Shimelle's doing great work and used Chapter 2 to fix two things herself this week: her insurance as well as finishing the stripping and painting of the table above.
"So far, I've tossed that old st...
Pineapple photo from Cayobo via Flickr
Over in the blog section of the NY Times, Olivia Judson buys a pineapple to take home to her London apartment and is transported to Costa Rica.
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This is a little disc that I picked up at Crate & Barrel. It is described as a candle plate, but I have ended up finding a very good use for it in our home for one very good reason...
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Title: Night Light, Gravesend, near Coney Island
Photographer: Aaron
Description: "I live near Coney Island and grew up there so this is my home sweet home."
"& Light" is a weekly celebration of p...
local branches, 2007 Greenmarket, last week of March
Once the warm weather creeps in so many thing happen outside, it is hard to take notice of it all. Looking back over the past two years of sprin...
Last week I bought double tulips, which come from a local grower, and the florist suggested a few poppies to go with them. They had chosen from the suppliers all of these light, citrus colors that ...
Name: Derek
Location:Los Feliz, CA
Years lived in: 6 years
Enter Tour Slideshow
We hope you like colour, kitsch and Midcentury design, because we have all three in abundant amount with our house tou...
House Tour: Monique and Richard's Apartment at a Glance
And here, without further ado, is Part II of the small homes we've featured on AT. Below the jump are homes between 700 and 850 square feet. ...
It's time for another Guess the Decade, and this week we are back in the kitchen. Lots of small details to check out and consider in this one - take a good look and then jump below to make your guess....
So much inspiration comes to us from the House Tours/Calls we post. We adore the lovely blue kitchen ceiling in our House Call: Diana Fayt. Jump below for more pics......
We're happy to announce that at our first AT:Chicago Design Meetup (coming up on April 3), David Carter, owner of Pegboard Modern and all round mid-c and late 20th century nice guy know-it-all, will b...
We spotted this striking desk set from See Jane Work, and were instantly charmed. This is the kind of desk accessory we'd leave out after when everything else is neatly zipped away....
Same material, same designer, similar colorways, very different "looks". For the bathroom, which pattern would you choose for design longevity and style?
Survey, links and prices below the jump:...
Although we like the look of coordinated bathroom sets, we've never bought one. We usually mix and match a few things for small storage in the bathroom: trays, baskets, bowls, whatever works. We're ...
Jennifer decided to tackle a DIY upholstery project while attempting to salvage some keen looking Craigslist finds, but ran into a bit of a problem: creasing.
I bought these chairs for $40 on Craigsl...
We don't know how many times we've needed a stepladder (which we do already have) or a hand truck to move heavy items (which we don't), but this is a two-in-one solution looks mighty useful in either...
HotRodGal has finished her kitchen deep clean!
We're headed into the weekend with tons of momentum! If you haven't already, take this weekend to finish up the deep clean in the kitchen and set the da...
Low Tech No Tech #3 Lamp by Iulius Lucaci...
Sarah has a question: My husband and I have recently purchased an A Frame Craftsman house. It's the perfect size to start a family in and I love it. However, my dining room chairs feel like they are...
Saw this and immediately thought it would be a great idea for our own bathroom, since our claw foot tub was mysteriously and frustratingly encased by the previous tenants. We'd just have to be sure to...
Next Wednesday, March 26th 2008, Professor Kenneth A. Breisch will present a lecture on "the tremendous influence of the USC School of Architecture on the mid-century Southern Californian architectura...
Up in the winding streets of Glen Park lies a new little oasis for lovers of all things lovely. Perch just opened about a month ago and has already created quite a buzz in the neighborhood......
Names: Franz
Location: Paris, France
Size: 180 sq ft
Lived in since: Two years
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Remember Colette & Pierre's apartment in the building where Colette has lived in for more than 50 ...
OK, we admit that tend to post a LOT about mid-century modern furniture. So to kick off the weekend, we're going to spotlight something a little bit different: check out this revamped Chesterfield so...
They used to be called Half Price Tubs. "Clawfoot" is a much better word for marketing. Snooping around the vintage part of the web, we found Clawfoot Bathtub Warehouse in Texas . These guys are s...
Love this idea from the creative mind of Henk Stallinga (whose cuckoo clock we covered ages ago); keep track of the passing minutes and days in analog style. But one wonders if Stallinga sells refill ...
House Tour Roundup: The Small Homes, Part I(House Tour: Melissa and Matt's Design Lab)
Small homes, towels, customer service... all sizzling hot this week.
Curious about what else was hot on AT:SF t...
Is it because it’s warm that we’re suddenly wishing we were footloose and fancy-free on the Greek Isles? House Beautiful was of our same mind. We took a few of the items that they spotlit, th...
Two Saturdays ago, we hired Joey's Movers for our first big push to get the big stuff out of our apartment and into our new house. Since then we've been sleeping, showering, and eating in the old plac...
What a simple, good idea. Jim Hannon Tan uses the concept of an unfolding hub to provide expanding seating around a central table. Whether or not you could track Jim down and buy one of these, thi...
In our house, we've been big fans of Flushable Bathroom Wipes. They've been great for quick clean ups all over the bathroom. Aside from the toilet, we've also used them around the sink and also for li...
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What is the baseboard rule with concrete floors.
We're pouring concrete floors in our new loft conversion and I want to avoid traditional baseboards.
What I have in mind is the floor ...
In our minds, this image embodies what we strive for in decorating our home......
We stumbled upon this bible of style from 1976 at the Santa Monica Library. Some of it seemed right on for right now (like the Frank Gehry cardboard furniture) and some, as expected, was a little...e...
Last week, we shared some tips on how to shop for eco-friendly wood furniture. This week, we thought we'd make it a little easier by rounding up environmentally conscious wood furniture that's been ...
Though the origin of the recycled railroad ties was discussed extensively on our Los Angeles site (with a direct response from someone at VivaTerra in the comments), we had to share the Railroad Tie...
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My 2-year old kitty refuses to use a covered litter box and I have her litter box in the bathroom. I am not very comfortable with the idea of keeping the litter box in my closet or in the liv...
Have a very basic bathroom? One that is outdated? One that is functioning (for the time being) but really needs a serious overhaul? Just because it's "time" to do a renovation doesn't mean the cash i...
This would be the perfect mirror for above our friend's mantle. It's the epitome of simple and chic but the price tag is a little high, anyone have some cheaper alternatives?...
Spring is here, and with it comes our fourth annual Smallest Coolest Apartment Contest. This year it's sponsored by Room & Board. And we want you to know that we'll be accepting entries very short...
From This Old House
This Old House is one of our favorite resources for How-To's. We found one recently that solves a common problem in many homes and apartments: the broken floor tile......
Attics have kind of an adult treehouse appeal to them. But instead of comic books and tea parties, we can certainly appreciate using the extra space to alleviate the morning crowd at the other bathr...
This is one of the biggest at-home struggles we can think of among couples, family members, and roommates. We do what we need to, overlap often, and basically don't sweat it too much. We go with the f...
We've featured various Do It Yourself projects from Instructables.com before: the DIY Book Lampshade and How To...Make Hungarian Shelves. We just stumbled across Instructables member Daniel Saake's ...
Materialicious posted these two unbelievable staircases that both offer a floating ascension: the Flight of Passages designed by Blencowe Levine Associates is like an Escher painting come to life, whi...
