Last night I was out with one of my Apartment Therapy colleagues and suddenly the mood got quiet and serious. She turned to me and said, I need help solving a problem: "I'm thinking about buying thes...
A friend of ours we hadn't seen in a long time stopped by our house the other day and sang the "what-am-I-going-to-do-with-my-house-I-don't-know-where-to-begin" blues. Here's what we told them......
Have you ever noticed that there are certain spots you gravitate to in your home and others that never get used? In our house one of the spots where we always end up is the couch nearest the front ...
[This is the 4th life for this little table.] When design inspiration strikes, it's hard not to act on it! During this tough economic time, priorities can definitely change and we've been thinking of ...
We're hosting a bridal shower at our house in less than two weeks, and one of our friends who is a party planner came over to finalize the schedule and go over our pre-party duties. Even though the pa...
Skona Hem recently did a feature on this afternoon party in a greenhouse in Sweden. Aside from the stunning scenery and pretty linens, we were intrigued by the string of Easter lilies hanging above t...
One of the many items seen at the Milan Furniture Fair. Check out this past weekend's LA Times for a roundup of the best and the worst). The other day, we shared with you how bringing home something...
How To: Get Out of The Christmas Tree RutAs part of our family tradition growing up, we'd always string lights around the Christmas tree the first weekend after Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, we don't ...
"I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights." - Maya Angelou With Thanksgiving righ...
Yesterday, Laure offered some great ideas for decorating for Halloween. Apparently, apart from Christmas, according to the Los Angeles Times, Halloween is the biggest decorating holiday of the year. ...
Inspired by this incredible Fall centerpiece, reader The Felt Mouse went out and found a gray pumpkin for their own arrangement and mixed it with orange mums and sweet mini white pumpkins for a monoch...
Most of us decorate our home without a plan. We've always wanted that couch, this chair's from our first apartment, we inherited that lamp from our grandmother. Then we put them all together and won...
throw pillows, colorful accessories and painting the door jamb are easy ways of bringing color into your home. If you're looking at the entries for the Fall Colors contest, and thinking, "Yeah, they ...
One of the things we like to do is to switch things around, whether it's mixing up arrangements or making new pillows, it keeps the apartment feeling alive and fun. Although we aren't going to embark...
Does a Libran decorate differently than a Scorpio? What about a Capricorn? Or a Virgo, a Gemini or a Leo?......
Often we forget, when decorating, that an appealing space is not only one which appeals to your visual sense but to your other four senses as well. The senses of touch, smell, sound and even taste, a...
Earlier today we blogged rethinking our dining room. When we moved into our home, we set up the rooms to function as they were designed to function. Into the dining room went a large table and chair...
Recently, a book we've been reading about the evolution of the idea of home has us questioning the idea of a formal dining room in our home. Then, as these things go, poking around the Domino website...
This weekend, we visited a friend's house for the first time. She's frustrated by her space. It's uncomfortable, it doesn't work, she doesn't like it. We've heard the same complaints from many of o...
Lindsey Dann, whose apartment we house toured a few months back, creates beautiful inspiration boards for her clients. They're meticulous collages that wouldn't look out of place hung on the wall......
Yesterday, we asked ...
We read the lead feature in this past weekend's Los Angeles Times Home & Garden section, about the movement of antique stores from brick and mortar shops to online sites, with interest. Growing up, o...
Sometimes all it takes to break out of the doldrums of everyday life is to, well, break out and do something different, something fun! Well, when we saw this picture we knew we wanted to make some ga...
We went through our Shabby Chic period -- couches covered in billowing white sheets, paint chipped tables displaying shell-encrusted knickknacks, flower paintings -- and we would've said that we have ...
Victor writes: I'm slowly getting my apartment in shape. The couch was given to me by a friend, the coffee table and rug are from Crate and Barrel. Now I need to replace the chairs. What style? Wh...
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