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Round Up: 10 Lounge Chairs Under $300!

We loved all the great sofas under $1500 that Abby found for her round up post last week, so we decided to do the same with lounge chairs! Perfect for extra seating or relaxing with a good book, thes...

One Frame: 5 Ways

We love IKEA for making home decor items that can be hacked, DIY'd and molded to fit our homes individual personality. Take for instance their UNG DRILL ornate frame. We've got 5 different ways you...

IvyStyle33's Clean White Inviting Space

The most inspiring homes to us? Yours. We love seeing the pictures of your homes on the Apartment Therapy LA Group Pool. Our latest inspiration? IvyStyle33's immaculate and beautifully photograph...

IKEA Escher Bunk Bed

Have fun trying to figure out what goes where with this IKEA parody product found posted over at Visualizeus. And you thought regular IKEA furniture was tough to put together?...

IKEA Heights Secretly Shot Inside the Burbank IKEA

Here's a late afternoon diversion for those of you who frequent our favourite IKEA in Burbank. Apparently a small crew of independent filmmakers shot this web short on location at the IKEA Burbank on ...

Bamboo Panels as Wall Decor

We love finding simple solutions to common problems here at Apartment Therapy. For instance, artwork in the kitchen. Since most folks spend a lot time in the kitchen, it's always great when wall dec...

Sari's DIY Cat Castle

Emily and I are admittedly becoming that weird forever-unmarried couple who have no plans to have children, but fawn over their two cats like they were indeed our offspring. We're like Kurt and Gold...

Crafty LA and 500 Days of Summer Walking Tour
Los Angeles Slinks for 8.25.2009

Below are links to a recent spotlight on some of our favourite LA crafting/handmade wares businesses and individuals, a unique look into the interiors of bomb shelters, details about a free 500 Days o...

Reupholster an Ikea Sofa
How Tos From Eddie Ross

So anyway, this friend of ours is looking for a inexpensive sofa and of course her first thought is Ikea but she wants something a little more glam. "What if you buy Ikea and then reupholster it...

Using Fabric Panels To Separate A Space

In a home that is one continuous space, it's important to set up separate zones for privacy and comfort. Adding panels are a great way to divide a room (while still keeping the open, airy vibe)......

How To: Use Magnets While Putting Furniture Together

I'm halfway through my vacation and a portion of the precious free time has been spent redecorating my home office. That means Emily and I have spent more time than we'd like to admit putting together...

Online Resources For Dorm Decor

Like most students, we always loved the back to school shopping trip more than the act of going back to school. However, dorm shopping is an entirely different experience as opposed to just picking o...

Good Quotes: Life is Like IKEA Furniture

"Life is like IKEA furniture. Sometimes you have to take it apart so you can put it back together the right way" – Chris Blake...

Ikea-Chic Dorm Room in Red, Black, and White

With the fall semester looming around the corner, we're pretty sure that Target and Ikea are going to be clogged with students stocking up on dorm essentials. Thankfully, it's becoming easier to be a...

The IKEA Home Project
Sydney

[Black & Gold Couch by Mickie Quick and Black Cockatoo by Catherine Martin]IKEA together with 32 Australian designers and artists have created The IKEA Home Project– where each designer and artists...

For the Love of Los Angeles: 500 Days of Summer

There's Zooey Deschanel with her saucer-sized blue eyes, her thick bangs and her cute clothes, an excellent soundtrack that includes She & Him, The Smiths and Regina Spektor and a wry look at the down...

New Use For That Keychain Club Card

Sure, having a kcrw fringe benefit card on a keychain can be helpful for getting discounts around town and the yoga keychain card saves having to bring a wallet in to the yoga place. But today we fou...

Bughouse Art + Design Remix IKEA

Jeff Klarin and Rebecca Johnson of Bughouse Art + Design wrote to us about their IKEA hacked creations recently showcased in the front window of Handmade Galleries in Sherman Oaks. In their hands, a $...

Use Rain Gutters to Wrangle Under-Desk Wires

Before & After: Claire's Updated CD Cabinet

We found Claire's updated CD case on her blog, Needle Book and had to take a closer look. She mentions that when she initially bought the cabinet, she had grand ideas of wanting to add fabric (but ha...

Flickr Find: Anna's Small Space Kitchen Garden

When I first saw this photo uploaded to the LA Flickr Pool, I wondered if Anna was living in my old apartment. The kitchen window and view are are so reminiscent of this place that I did a double tak...

Flickr Find: Catherine's Before & After Bookshelf

You might remember Catherine's hallway from a previous Apartment Therapy post. Leslie from AT, San Francisco highlighted 10 refreshing decor ideas from Catherine's home. While Catherine has since mo...

Aaron's Maximized Glass Workbench

During our discussion held yesterday about whether or not having a glass desk was a good idea, Unplggd reader Aaron shared with us his own take on the transparent situation - a customized IKEA desk wi...

Island Living
Australia

Image from Kate Hume A particular large Swedish flavored furniture company has just started a new advertising campaign in Australia. The campaign is centered around the notion that since Australian’...