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Creating An Entryway

For us, decorating and arranging furniture in a small space can be challenging but also very rewarding. Take for instance, the entryway. It's the one spot where guests are welcomed and get a "first ...

Entertaining: Without A Coat Closet

We've never been lucky enough to have had a coat closet. When we do entertain guests, coats and purses usually go straight on our bed. But recently, we got a new duvet cover and didn't want it to be...

How To: Restore an Eames Swivel Chair in 3 Minutes

click for step by step Apartment Therapy reader hoxha emailed us this step-by-step instructional of how they were able to revive an original vintage Eames Swivel chair themselves after being quoted $5...

How To: Recycle A Broken Mirror

We're in the middle of repainting our kitchen and bathroom (pics tomorrow) and while removing an old mirror from the wall, it broke in half. After we calmed down (it scared the bejesus out of us) we ...

How To: Make Egg Carton Flower Lights

With the weather getting nicer and the days getting longer, we find ourselves on our front stoop, enjoying the end of the workday. So it's only natural for us to keep the stair area inviting. We spo...

How To: Make Homemade Wood Furniture Polish

A few years back AT posted about how to make furniture polish with just baby oil and lemon extract, but we're more apt to concoct this homemade recipe shared by the Australian edition of Better Homes ...

How To: Make A Magazine Bowl
Via A Little Hut

When we used to live in Burbank, we would pass a boutique store carrying magazine bowls just like this one pictured above. We always liked the idea of having our own bowl made from the recycled pages...

How To: Cover the Kitchen Cabinets In Fabric

In our recent quest to find out how to upholster a door (still looking) we found an interesting way to treat the often unsightly kitchen cabinets--with fabric. Veronique from Tres Chic Veronique show...

How To: Organize A Bulletin Board
7 Tips Via Real Simple by Erin Doland

Right now, we're looking at our blank bulletin board. It has one final step (a coat of white spray paint) before its ready to go back in our office. It used to be covered in fabric from IKEA (a busy...

2 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Organizing

Before you start organizing your office space (or any space for that matter), it's important to ask yourself questions that will instruct your process. You'll need a vision for the space (and a goal ...

6 Ways To Update A Thrift Store Dresser

We're already looking ahead to AT's January Jumpstart 2009 (let's just say we like to plan ahead). So far we've found a side table that has great lines--just a really bad green paint job with 70's in...

How To: Make Your Ceiling Seem Higher
5 Tricks

White Lacquer ApartmentUnfortunately, not all of us are blessed with tall ceilings (or average ceilings for that matter). To help out with this small slight of space, we've come up with five tricks o...

How To: Find A Lost Object
Tips From Michael Solomon, A Findologist

When we were growing up, a certain someone (we'll call her "mom") used to blame us on a consistent basis for losing her items. The truth is that she would usually find the particular misplaced item (...

How To: Create A Dramatic Focal Point
Tips From Behr Paint

Do you have a room in your apartment that just doesn't feel right? You've tried painting or adding new fabric or even changed out the art on the wall and the space still reads blah. It might just be...

How To: Keep Distractions At Bay In An Open Office Space

Inspiration: This Aint No Disco It's Where We Work We loved seeing the cool desks Gregory posted about yesterday in Look!: Carte Blanche Love Table. The open office space reminded us of a workshop we...

How To: Politely Get Guests To Leave

We've all been there before--hosting a party and for one reason or another, strangers are the only ones left. Or worse, our friends keep starting new conversations (even though they know we have a 7a...

4 Tips To Make Organizing Decisions Easier

We had the amazing opportunity to hold an organizing workshop at Cal Tech this past Friday. While we love educating the public with organizing how-to's and basics we always are amazed at what we lear...

How To: Prevent Spider Bites
Even When You're Knee Deep In Boxes In An Old Garage

We've been organizing a client's garage for the past week and it's been a rough few days. Sawdust from house construction and sun that just won't quit--we're beat. Not to mention the black widow we ...

How To: Remember If You've Turned the Stove Off
And Keep Your Sanity

We might just be the most paranoid person when it comes to remembering whether or not we've turned off the stove, heater, iron, etc. We will spare the really embarrassing story of calling the fire de...

How To: Make A Cozy Home
From Apartment Therapy House Tours

Last night we hunkered down in front of the television. We had the windows wide open, listening to the blustery wind while snuggled underneath our down comforter. It was one of the coziest nights we...

How To: Start Organizing: Part III

Whew. You're on the home stretch and have sorted, purged and decided where all your items will finally land. What's next is the easy part--storing and stowing. We took some pictures of containers w...

How To: Make a Cozy Entryway

The first thing we do when we open our apartment door is drop our belongings off at their proper homes. Our living room doesn't have an entryway or landing strip but if we had the space, we'd definit...

How to: Land That Perfect Apartment: Three Easy Steps

We've been looking at apartments for about three weeks now. Not for ourself but as a support system for our friend. He hasn't found his "spacious with a separate nook for kitty litter box" apartment...

How To: Trim Cat's Claws

Being a cat owner has few drawbacks. When choosing the responsibility of owning a dog or a cat, we'll choose a cat any day of the week. However one thing that plagues us is when our cat decides to c...

Create Hidden Storage With Fabric

Cruising around on Flickr yesterday we spotted this picture of the area underneath a sink covered by fabric. We are lucky enough to have funky saloon doors that cover up our garbage and recycling are...

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