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Cozy Couches To Curl Up In

The rainy weather that is falling all over Los Angeles this week has made us a teeny bit unproductive. But we're not complaining--all we want to do is cozy up on the couch with a good book or movie...

How to Furnish Our Future Apartment?
Good Questions

Q: My partner and I have just brought an off-the-plan apartment which is not due to be finished until July 2010. This being our first home, I want it to look good, not like a flat. But I am struggling...

Round Up: 15 Sofas Under $1500

A sofa's a key piece in a living room, the item you're gonna plunk down the most money but, for those of us on a budget, "most money" is a relative term. We know that we like to keep it under $1500 a...

Good Questions: Sofa Identification?
Los Angeles

Hi there, I'm trying to find the designer of this sofa seen with Ida Pearle's alphabet cards in the background. I asked Ida but she said it was something the stylist brought to the photo shoot. The o...

Look! Children's Graffiti Couch Part 2

A few months ago, over on NY, Aaron blogged a sofa featured in the NY Times that had been attacked by magic markers. We were completely captivated and tucked this idea away in the back of our m...

Good Questions: Ridding Curry Odor From Couch?
Los Angeles

As someone who LOVES the smell and taste of curry, we found this recent reader question an amusing one: I recently bought a couch from a lovely Indian couple off of Craigslist. The couch is perfect ...

Good Questions: Marci's Marigold Couch

My husband's aunt gave us a marigold velvet couch with matching love seat. I sort of have a crush on them, but how can I bring them into my modern, but traditional space without people thinking they'...

Good Questions: Black Modern Couch Recommendations?

Bret is on the hunt for the perfect black couch but is having a hard time finding a black couch in mid-century style: Dear Apt. Therapy, Help! Why is it so hard to find a black mid-century modern st...

Good Questions: Has Anyone Tried This Leather Chesterfield Couch?
Los Angeles

AT reader, Ginger, wrote us about this lovely leather couch from Distinctive Chesterfields and needs your opinion on the comfort level. "Dear AT, I'm wondering if anyone has had experiences with 'Di...

Where Can I Get That Couch?

Quite a few of you inquired about the seating shown yesterday in the photo with Maxwell working from ATLA headquarters (aka, my apartment). The L-shaped set is the Modernica Case Study Bed with the ch...

Look! Fuchsia at ICFF

Fuchsia, Magenta, Hot Pink, call it what you will, the bold color was all over the products we saw at ICFF (and often in a cool, matte felt). We're thinking that fuchsia has what it takes to be the n...

Help Choosing a Sofa Shape at the Right Price
via O At Home, An Oprah Magazine (Spring 2008)

We love planes for catching up on our magazines. That's where we came across an article in the latest issue of O At Home, An Oprah Magazine (Spring 2008) which simplifies the process of buying a sofa...

4 Steps to Keep Your New Furniture Looking New

So you just plunked down a small fortune for a new couch or a great upholstered chair. Some tips to keep your new couch from turning into your...well, your old couch, after the jump... ...

Hot or Not? Heller's "Joe," the Baseball Glove Sofa

Ah baseball season. We grew up in a Yankee family, an ex is a rabid Mets fan and we live in LA, home of the Dodgers, so this time of year it’s all baseball all the time. So, we couldn’t help but...