Q: I've recently moved into a smaller place and have the all too common problem of the furniture being too large for the space. I've had to part with my bed frame and night stands but since doing so ...
Cinephiles and modernist furniture collectors take note: legendary filmmaker Ingmar Bergman's estate went up for auction today, with a catalog of midcentury furnishings, artworks and miscellany that s...
Being thoughtful about what items you have in a smaller space is important. As you start editing, consider taking the things you don't use or want anymore and try to find a new use for them before thr...
Have you ever thought about how furniture designers' create the furniture you enjoy in your own home? Since we've covered a lot of furniture on Apartment Therapy - the style, look, design, function - ...
There's a new bar, restaurant, and gallery that's opened up on the East Side of Austin, and its uniquely designed interior features inspiring details......
We posted about a favorite Austin home vintage furniture store over a year ago known as Prototype Vintage Design. With the promise of "All Killer, No Filler", we're always impressed with their selec...
Design Star is back! The title of the season premiere has set the locale....."Hollywood, Here We Come!". We will be catching you up on all of the design and drama this season and showcasing the win...
Move over garden stools, poufs have arrived. Although these casual ottomans / floor cushions / tables / decorative accents have been available for a while, they seem to be popping up all over the pl...
[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 ...
It's supposed to be a beautiful weekend here in LA and we're gonna be diving into outdoor month in June so we thought it was a good time to dust off this post on cleaning patio furniture to inspire yo...
click for more pics Within just an hour or two in any direction from Los Angeles you can end up in another city and environment. (Mountains? Beach? City? Island? Whatever you want, you can find.) One ...
There's absolutely nothing like the feeling of stumbling upon a gorgeous and affordable store you never knew existed on a lovely Saturday afternoon. This weekend we had the pleasure of discovering ou...
In preparation for this post, we conducted a little experiment: Instead of haunting our usual lunch spot, we ventured a little further out and parked ourselves at an outdoor table at a cafe in Eagle ...
While we thought about playing a joke on you with this post (it's only this date once a year, right?), we decided against it since our post today is absolutely not a joke. Though we claimed we had fo...
Since escaping the wall-to-wall carpeted suburban home we grew up in, we've always had a deep fondness for furniture on casters (as do our friends over at ATSF). Putting furniture on wheels offers the...
Admittedly, this is less about utility and more about the element of surprise and aesthetics, but we love this store display of old furnishings mounted onto the wall, used as part display, part storag...
Continuing with our coverage of the affordable housing movement in Austin (check out previous posts here, here and here), we had the pleasure of getting involved last week with a great program of the...
Anyone with the DIY spirit (or a deep love/obsession with furniture) probably knows well the frustration that comes along with acquiring a piece of furniture to refinish or recover only to discover y...
We ran across this idea for creating a new floorplan and got a kick out of it. It's pretty old school, but tactile and immediate and it means less time in front of the computer. But also, we would h...
[These pretty bright red chairs look great in this space!] If you are looking to make statement and introduce color into your space in a bold way, consider bright red in your design palette. We often ...
click for more picsAngeleno Jason Martin, former co-owner of Silho Furniture, just shot us over an email about his new website showcasing examples of both his furniture line and interior design work. ...
Some good friends of ours are about to move into a new house together and can’t afford removalists. They’re fine with packing all there stuff into boxes and transporting them but the idea of movi...
We have been an IKEA shopper for years. And while we love the selection of affordable goods, we recently looked around our apartment and realized we are a bit IKEAed out. As our design style has slowl...
This being the month for bedrooms, we felt this awesome community patchwork project we stumbled across during Austin's famous First Night celebrations was worth showing. It reminds us of curling up u...
The world of furniture and home decor spreads far and wide. While many designers are as well known as the products they were inspired to create, (see Frank Gehry, Philippe Starck, etc) there are many ...
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