Q: Help! We have a river rock fireplace that is original to our recently purchased 106 year old house. People who see it either love it or hate it. Removing it is cost prohibitive so it's here to stay...
Q: I am recently married and my husband and I are ready to start decorating our apartment. The focal point of the living/dining area is a beautiful fireplace with stone around it. We really want to ma...
Because the mantlepiece is oftentimes a focal point of the living room, the right decor can really enhance its qualities. Kelly's mantlepiece is colorful, charming and best of all--affordable. A ha...
Toni's living room popped off the page with its rich hues and classic photo arrangement. Instead of letting the window disrupt her decor, Toni uses it as a center piece to open up the wall and add sy...
We loved Abby's recent post about using a friend's home to decompress (sometimes you just need to get away from it all). In addition, it's important to have a spot in your home (besides the living ...
click for more picsMander Liefting of the design duo, Snodevormgevers (loosely translated as: sly designers), a two person design company from Eindhoven, Netherlands emailed us thinking we were a stor...
It was surprisingly chilly for LA during the Thanksgiving holiday, but we've been putting off turning on the heater. Instead, we picked up a box of Java-Logs while doing some last-minute grocery shop...
With the arrival of Fall and cooler temperatures, AT reader Jaime sent us a question about finding a stylish fireplace for her home. "Is there a such thing as a good looking, modern electric firepla...
If you've been thinking about painting your fireplace, consider this option: paint the fireplace and the wall right up to the molding. It gives the room a bit of dimension and a definite focal point....
Remember when you had chicken pox (if you had 'em), and the itching was just unbearable but you scratched on the sly anyway? And then when you did, the itching just got worse. Well, the same can be s...
Personally, we're a bit torn about this storage idea from Beach Studios. We like the use of the fireplace space, but we're not so sure about the execution (looks too willy-nilly for our anal-retentive...
Growing up in Southern California, the fireplace was sort of like your pinkie toe: it was there as an architectural vestige we weren't always sure we really needed. Our family fireplace was brick and ...
Marvin hopes someone out there can help him with his fireplace screen question: "I just bought a new house in the Valley and loved the fire screen that was on one of the fireplaces when I first went ...
A few weeks ago, readers weighed in on the question of light vs. dark floors. How about in a specific situation? Bonnie writes: My question has three parts: We're redoing our living room. Our fu...
Hi AT:LA, Our 1959 ranch house has a huge, cement circular fireplace in the living room. Until now we have used pillows for seat cushions. But our 8 month old daughter is crawling, and we'd like to...
AT:LA reader Henry writes: After first removing the existing faux marble tiles, how would you proceed considering that the grey carpet is being replaced with hard wood floors? Would you re-tile i...
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