Q: I am looking for an opinion regarding wall color for my apartment. I have chosen and love the Agave Blue wall color I chose for my living room. When you walk into my apartment, the layout allows fo...
Craving a new paint color but fearful of leaving the beloved beige behind? Neutral and versatile doesn’t have to be plain Jane. Look out the window and borrow colors from nature, like blue and green...
Q: My sister and I are finally moving into a bigger apartment for the two of us. I'm hoping the Apartment Therapy community can help me come up with some ideas about what to do, if anything, to lessen...
Before moving into her new apartment, a friend of ours tried to negotiate a paint job with her new landlord. She had dreams of saturated colours; he gave her two choices: white...or white. "I'm so ...
Half the fun (if you find these sort of things recreational) when repainting is noting the names of interior and exterior paints given by manufacturers. Shangrila Silk, Redwood Sunset, Blue Lagoon, In...
This month's all about the Room for Color contets: beautiful homes, vibrant uses of colour, big impact. Yeah, sure, they're beautiful to look at,, you think, but live in them? No way. I'll just sti...
We came across Ursula's blog, ShopUrsula, while researching ideas for a future post--and we're sure glad we did. An artist by trade, Ursula combines soothing palettes and thrift store finds with ease...
You might remember Hilary from about a month ago; she sent in her Angelus Vintage Modern Buffet Refinish Project with details of how she redid the vintage piece. Well she's been so kind to followup wi...
Chalkboard paint has made it's way through Apartment Therapy for a while now and we can see why - it's a fun and clever way to add a visual impact in your space while providing a platform for witty co...
Dear Apartment Therapy: I must paint this week and I need some suggestions on a painting scheme that will totally knock this retro bathroom up. I am game for anything and I will choose whomever offer...
Apartment Therapy, I need your help! I love, love, love the layout of my kitchen but hate all of the finishes in it. The counter tops are white laminate, cabinets are white washed oak (and yellowing!...
When it comes right down to it, if you're renting, it's all about putting the least amount of work in for the maximum gain. Then there's the tiny issue of very often not really being able to do anyth...
We love the look of a wallpapered bathroom. It can transform a tiny space into a serene little jewel box--just check out the powder rooms that Beth highlighted a couple weeks ago. But for us renters...
We noticed this question over in our recent Open Threads post from one our readers, romeoandjewels: [Does] anyone know the cheapest source for Benjamin Moore paints in Los Angeles? I'm painting an en...
One of our favorite places to enjoy a cup of coffee in Los Angeles is The Little Door Next Door. Aside from great food and drink (the Americano is awesome!), we enjoy the bright cobalt blue painted wa...
Here's a common problem for those of us who live in urban, population dense areas: Taggers keep getting the block walls in the neighborhood, of course using spray paint. Is there any product available...
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...
Matt sent us this question accompanied with a photo, asking us to pose this question to the AT Community for their much respected opinion: I'm getting settled into my new apartment and have one last r...
Like Aaron, we also did a little home improvement painting over the weekend and we love the color result! While picking the perfect color for a room is not always the simplest task, we had a little tr...
As everyone already knows, the economy has limited how far many of us are willing to open our wallets these days for both everyday necessities and those good life luxuries. With people prioritizing th...
Our current stairway in dire need of some love. There's nothing like your boss telling you he'll be re-visiting in a few weeks to work from your place to get you motivated to do a few touch-ups to th...
AT reader Jamie writes in with a question about painting their rooftop patio to compliment their stunning [emanating envy] view of the Hollywood Hills: "We have a great rooftop patio with views of th...
When we saw this we had one of those moments of “why didn’t we think of that?”. Bristol Paints have released Bumper Swatches– just like the little ones you get from the paint shop except these...
You've finished painting your walls and successfully brought new life to your interior. Job well done. But what about the excess paint, thinners or strippers you've got left? We always recommend ...
There are some wall treatments involving paint -- stripes, painting the panels of a door, or the wall treatment seen here, that require more dexterity and precision and blocks of time than we have at ...
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