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I thought I knew what I wanted to do with my hallway, but I don't think painting it red is going to work :( I
f you can see from the pics, the space is rather dark.
Though I'd LOVE to ...
Laptop, meet the cookbook. No more sticky keys and spattered pages - the Kitchen Sync is a new gadget designed to download all those wonderful recipes from the internet and bring them into your kitche...
When browsing Craigslist for furniture we came across the ad for table above and were intrigued. A little link following brought us to the site of AmaDove, and to a slightly creepy YouTube video abou...
raikenn's organized kitchen
We've seen a lot of work going on in the kitchen this week, which is great. We know how tough decluttering and cleaning the entire kitchen is, so you all get a big pat ...
AT reader Michel writes, I'm in desperate need of the paint in the apartment of Catherine Zeta-Jones in the movies 'No Reservations'. It's a blue-gray color and it would be perfect for the rooms in m...
Politics of cheap clothing aside, we'll take inspiration anywhere we can get it and we couldn't help but notice that the new Forever 21 on the Promenade has some pretty hip wallpaper.
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Amidst the chaos of our backyard makeover, we're digging in and trying our hand at a vegetable garden. Again. Round 2. It's on. This time, we want to do it right so we've been doing a wee bit of res...
With a nod to Laure’s post yesterday on Anthopologie's use of chalkboard paint, we found a picture we snapped in the Anthropologie at the Grove a few weeks ago while they were in their midst of thei...
Wall Street Journal 03.21.08
Good timing - just on the eve of our annual contest that celebrates small space living, the furniture industry is getting in step. We've been seeing it happen, slowly but surely. Mass market retailers...
Ahhh, there's nothing like looking outside your own window to find a whole squadron of police vehicles cordoning off your city block while an armed suspect holes up somewhere right across the street. ...
We were delighted to read today in the WSJ that FINALLY furniture makers were getting hip to our needs: Furniture Takes the Inches Off. In addition to a growing market for smaller furniture among ur...
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Back in 2005 we decided to see how long an average tube of toothpaste would last if we really were conscious of our use. We asked folks to bet on how long they thought it would last a...
Selena sent us an email: "I'm looking into replacing our dining room set. My husband and I have the luxury of having a separate dining room in a vintage flat (Avondale area), and the post you did abou...
Today's the day and we want a couple of you out there to join us in the weeks ahead. Yes, we're looking again for new bloggers, this time in the Boston and the DC areas. To get all the info, check o...
We can only handle Target for home stuff in small and occasional doses. This bamboo bath set was a surprising find, but we think we'd prefer it without all those holes...or the trash can independent o...
If you haven't already made plans tonight, we just got an email from our pals at Reform School announcing the opening show of local artist Jules Manoogian. She makes amazing pieces from found objects ...
These funky pink shelves from Swedish designers Smansk debuted at last month's Stockholm Furniture Fair. Still only a prototype, each shelf is made from a single modular piece. When multiple pieces ...
How To...Make a Couch, Bed, and Guest Room Fit In a Small Space (2074 views)
Last Friday I wrote about a Cheap, Chunky Marble Floor Tip that I got from BDDW and today I buzz the web to highlight what...
There are two Thursday Giveaways on AT this week.
Click here to check them out below the jump. And please don't forget that you have to go to each linked post in order to actually enter that gi...
We've been buying weekly flowers as part of the Spring Cure. We almost never use a regular vase for flowers, preferring to mix it up with containers we find around the kitchen. Our favorite vase is ...
When we saw this photo of Stockholm's Saturnus Café, we thought it was some kind of custom Flor design. In fact, it's all glass mosaic tile, designed by artist Cilla Ramnek. Check out the detail pho...
Spring Cure is in Effect!
This week's Hot Posts drew you in and inspired great discussion. Thanks for getting involved, and staying involved, in our community!
Click here to find the answers to b...
We're suckers for Mid-century modern furniture, and this Mid-Century Modern Highboy Walnut and Pecan Dresser is a great example of how much visual punch furniture from this era can have. It's part o...
Salt Chair, Elba Sofa, Rainwater Hog & Veneto Chair
A quick roundup of new pieces from Design Within Reach that jumped out at us as being a bit more interesting and "now" - a compact shaker style chair for $125, super textural and organic looking outd...
This mid-century credenza scares us, if only because it looks like a relic from the original Austin Powers movie crossed with the Cheshire Cat. But hey, if bright colors are your thing, this credenza...
We love this rammed earth construction by Terra Firma Rammed Earth Builders. It's uncommon enough to see on a home's exterior. But would you believe you can also use the material in bathrooms? Check...
Near Hyde Park, this Art Deco cocktail table and end tables (two) are for sale as a set. Three pluses for the three pieces: unique curved bases, solid wood construction, two-tiers use on the end table...
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Any ideas on how to warm up my living/dining area?
Here are some photos of our remake (we're not officially curing, but I've also added to the Flickr site) so far.
We like minimalist s...
David Weeks will introduce his new contemporary furniture line at Ralph Pucci International on April 3. We're digging the asymmetrical shape of the 8-foot sofa, above. For more Currents from The New...
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Jump in with Questions...Welcome to brainygirl, swtvi65 and Christine (the one in DC)!...
The Italian ceramic tile manufacturer has an outstanding portfolio of bathroom photos, ripe for the picking for bathroom design inspiration. While the bathrooms shown are so much more glam than we c...
March 20, 2008
Welcome to Spring. As we head into the last week of March, I want to give a big shoutout to all of those who may be thinking of submitting to our Smallest Coolest Contest...
Name: Glorily and Jeremy
Location:Wicker Park
Years lived in: Almost 3 years, until the owner sold the building
Glorily took amazing photos of the apartment she and Jeremy shared before they (sadly)...
Inside Out: Elise and Bryan's Comfort Zone with Style
In January we posted our House Tour Roundup: The Smallest Homes. It included homes featured on AT that were 400 square feet and under. To inspi...
Cheapest Stud Finder - Click here for more amazing videosWe just relied on a cheap electronic stud finder while working on our home theater setup. But for some reason the darn thing was both unclear ...
Rita Konig, Domino contributing editor (and blogger) is coming to Chicago on the 24th to put together a story on the cool home stores that we all know and love. She asked for feedback on where she sh...
The Gum Hook looks startlingly familiar. Designer Gaku Otomo must have watched this same episode before he designed his silicone wrapped coat hook.......
Hi AT:SFers, I am obsessed with the Anthropologie Antwerp chair in Bloom. Love the shape and the fabric, but not the price ($1400+). Can anyone recommend a similar chair that is more affordable?... ...
The NextGen Home Experience is a project out of Bellevue, Washington, that seeks to showcase the features that would theoretically define the home of the future: connectivity, disaster resistance, e...
As we watch the race for The White House heat up, Storefront for Art and Architecture, in association with Control Group, asks the question, “What Would the Building Look Like If It Were Designed...
During Bathroom Month, we've been looking at a ton of tile. All this tile lust has us thinking about places beyond the kitchen and bathroom where tile can make a bold statement. Heather blogged Exte...
Since we have a brown thumb, we've always stuck with easy, long-lasting orchids in our bathroom. But rumor has it that there are a lot of houseplants that thrive (and that will freshen the air and yo...
