Apartment Therapy - Archive for the week of 2008-04-06

NY Spring Cure: Week Five - Weekend

Shimelle is teasing us with "sneak peaks" of the studio she's dramatically improved. It's not done yet... Survey results of the week: Quote of the Day from PolkaDot: "I'm still working in the offic...

PlantTherapy: Saturday Morning Flowers (the evening edition)

Carnivorous plants seem to get a bad rap - but they have an abundance of beauty and character (so what if it comes from digesting flies?). Pitcher plants (Sarracenia) are very, very cool. I think ...

SF Hot Posts: 04.12.08

Northwest #2: Erin & Danny's Little Slice of the City Hot, hot, hot this week: Northwest contest entries, how to make a floor plan, small-scale modern dining chairs, and an update to a House Tour. W...

SF Scavenger: Antique Legal Stacking Barristers Bookcase 7' 3" Tall by 35" Wide for $150

We usually don't post Scavenger on the weekend, but while surfing Craigslist just now, we came upon this total and complete steal:...

Downtown Santa Cruz Antique Street Faire

You might want to take advantage of our sudden spring-like weather, and take a little drive down to Santa Cruz this weekend. Not that anyone ever needs an excuse to go over the hill (so to speak), bu...

PlantTherapy: AT Plant Roundup

Dinosaur terrariums! A roundup of plant and flower-related posts from the AT sites from the past week. This week there were dinosaurs lurking in the foliage, trees hiding in cans, flowers at the tab...

Small Cool Update: 38 Entries So Far & Final Weekend to Enter

We've completed week two of this years contest and 38 small cool living spaces have been in the spotlight, BUT we are hoping to receive lots more before the Monday deadline. C'mon Chicago, Atlanta, De...

PlantTherapy: Saturday Morning Flowers

Dendrobium peeking out of the message box It has been great to receive photos from other people enjoying cut flowers - and we decided to continue to share some of what has been gracing our inbox (alt...

LA House Tour: Glen's Living Large In a Small Space

Name: Glen Dake Location: Los Angeles, CA Size: 900 sq/ft Years lived in: 10 years, owned >> Enter Slideshow The wonderful thing about Los Angeles is you just don't know what's behind those street...

Close-Up!: Julie and Andrew's Chalkboard Wall

It's been a while since we posted our House Tour: Julie and Andrew's Art-Filled San Francisco Abode, but that doesn't mean we've forgotten their kitchen wall....

AT Book Alert: Update on Marilyn and Peter

Name: Marilyn and Peter (The Franks and F2) Home Then: Ranch Style House in Skokie Home Now: 2 bedroom Duplex Condo in Albany Park, Chicago Marilyn and Peter's former home is one of the 40 feature...

Smallest Coolest Contest Reminder and a 2007 Flashback

April 14. That's just a few days away from our Smallest Coolest contest deadline. Don't delay and miss out on the chance to win one of the over $10,000 in prizes we're giving to national and regional ...

Northwest #5: Teddy's Warehouse

PLEASE NOTE: Due to yesterday's server crashes, we'll be extending the voting period of the previous entries commensurate with the outage time. Enter Here: Contest Page & Entries Name: Teddy Locatio...

Just In: Vintage Chair Auction This Weekend

We just read this in the Open Thread and had to pull it out for everyone to see - looks like there is a big chair sale going on in Madison this weekend......

Look! Manhole Cover Outdoor Table

Not that we want any of your to start stealing manhole covers throughout the city, but we wanted to point out this notable found-object-turned-outdoor-furniture idea from ATLA's most recent house tour...

Hot or Not?: Chair by Maarten Baas

Chair by Maarten Baas...

Felt Good

We’re having a felt moment. Jumpstarted by coveting our friend's new slippers, it was underlined yesterday by Danielle’s Felt Clock post over at ATSF. Suddenly the fabric, despite its unseasona...

Good Quotes: Shape Your Dwelling

We shape our dwellings and, afterwards, our dwellings shape us - Winston Churchill ...

Small Space Inspiration from Knoll

Knoll is a classic manufacturer of Mid-Century and contemporary designs, and although their prices are steep the quality is impeccable. We love clicking over to fantasize about furniture, but they a...

SF Spring Cure: Week Five Check In

jessica anne matthies has some gorgeous new roses on her mantle this week Are everyone's offices feeling cleaner and more organized yet? Who's attempted the Media fast, or are you saving it for the w...

SF Open Thread 106

perfect light gray blue paint, stained bar tops,cute chairs in the city, and a new store in berkeley......

CHI Good Questions: What Color to Paint this Chest?

Megan is looking for some color suggestions: "I have a nice but traditional looking 5 drawer chest that I'm stuck with. It was my bedroom furniture when I was in middle school/high school and has fou...

Southwest #10: Kelly and Josh's Work in Progress

Enter Here: Contest Page & Entries Name: Kelly and Josh Location: Los Angeles, CA Size: 744 sq. ft. apartment Rent/Own: Rent What is the advantage of SMALL? Small living constantly forces us to go t...

Suburbia: Stacy Arezou Mehrfar, James Robinson & Tony Mendoza

Title: Garage, 2002 Photographer: Stacy Arezou Mehrfar Gallery: Meter "& Light" is a weekly celebration of photography, light and home with pics by our readers and friends (all info below)...

Reading Monkey Bookends at Wrapables

We know, we know, these are odd and kind of old fashioned. But many a LACK shelf could use a sense of humor and a touch of kitsch. These deliver....

LA Good Questions: Help My Dingy Kitchen Rental!

AT reader Erika managed to nab an apartment in a great location for a decent price--the only problem is that the apartment is old, and had not been well-kept. She says: I just moved into my new apart...

AT Europe: Paris - Designer Rental Apartments

Following in the footsteps of fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa, whose luxury rental apartments 3 Rooms opened a few years back in the same building where he lives and works, Stella Cadente designer St...

SF Good Questions: Window Treatments for My Patio Doors and Windows?

click here for more pics of Helena's great apartment in Rome AT:SF, I am really stuck on choosing a window treatment for my patio doors and windows... ...

Organizing with Kolo

We are in serious need of better organization for all of our old photo albums and boxes of loose photos, letters, and cards. The Kolo line of fabric albums and storage boxes offers simple, attractive ...

Modern Phoenix Expo and Home Tour
East Valley Tribune

Last weekend was the Modern Phoenix Expo and Home Tour. The East Valley Tribune has a great "soundslide" (slide show with narration) of three of the mid-century modern homes in Scottsdale that were on...

