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British Album Covers Stamps

This is the time when we start readying holiday cards and postage, becoming particularly picky about which stamps to use with specific cards for specific personalities. Choosing the right stamp for ...

The Eastside Eco Tour: Free and Green Architecture Tour

We've promoted and attended a few architectural tours in our time, as we're totally decor-minded Nosey Neds who love getting to take a peek and walk inside other people's homes given the opportunity...

Modern House Numbers Add Curb Appeal

Architects Rick and Brandy McLain of Tuscon, Arizona started Modern House Numbers over a year ago while renovating their home, after facing the challenge of finding affordable modern home address nu...

The Rise and Fall of Design Within Reach
Fast Company

Apartment Therapy got an early sneak peek from Fast Company writer Jeff Chu of a warts-and-all exposé about Design Within Reach, mapping the dramatic trajectory of the retailer from a humble Sa...

Easy DIY: Turn Tablecloths Into Curtains

Just because you recently replaced your current tablecloth with a new one for Thanksgiving doesn't mean the old one has to be put away. Grab some wire clips and repurpose as curtains in your home w...

My Parents Were Awesome…But Their Decor Was Not

By now many of you might have heard of the recent website flavor of the month, My Parents Were Awesome, a reader submitted collection of photos of our parents before you came along and ruined their ...

Unique and Warm Wood Furniture!

We love the warm look of wood in interior spaces and always have our eyes peeled for local woodworkers. Today we bring you the craftsmanship of Austin resident Brian David Johnson. Check out his wor...

Before & After: Emma's Bedroom Makeover

It's no secret that we're huge fans of Emma's Design Blogg; after all, she features some amazing photos of inspiring interiors. Emma recently re-painted her bedroom with Beckers paint and what a diff...

IKEA Black Friday Sneak Peek!

Our friends over at IKEA were cool enough to send us this sneak peek of their selection of items that will be on discount for Black Friday, a three day sale during the holiday weekend next week. They'...

Faire Houre Handcrafted Clocks

Have you seen these amazing clocks? Handcrafted by Jenilyn, these unique clocks pair beautiful dishes with complementary hardware and can be either hung on the wall or displayed on an easel. All thes...

The Barcelona Day Bed in Chocolate…Literally

Most of the time we're trying to keep chocolate off of our furniture. But it was the opposite case recently at a cake tasting hosted by Kreemart and American Patrons of the Tate, where a slightly mini...

Design Choices: Splurging On Something For Your Home

Last night I was out with one of my Apartment Therapy colleagues and suddenly the mood got quiet and serious. She turned to me and said, I need help solving a problem: "I'm thinking about buying thes...

Landing Strip Wall Drawers

We love seeing drawers repurposed as containers (usually placed on a table top holding books or DVDs). This version is definitely a spin on the traditional use and can be hung just by using L-bracket...

A Reader Room Paint Color Update: Chantilly Lace

To be honest, it's really hard to tell from these photos the difference between the before and after, but that's because of the lighting and the subtle paint colour adopted by Anna, who wrote in to th...

Roomorama Helps You Find a Place to Stay

Scenario 1: you've got relatives from near and far coming to Los Angeles for the holidays but your apartment runs on the "cozy small" side. Scenario 2: you're traveling to city X to visit friends or f...

Top Southwest Tours in September

A few of you have asked how I choose my Wednesday Top Tours. I use our Google Analytics tool to tell me exactly how many page views each tour was responsible for and give you only the top pageview win...

Andrew Byrom's Venetian Blind Typeface

As a graphic designer by trade and education, we fell smitten with designer Andrew Byrom's inventive reuse of the window blind as a system to create typographic forms. "Venetian" was an exploratory ...

What Would You Do With a Cloud?

Those of us who inhabit compact spaces usually have desperate moments when we would do just about anything (donate teeth, cut off a toe, wear a tutu, etc.) to have an extra room. The thought of one m...

Guess Which Celebrity Hosts Here?
From InStyle Magazine

"It makes me really comfortable to be a caretaker," says this celebrity about her hosting duties, "When I'm domestic, I feel empowered." This actress' 5,500 square foot Spanish-style home is put to g...

A Spin On The Standard Spice Rack

It's that time of year when folks head into the kitchen more frequently--whipping up a dish to take to a party or a holiday gathering. It's also around this season of socializing that our spice rack...

Add This To Your Blogroll: Domosfera

If you're tired of all the coverage Swedish interiors and magazines are getting from this site, maybe this will appeal to you: Poland's own decor magazine, Domosfera. After taking a look through som...

On The Set: Monster-In-Law

A long, long time ago, I confessed to watching Monster-In-Law while hungover and obsessing over the decor and ignoring the storyline. This was long before we ever started doing On the Set features; s...

Colour Galore from the Apartment Therapy LA Flickr Pool

We realized it had been awhile since we last checked our Apartment Therapy Los Angeles Flickr pool, a way for active Flickr users to easily share their images with both us and our readers. What we'v...

Kawaii in the Kitchen: Cute Containers and More

When it comes to finding gifts for our fellow editors, we usually opt for the funny rather than the cute. For instance, I've been thinking about getting Laure her very own Wuggie; and Abby's been thr...

New Clocks Made From Old Stuff

We started wearing a watch again for the first time in years. This single act has freed us from locating our cell phone when we need to know what time it is. Using a wall clock in the home affords...