It's refreshing in an age of particle board, factory made furniture to see something that is actually handmade. ...
Back in the day, those standard issue block sets were top pick at playtime. More recently we've ogled the New York City in a Bag blocks by Muji. But our wooden block love has reached a new height......
Stefanie is looking for a little back up: "I suppose its less of a question and more of hand holding, but I'm looking for any/all opinions here. My younger brother is buying furniture for his new h...
The image above...if you squint...looks nearly real, doesn't? Like something out of Elle Decor UK. It's actually a user produced 3D rendered room layout created with MyDeco's 3D Plan My Room......
We like to use bookends for both their original purpose (holding books up) and for adding some visual interest in preventing the "wall-o-books" look that can sometime happen with large bookcases. We r...
A quick post to say how much we love these little things. Since we discovered them, we've installed them in every apartment we have lived in.
Particularly if you liked Aaron's wax paper tip yesterday...
You might have noticed that we're fascinated with cut paper art and other quirky pop-ups. So here's another favorite to add to our list: Patricia from A Little Hut has wonderful cut paper (and cork ...
The lotus commonly has such peaceful, meditative connotations, it's no wonder it takes so many forms at eco-home online store VivaTerra....
Looking through magazines and books for inspiration, we can sometimes get discouraged. Our house isn’t perfect. We have so much to do. We hate that couch. That closet is a mess. We’ll never b...
One of the only lines we know they don't carry is Kohler (but can order them easily), but Community Home Supply is a local institution for kitchen and bath wares across the board. Check out these bath...
If you didn't get a chance to go to the CA Boom House Tours this past weekend, the LA Times just posted some fun photos of the event...
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Setting the Stage, Offstage. A peak inside the dressing rooms where Broadway's actors create a home away from home. There is an audio slideshow feature, that is a companion to the story. Pictured at...
It's coming! Yes, it's that time again. It's our annual Smallest Coolest Apartment Contest, which is sponsored this year by Room & Board. And we want you to know that we'll be accepting entries very s...
AT will be tackling spring cleaning when the weather gets a little warmer, but in the meantime we have a few simple things you can do for your home to mark the transition from winter to spring......
Anthropologie has a bookish theme for spring. We've never seen chalkboard paint used......
Anyone out there in the middle of the Cure and in need of a good landing strip? This bright red hall table is the perfect size and - even better - a great price....
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Giveaway: Here's your chance at winning a storage accessory for all your bathroom accessories. This week's Thursday Giveaway comes from GIVE Accessories: the Give Leather Train Case is finished in so...
Throughout the Cure you're encouraged to use your Outbox, a corner or box or room that you've designated to put anything that isn't fitting in, adding or working in a room. Trust us, it helps with se...
Kirk's Narrow Australian Terrace
AT:SF, Last year AT'ers helped out with advice on our tiny backyard, but we've failed them! We still can't manage even to begin! But one AT'er suggested getting a lan...
We've been searching for a good-looking, inexpensive wall-mounted desk for a while now, and it's finally here! The IKEA PS Laptop Workstation looks like it might have uses beyond laptop storage......
Lucky Stripes, 3 panels, 48 x 166, 2008
I was at a terrific benefit on Monday for the Community Word Project that teaches poetry writing and performance in the nyc public schools (rah rah!) and encou...
Who knew Wonderland was just a short ferry ride away from Seattle? This house in Olalla is currently on the market for less than most condos within Seattle's city limits. And it's a trip. In the ve...
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Designer: John Berg
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Earlier this month, at our 9th AT Of...
If you'll be getting a kick out of dyeing eggs this weekend and are so over PAAS as a decor source, try some all-natural ingredients as opposed to the certified blends (that include colors synthesized...
Just a reminder that Poketo is having it's inaugural show at it's new studio introducting limited edition letterpressed and giclee prints by 25 international artists. It's this Saturday, March 22, 200...
Sometimes, a modern space could use a dose of warmth and texture. In addition to larger Mesquite Wood Tiles from Ann Sacks, smaller, 3/4" x 3/4" wood mosaic tiles are available for walls and floors wh...
We loved Portland-based Shim + Sons products from the moment we saw them. Right now we're really loving their linen-covered tea light holders - perfect for anywhere in the home that needs some extra t...
Growing up, our next-door neighbor's home was like a box of crayons. Each room had a color: the red bedroom, the blue bathroom, the green living room. Although it was a very colorful home, the indiv...
The Peach Pit floor we spotted over at Inhabitat falls into the category of super cool, if not yet super green...
Get help losing your lawn and picking a battery charger...
Looking at this photo from Sköna Hem is giving us a much-needed kick in the pants to stop trying to fit all of our decor into one trend! This room (somehow) manages to mix floral wallpaper with stro...
Maybe because it reminds us of Gregory's Modern Woodland Cabin idea or maybe just because we're enjoying the new energy and color that seems to be infusing parts Pottery Barn, but we really like this ...
A little bit quirky, a little bit funky, a lot of money but some really gorgeous and totally unique finds. Kind of that crazy professor, musty library vibe......
Yesterday, we blogged our magazine addiction. We hear that one of our favorites, Case de Abitare, is set for an overhaul by Wallpaper founder Tyler Brule. More, after the jump... ...
Frameless showers look fantastic. One major manufacturer of frameless shower doors, surrounds, and hardware is Century Shower Door... ...
Time Out Chicago Issue 160
Should these folks rent or buy? That is the question that Time Out weighed in on this week in an issue dedicated to real life real estate issues. In the totally compelling lead feature, we get to know...
We've posted about chalkboard paint before, but perhaps you're looking for something a bit less permanent and involved in terms of application. Chalkboard Decals work in the same way as graphic wall d...
Better Homes and Gardens is bringing its "Living Green Tour" to San Francisco this weekend. On March 21 and 22, the 2,500-square-foot traveling home will be open to the public in Union Square (10am-...
Hello AT,
You've helped many times before and I appreciate it! This one is urgent.
My husband and I just bought our first home, yay!
With it comes new furniture and finding our style.
I am a gi...
In this MP3 era, CDs are becoming a thing of the past. Even if you still listen to the mini-discs, you probably have a bundle of regrettable purchases. Trevor O'Neil, a local designer with a talent ...
We were rummaging around Peek Keep a few days ago and haven't been able to get the softness of these baby Alpaca throws out of our minds. ...
After seeing Janel's Hot or Not featuring the TOLGA bed last month, we didn't really find it either that hot or not hot. It was just sort of interesting and strange and really inexpensive, and seemed ...
This week's LA Times Home & Garden feature story is of the eclectic home of gardner Katrina Rivers. Located in Mount Washington, it's a fun and colorful "refuge from the frantic pace of daily life..."...
The artists Wendy Edwards and Jerry Mischak have transformed an old firehouse in Rumford, Rhode Island into a building that houses both of their studios and their home. The New York Times is sure to...
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Primitive recently moved from its long-time location in River North to a sprawling 30,000 square-foot exhibition space in the West Loop. Although we haven't yet made it over to the new flagship sto...
We're so used to plush terry cloth towels in our bathroom that when we received a set of striped hammam towels from UK-based Toast, we were skeptical on how they would hold up. While we wouldn't use ...
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This Vintage chair by Chromcraft looks both modern and comfortable. We know that someone out there has an entry or corner just begging for this piece.
