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Inside 10 Silver Lake & Echo Park Homes
House Tour Roundup

Here are ten Silver Lake, Echo Park and Los Feliz homes and apartments from our archives that we think you might enjoy revisiting (we do!). And if you happen to live in one of these neighborhoods, o...

Barbara's Boho Hillside Garden
House Tour

Name: Barbara Jarvik Location: Echo Park, California Size: 780 square feet Years lived in: 10.5 We didn't have to go far to visit Barbara's home for this Apartment Therapy House Tour. Nestled in the...

888 Square Feet of Hillside Midcentury Living

Name: 1908 Walcott Way Location: Echo Park, California Size: 888 square feet Here's a pint sized 1950's built home that resides almost smack dab in-between our own hood of Silver Lake and Echo Park....

10 Design Destinations In Echo Park

We've had the good fortune to call Echo Park home for three years and counting. Not discovering this eclectic neighborhood until we had lived everywhere from South Pasadena to Burbank--we finally fee...

Color Inspiration: Stories Bookstore in Echo Park

It's no secret that we love our neighborhood of Echo Park. While small (and eccentric) we're always discovering new spots to meet friends and colleagues for coffee and a chat. Recently, we've had th...

Inspiration: Tavin in Echo Park

Almost every day, we drive past the row of eclectic shops that make up part of Echo Park Avenue in Echo Park. Since Show Pony's exit, we've been wondering what would move into the former spot. We re...

Outdoor Inspiration: Delilah Bakery

click for more picsEarlier this week we could be found grumbling about "June Gloom" but our spirits have taken a turn with the light rain that has fallen on Los Angeles today. The smell of rain mixed...

The Perks Of Living In Your Neighborhood

No matter where we've managed to end up living in Los Angeles, we've always tried to put a positive spin on our neighborhood (and we've lived in some questionable areas). Having a place (or two) in y...

Inspiration: Origami Vinyl
Echo Park

All record stores are not created equal--Origami Vinyl is visually less High Fidelity and more turn of the century design style. Neil (Origami's owner) has turned a bare, run-down store front into a ...

LA Store: Feeding Birds Boutique

We'd been meaning to stop by Feeding Birds Boutique for a few weeks now. AT posted about the buildings decor before but the current storefront was a new reason to check it out. Opening their doors i...

Inspiration: Tanya Sakolsky
And Her Echo Park Photographs

It's been a while since we've had a really bad day (and we mean really bad). And when you're experiencing one of those dreadful days, not much can cheer you up (even when your best friends know how t...

For Better or Worse: The Gentrification of Neighborhoods

The Sunset Silver Lake 4111 Condos : sign of the gentrifying times. One of our favorite neighborhoods to visit up in San Francisco is the Mission: back in the day, we used to work at 17th and Shotwel...

House Call: Megan and Peter's Elysian Dream

Name: Megan and Peter Location: Echo Park, Elysian Heights >>>View Slideshow Megan and Peter's Echo Park abode is notable for a couple of things. First, the home was designed by none other than Silve...

Store: K9 Loft
Los Angeles

We love going to K9 Loft (which fortunately for us, is in the neighborhood). Not only does our pooch, Mayor, love running around the ginormous space, it's fun for us too. We spend our time watching ...

Time Traveling: The Echo Park Time Travel Mart

We've traveled quite a bit this month at Apartment Therapy. Staycationing, vacationing, sightseeing--it's all been amazing but we noticed no one had mentioned time traveling. At long last, we have f...

Staycation: Paddle Boating in the Neighborhood

We took Abby's advice this past weekend and explored our own neighborhood. Having lived in Echo Park for almost three years, we had never taken advantage of some good clean fun right down the street....

Look! DIY Pergola in Echo Park

ATLA reader David wanted to share his DIY outdoor summertime solution inspired by one of our past posts: "I was inspired from a pic you guys had posted of a 4 poled pergola with a nice fabric. Well m...

LA Mini House Tour: Machine Project's Minimal Jungle--Artist in Residence Space

Echo Park's own Machine Project will soon be offering an apartment to their artists in residence (details on how to get in on this to be revealed soon). We're pretty impressed with how well this si...