Recycled Rubber Tire Tubs at Design Within Reach

Our previous posts on recycled tire tubs and pots and baskets and buckets were extremely popular with our readers. Among the new items available from Design Within Reach are two sizes of recycled ti...

Jeana Sohn at Giant Robot

We're big fans of Jeana Sohn's artwork and harbor a massive crush on her hand-painted eggs. We're thrilled to see that they'll be making their way up to our neck of the woods for a group show at Gia...

Stuff on Sale at Murco Recycling

We've blogged Murco Recycling before, and clicking over to their site today, we noticed that a lot of items are on sale. Their inventory is harvested from demolished buildings, and you can bid on or...

NY Good Questions: Window Covering Solution for Our Bedroom?

Dear AT, My boyfriend and I rent an apartment that has four--count 'em, FOUR--sets of oversized vertical blinds. Yes, four sliding glass doors. Don't know why. But, they're there, and our dog Fin...

Boston House Tour: Dee's First Apartment - A Study in Details

This is from our Boston finalist, Alyssa. Comment away! Name: Dee Location: Harvard Square, MA Size: 549 sf Years Lived: 1.5 years Own/Rent: Own >> Enter House Tour Slideshow Few things are more...

SF Reader Tip: Sale at In Your Element

Juliette Modern Rug by Nani Marquina SF reader Holly wrote in to let us know about a store moving sale: In Your Element at 16th and Kansas in Potrero Hill had signs on its windows Wednesday saying th...

Best of Three: Glass from Iittala

Glass pieces from Iittala - three different designers, three different uses, similar price points (for certain sizes) - all beautiful. Which one would you choose for beauty, design longevity and val...

CHI Open Thread: 105

TGIF - Any plans for the weekend? Hello to AndreaU, Big Dane, and Suewanda!...

How To: Prettify a Plain Tealight Holder

Patricia is a graphic designer and mom who just posted this great DIY project on her blog, Little Hut. The decoration around a simple glass votive holder casts beautiful shadows to up the impact of...

East #16: Heather's Leafy Oasis

Enter Here: Contest Page & Entries Name: Heather Location: Lower East Side, NY Size: 400 sf Rent/Own: Own What is the advantage of SMALL? Living in a small home forces you to select and display only...

Tile Vault: Black and White Hex Tile Stripes

• What: The ladies' room at Ritual Coffee Roasters • Where: San Francisco's Mission District • When: Photo taken on Thursday, April 3rd at 3:45 pm • Why: The black-and-white stri...

Northwest #4: Frances' Sunny SF Studio

PLEASE NOTE: Due to yesterday's server crashes, we'll be extending the voting period of the previous entries commensurate with the outage time. Enter Here: Contest Page & Entries Name: Frances Locat...

The Gallery: Josh Moulton

April in Lincoln ParkWe discovered the paintings of Josh Moulton during a recent visit to Uncommon Ground's new location on Devon Avenue. The urban landscapes and Chicago-centric visions in Moulton's ...

The Architecture of John Lautner
LA Times 4.10.08

In addition to yesterday's article about the Harpel House renovation, the LA Times also put up a great slide show retrospective of some of John Lautner's amazing homes built in Southern California. Ma...

Hot or Not? Rock Collection Carpet by Arik Levy

Arik Levy's Meteorand Rock series of furniture has spawned a new rug collection with Tai Ping Carpets. Set to debut at the upcoming Milan Furniture Fair, the new free-form design is a limited editio...

Velvety Broccoli and Feta Pasta
From The Kitchn: Food, cooking, and nourishment at home

It's spring, and at The Kitchn we are enjoying the return of fresh spring asparagus, greens, new fruit, and delicate berries. We welcomed spring back into our kitchens with this fresh, easy green past...

Kijiji Free Local Classifieds

We're big fans of Craigslist - most of the furniture in our house has been bought through the bare-bones online classifieds system and we've also had a lot of luck selling the pieces we've grown tire...

CHI Spring Cure: Week Five - Weekend

quinxx's clean entryway is lovely and could be even better with plants or a little wall color We're at the end of Week Five! We hope you took this week to try out some healthy habits at home, like ...

For Sale (and a Warning to Pet Owners!): Two Sago Palms

I considered posting this in the Scavenger section, but then decided it might be better to expand upon why I'm putting up my two sago palms up for sale. Yesterday, Nan got a stung by a bee on her muz...

NY Good Questions: Is Installing this New Shower Rod a Good Idea?

Dear AT, I am considering getting one of those fancy curved shower curtain rods to spiff up my bathroom, but have a concern. Apparently these rods are meant to be installed a few inches further in...

Tree Poster at Little Paper Planes

We're just getting around to finally decorating our walls. It's been a long, long journey but we're so pleased to be showcasing some lovely prints in our home. This is the latest beauty we picked up...

LA Spring Cure O8: Week 5 - Weekend

aimeeroo started her outdoor planting.Because our home office doubles as our living room, this week’s tasks are absolutely necessary to keep order. Our taxes are done so we’re looking forward to ...

Midwest #7 - Brian & Christina's Treetop Bower

PLEASE NOTE: Due to yesterday's server crashes, we'll be extending the voting period of the previous entries commensurate with the outage time.Enter Here: Contest Page & Entries Name: Brian and Chris...

AT DC: Rckndy - "Sweet Decor" in the U Street Corridor

This is from DC finalist, Rachael. Comment away! >> Enter Rckndy Slideshow Rckndy (pronounced Rock Candy) offers quirky but practical home decor for small spaces. Although handguns are banned in ...

Southwest #9: Gretchen's "The Place I Call Home"

Enter Here: Contest Page & Entries Name: Gretchen Location: Santa Monica, CA Size: 550 sq. ft. apartment Rent/Own: Rent What is the advantage of SMALL? Less is more, and if you can recreate your des...

AT Book Alert: Victoria's Blog

Walk on over to sfgirlbybay, where Victoria has a sneak peek of our new book this morning. (Well, okay, the book's just hit stores, so it's not really a sneak peek.) Her BoMo Pad is one of 40 homes f...

East #15: Petie's Gramercy Pad

Enter Here: Contest Page & Entries Name: Lydia Location: NYC Size: 600 sf Rent/Own: Own What is the advantage of SMALL? Small is liberating. Why? When you want to change, the smallest change makes t...