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Click Chick sent us an email: My boyfriend is finally inspired to start hanging his art and photos in his condo. (I admit, I gave him a nudge. I cut out outlines of each piece so he could tape them...
Siiigh. We've always wanted this table, but our bank account would protest too much. Here's a real find though: an original vintage 52' Saarinen Dining table topped with Carrera marble with the orig...
We were simply checking out this cool material called Shimmer Screen. But we didn't expect to see this use of the material, which could be done by anyone in their home. Even though it's not Bedroom ...
Last week I got to write about one of my favorite wallpaper companies, Nama Rococo (see below the jump), and today I feel like lifting up all of our spirits (I'm sick) and featuring this amateur pho...
More green cleaning at Home and Housewares - this time for the laundry room. From Canada, Nellie's makes an ever-expanding line of earth-friendly goods for wash day......
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I've been having a hard time deciding what to do with the blank wall behind my TV.
As a main focal point of the living space (my bed faces this wall) in my studio apt, I would like it to...
KMP has something unusual for us today, a pair of space age chairs that he was told "were Italian when [he] bought them in Brooklyn." Made of "cream plastic" and upholstered with "soft taupe fabric...
This look into the West Village home of Suchitra Van and Nette Gaastra should be popular with AT readers. The New York Times shows us the results when the couple transformed their 435-square-foot st...
A Design Within Reach Sliding Sofa by Pietro Arosio for $2488 is listed along with a Blu Dot storage piece from the same seller. It is the grey color upholstery and free delivery is included. More goo...
If our medicine cabinet weren't our bathroom's only storage, we'd make a beeline for one of these Bistro Frameless Pivot Mirros at Restoration Hardware. The mirrors come in oval, round, and rectangu...
March 20, 2008
Yesterday I received an email in my box that - particularly in lieu of the impending first day of Spring - made a distinctly nice impression. And it wasn't the words, whic...
Good towels are really worth investing in. Pick the wrong ones, and you'll just end up replacing them because they feel scratchy, or they don't dry you off after your shower, or they end up discolo...
A lot forties, a bit fifties and just a touch seventies. Even with the mix of eras and styles we think the design through-line here is the color scheme, making it all work together. All prices, photos...
Ann snapped up a couple photos of the sink at Ciba, an Austin restaurant whose bathroom sinks are filled with a pleasant assortment of pebbles. We've seen this a few times at other people's homes too,...
Inspired by Swedish folk costumes, the boxy shaped Field Sofa is definitely cute as its buttons. And we're just in love with the contrasting colours of the rich blue sofa and the small, but noticeable...
AT:SF, I could use some help in figuring out a good color for our bathroom walls. Should we keep it white, or go with color? Should we paint the ceiling, or keep it white? Thanks.
-Gail...
Most mornings we go through the same routine: we step on our digital scale, grab something heavy and step on again, then weigh ourselves a third time. The reason? The scale gives a different readin...
Over at AT:LA yesterday, Gregory wrote about Novelty Hand Soaps. We admit, we're in the camp that still loves bar soap, mostly for its packaging. We've been known to save soap packages and reuse the...
A stark contrast to the black bathroom we talked about before, this Neo Metro Bathroom at CA Boom confused us. We've talked about their miniLoo before and love their attention to small spaces (and we...
Lisa Congdon: Its Always Worth It Gocco Print ($6)
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Karim Rashid is a designer with a very distinctive style - he's all about the future, so we wonder...what does he like from the past? What would the man whose loft looks like this (above) choose from...
We have a communal outdoor section between our two apartment buildings we've always dreamt of stringing lights across for summer al fresco entertaining. These Sun-Powered Shoji Lanterns might be exact...
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AT:SF reader Sophie wrote to us: Thank you AT! I was inspired by the contact paper post, and fixed the eyesore that was my desk. The rest of my room has dark brown furniture, and my blonde desk...
Ever wonder where all the "picture perfect" furnishings in model homes go after the homes are sold? Well, over the weekend, we discovered one place in Irvine: "Ruf Inc.- the model home furniture stor...
AT:LA reader David writes in with a question about interior door hardware sourcing:
We're replacing the interior doors in our place and love Omnia's line of modern interior door handles (especially t...
Names: Mike & Bea
Architect's Name: Tim Sloan, Levitate Architects
Location: London, UK
Size: 407 sq ft
Lived in since: Fall 2007
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Mike and Bea live in a rented first floor Georgian...
Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. --William Morris...
If you can look past the delicious blue sofa (it's hard for us!), you might notice the arrangement of the photos in the back wall. We're intrigued: sure, it reminds us of a Cingular commercial, but i...
Our mailman hates us. Really. We get way too many magazines. It’s a wonder we find the time to read them all, let alone blog or eat. We’re trying to cut back and read them online, but we think...
Judging by the latest economic downturn, it appears we'll still be renting for the foreseeable future. But far be it from us to begrudge anyone else a home of their own... ...
This design is a great new spin on the more traditional look of monogramming. We love 'em, they come in 11 colors and are made of organic cotton. ...
In addition to the amazing modern apartment we posted yesterday, The New York Times T Style Magazine featured a round-up of various shelving systems, from basic colorful units at CB2 to over-the-top...
Read our post on Alameda Flea, and then check out Susan Fornoff's article from today's Chron. She and Design Dilemmas contributor/designer Marcy Voyevod tagged along with interior designers Kelley ...
Historic LA Architecture Art & Design Events...March is Bathroom Month and the Spring Cure at Apartment Therapy
Biltmore Hotel
Walking Tour
Sunday, March 22nd, 2pm
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JCPenney might not have a ton of cache, but they've had decent things lately. (See Janel's post on Ralph Lauren bedding and Laure's post on mirrors at Penney's.) We found some clever small space sol...
Hello AT,
A year ago I bought a house with a dreadfully generic kitchen.
It has a decent granite countertop and a fairly inoffensive backsplash, but looking at these drab cabinets everyday has becom...
Katie has a rare problem - she has an extra room and is not sure what to do with it! "Please help! I have a problematic room in my house that seems to have no purpose. Its 8 ft x 8.5 ft and is right...
Here's an interesting idea from DIY'er "nazinsky", who transformed a plain closet system with a new coat of paint, some trim detailing and applied tufted seat pads for some texture and colour. More be...
AT:SF, Where can I find patio furniture like the chair in this photo? My wife and I just bought our first house and have been looking for patio chairs just like these. Please help.
-Jaythan...
This week in the Cure we're in the kitchen, cleaning from top to bottom, and then enjoying a home cooked meal. If dinner isn't your thing, don't be afraid to go for making a great breakfast. We've r...
Janel's post on Mrs. Meyers' booth at the 2008 Home and Housewares Show reminded us of our love for kitchen linens. We're suckers for patterned dish towels, which we like to use as guest cloths in t...
Design Miami Occupies NY Galleries for 3 Days in March
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AT:NY has been throwing Design Meetups for a while (we were at the first one, last Spring, during ICFF). We are happy to announce that, two weeks from now, on Thursday April 3, we'll be holding our f...
The Sterling Residence is causing a big stir in Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhood. It was designed by rising-star local architectural firm Pb Elemental, and built in the middle of a hermetic swath o...
There's been a nasty cold bug that has been spreading and many friends we know have been bitten by it. We were looking through the latest issue of Body+Soul magazine and came across this natural aroma...
