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What's Your Welcome Item?

We visited our friend this week and hadn't been over to her cute home in a while. When we walked in, we were greeted by the most amazing scent. ...

The Beauty of Built-Ins

We've lived in a few big cities and one of the things we love about the often older apartments available are the built-in units. If you are lucky to have built-in units, consider making them over to m...

Rock-N-Platnium Showcase in Los Angeles

Music is a great way to relax in your home and Apartment Therapy has featured some awesome musical interpretations + living through our own talented writer, Grace (rock on, girl!). If you are looking ...

The Importance of Form + Function

Since space is limited in a smaller homes and apartments, being creative and making the most out of your furniture and decor is important. We wanted to know how many of you......

Your Home Philosophy

I was inspired by Abby's post yesterday about tackling decorating by starting with things you love and couldn't agree more. It's basically a home philosophy, how one......

Design Star, The Final Challenge

Design Star concluded last night with the final challenge, pitting Antonio and Dan against each other to become the next host of HGTV. The 4-day challenge had each designer making over an entire hou...

20 Ways To Love Your Home

While the weather turns a bit colder (only 80 today!) our thoughts turn to the Fall. We're looking forward to more time spent indoors hosting and hanging out. BUt there are some things we'd like t...

How Do You Describe Your Home?

Our friend recently turned in the keys to her more pricey pad and decided to sublet a small 1 bedroom for the time being. She simply calls it "a studio with walls", providing a more colorful idea of t...

5 Tips For Balancing Your Decor

Sometimes it's how you simply feel in a space that makes all the difference. If there's too many heavy pieces or the layout is too cluttered then the balance and harmony of a space can feel off. After...

Picking a Location Based on Your Commute?

Whenever new people move to a place like Los Angeles and they're looking for apartments, the advice heard 'round town is always: "Pick a neighborhood that's close to your job!" But as we've gotten ol...

Making A List Captures Home Priorities

We posted about April and Keith's tiny house build a few weeks ago and through their story, they expressed the main reasons for why and how they chose their tiny house direction. A list of priorities...

The Jagoda Pagoda

Name: Emily Jagoda's Jagoda Pagoda Location: West LA, CA Size: 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths Architect Emily Jagoda designed this West LA home with the toughest clients in mind: her own family. The clean l...

Things That Make You Happy

Oh yes! We are loving The Cozy Farmhouse's simple thought of "random assortment of things that makes me happy" noted in the Apartment Therapy LA Flickr pool. We often talk about this idea on Apartment...

No, Really: A Cave Dwelling

Talk about unconventional! Our friend Melody sent us this link featuring the home of The Sleeper family (Curtis, Deborah, and their three kids) who live in a cave. Literally. It's a 17,000 square fo...

Hanging Out At Home

We often like travel on holiday weekends and take advantage of the extra day. This year, however, we decided to just hang at home and really enjoy our space. While our intention was to just relax and...

How Are Your Home Resolutions Coming Along?

For many of us, the beginning of the year is a time to plot our course, to visualize where we want the year to take us and what we'd like to accomplish. It normally helps that we're on vacation, with...

Good Questions: MidCentury Neighborhoods in LA?
Los Angeles

Dear AT, I'd like to find a Midcentury modern home in LA and was wondering which neighborhoods in LA have a higher concentration of such homes. I am moving to LA from DC in a month and any help would...

What We Learn From Living Out Of A Suitcase

This week, we're away from home, living out of our suitcase. While we're not necessarily minimalist at home, we find that we're definitely minimal when we pack and when we travel......

Survey: How Much Time Do You Spend At Home?

This weekend, partially because of the drizzly weather, we spent a lot of time at home: napping, baking, reading, prepping a project we meant to get to all summer. Now that we've cured our home, we f...

Good Quotes: On Feeling At Home

I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. -Maya Angelou ...

How To: Make A Colorful And Organized Entry Way

The entry way acts like an anchor. A place where we say goodbye last and hello first. A go-to area for the details of everyday life - keys (check), purse or wallet (check), umbrella (check), quick loo...

Home is Where I Am

Although Escapes Month just ended, we find Fall to be the best time to travel. Often fares are more reasonable, it's not boiling hot, and exotic destinations aren't as overrun with (other) tourists. ...

Store: Sanctuary
Austin

We've found a great home decor store here in Austin that has great accessories to spruce up your home and lots of fun things for you, too. If you can't afford (or don't have the time) to get away for...

Scavenger: Incredible Pot and Planter Sale!
Austin

The Austin Habitat for Humanity Restore is having the most amazing sale of terracotta and ceramic pots right now! Featuring different sizes, colors and shapes, this would be the perfect time to stock...

Remembering Family and Home

The 4th of July weekend is always a bittersweet affair in my life. While there are plenty of wonderful memories of holiday barbecues and gatherings spent at home with the family, it also marks the wee...

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