CHI House Tour: Amy's New Place in West Rogers Park

Note: Due to the server crashes yesterday that made the slideshow for this tour unviewable for much of the day, we are re-publishing today - Enjoy! Name: Amy Location: West Rogers Park, Chicago, IL...

Look! Seed Embedded Gift Card Sprouts Real Lavender

Our good friends over at Craft recently blogged about Etsy seller recycledideas' amazing handmade embossed cards for their unique seed-embedded feature. The "Scraped From the Barrel" collection are ha...

Flybrary Bookshelf at Umbra

We couldn't bring ourselves to do this to our books, but perhaps you're more blase about them than we are. Check out the way Canadian House & Home made Umbra's Flybrary Bookshelf into a bedside table...

Lamps Inspired by Vintage Film and Photo Equipment
LA Times 4.10.08

Yesterday's LA Times Home & Garden section also included an interesting round up of the current design trend of lighting that takes it's cues from old Hollywood stage equipment. Check out a few after ...

Chair Eye Exam Poster by BlueAntStudio

We're suckers for chair posters. We've posted about the Vitra Chair Poster and DesignBoom's posters that celebrate the history of Folding Chairs and Rocking Chairs. Joel Pirela of BlueAntStudio recent...

AT's Big Thursday Give: Over 400 Pop Music CD's

Congratulations to Jimkk, who won last week's giveaway, New Closets from Astech Closet. Item: Four Bags of CD's - Estimated at Over 400, along with misc. DVD and Video Tapes Description: Okay, th...

SF Scavenger: Queen Size Flou Bed with Storage Base for $2500

We've always coveted a Queen Size Flou Bed with Storage Base. Someone should snap this up pretty darn quickly. (Check the listing for photos of the actual bed.) Click here to view these in bold be...

Today's Email: The Best Beds with Storage

Last week I emailed on Jim Denevan's huge drawings and photographs (see below), and today I want to get super practical and give you a list of the best beds with storage that I know of. Of course, ...

Multi-Colored Side Chairs

Browsing the Maine Cottage website, we spotted a few photos of dining chairs painted in array of colors. We really like the look - with the right chairs, it could be a good way to do something diffe...

Flickr Find: Ramonah's Seating Cabinet

To be honest, this photo threw us for a loop. We weren't sure what this cabinet was for until we took a closer look and read the caption: "Instead of having a sofa, I used to have this for awhile......

NY Most Popular Posts: Small Cool Galore, DC Living, Spring Cure and Hot Stuff from Ikea - 04.11.08

Small Cool 2008 East Coast Entry #8: Trilby's New York Minute Retreat This week's Hot Posts drew you in and inspired great discussion. Thanks for getting involved, and staying involved, in our commun...

Atomic Age Retro Wallpapers by Bradbury & Bradbury

A friend of ours in Michigan is thinking of doing a "feature wall" in their home and they like retro styling...it was thanks to them that we featured these great vintage style doors last year and now ...

LA Scavenger: stunning MID CENTURY MODERN credenza! for $550

We may not be able to get Gregory's January Jumpstart credenza, but AT reader Susie has a pretty phenomenal credenza for sale right now. It's a truly gorgeous piece with two tambour doors and various...

East #14: Kristin's Cozy Village Studio

PLEASE NOTE: Due to yesterday's server crashes, we'll be extending the voting period of the previous entries commensurate with the outage time. Enter Here: Contest Page & Entries Name: Kristin Locati...

CHI Good Questions: How to Remove this Gunk?

Kara needs some advice. Her email says: "Help! I bought a new vintage desk and apparently the previous owner had put some kind of label on the draw (see pic). I put several applications of Goo-B-Gon...

NY Good Questions: Steps For Re-Painting This Table?

Dear AT, I have a question about painting my little side table/landing strip (This table is from IKEA, but my version is a half-round). I am lending this table to a friend who is using it for a gal...

Uto Lighting by LaGranja Design for Foscarini

Made of silicon rubber, the Uto Lamp from Lagranja Design is suitable for indoor and outdoor use. Offering even more flexibility in how it is used, the long silicon "cord" makes it easy to hang, drape...

CHI Scavenger: Room & Board Modular Shelving for $110 each

In River North, these Room & Board modular shelving units are for sale. $110 for each, $440 for all. More great stuff below, including Eames chairs and nesting tables: Apartment Therapy Furniture Cla...

Boston House Tour: Kyle’s Jamaica Plain Gem

This is from our Boston finalist, Kyle. Comment away! Name: Kyle Location: Jamaica Plain, MA Size: 1000 sf Own/Rent: Own >> Enter House Tour Slideshow I've been a serial room-rearranger since I w...

Sale Alert: Jayson Home & Garden

Just got the email - the Spring Upholstery Sale is on at Jayson Home and Garden......

NY Open Thread 612

Now we're really into April...Welcome to Susmita, casiep and tallguylehigh!...

Best Small-Scaled Modern Dining Chairs

Small dining room? You'll need some small and/or delicate-appearing chairs that don't overwhelm. Check out our favorites below the jump. ...

Picture Ledges
Western Interiors & Design

Sometimes you just have to go for the easy solution. Browsing back issues of Western Interiors & Design online earlier, we came upon this page of picture ledges (jump below for close-ups), and we rea...

Before and After: Deck Makeover from Colorama

While compiling today's color combo, we stumbled across Swedish website Colorama, where we found this incredible back porch makeover. Click below for the "before" photo......

Blogging...Inspiration From CASA Korea

We've spent the last half hour perusing through hundreds of inspiring staged interior photos available at Korean decor website, CASA Korea Interior. We picked out some of favourites below the jump, al...

Modern Economy Sale in San Francisco this Saturday

Meg Mateo Ilasco's Modern Economy sales have become somewhat of a phenomenon, to say the least. Shoppers will be descending on Fort Mason Center on Saturday for this year's San Francisco sale (they're...

SF Good Questions: Quality and Service of Custom Sofa Design?

Hi there AT:SF, I am looking to buy a new couch and found a posting on Craigslist for Custom Sofa Design. I was hoping maybe your readers had an idea of the quality and service of this company. They ...

CHI Good Questions: Does a Sectional Need to Be Balanced?

Kathleen sent us an email: "This is a really stupid question, but has caused some confusion on the home front...Does a sectional have to be balanced completely (i.e., pieces measure same size on both ...

Linen and Beech Laundry Basket

It's been a while since we've seen such an attractive laundry basket, and we liked it for a couple of reasons: a) the triangle shape makes better use of a bedroom corner and b) we were getting tired...