After much deliberation and reading tons of reviews (especially yours from Monday) on the Tempur-pedic mattresses, we went a different route. Basically, the deal breaker was twofold: the price and the...
Product: Miele Pisces S5280
Price: $650
Rating: Recommend*
Have you ever fallen in love with a vacuum cleaner? After months of indecisiveness (and dustiness), I finally splurged on a new vacuum to ...
Sketch Tuesday is an event like no other - artists and art-lovers gather together in a bar for some on-the-spot art making and buying. Every third Tuesday of the month 111 Minna hosts the event, and ...
An indoor trellis, a funky chicken and beautiful soft colors all work together to create a whimsical and serene nursery.
The Ola! Collection, how to make a play stove and a nursery on a budget, all...
merskine's kitchen with new pegboard organizer
We're cooking at home this week! For recipes and tips, check out our sister site, The Kitchn, which was founded to provide home cooks with simple re...
Gennine's Modern Mexican AbodeWhen we do housetours, one of the first questions we ask is: What's your style? In the Cure this week, we're learning that it helps to define the look or mood that you'r...
Did you read the Laura Ingalls Wilder books when you were a kid? Those idyllic days of self-sufficiency are long gone...or are they? The Dervaes family in Pasadena are "urban pioneers" and they live ...
Hello AT,
Help! I'm new to the DIY home improvement.
I want to replace the drop down ceiling and lighting in this converted basement apartment.
Any suggestions on what I can do update the look on...
Skylab Design Group at DWRArt & Design Events...March is Bathroom Month at Apartment Therapy
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Designs on Portland: Rising Stars in Portland Architecture
Includes Jeff...
Would fixing the staircase have made a difference? We think so.Yesterday Laure’s round-up of "How Tos" reminded us of how often we make do with something that doesn’t work properly, never quite f...
Okay, so this doesn't directly deal with interior design, but it does deal with exterior design and the home that is the environment of our cities. Down in São Paulo, Brazil, the Paulistas complet...
Lisa sent us a email: Hi there, I'm moving to a new place with a funky kitchen and I'm hoping AT'ers can help. I'm renting, so there will be no major renovation, but I will definitely paint and probab...
SMALLER THAN EVER! Yes, it's that time again. It's our annual Smallest Coolest Apartment Contest, which is sponsored this year by Room & Board. And we want you to know that we'll be accepting entries ...
Questions, Answers and Conversation
Hello to Brttanykate, Ironsides, and Abb_brooklyn!...
Last week I emailed out our new, revised list of the Best Eco and Green Paints We Know Of, and today, I am desperate to feature the designers above who have long impressed me with the sophisticatio...
Bath linens are dressing up over at Restoration Hardware. Our favorite look is the Bedford Jacquard collection (above). They look so velvety-soft and the colors are perfect for spring.
Unfussy embr...
This handsome man has been around for a loooong time, he is pretty much the archetypical "door to door" salesman. The good news is that his company is looking......
Name: Anonymous
Location: Holte, Denmark (suburb north of Copenhagen)
Size: 2000 square feet, 3 bedroom home
Years lived in: 2 years
>>Enter Slideshow
While Denmark takes pride in its economic h...
One of our biggest pet peeves about city life is the lack of public vegetation. Because of this, we're constantly on the hunt for the "undiscovered" parks that are hidden in our city. Recently we ...
Kathryn Parker Almanas
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March is Bathroom Month on AT:Chicago
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We saw these little pots in-store the other day and thought they were a fun and easy way to add a little happy Springtime cheer into your home. These Butterfly Cachepots are only about 2.25" high and ...
Perhaps you've perused our Top 10: Flat Screen Setups on AT but haven't done anything about your own media set-up. Well, today we have not only a DWR Titan Media Stand, there's also a media stand f...
This is a nice picture of some very practical bookshelves that Penny has for sale in Bayside. Yes, these are Jensen Lewis anodized pewter colored bookcases with all metal construction. They break ...
This color combination can be very rich. It works especially well with the texture of tile: in bathrooms, kitchens, and fireplace surrounds. Since blue and green are so closely related, pairing them...
This morning, the arborist came out to assess the damage done to my tree. Thanks to your comments, I asked him if it would be able to salvage the tree; but as you can see, the answer was no. The root...
The New York Times has an interesting story about teak chairs from Chandigarh. A City That Sat on Its Treasures, but Didn’t See Them looks at the world-wide interest in Pierre Jeanneret's teak arm...
Colorful, shiny, retro - we were drawn to the Dulton booth because their goods were more like toys for grownups than housewares. At the show from Hong Kong...
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I love lamp. A set decorator in Silverlake is putting up these white ceramic lamps from Crate and Barrel up for sale for $50 each or $80 for the pair. Not bad considering these lamps retail for abou...
Stark design paired with unsurpassable quality, the XO collection of plumbing fixtures by Lefroy Brooks is simply stunning. The collection, introduced in 2000, is a suprising addition to Lefroy Broo...
Hello AT,
I am working on adding a Master suite/bathroom to our condo.
We finished a gut renovation of the existing bathroom a few months ago(at some point I'll have to send before and after picture...
In West Loop, this Crate & Barrel maple dining table is in mint condition. Seller says: "Will throw in Custom fit Superior brand table protector (up to 500 degrees) for FREE!!!!! For just $50.00 more,...
In addition to showing off my smurf-blue bathroom (yes, the tub and toilet are also blue), I'd love to share a quick and easy tip with AT readers. SarahC's post on Rolling Shower Curtain Rings remind...
My personal favorite earth-friendly cleaning company was out in force at the Home and Housewares show. We spent some time at the booth to find out what's new:...
Hope for small apartments everywhere: The tiny one-bedroom prefab house by Perrinepod has an inspiring partition between the bedroom and bath. It's made of frosted glass and divides while retaining ...
Just in time for spring, we're taking a peek at the home of a designer with some floral and plant expertise. In addition to interior styling, Martie Accuardi creates the most fantastic arrangements....
Not long ago we updated our Best Wine Racks -- and already it's time to update it again.
We love the handcrafted wood Riddling Racks at Vintage at Heart. Made from repurposed oak, the texture, the...
Taking a cue from the sneaker world, Inhabit is offered the Builtby Lamp, a custom configurable lamp that you can "build" online in a very similar fashion to Nike I.D. shoes. Check out the options und...
One of SanDiego AT's possible layouts
One of our Curees, SanDiegoAT, needs help with her floorplan:
The living/dining room is long and narrow (13' x 20'). I find the placement of the stairs, the fr...
daveybot's photo of a BIG chair
Big furniture, small car. We really didn't set out to do The Spring Cure. But this past weekend we suddenly found ourselves in the midst of some Curing of our own. ...
Domino 04.08
Domino features a look at the offices of Drew Barrymore's production company in the April issue, a place of business with a very homey look. Since it is bathroom month on AT, we thought we'd lead with...
The other day we happened upon some tips about how to remove cigarette odor from wood furniture. When buying furniture off Craigslist and at flea markets, we've always stayed away from furniture th...
There's something a lot of fun about these padded suitcase chairs shown at Casa Korea that seem to promise adventure and travel. They remind us a lot of the Suitcase-Turn-Lamp concept placed ontop of ...
If we won the lottery, we'd have a sleek, modern city home and a casual home by the water. Seeing this family retreat off the coast of Seattle made us seriously yearn for the latter. Lots of windo...
