Home Ec. of Silver Lake
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 Junction,...
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 Junction,...
We’ve briefly mentioned a favorite local art gallery, Austin Art Garage, on Apartment Therapy before. Going on two years of offering residents a selection of affordable work from emerging local ta...
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, ...
Finally, it's here! After months of rumours and waiting, CB2 opens today, their first store in Southern California. Yesterday morning we got to take a sneak peek at the new store. The beautifully de...
A few months back, Laure shared a rumor she'd heard that CB2 would soon be opening in LA. Looks like rumor is true. Last night we hit up a movie at the Sunset Laemmle and saw this wrapped around the...
One of the more upscale house tours we were invited to shoot was Stacy's Updated Heirlooms, a beautifully appointed WeHo apartment that was put together with the professional help of interior decorato...
Your local Pottery Barn is offering a free class this Sunday on decorating. This hour-long class promises to help participants with simple updates for your home. It's geared towards the new year and...
Last night, we were invited to attend the launch party for Design Within Reach's new accessories store, Tools for Living, which opens its doors today in Santa Monica. The New York outpost of the stor...
We love going to K9 Loft (which fortunately for us, is in the neighborhood). Not only does our pooch, Mayor, love running around the ginormous space, it's fun for us too. We spend our time watching ...
Have bare windows you’re looking to outfit? Found a great piece of furniture but it needs reupholstering? If you’re looking for the perfect unique fabric and you want that small business feel, th...
When we were little, we dreamed of being a dog. In our dreams, we would have wanted to be one whose owner freqented Doggie Styles. Smack dab in the middle of the most high end shopping district in B...
Bodhi caters to pets, mainly dogs, but cats are welcome too. Maybe more obvious than that though is that Bodhi caters to the stylish owners of pets. They're line of Form Bed come in 3 sizes and 3 ...
Recently, a friend with a love of Hollywood Regency style and more money than time asked where she could do one stop shopping for the look she was after. Before you could say "Kelly Wearstler meets Do...
Former ATLA editor, Vanessa de Vargas, more familiarly known as Turquoise, hosts monthly design meet-ups at choice design shops around town. Last night's meet-up took place at Craig Olsen's relativel...
We're a big fan of simplehuman products. When we're looking for a new whatever, they're the first place we look. Their designs just make sense. Normally, we buy their products through places like B...
We asked Alegre Ramos (LEED AP and Allied Member ASID), owner of Green and Greener, an "Eco-Living General Store and Design Center" in Valley Village to share her best tips for green living for those ...
For those of you doing the Cure, the weeks will start to fly by, if they haven't already. Have you chosen a date for your housewarming yet? No? How ‘bout the invitations? You thought you’d ju...
We're going to explore LA's design enclaves. We'll start with our discoveries on Third Street, working our way west from LaBrea to Robertson. The Brendan Barry Collection is tucked onto the quiet p...
Our friend got a new couch. She wanted a chaotic mix of color and pattern on her orange tweed couch. We headed downtown to find the fabric. Our first stop, as always, was The Loft. More pictures, a...
It's a brand new year and perfect timing for Turquoise to open up a whole new space on Abbott Kinney (right next to Abbott's Pizza, mmmmm). After their giant sale at the end of last year, they've r...
Ever been to Montrose? Well you're missing out. Not only is it really not that far north of downtown LA, but it's like taking a field trip back in time. Honolulu, the main shopping street is line...
We're no different from anyone else--we love ourselves a bargain. We peruse the home section of Ross, obviously do a lot of sleuthing at Target and when we make it further south we always stop in a...