10 Ways to Bring Spring Into Your Living Room

With Spring creeping in with a vengeance (the temps predicted to climb into the 80s this weekend!), we thought it was time to refresh our décor to reflect the season. Even if you’re not doing the ...

Tree Growing Kit at Canoe

We've been on a tree planting kick these last few weeks (10, 10-foot Sequoia Redwoods! yes, we're bragging...) and with Earth Day coming up next week, we're thinking about ways to share the forest l...

Color Combo: Green, Brown, and Yellow

So seventies (in a good way). In the Spring Cure, we've seen a lot of people painting their spaces in yellows and greens with natural wood furnishings. It's a great color combo for spring, and we th...

6 Basic Nesting Tables

Modular from West Elm on sale for $129 Yesterday, we blogged a nesting table we’d found at Target that does quadruple duty as end table, low dining table, seating and bookshelf. But even when they ...

SF Weekly Sales Calendar: 04.10.08

"Solid Ground" on Sale at FLORApril Sales... Modern Economy Home & Lifestyle Sample Sale Up to 70% off: See designers here Sat., 4/12, 10:30 am-3 pm SF ...

Charlie's Laundry Powder

Sharilyn of Lovely Design just sent us a glowing recommendation of Charlie's Laundry Powder, an environmentally friendly detergent which she currently trusts for all her baby's cloth washing needs. ...

SFMOMA Artists Gallery

We've yet to get a chance to go over there, but people keep telling us about one of the best parts of SFMOMA, and it's nowhere near SOMA......

Cities Canvas Collection by Granada Design

If you love your town and you love typography, you might just love this new collection of canvas prints by Granada Design. Ten cities are represented with simple and strategically placed black type o...

Felt Clock by Cake

We never much cared what a wall clock felt like before; after all, by definition it's an object for the eyes and not for the hands. But Cake's felt clock makes us realize that an object that looks ...

Stella Table from Zuster

Don’t you hate when you fall in love with someone geographically undesirable? As Gregory pointed out, it’s the same with furniture. We’re a little bit in love with this Stella table – made i...

Look! Mixed Glass Items as Bell Jars

Yesterday, Decor8 introduced the amazing work of stylist Camille Soulayrol. In particular, we loved this image, where she used various types of glasses, jars, and bowls and flipped them upside down to...

Recycled Kitchens from Green Demolitions
The New York Times 4.10.08

Amidst all the luxury kitchen remodels and fanfare for new products, Steve Feldman started the not-for-profit Green Demolitions to make the process of donating a kitchen simple and financially appeali...

NY Good Questions: Design Ideas For My 1/2 Bath?

Dear AT, My husband and I just finished building our house. The tile has been chosen, the cabinets picked out, the faucets selected...now what? Design is extremely important to me, however, I was...

Room & Board Presents: Anders Line by Vermont Furniture Designs

Anders 10-drawer chest at Room & Board Inundated by the signs of mass-production at every turn makes us have that much more respect and admiration for the hand-made. And when we get that type of 'slo...

Habitat's Akiko Pendant Chandelier

Like a giant branch of berries, this organically shaped deviation from the traditional chandelier illustrates minimal doesn't have to be cold......

SF Good Questions: What Do I Do with My Small Balcony?

Hiya AT:SF! Emeryville condo resident with a small balcony that would love to bring some new focus to. Spring has sprung and with summer approaching, I wonder if you guys have any help for those of u...

The Gallery Jim Denney

Gold Paintings, installation A tree grows in Norwood (well, TREES). Introducing artist Jim Denney's precious portraits of trees and other tributes to the great northwest. During the big nyc art show...

Look!: Antique Bed in New Fremont Boutique

Seattle's Fremont neighborhood hardly ever disappoints in its offerings of eye-candy (and attendant strain on the wallet), but it's still a treat to stumble on something so fine, like this 17th cent...

Site Crashola #5

Who the heck is hitting our sites????? Sorry, we get back up again and then - boom! - there's a surge and the servers get knocked out again...... But, as they say at Con Ed - "We're On It." ...

Restored: John Lautner's Harpel House
LA Times 4.10.08

Today's LA Times Home & Garden feature story is a look inside the recently restored Harpel House. It was originally designed by architect John Lautner. If you've never heard of The Harpel House, you'r...

Christopher Peacock Kitchens
The New York Times 4.10.08

Sterling silver knobs and hinges? Who is going to polish them? The high-end kitchens from English kitchen designer Christopher Peacock don't all feature such obnoxious displays of wealth (though som...

Open Studio: Derik's Clay Candyland

A friend of ours recently moved his ceramic studio from San Francisco over to Berkeley. He has a tiny little space that he's gussied up to fit his needs and done a bang-up job of organizing the good...

Use Your Tax Rebate to Boost the Green Economy
From Re-nest: Our site that covers abundant design for green homes

Things you can buy with $600 that will save you money in the long term... ... we run into more manufactured garbage, and uncover a new UV-sterilizing vacuum. ...

Roundup: Honeycomb Patterns in Design

Janel's post on the Honeycomb Vase yesterday reminded us of our love for this pattern and texture in design. Our absolute favorite is David Hicks' classic Hexagon Wallpaper (shown above). Click belo...

Look! Elisabeth's Patterned Bedroom

Our latest obsession: textile designs Fine Little Day's Elisabeth Dunker. We love this Swedish designer's work so much that we had to post a photo of her bedroom! It's a great mix of patterns (some h...

NY Good Questions: Where Can I Find this Sofa in the U.S?

Dear AT, I love this sofa from the Sofa Workshop, a UK store. I can't seem to find anything like it here in the U.S. Do any of the AT readers know where I can find something similar in the U.S? T...

Hot or Not? Heller's "Joe," the Baseball Glove Sofa

Ah baseball season. We grew up in a Yankee family, an ex is a rabid Mets fan and we live in LA, home of the Dodgers, so this time of year it’s all baseball all the time. So, we couldn’t help but...

Alphabetical Paperclips

Such a small detail, but what a noticeable functional improvement these Alphabetical Paperclips are for those of us looking to take our home office paperwork organization one extra step further... ...

Kitchen Upgrades: Faucets, Sinks & Water Filters
The New York Times 4.10.08

More good stuff from The New York Times' Kitchen Issue of Home & Garden. This week's Personal Shopper looks at new products that can update (or replace) the kitchen sink. At left is the sleek and mode...