Andrea is in for the 1st time! Check out her blog at www.lilkidthings.blogspot.com and her full survey. And what would you say, Warm or Cool?
Hey Curees! Some of you have been gravitating to Cures o...
We've never actually used these in the kitchen, and perhaps we'd be a little skeeved out by this idea if we had. But free from association with actual food, the bamboo steamer strikes us as particu...
The perfect paperback bookshelf? We're thinking it might be. For two weeks, we've been obsessively clicking over to Swedish company String to look at the Pocket system. Aaron blogged the larger Stri...
James writes in with a touchy question about renter's rights:
Dear AT:LA: one of my co-workers here in the office is having serious problems with the people he's renting a room from. He rents a room ...
Yesterday I had a truly awful customer service experience while furniture shopping. I don't think of myself as a particularly demanding customer, but when preparing to spend a significant chunk of c...
The folks over at Weego Home have generously offered AT readers a 10% discount just by mentioning Apartment Therapy. Jump below for all the details!...
In honor of bathroom month we thought we'd feature the great bathroom items Umbra had in their booth at CA Boom. We loved these retro inspired trashcans and also their ingenious way to store toothbru...
AT:LA reader Santos brings us an appropriate Hollywood themed query about some wall and screen panels that made a guest appearance in the film Ocean's 13:
Hi there! I love the Moroccan-pattern inspir...
We took a trip to a friend's family farm last spring and fell head-over-heels-off-the-hook in love with their baby pygmy goats. We got to our usual daydreaming ways and imagined our backyard singing...
Sathya is thinking about adding some new pieces to her living room and sent an email: I'm toying with the addition of two Wassily chairs to my living room. But I'm worried that all that silver and b...
We've pragmatically replaced our bathroom sink hand soap with a refillable Method pump soap (Ivory or Softsoap). But we know some people like novelty and shaped soaps, since they add a bit of characte...
Renters insurance is on our list of things to do - right next to learning another language and paying off our student loans. In other words, we have all intentions of doing it, but that doesn't mean...
You know those decorate letters that are always at Anthropologie? Well, we haven't seen a more inspiring way of using those letters since we checked out this lovely wall from Erin Harris' House on the...
In lieu of our earlier post today about our newfound appreciation for an air freshener at the office, we wanted to follow it up with a very specific plug. WE HATE FAKE STUFF which is usually toxic, ...
Anyone who has accidentally bitten down on a peach pit knows how solid the blasted things are. Using them for flooring, then, doesn't require a stretch of the imagination — we employ and glam up c...
Ku Ambiance showed off this incredible work of porcelain (and sense of humor) and it definitely made us smile. What surprised us, though, were the incredible works of porcelain that were completely s...
Starting a decorating project, like those doing the LA Spring Cure O8, we look for design inspiration everywhere: the silhouette of an outfit, a pattern in a piece of fabric, a sprinkling of flowers a...
As the smallest room in the house, the bathroom requires some special thought - especially if you lack linen closets, cabinet space for all your products, etc. Tiny Living focuses specifically on the ...
Although there are a ton of design patterns, we dare say that the average tissue box is pretty... ugly. There are tissue box covers, but we've never found one that seemed right. We also never really w...
AT:SF, I have a question about these cool vintage aluminum containers I got this weekend at a rummage sale near my house in Seattle. They are a bit scratched up and I would love to get them back in...
I am so excited to share my new FLOR rug with AT! I was an early adapter when it came to FLOR. After two moves, almost six years and a hot-tempered chihuahua puppy, my first FLOR purchase had seen b...
je218604's medicine cabinet before and after
Since it's Bathroom Month and the Spring Cure is going on, we've brought the two together. Technically, bathrooms aren't tackled until Week Six of the C...
Our on-going love affair with succulents was sent into overdrive after a trip to the Getty and the Robert Irwin designed garden. We couldn't get enough of the great sculptural combinations of the pla...
We know someone who can open a bottle with anything - their teeth, a key, a lighter, the ring on their finger. It's a great party trick that we have so far been totally incapable of picking up. So w...
Hello AT,
I need help!
My family room is huge and is dominated by a brick fireplace.
I bought a chocolate brown sofa and love-seat as a contrast.
Now I need help with the other pieces.
I ...
Now that these are showing up all over town, we're wondering what you think of the Dyson Airblade...Hot or Not?
Jump Below to Cast Your Vote:...
Remember those fun pop-up books from your childhood? Take that idea, incorporate it into a 19"x13" party paper placemat made of 100% recycled paper (30% postconsumer fiber and 70% preconsumer wastepap...
Have a privacy issue you want to fix?This week one of your assignments for the Spring Cure is to repair one thing in your home. Not sure where to start or how to do it? Check out some of our best ho...
For bathroom month, we thought we'd blog these stackable canister jars. There are tons of small storage options out there for bathrooms, but we love the color of these high-quality glass pieces......
Last Friday we posted some great images of bathroom glass tiles from Hakatai. While poking around the site, we also found some unexpected exterior use of glass tiles - specifically among the Fantastix...
The March/April 2008 issue of HOME Magazine features a house tour of a 1938 one story ranch home in the Pacific Palisades. Prior to 1998, when the current owners moved in, the home had been through se...
Since we're in the middle of Bathroom Month, it's time for a confession. I have been obsessed with the marigold-like color of my shampoo bottle for over a year. It's cheeriness is perfect in the morni...
What: Facade of a pet hospital
Where: Grand Avenue in Oakland
When: Sunday, March 16th, 10:30ish pm
Why: Fantastic repeating pattern and amazing contrasting texture with a cool and slightly creepy o...
"Minimal yet packed with functionality". If your home office also happens to be your living room, and cable management is an issue for you, check out Gregory's review of the BlueLounge SpaceStation ...
Chrome fixtures are common in bathrooms, but they can be made very modern when paired with gray walls and a clean-lined tub. Click below for modern bathrooms in silver and gray, ranging from super-s...
We can't say enough how happy we are when we see our local favorites really bringing it design-wise. So when we ran across Weego Home's booth at CA Boom our hearts swelled with pride. They had these...
Hello AT,
It's sad, very sad.
My beloved pups ate every end of both of my Eames rocker feet.
Do you guys know where I can find replacements?
DWR doesn't seem to know and I haven't heard back f...
Made of ash plywood, Netwerch's Bet bed can be assembled without any tools and bolts. The 11 pieces slot together easily. Perfect for guests -- and oh, so much better than an inflatable bed....
This week, Curees are decluttering their kitchen. A few years ago, while decluttering our own kitchen during the first Week Two, we put our everyday stainless steel flatware in the Outbox. We starte...
Please go to our new link for The Future Perfect.
If you talk about design in Brooklyn at any length, The Future Perfect will come up. With borough bustling with design talent, it is surprising tha...
We spent some time Sunday speaking to Elena Kowalski (above), designer for Mesa. A recent graduate of Pratt, Elena is helping to totally reinvent......
Yeah, we here at AT:LA have fondness for the skateboard aesthetic...partially due to fond memories of our skating years, but also because of their graphical aesthetic. Here's another example of the sk...
AT:SF, I bought an Italian TV stand at Oriac Design, which is no longer in business. It has a STAINCO caster on it and I need 4-27" brushed metal legs to marry up to the caster and table - any sugge...
