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Posts tagged “books, websites, guides & resources”

Turning Your Photos Into a Book

Wow...talk about a very easy and rewarding experience. We just received our Apple printed perfect-bound iLife Photo Book and it came out looking pretty darn nice, if we do say so ourselves. Take a loo...

Pad: The Ultra Guide to Living
Austin

If you liked some of the elements in Jennifer Perkins' house tour earlier today and want to try some design like that for your own space but don't know where to start, consider taking some pages out ...

Decorating and Organizing Tips: The Experts' Guide To Doing Things Faster

A copy of The Experts' Guide To Doing Things Faster was sent to us for our Thursday Giveaway tomorrow and we couldn't resist asking them to send an extra copy (we wanted our own to enjoy). In this Ex...

MyPerfectColor.com: If You Need Some Color Help

This is what we went through when we were picking paint colors for our homeHave you cast your vote for Fall Colors yet? We've been impressed by the entries and all the different ways that color can b...

Giada At Home: Another Lifestyle Show

She's cute, she travels, she cooks and now she's got a lifestyle show......

The Franklin Report: Guide to Local Services
Los Angeles

Flipping through the latest Domino, we noticed a service we'd never heard of before and it came straight from Kelly Wearstler's mouth, so you know we were listening. It's called The Franklin Report a...

5 Great Ideas For Your Space: Thom Filicia
O At Home

We were first introduced to Thom Filicia on "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" and fell in love. Currently, you can find Thom on Dress My Nest where he's a genius at re-creating spaces that continue to...

Best of the LA Weekly Best Of Edition

Every year the LA Weekly publishes it's Best Of LA edition. It lists best coffee place, best restaurants, best parks, etc. We don't always agree, but we get a little curious to see if we can learn a...

Where to get $5 frames in Melbourne
Melbourne

The many great posts on AT regarding how to hang artwork and what to frame made us realise it was high time we gave our own walls some love. However we were disappointed with the lack of nice budget c...

Expert Tips & Ideas At The Container Store

Whenever we are in The Container Store, we feel a sense of calm within the aisles of products, items and more products. Maybe it's because the stores are so organized? Or maybe it's the hope that afte...

Ask the Designer: What is Your Favorite Decorating Trick?
via Real Simple

We're always interested in finding out what successful designers favorite decorating tricks are. Watching Top Design is one way we get our answers but when the season is over we cull ideas from our d...

Homestrology: Look To The Stars For Your Decorating Style

Does a Libran decorate differently than a Scorpio? What about a Capricorn? Or a Virgo, a Gemini or a Leo?......

ThisIsNotIkea.com: The Best of craigslist

Like many of you, when we furnished our apartment, it was a combination of Ikea, thrift stores, hand me downs, significant purchases and craigslist. Like Grace, who brings you the best of craigslist ...

FYI Awesome Resource: For Your Art

Our neighbor invited us over to dinner last night and his new roommate works at For Your Art, a guide to contemporary art and culture in Los Angeles. Find out all they offer after the jump....

Goop: Gwyneth Paltrow's New Lifestyle Site

Ah, lifestyle gurus. First there was Martha or, more accurately, Martha Stuart Living Omnimedia. Then came Oprah with her Harpo Productions. Now comes Gwyneth... ...

Inspiration: Five Tips For Decorating On a Budget: Todd Oldham

This past weekend we caught up on our Tivo'd Top Design episodes. We are super happy that Todd Oldham is back for season two and find his presence quite comforting knowing that the judges harsh criti...

New Austin Home Stores!
Austin

We've already shown you a number of great Austin home decor and furniture stores on Apartment Therapy (like Loft, Finch, Area, Mercury, Sanctuary, Bella Home, Homegirls and Aviary, just to name a few...

Book Inspiration: Bent Ply

Modern design book, Bent Ply, showcases bent plywood as an influential design material and aesthetic. Authors Dung Ngo and Eric Pfeiffer's book highlights plywood and how it "bridged the gap between t...

Resources: Ralph Lauren Home

As Apartment Therapy editors, we love finding and passing on helpful design resources when we happen to run across them. This particular resource piqued our interest not only for the helpful how-to s...

Manners, Style and Occasions: Etiquette Books By Kate Spade

We've always been fascinated by the rules of etiquette. Maybe it was our families love of entertaining that led us to own five plus books social formalities. From handwritten notes to hostess gifts,...

Fishgirl's Feng Shui Tips

Remember when all anyone talked about was Feng Shui? It seems to have died down a little, but we were just remded of these great emails we used to get in our inbox from a Feng Shui expert. In hindsi...

KCRW: Tune into 89.9 FM for Furniture Discounts
Los Angeles

Living in Los Angeles, we spend a lot of time in our car and we spend a lot of time listening to KCRW (89.9 FM in Los Angeles; you can also stream it online or download podcasts of individual programs...

25 Design Books To Add To Your Collection

We love using design books to gather ideas, pictures, resources, inspiration - you name it! Flipping through the pages of these informational and inspiring books always proves for new ideas in our ho...

Discounts Galore: Mybid.com.au
Australia

We stumbled across this website and couldn’t believe the prices these items were going for. We know they are most likely not genuine articles, but at these prices people on a tight budget will be ab...