Woodworking and Custom Furniture by Paul

One of our favorite things about this job is finding people who do what they are passionate about and create beautiful things along the way. Sonoma county-based Paul and Elizabeth Kaiser are definitel...

Extra-Large Ebay Extravagance

Right now we're helping a friend scour the depths of Ebay for a decent Nelson-esque slat bench. Personally, we've never been that big on buying big on Ebay. Relying solely on photos and an unknown v...

NY Scavenger: Louis XVI Style Side Table for $170

We love this pic (left)! Alexander is selling his Louis XVI style side table which he bought in London last year and is in mint condition. As he says, "It's perfect for either a shabby-chic envir...

Help Healthcare Products

Yes, we're design dorks. Yes, we really did spend too much time in Target at one point debating whether or not to buy deodorant because the packaging was incredibly ugly. So we're totally enamored o...

CHI Scavenger: Eames Folding Screen for $1100

In the East Village, an Eames folding screen for $1100. The seller says it is about 10 years old and in A+ condition. Jump below for links to this and more of today's finds: Apartment Therapy Furnitur...

Weekly LA Sales Calendar: 04.10.08

Weego Home Spring SaleApril Sales... WeeGo Home Spring Sale April 10 - May 11th, 2008 20% off any special order upholstery item sale code: "spring08soe" HomeGoods Seaside "St...

Cheap & Green Kitchen Renovation
The New York Times 4.10.08

No stranger to extravagant taste, The New York Times helps keep it real this week with a story on the low-budget kitchen renovation of Brooklyn Heights resident Katherine Belsey Davis. Spending just...

SF Weekly Events Calendar: 04.10.08

Paule Dubois Dupuis at Sacramento's Second Saturday Art WalkArt & Design Events...April is Small Cool Month at Apartment Therapy CCA Spring Arts & Crafts Fair Sat., 4/1...

Gwen, Lautner, Victory Gardens, the 64 Worst Things About LA, and Saying Goodbye to Acres of Books
n. (slingks) Surreptitious web links to other good sites

Here's a Southern California edition Slinks, including CasaSugar's peek at Gwen Stefani's former Los Feliz digs, LAT's feature about the restoration of John Lautner's Harpel house, the 64 worst things...

CorkStore.com

AT:NY mentioned CorkStore a while ago in their review of Jelinek Cork Products, and we recently followed that lead to look for supplies for a project of our own. In our search for small cork sheets,...

Flickr Find: Red and Green Color Combo for A Small Apartment

We tend to avoid putting red and green together for obvious reasons. But after looking through WorldTraveling's photos of her beautiful flat in Japan, we're starting to reconsider this traditional hol...

SF Scavenger: Mid Century Mod Chairs for $199/$279

We have a thing for beautiful chairs these days, and both of these Mid Century Mod Chairs fit the bill. We only wish we had space for them at our place. Click here to view these in bold below...

NY Weekly Sales Calendar: 04.10.08

Brunschwig and Fils Fabric and Wallpaper Sale April Sales... Brunschwig and Fils Sale • Up to 70% off high-end fabric including silk and linen damasks, and wallpaper • Through April 19th...

CHI Sales Calendar: 04.10.08

DWR Free Shipping SaleApril Sales... Design Within Reach Free Shipping Today through April 22 Tree Studios, 312.280.4677, North Ave., 312.482.8661, and Evanston, 847.424.0881 ...

LA Scavenger: Pair Danish Modern Lounge Chairs New Upholstery for $675

Here's a pretty pair of Danish lounge chairs straight from the 60s, except with brand new cushions and upholstery. The frames are in good condition with no breaks or repairs. Also, if you happen to ...

NY Good Questions: Can I Paint Slate?

Dear AT, I have a functional fireplace that is hulking and ugly, with funny Art Deco-ish carvings. It's made out of some kind of black slate-like material, but has been fixed over the years with wh...

Hot or Not? Patterned Chair Legs

Patterned Chair Legs Click below to vote: ...

Kitchen Counter Tops
The New York Times 4.10.08

Today's Home & Garden section of The New York Times focuses on kitchen design. After an interesting discussion on What Is the Best Material for a Kitchen Work Surface? on The Kitchn this week, we we...

AT Chicago is Two!

Time has flown and we've grown a lot since our first birthday. Last year we celebrated by taking a look at the oh-so-scientific surveys that we run to find out about the AT Chicago reader - we are rer...

Site Crashola: Sorry about that...

....But we went down TWICE last night (who leaned against the light switch?). We're back up now, though, and ready to blog away :-). Happy Thursday everyone!...

The Tao of Dow
Metropolitan Home: May 2008

You may have noticed that homes with lots of light and windows and white paint get us every time. Which makes it interesting that we were so taken with this Seattle house full of walnut, blackened st...

Real Estate Superstition: St. Joseph Statues

Our friends are in the process of trying to sell their house in the Bay Area so that they can return to the land of AT:LA, where warmth and jobs await. When we mentioned to them that they should get ...

6 Uses for Wallpaper Not Including Hanging It on the Wall

We've been blogging a lot of wallpaper lately. It's a great way to add sparkle to a room. After the job's done though, we're left with the scraps. Of course, we keep some of them to use as patch bu...

Human Touch HT-1470 Back Massage Pad In The Test Lab

Product: Human Touch HT-1470 Back Massage Pad Designer: Human Touch Price: $199 Rating: Recommend* Who doesn't love massages? We sure do, especially since we're on our softening behinds all day (tryi...

Small Space Home Office

Our home office is almost all paperless, so this would work perfectly for us. It actually makes us wish we had just a little pass-through between rooms (okay, it would be nice if we also had separate...

SF Good Questions: Where Can I Find a Similar Lamp?

AT:SF, Does anyone know where I can find a similar lamp? Thanks! -Mindy...

Furrow Parkade Pendant Light by Propellor Design

Propeller Design, the Vancouver-based design group that brought us the Galliano a while back, wows us again with this bamboo pendant light....

7 Coffee Tables with Storage

Kyoto from PlushpodLiving rooms collect a lot of the detritus of daily life which, when left scattered around, feels messy and cluttered instead of homey. A small pile of coffee table books? Yes. A...

IVY Hooks from Rare Device

We've seen the IVY hooks before on blogs, but never thought too much of them until we saw them in person at Rare Device in San Francisco. We love the way they can be positioned as a traditional hook...