We're not ones to buy useless products, but have to admit that we've grown to appreciate the utility of a small bottle of air freshener in the bathroom.
At both the place where we do yoga each morn...
Hardwood floors in the bathroom?! Can this be? We know that it's possible (as evidenced above) but should we be so bold as to tempt the water gods with this choice of flooring?
Jump down to see why...
We've been noticing maps everywhere since we saw Elizabeth's Maps as Makeshift Wallpaper post. What a pleasant surprise to see such beautiful reproductions of vintage maps at kar'ikter on Sutter S...
On the north side, this 6 month old Memory Foam queen mattress is for sale. It comes with a removable washable cover.
Apartment Therapy Furniture Classifieds are open for your business in our Shop...
Peggy at DesignFormuLA posted this image that she took while checking out some of the shops on Abbot Kinney in Venice this past weekend. She saw this exhilarating display of colorful vintage hand blow...
This apartment in the United Nations Plaza building was recently featured in The New York Times T Style Magazine. As usual, author Pilar Viladas covers the cream of the housing crop. The story's foc...
A week ago Monday we sent out Matt's latest, juiciest PlantTherapy posts, so that our email readers would realize that he's doing great work on the blog every weekend, while we're all home. And tod...
If you have a huge bathroom, you're in the lucky minority. For most people, bathrooms are the smallest room in the home, which might be one reason that clear bathroom accessories are so popular. The...
One of our friends has a similar alcove for her bed in her loft, and we're thinking this would be a pretty neat idea to give her bedroom area some distinction.
[ Photo from Elle Interiör ] ...
Visitors and residents of South Pas, get ready to curb your language! Thanks to 14-year-old McKay Hatch, South Pasadena is now a cuss-free zone. What does that mean exactly? Well, if you throw an f-...
We've always liked these and thought they made a lot of sense for the home. Sabrina in Midtown is selling her Kartell Partner Office Desk at a very good price so someone else can get organized and wo...
Nice, simple, classic. There's a Jasper Morrison Glo Ball pendant lamp, modern over in Albany, looking for a new home.
Click here to view these in bold below...
All good things.... SKGR had come to hate our morning ritual of obsessively photographing the tube so much, that she was not sad to see it all end this morning.
Toothpaste Bowl Slideshow
Alas, fo...
Matt is looking for some info on a DIY project: I am currently refinishing my bathroom, and it has these great sinks set into marble counter tops. The whole thing is from 1951 and the marble is very...
Spring is right around the corner, why not brighten up your home with these occasional chairs on the cheap? They look a lot like Modernica's easy chair, but for about 1/10th of the price--for both. $...
Hello AT,
We're looking for a loft ladder...maybe someone can come up with a great solution.
Not sure if the picture is clear, but the door on the left is for the bathroom, the sliding door on the r...
We are very close to making a big purchase: buying a new mattress. Based on one giant, glowing recommendation from a friend, we are strongly considering the Tempur-pedic mattress, but thought we'd run...
We're always on the lookout for sofa beds and beds with storage. This new option from IKEA has both......
One of the big trends that we're seeing in the tabletop/serving area of the Home and Housewares show is the mix of natural materials with really bold, very UN-natural colors and finishes. A prime exam...
March 18, 2008
I'm a big supporter of new design, young design and smart design. Always have been. There's something about the designer's mindset of always wanting to tinker with things a...
March 19, 2008
Small print and textile design shops have been making a comeback in the last five years as folks have been looking for more and more original designs with a handmade touch....
We just found this photo in our SF Flickr Pool. Barbara writes, My grandmother's milk glass bud vase, spider mum and three of my paintings. We love the way that although the paintings are modern a...
AT:Chicago reader Eric sent us photos and the info on a really nicely pulled together modernization of a vintage Chicago apartment. The owners brought simple, minimalist good looks to their condo and ...
How To Install Invisible Shelves
Despite the trying-too-hard-wiener-dude-attitude vibe of the video, the actual how-to instructions shown are very clear and detailed. Just watch your hands/fingers wh...
One of our guilty secrets is... that we love this weekly feature that they do over at Curbed. They show some photos of a home for sale, divulge a couple of details, and it's time to play PriceSpott...
AT:SF, I just moved into an apartment in Portland... I am looking for a place, (online or in store) to find cool, unique or vintage round rugs for my living room. Anyone know some websites of places...
Ikea Hacker has an impressive example of someone who took advantage of an affordable resource that resulted in an expensive looking finish. Scrounging through the scrap pile of a local large format gr...
BlindCaveFish replaced flowers with this sprouting onion - we like it!
Week Two already! Week One just seemed to fly by, but we got everything done and see from your comments and our flickr group that...
What makes tile modern? That's the question that modwalls seems to answer. Not only are the tiles hipper than hip, they're modular, natural and sustainable.
...
The story behind the title of this article from the Oregonian last week is the matching playhouse on the grounds of the colonial-style home, built in 1932 and remodeled by Jennifer and Justin Leona...
While we like the idea of coasters, we're not very good about using them. Or trivets for that matter. Which is why we were happy to find this quick and easy tip for removing the inevitable white rin...
The Container Store has some nice accent pieces for a bamboo bathroom. We like the Bamboo Lattice Organizers, made from split bamboo with rattan stitching. In a spa-style bathroom, these would fit i...
We love art in the bathroom, and definitely think that bathroom-themed art doesn't have to be bad. So we love this print from Etsy seller Doodle and Hoob - "medicine cabinet for SAD afflictee." We w...
We always have loved the silhouette of the tree outside our house on the curtains. Every morning it's so beautiful to see the shadows it makes. When we saw this print on these curtains, we thought thi...
Perhaps it's all the cherry blossoms, but for some reason we've been on a bit of a blush kick lately. We recently saw these resin bathroom accessories and snatched up the wastebasket to add a hint o...
John sent in a good question: "I find a lot of the modern upholstered seating to be very bold and appealing. The only concern I have is how it holds up over time.... I don't want to be paranoid about...
We've got one of those water heaters that sound like a miniature percussion contest is occurring within it's metallic confines...loud snaps, deep gurgles that sound like Grandpa using Listerine, and p...
Because the bathroom gets so steamy, it isn't the greatest place to have wallpaper or even any framed bits of paper or artwork. So if painting the walls isn't your thing, try hanging a large scale pi...
Architect's Name: Jennifer Beningfield
Location: London, UK
Size: 600 sq ft
Renovation completed: Fall 2007
Enter Slideshow
"Very calm and relaxing -- that was the brief," says London-based South ...
We're not sure what these are exactly, but we're strangely drawn to 'em. They look like stair pillows, or maybe a crafty storage solution to stow away slippers? Either way, we love the texture and co...
Bringing some nature inside can add a huge boost of the good feelings we want to have at home. The delicate bronze branches and equally fragile porcelain blooms on David Wiseman's latest sculptures l...
Displaying the beautiful and curious things we've collected — from artwork to mementos to cast-off discoveries — is luxury we find necessary to personalize our homes. Roost has the most optio...
#1: Bathroom from the Glass Block shopGreen is a fantastic, calming color for any room in the house. For bathrooms, we searched a wide range of hues and styles, and wonder which reigns the supreme gre...
Last October we slinked to the Tehama Grasshopper Residence, a SOMA warehouse-turned-green-mixed use-building. We're excited to see more photos of it in Metropolitan Home....
