How To: Optimize a Craigslist Listing
With the kind of lamp habit we've been nursing over here, craigslist is indispensable. It not only helps to feed the addiction but when we're ready to move on we can get it sold on craigslist too. T...
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How To: Make A Book Headboard
The other day we shared our dilemma about pruning our book collection down and what to do with the books we were getting rid of. Our options mostly consisted of passing them on to others. JessyRatFi...
Valet's Guide to Summer-izing Your Bedroom
Lately, there's been an influx of amazing lifestyle blogs geared towards the "modern gentleman," offering up advice tips on everything from fashion to travel to grooming. But the one that really stan...
How To: Prepare Your Plants For A Move
Here at Apartment Therapy, we often talk abut the best tips and resources for preparing for a big move. Sure your things get organized, the boxes packed neatly and the movers are booked, but what abou...
Inspiration: Wood and Wool Crocheted Stool
We've been posting more and more about crochet chic (or knitting chic as the case may be) recently. Match that trend up with modern woodland and you've got yourself a crocheted stool that isn't too m...
How To: Make Your Own Round Art Gallery
Looking for a fun and easy project for your home? Make your very own round art gallery reusing cardboard tubes hanging around your home, like paper towel holders or toilet paper rolls. After the jump,...
10 Useful Links For The Long Weekend
Ahhh, a long weekend. So many possibilities. Maybe you'll be hitting the beach, or tackling a project you've been meaning to get to. Will you have people over? Do a bit of gardening? Do nothing a...
How To: Build Color Into a Neutral Palette
Way back when I entered the Smallest Coolest Contest in 2007, I had a dark brown danish modern sofa with blond wood. I had hardwood floors and a white flokati rug. And a white table. All in all, it...
How To: Make a Custom Tablecloth Using Mushrooms and Potatoes
A tablecloth can go a long way towards making a ho hum table look fantastic. A lot of people recently invested in Orla Kiely tablecloths from Target--affordable and graphic. But maybe you don't want...
How To: Reupholster An Office Chair
If you're anything like us, reupholstering is something we'll usually leave to the professionals. But yesterday, we landed on a website called Queen of DIY where Sarah actually makes this crafty DIY ...
Roundup: How To Cool Off Tips
...Without The AC
While last week we were hoping for warmer weather here in LA, it seems we've gotten our prayers answered in spades--ninety-six degrees today (which happens to be a record breaker)! While we're sweati...
How To: Add Texture In A Space
We've been renting for a long time and have picked up a few tips and tricks along the way for making a rental apartment a home. Since the real estate isn't technically ours, preserving the bones of th...
How To: Start Plants from Seeds
With a bouquet of gorgeous daffodils on the table it seems official that Spring is springing, birds are singing and...it still feels a little bit cold. But no matter, it's garden planting time and wh...
How To: Make a Reed Diffuser
Home fragrances rank pretty high for making a space feel clean and inviting. Realtors pay attention to smell because they know it helps to sell people on a home (some of their tips in our post on 12 ...
How To: Wash Out the Smell From Thrift Store Furniture
Anjali of LA-based Giant Jeans Parlor sent us these helpful how-to instructions showing how to remove the characteristic thrift store bouquet that often accompanies a purchase, using two St. Vincent D...
How To: Rewire a Thrift Store Lamp
We noticed recently that we seem to have some kind of lamp addiction. We live in a small space and don't really have a lot of room for a ton of lamps but when we go thrift storing or swap meeting, we...
How To: Make a Simple Custom Lampshade
Cicada Studio
Customizing stuff from Ikea is nothing new, but it still never ceases to make us smile when we run across a new way to make something mass produced and affordable a little bit more personal. Plus thi...
How To: Make A Wood Block Mantle
The simplicity of this pretty yet rustic mantle facade definitely will create a textured focal point in your home. Check out how to create this affordable and fabulous mantle after the jump......
How To: Install Hardwood Floors
We sure do love the look of hardwood floors and have covered hardwood flooring throughout AT. Since this is do-it-yourself month at Apartment Therapy, we thought we'd do some research on this more adv...
Look! DIY Windowsill Planter
Forgive us, when we think of diy projects we tend to think about plants since they're often a cheap way to brighten up a space (also we love growing things), so we admit, we've had plants on the brain...
How To: Rearrange Furniture
When There's Only One Of You
You know the feeling. It's 7, you've finished dinner, there's nothing good on tv, you've exhausted the internet, and suddenly you have the urge to rearrange your studio/bedroom/living room. But there...
How To: Make Can Planters
Yesterday's post on indoor plantscapes inspired a few to start looking for some new pretty pots for an indoor garden. And although you can find great small ceramic pots at Target or cute eco friendly...
Roundup: DIY-able Cork Walls and Bulletin Boards
With organization still on my mind, I wanted to round up some cork bulletin boards that were modern looking and very DIY friendly. Cork is a great material because it absorbs sound and adds warmth to...
How To: Make Your Own Cleaning Wipes
I was just talking with a friend yesterday about how convenient those pre-producted cleaning wipes are--grab one and dust the whole house, grab a heavy duty one and clean behind the toilet, etc. I do...
How To: Make Your Own Soothing Bath Soak
For Sick Days
I spent half the weekend doing everything I could to not catch what my boyfriend had: sore throat, runny nose, itchy eyes and fatigue and the other half dealing with having caught it. Cold weather, h...
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