Inspiration: Blofield's Chateau, Our Dream House

Hearing that the next James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, is slated to open November 7th, we were reminded that one of our dream homes is Blofield’s chateau from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service......

The Carbon Copy Chair by Bertjan Pot

We just spotted this prototype for a chair by Bertjan Pot -- he of the lovely Random Light -- and were intrigued. ...

IKEA Decorated Train in Kobe, Japan

We suppose it was inevitable that IKEA, that lovely big blue box of home decorating, started showing their wares in other venues. But when we saw photos of their showcase train in Kobe, done as a stun...

Rococco Blackboard Frame

Perhaps it's the residual images from the Louis-inspired furniture from Ikea we posted yesterday but we've got a little Rococco on the brain. Given our love of decals and our love of chalkboard paint...

CHI Good Questions: Paint Color Too Bright?

Colleen sent us an email: "Help! I painted one wall in my living room Hallowed Hush by Behr. It is a teal color and looks a bit darker than these pictures show. I am concerned it is too bright and obn...

How To: Fix a Sagging Mattress

We love our W Hotel Mattress by Simmons. It's the comfiest bed we've ever slept on. But my side is actually starting to get a little depressed. And I'm not talking about Morrissey "every day is like S...

AT Europe: Elle Décoration on How to Make Your Bathroom More Like a Room

Most of us don't have the space to make a room of the bathroom as in this lovely photo from French Elle Décoration. But it's an inspiring reminder to treat the bathroom like another room with decor...

The Green Home Guide

The ultimate one stop source. This website offers pretty much everything you need to know to make sure your home is up to par - environmentally speaking, that is. ...

NY Spring Cure: Week Five - Home Office

I had to post these flowers: Week 3 flowers that Lindsey got from Costco. There's more there, however, as she repainted her bedroom and filled the outbox. From SuzieGoombs: I think another reason I'...

Metro Nesting Cubes at Target

While doing some research, we came across these nesting cubes at Target. What seems boring and prosaic becomes, like many things, more interesting on a closer examination......

Painting Class at Caro d'Offay Gallery

For those with an itch to paint, this just in from painting instructor Aaron Delehanty: ...

Inspiration: Rustic Headboard
Living Etc. May 2008

Normally, whenever we see anything "white washed" (or I guess "pickling" or "liming" could be another term), we usually associate it with the "shabby chic" / cottage look. While there's nothing wrong ...

Reo Lounge Chair & Ottoman: Modern Rattan from Selamat

The descriptors modern and wicker aren't usually found describing the same thing. The Reo collection from Selamat is an exception. With graphic lines and clean-lined cushions, Reo was designed by Mi...

Northwest #3: Lana's Coffee Capital Digs

Enter Here: Contest Page & Entries Name: Lana Location: Seattle Size: 605 sq. ft. Rent/Own: Owned apartment What is the advantage of SMALL? I can clean it in 30 minutes or less! ...

How To: Incorporate a TV into Your Living Room

A TV can be viewable without being the sole focal point in a room. Here, it’s easy to curl up on the couch to watch movies alone or with a few friends. When company's over the TV recedes into the ...

Hot or Not?: LED Lighting as Underwear

From Puff-Buff: Cloth Lamp with LED Diods system. Rechargeable accumulator and flexible acryl/textile material....

Flickr Finds: Oltremare's Collages

Oltremare is a member of the Spring Cure. We've seen a little bit of her dining room, but we got really excited when we started to see her artwork popping up in Flickr. She's been using collages to ...

Magnetter Key and Letter holder by Umbra

Seeing Abby's post today about the Coat Rack by Loyal loot, we were reminded of this wall shelf/panel/hook-thing? from Umbra. It's called the "Magnetter" and we think it could be a great candidate for...

Midwest #6 - Rachel's Grad School Getaway

Enter Here: Contest Page & Entries Name: Rachel Location: St. Louis, MO Size: 632 sf Rent/Own: Rent What is the advantage of SMALL? The advantage of Small has been that even on a grad school budget ...

Southwest #8: The White Lodge

Enter Here: Contest Page & Entries Name: Laura Location: Austin, Texas Size: 800 sq. ft. house Rent/Own: Rent What is the advantage of SMALL? Small makes a statement. Every element you choose for y...

NY Good Questions: Decorating Ideas for My Living Room?

Dear AT, I lost most of my possessions in my last place due to a flood. I just moved and this is my living room. I kind of like an earthy look, I like color, not too cluttered. I would like to ma...

SF Good Questions: How Can My Pets and Plants Coexist?

AT:SF, Hello all! I have a lot of houseplants in my home, and looking up some information on the internet, I've found out that most of my plants are toxic to pets... ...

Passing Down Furniture from Tenant to Tenant

Although we love buying things on craigslist, we hate being a seller and weeding through weird emails from potential buyers. We need to get rid of a few pieces of furniture for our move next month. ...

NY Weekly Events Calendar: 04.09.08

Brave Space Design's Coat Range at Brooklyn Designs 2008 Art & Design Events... AT Events: • April is AT's Small Cool Contest! • AT Book Signing Event at Brooklyn Designs 2008 in Dumbo...

Look!: Bird Clothes Pegs

We already thought clothes pegs were cool, be they the modern wood-and-spring ones or the older-fashioned ones that look like a head and two legs. So these are delightful to us....

CHI Weekly Events Calendar: 04.09.08

Marta de Menezes, Functional Portraits, video still, 2003 Art & Design Events... April is Small, Cool month! ...

Weekly LA Events Calendar: 4.09.08

Ryan Kapp @ Cerasoli Gallery Art & Design Events...April is Smallest Coolest Month and The Cure at Apartment Therapy "Schindler's Houses" architectural documentary of Rudolf Schindler ...

Look! Mike Perry's Custom Tape

We recently completed a project (unrelated to AT) with Brooklyn-based illustrator Mike Perry . We've featured his wallpaper designs for Studio Nommo before, and we were excited to receive this custo...

MASH Studios Wall Mounted Desk

Small spaces often call for special solutions. We've written about MASH Studio's LAX system before, but it seemed like a good time to remind readers of one of our favorite pieces, their Wall Mounted ...

Using Orange in Kids' Rooms
From Ohdeedoh: home.design.children

Does orange have staying power in kids' rooms or will it be replaced by the next cool color? If it looks as good as this room we think it will be around for awhile. What else is happening over...

CHI Spring Cure: Mid-Way Through Week Five

Remember steph vixen's snowy porch? This is what it looks like now. Just checking in. We don't have a picture-filled Cure post for you (look for that one on Friday), but we did want to say that we...