Hello AT,
The people who lived in our house before us had a stick-on corner shelf in the shower.
What's left is this eye-sore. Do you know a way to remove this?
Also, another question.
I see mor...
the junk closetNothing makes you realize your faults more than showing your home. We're moving in May and a few people have stopped by to look at our apartment. As much as we'd like to think we're gr...
We've talked about their wall applications before and we were totally taken with Wallter's set of mobiles. Originally intended for children, we say it's a waste to not share a bit of whimsy with adul...
There isn't a lot of information about it yet, but designer Marcel Wanders has created a bling-ful collection of jewel-inspired bathroom hardware for Aquaplus and Bonomi.
Via: Trendir....
OXO was showing the full line of Candela lighting at their booth at Home and Housewares this year. OXO recently acquired the line from Vessel and are starting to show and ship the pieces. Some good ne...
While at Target over the weekend, I eventually ended up in the toothbrush aisle searching for a particular brand/model I tend to horde whenever I can find it (I'm going to be greedy and not share, as ...
AT:SF, In this kitchen picture from IKEA's site, does anyone know how to create the fabric and perspex backsplash? It looks really cool and I have the perfect place in my kitchen for it. Thanks, eve...
We'll be rounding up the highlights from CA Boom 08 over the next couple of days. What a great show and a great turn out. We're so inspired we could take the next 2 years just working on all the pro...
We had people over last weekend. Before the party my husband and I decided to fix a few things that we'd been putting off in our apartment. After just an hour or so of these decorating fixes, our pl...
It was a rainy morning last week coming back from yoga practice. I've seen the market before, but in the rain and without any cars parked in front it stood out.
This palette of three colors is ver...
What we love best about this vintage and modern craft home store is how they organize their products into sets — modest, homey vignettes where all the little details that make the scene are for sa...
If you could have either a steam room or a sauna in your home, which would it be? We just want to be warm, that's all. As for you?
Jump below to cast your vote:...
We first met LA based Reza Feiz last year at the ICFF show. His pieces have classic forms but are injected with just a touch of glamour and shine to keep it fresh and modern. We just came across anoth...
These hanger chairs would be a great addition to my apartment, if only I had closet space to store them! Designer Phillipe Malouin created these hybrid chairs to serve two functions, maximizing use....
Are you still having trouble with that Saturday morning shower? Shave your head or set a timer to make it shorter.
Click for a "clean" paper towel dispenser and grout tips....
We've always liked West Elm's deep framed mirror - it's simple and classic but the shelf-like frame gives it a little something else. While we've seen this mirror in entries and bedrooms, we actually...
je218604's flowers
We're so inspired (and a little floored) by the activity in our Flickr group. The amount of work the Curers are getting done is incredible: painting kitchens, decluttering rooms...
Here's a problem that most of us have faced at some point or another: How do you fit in a bed, a big couch, and a guest room in an apartment? We've touched on it a bit before when we were lamenting o...
tanrazz put these vibrant flowers in the bathroom
Welcome to Week Two of the Spring Cure! You guys were busy this weekend, and trust us, it's going to pay off. This week's a key week. Last week you...
We think good bathroom towels, regardless of price, are a fully justified and simple luxury. You use them every day and beyond a delightful appearance, you want them to WORK, meaning take the water ...
Hello AT,
I just bought my first big-boy sofa - the Lenox sectional from Room and Board.
I am in love with the unit, but have one problem.
The sofa and chase are not attached, and there is a spac...
We were perusing some online inspirational galleries when we spotted this beauty of an idea. We immediately thought of this post from a while back on using maps as makeshift wallpaper. We love the i...
Chicago Tribune Magazine Home Design Issue 03.16.08
The editors of the Chicago Tribune Magazine did a round up of twenty things for the home in Sunday's Home Design Issue entitled "20 Things We Love". We agree that some are pretty lovable...and a coup...
This giant table (it seats 10-12) is handcrafted of solid Appalachian black cherry. Its modern take on a rustic staple is evident in the criss-crossed leg braces. The Centerbrook Table is exclusive ...
We've always loved those action films where a "cleaner" would be sent in to "clean up the mess" of another assassin, partially because they undoubtedly always have an attaché case filled with "soluti...
We keep saying we're so over wall decals...and then we see those from Harmonie Interieure -- or these from Yneko, and we fall for them all over again. In fact, Yneko's stickers aren't just for wall...
We owe a great big Thank You to AT readers, Molly and Pam, for introducing us to The Sweden Shop. This quaint but unbelievably roomy shop is a wonderland of Scandinavian home design.
It's expected...
It's not uncommon for many of us to find inspiration from some of the great hotels we've stayed in or seen in magazines...The Parker Palm Springs, The Viceroy, Hotel Fox, Ace Hotel... Motel 6? Last we...
Pic by Jason Schmidt
Just over a week ago we wrapped up with week with a collection of top posts that buzzed the blog and went to dizzying heights: Hot House Tours, Best Night Lights and Sleeper Sofa...
Looking through our Chicago Cure Flickr Pool last night, we came across a nice surprise: Meg and Ross have made a couple of changes to their bathroom. We blogged their bathroom earlier this month an...
Name: Dante
Location: East Soho/North Chinatown
Size: 500 sqft
Favorite: The window boxes full of box hedges (a little bit of Hamptons overlooking chinatown).
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We visited Dante i...
We've just discovered Jenny Gordy's lovely blog Wiksten-Made a few days ago. In addition to showcasing her very cute fashion line, she also gives us glimpses of her wonderful home and DIY projects. ...
Ain't it pretty?
When lacquer furniture came roaring back into vogue a few years ago, no one jumped on the bandwagon harder than Jonathan Adler.
Or, some might argue, he was instrumental in bring...
AS SEEN ON TV! Yes, the infamous Ginsu has a booth at the gigantic Home and Housewares show, currently in full swing here in Chicago. We spent the day there yesterday with Chris and Faith from The Kit...
Yet another victim of a move: an Authentic Eames Molded Plastic Rocker - Black purchased from DWR (see the actual chair in the listing).
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Vanessa sent us an email: I am remodeling my kitchen and am looking for a supplier that sells butcher block counter tops, the closest I've found online is John Boos and Company in Effingham, Il. Anyth...
If you think DWR is overpriced, this might be the deal for you: it's a clean modern couch in a versatile gun-metal grey that's only 3 years old and priced at $500. The fabric's been faded a bit by t...
Hello AT,
I need help. In my daughter's bedroom we have a built in wall unit that is about 12 years old.
I would like to save it if possible and fix it up.
Part of the wall unit is housing for ...
This expansive duplex is located in one of the Richard Meier towers on the far west side. With glass walls and a western exposure on the Hudson River, the apartment gets amazing (almost too much) li...
This is a great room - in large part because of the veggie-dyed hemp rug (available from Classic Rug) anchoring the natural, simple overall look. This time last year (March '07), Domino profiled a few...
LOTS of good stuff in the AT:Chicago classifieds today! Michael in Grand Rapids has listed two chairs: the Louis Ghost for $250 and the La Marie for $200.
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Last night, we had a HUGE wind storm in Pasadena. It was pretty intense (I had to take my puppy out three times in it, and kept looking at the electrical wires hanging above my head and telling her t...
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