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Name: Philip Dixon
Location: Venice, CA
Size: 6,000 square feet
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It was storming and raining last night in New York City and I found myself wandering through some of the most delicious house tours on our network, and ALL in Los Angeles. What is it about LA light, that streams through these homes, makes their colors pop and makes me want to move there? For today, I give you three remarkable house tours and a mini vacation. Enjoy!...

Dear Readers,

For the next hour we'd like to ask you to help us by trying out our new gallery, which we've totally redesigned.

You can click to any gallery in any post or house tour to see the new version or you can simply click here to see it in this current post: Austin House Tour: Kelly's Modern 5-Star Green Home

Please let us know what you think and if there are any problems by commenting HERE.

Thank you!

What: Blue & White ceramic tile (Moroccan style?)
Where: Intelligentsia Coffee, Silverlake, LA
Why: This has got to be one of the most stunning uses of tile we've ever seen. It totally transforms the space and gives a cheery, almost otherworldy feeling to the space. Designed by Barbara Bestor for Intelligentsia, she obviously sourced this tile carefully. If anyone knows where its from, please do tell...

You chose 'em, now click on any pic above to see the full post. We want to thank all of our contestants and congratulate the Final Four in the East above. Now, we invite you to handicap the winners in the thread below. These finalists will be showing off brand new, enriched entries in two weeks for the judges to pick the winners, but we'd like to invite you to indulge in a little fantasy league of your own. All links and comments below......

Hello, house and home junkies.

We ran this world premier video from CB2 yesterday, but you can check it out today and avoid work for at least another three minutes....

Dear Readers, below the jump you'll find a Reader Survey - something we've never done before - that will help us get to know who all is out there. We'd love it if you'd take a few minutes to go through and ask a number of questions by clicking on a bunch of buttons. In return for taking the time, you'll be entered into a $100 giveaway. Interested? Click below for more...

Do you have expertise in o n l i n e ad sales?

We'd like to talk to you...

Big Thursday Giveaway! We're kicking off our annual Holiday Gift Bag giveaway with a big prize: the Geneva Sound System.

These speakers retail for $500, but we're giving this away to one lucky Apartment Therapy reader tomorrow.

The sleek lacquered wooden box contains a remote controlled CD player and radio and is iPod compatible. The winner gets to pick if they'd like the Geneva system in red, black, or white.

To enter, head over to our Home Tech and enter a comment. Hurry ... we're pulling the winner at midnight tomorrow. Stay tuned for more from our Gift Bag.

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MSATT needs some help with how to integrate the TV and make this room finished

Ooooh we're getting into it! The Southwest/LA Cure has started and already has 25 members and growing! We're so excited to see all the before pics that have been uploaded to the flickr set (Remember to tag your pics apartmenttherapycurela so that we can find them!). Everyone is pretty clear on their goals and we can't wait to see the transformations begin.

Come meet some of us:
• Tommi Ann is working on her studio, check out her awesome turquoise!
• Crawford153 is working on the living room and studio.
• Sparklerawk is working with (or around) a roomate on her cure and already has some great colors.
• Mteson is working the Cure as a part of a couple--can't wait to hear how that goes!

Useful Links:

• The FAll Cure: Week One Assignment
• Formal Introductions on the Flickr Page
• Great discussion on home repairs: DIY or Landlord
• Are you a warm or cold person?

From RockFox Flickr Inspiration Set

Welcome to AT:LA's First Eight Step Cure! This week kicks off the start of Curing our homes, following the eight chapters of our book, Apartment Therapy: The Eight Step Home Cure. What's our goal, you ask? Well we're all going to hold hands as we work towards making our own homes beautiful, healthy and organized in time for Thanksgiving. For all info go to the The Book Blog.

This Week's Assignment: Get your hands on a copy of the book and read through page 69. This gives you all the ground work and gets you started with the interview and short quiz on the health of your home (links to worksheets after the jump).