NY Good Questions: How Can I Liven Up My Apt.?

Dear AT, I moved into my new place six months ago and am still struggling to find the perfect color combination. Everything looks so washed out, unexciting and dull. One major problem is the tone...

Japanese Love Hotels

When SMALL is a PROBLEM. In Japan, space at home is tight and privacy rare, so love hotels are ubiquitous. But leave it to the Japanese to take interior design to a new level when it comes to rooms ...

Coat Rack by Loyal Loot

If you don’t have your landing strip fully in place yet because you're still looking for a coat rack, consider the coat rack by Loyal Loot. Simple. Functional. Elegant. This is the kind of piece...

Squirrels in the Birdhouse!

One of our favorite weekend rituals is to open the back door, grab a cup of coffee, the newspaper and laze around in the morning sun watching the birds flit around the little house we put up for the...

Honeycomb Vase News

Shortly after posting about the very cool Honeycomb Vases earlier today, we heard from Moss. The vases will we available at (and only at) Moss (150 Greene Street, NYC) and are premiering the week of I...

East #13: Kayla's Hall of Blues

Enter Here: Contest Page & Entries Name: Kayla Location: Cambridge, MA Size: 400 sf Rent/Own: Rent What is the advantage of SMALL? I have all the space I need; I have less space to fill which means ...

LA Good Questions: Salvaging Damaged Leather Couch

Julia writes in with a case of her rambunctious pup mistaking her IKEA couch for one giant red Snausage: I'm looking for a suggestion for fixing/ reconstructing/ redesigning the corner of our couch th...

AT Asia: The IKEA Kobe Train

IKEA is taking their catalog right to the people in Kobe with a decked out monorail train furnished with their brightest selection of seating, window coverings, and an exterior that makes it quite evi...

Dear Deer Trophy-Plate at Unsaleable

If, like us, you're holding strong to the antler trend but sometimes (always?) get creeped out by a real skull fragment on your wall, you should check out Dear Deer by Bernhard Grafl. The traditional...

AT Book Alert: Update on Hakarl and Jili

Name: Hakarl and Jili Home then: Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 550 square feet Home now: same home but with a revamped bedroom Hakarl and Jili have been busy transforming their bedroom since we photograp...

Today's Email: A Great Modern Online Lighting Source

Last week I emailed on my New Favorite Mug, The Bodum Bistro Latte Cup (see below), and today I want to direct your attention to a really good online lighting shop that specializes in the type of fu...

Norman Peterson's Victorian/Modern Renovation
California Home + Design

There seems to be a schism in our fair city between those who adore an old Victorian and those who prefer modern on top of modern. We love Norman Peterson's home because he has managed to meld the two...

Look! Picture Frames Around A Bed
HGTV Find Your Style Episode 209

We love a before and after, and this was the "after" on an episode of HGTV's Find Your Style. They placed artwork on either side of the bed in a "salon style" cluster, creating a unique symmetry... ho...

Minor Mishaps at Home: What's Your Story?

Thankfully no one was standing under our kitchen light fixture. We'd noticed that after our electrician hung our glass pendant fixtures (shown here yesterday, sigh), that the top edge of the hardware ...

Jet Set Seating by Jaime Hayon for Bisazza

This is crazy! We're always excited to see new designs from the mind of Jaime Hayon. If you look closely at the picture above, you'll see that the airplane is a gigantic lounge with a conversation p...

NY Scavenger: Telephone Chair / Gossip Bench Antique Wood Leather for $150

If everything old is new again, then certainly the sight of your lovely self sitting on William E. Smith's Telephone Chair / Gossip Bench talking on your cell phone while sipping a martini would be ...

SF Scavenger: Petrie Sofa from Crate & Barrel for $399

In the Inner Richmond there's a Petrie Sofa from Crate & Barrel looking for a new home. It always gets great reviews by AT readers, so check it out. Keep in mind that this is C&B's photo, and the ...

How To: Green Your Dorm Room

For many people, dorms are the first small home away from family. Dorms also have some green qualities - university housing usually provides compact community living for large groups of people. Still,...

Openings/Closings: Smith & Hawken, Marston & Langinger, Ralph Lauren

Don't say the "R" word in the shelter community, but it seems that a few companies are already feeling the pinch. In the past month we've seen the closing of the Smith & Hawken and the Marston & La...

Look! The Worst Places for Your Health

What do all four of those images have in common? According to MSN Health & Fitness, they're amongst the four unhealthy locations in and around the home. After reading this list, we might move our toot...

The Honeycomb Vase by Studio Libertiny...and Honeybees

Studio Libertiny has collaborated with 40,000 honeybees to create this piece. A reaction to and comment on mass-production, it "concedes the human manufacturing process to something simpler and more b...

CHI Good Questions: What Would You Do?

Mindy's got a dilemma: "My mouth literally dropped when I saw this post today on the lotus panel. I was recently in the Asian "antique" store Wow&Zen in Wicker Park/Bucktown with some clients of mine...

NY Good Questions: Who Do I Ask About Building on a Roof?

Dear AT, Basically we may have exclusive rooftop access on a 4 story apartment building and I am wondering how we go about finding what can be built on the roof. Not sure who is qualified, or if it...

CHI Scavenger: Room & Board Delancy Sofa for $800

In our classifieds, Amy is selling this Delancy sofa from Room & Board for $800. Purchased less than a year ago, the condition is great and Amy is also willing to make a deal including the white shag ...

Biodegradable Planter by Francois Clerc

This expanding planter, Graine de Pot, is the design of Francois Clerc. The design responds to the needs of urban gardeners with limited space for storing pots in the off-season and is made from a bio...

Chicago Design: Hale

A_StoolChicago furniture designer Jonathan Nesci debuted last year at ICFF. His line features five sleek sculptural pieces made from his current material of choice - powder coated aluminum. Jump below...

SF House Tour: Vicki and Jon's Updated Sunset Home

Name: Vicki and Jon Location: Sunset District, San Francisco Size: 1100 sq. ft. Years lived in: 2 >>Enter Slideshow We first got a peek at Vicki and Jon's home a few years back in our annual...

Magnaverde's Scoop: From Small Cool to A Big Shelter Mag

One of the best moments of the Design Meetup last Thursday was hearing the big news from Bart aka Magnaverde, long time AT:Chicago reader and an entrant in last year's Small Cool Contest. It seems the...

