored trays everywhere and we think they work great as accents. They are also easy and simple......
Today we take a look back at some of our best and most colorful house tours we've presented here at Apartment Therapy Los Angeles that originated beyond Southern California's city limits, origi...
Practically everyone knows about Etsy, the marketplace of numerous wonderful handcrafted creations sold by the designers, artists and artisans themselves. But do you know about Regretsy, a site...
Down and Out Chic's recent post on interior designer Katie Ridder reminded us of how much we enjoy her bold and fearless use of colour......
Apartment Therapy is looking for for the most colorful room on the planet with the 2009 Room for Color contest, and we all know that decorating a colorful home doesn't have to stop at the gadgets. Fea...
Although we've blogged her studio before, Paola Panelli of Studio Atelier Pompadour's made a small change to her studio that's had a big impact... ...
With closet space at a minimum, we're warming up to the idea of putting your wardrobe on display: A clothing rack is a simple solution to not just storing your clothes, but it's got a carefree, casual...
Last week we mentioned local Austin furniture company Ryan Anderson Design in the post about Aviary's new in-store wine bar. Sleek and with a sense of humor, RAD's furniture pieces are a stateme...
THIS WEEK
• Loll Designs Outdoor Furniture Sale
• Windsor Square-Hancock Park Home Tours
• The Container Store Annual Sale
• Villa Firenze Textiles & Decor Sale
• Organic Gard...
Los Angeles resident, Apartment Therapy reader and photographer Jena Ardell sent us a selection of her hazy, retro-tinged summer imagery, an appropriate fit for last month's arts and collection...
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Name: Suzy & Adam
Location: Los Angeles, California
Type of Home: loft
Color Inspiration: We choose this shade of blue for the walls shortly ...
We loved all the great sofas under $1500 that Abby found for her round up post last week, so we decided to do the same with lounge chairs! Perfect for extra seating or relaxing with a good book, thes...
We had the pleasure of attending AIA/LA's Fall Home Tour this weekend in the coastal town of Manhattan Beach. The four featured homes were modern in style and built using many green materials, ...
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Name: Melanie
Location: St Kilda, Australia
Type of Home: single family home
Color Inspiration: I grew up in the Australian bush, so I love gr...
Here are some preview pages from the new Wary Meyer's Tossed & Found: Unconventional Design from Cast-offs, a DIY, reuse/recycle-centric book from the creative minds of husband and wife team (a...
Oh how we love a transformation! It's our favorite part of any design show; the amazing contrast between the before and the after. Even better if we can do it, or learn how to do it, ourselves...
Forget night lights. Johanna Hyrkas has designed a night rug. Her Light Carpet is part of the Imu Design collective, which showcases works from young Finnish- and Helsinki-based designed. There isn't ...
Add a little groovy to your home with these 1960's chairs that are in amazingly good condition for their age....
We've not been shy about our love of wallpaper. We've looked at many lines, we cover a single wall or frame the ones that we love that are too expensive to use in a whole room but we've never thought...
My co-worker Hiro just got back from an awesome holiday in Amsterdam, and he graciously shares this photo of his hotel room at Chic & Basic. "The floors are hardwood stained in green, and the headboa...
We featured the work of Bespoke Press earlier in the year and yesterday they released their latest range of prints. Working with 10 up and coming illustrators from around the globe, their latest range...
This Sunday we had the pleasure of being invited by the MAK Center to tour all across our own neighborhood of Silver Lake and Los Feliz to tour seven historic homes by the likes of R.M. Schindler, Gre...
Q: I live in a small guest house behind a larger property, and the owner is very attached to his oak! There is oak in the kitchen, oak baseboards, oak trim, and this oak panel type thing along (part o...
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Name: Lezlee
Location: Phoenix , Arizona
Type of Home: single family 1950s ranch house
Color Inspiration: The inspiration started with a singl...
If you are looking for a way to add a little more balance and scale in your space, consider displaying objects with various heights. One way to do this is......
When living in the city, privacy can sometimes can be hard to come by since buildings tend to be just a few feet apart. One way keep your home more private while letting in the natural sunlight and fr...
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Name: Katarzyna
Location: Poznan, Poland
Type of Home: bachelor flat
Color Inspiration: I was inspired by my visit to the United States in the...
This month's all about the Room for Color contets: beautiful homes, vibrant uses of colour, big impact. Yeah, sure, they're beautiful to look at,, you think, but live in them? No way. I'll just sti...
We often mention the importance of a good task chair or computer desk when it comes to home office ergonomics. But almost as important is a good desk lamp, since we think your eyes are just as importa...
This great little 1950's orange side chair has a very cool triangular back rest. Looks like it is in good original condition, a nice piece for just $185. ...
Blogging for Apartment Therapy, I'm exposed to a lot of rooms painted in vibrant colors. I bookmark them for future reference. Who am I kidding? All that color? What if I change my mind? Fo...
I had all sorts of admirable intentions when I woke up Sunday morning: do laundry, vacuum the house, go grocery shopping...But what did I do instead? I made some coffee and watched a crap movie on Net...
What do you get when you mix incredible wines, unforgettable foods and one of the most cutting edge design stores in Austin? Aviary's newest project: an in-store wine bar!...
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