Small Cool 2008: There's Still Time for Northwest Entries!

Delight's Cozy Nest for Three This small, cool Montana home was one of our Northwest Semifinalists last year. Three people, 382 square feet. You thought that was small? Well, stay tuned for our House...

LA Good Questions: Betsey Johnson's Convex Mirror?

ATLA reader Jill inquires: Hi Apartment Therapy, I was wondering if anyone can tell me, where I could find a convex mirror like the one in Betsey Johnson's dining room? Preferably something reasonab...

Look! IKEA + Decorative Scrap Paper Box Drawer

Here's any easy DIY inspiration we found via Flickr just using some scrap decorative paper and the IKEA wooden drawer boxes. We saw plenty of beautiful decorative paper in Little Tokyo; we might have ...

The Design 100
TIME Magazine

We're really happy that the newest kid on the AT block, Re-Nest, has made TIME magazine's The Design 100. TIME includes our green site as one of their 10 most influential design websites: Designing a...

Leather Flyswatter by Tarmoset

Passing no judgement on those who do, we personally don't kill any creature that happens to wander inside our home. But as spring approaches, so does pest season, and this flyswatter at A + R Store...

Decorating For Your Dogs

Ah dogs. Man’s best friend can be furniture and decorating’s worst enemy. How to find a happy medium for pet owner and pet alike? Here are some suggestions via Country Living Magazine......

Thomas Jefferson's Alcove Bed

As a kid visiting my grandma in Virginia, I saw just about every Jeffersonian landmark in the area. She lived down the road from Poplar Forest, Jefferson's summer home, and I developed an early appr...

Best Product: IQAir HealthPro Plus

You might be scratching your head wondering what that appliance up above is. At quick glance, it looks like a mainframe computer, circa 1988. But inside the IQAir HealthPro Plus system's industrial ca...

DC House Tour: Helen Makes it Easy Being Green!

This is from DC finalist, Rachel. Comment away! Name: Helen Occupation: Economist Location: Washington, DC Type: 2 bedroom in a Beaux-Arts building circa 1900 Size: 800 sq/ft Years lived in: Owned ...

Amy Butler Designs

Yesterday, when Grace blogged a good question about finding fabric for a Louis XV Revival Sofa, our first thought, like that of some of our readers, was Amy Butler Design fabrics......

Vegetable Garden Using Repurposed Furniture

When we moved out of our last apartment, we left behind a few items that we were too lazy to load on to the truck. Yeah, we know...very poor form. But we also left behind some crazy crafty roommates...

CHI Good Questions: Design Details for the Dining Room?

Dorie sent in a question for all the AT design minds: "I just bought the Andover table and Corbin chairs in cherry from Room & Board and I’m wondering what kind of rug/lighting combo would work best...

Northwest #2: Erin & Danny's Little Slice of the City

Enter Here: Contest Page & Entries Name: Erin & Danny Location: San Francisco Size: 507 sq. ft. Rent/Own: Owned apartment What is the advantage of SMALL? We are forced to live with only the things w...

TileVault: Basket Weave Tile

What: Black and White Basket Weave Tile Where: Meeting House Restaurant, Amagansett, NY Why: We really like this classic pattern for kitchens and dining areas in particular. The cool thing about the...

Look! Twenty-Four Metallic Colored Walls by Marcel Prins

Can't make up your mind on what shade you should paint the walls? You could take a cue from Marcel Prins, an interior designer from the Netherlands. For the Berrington House in Munich, he painted al...

Look!: CD Side Table

So we know you enlightened souls out there would urge us to dispense with CDs and the attendant clutter, but some of us just can't let go, even if our collection is duplicated in iTunes. For the la...

Louis Comes to Ikea: The Trollsta Collection

This curvy sideboard's more Brocade Home than clean-lined Ikea and we're intrigued. With push-to-open doors and a cord outlet in the rear, we'd use this in the living room as well as in the dining ro...

Heather's Bungalow Kitchen Update

Our kitchen has come a long way in the last two months. We still have a long list of things to do, but the good news is we are now cooking regularly on our $99 South Bend six-burner range (yay, Craigs...

Indoor Gardening Tips from a Man Who's Very Scared of Plants
Saturday Night Live

Do your houseplants scare you? Here's a little bit of gardening humour/silliness for a tuesday afternoon. Clip from SNL after the jump... ...

Faux Horn Pendant Light from West Elm

West Elm has recently expanded their lighting options to include more pendants and mounted lighting fixtures. One of the newer additions is this Faux Horn Pendant Lamp that achieves a retro/modern l...

Potters Enclave
Diablo Magazine: April 2008

We've seen open studio signs when driving around West Berkeley before, but it wasn't until we read the article in this month's Diablo Magazine that we realized just how many potter and ceramicists th...

Small Space Solution: Dresser in the Living Room

We've blogged this idea before, but we thought we'd bring it up again for Small Cool month, since it's such a doable solution for a small space. In place of a console table or sofa table, a dresser ...

NY Good Questions: How Can I Makeover My Blue Kitchen?

Dear AT, I would like to put forth my 3 little kitchen dilemma's for the good people on AT to suggest ideas. I have just moved into my little studio apartment in the heart of Chelsea. My kitchen h...

East #12: Wes' Family Farm Inspiration

Enter Here: Contest Page & Entries Name: Wesley (AT Boston Finalist) Location: Boston, MA Size: 450 sf Rent/Own: Rent What is the advantage of SMALL? Living in Boston, in a decent neighborhood, impl...

Hot or Not? Photo Wall Murals

Wall Size Photo Murals - 10ftx8ft - $200Jump below for voting, links and details:...

Southwest #7: Carly's Petit Chateau

Enter Here: Contest Page & Entries Name: Carly Location: Santa Barbara, CA Size: 235 sq. ft. Rent/Own: Rent What is the advantage of SMALL? I was hesitant to enter this contest because most of the e...

AT DC: Go Mama Go!

This is from DC finalist, Sara. Comment away! Take a short walk up 14th Street from Logan Circle towards U Street and you will find an abundance of design stores. Fellow finalist Hillary has alrea...

SF Good Questions: Should I Repaint My Living/Dining Room?

Hello AT:SF! Can you help me? We recently ordered new furniture and with the addition of these pieces, I'm wondering if I should consider a paint color change. The walls in my living room/dining room ...

Asserbo Home by Christensen & Co

Very small and very cool. We found this summer home in Asserbo, Denmark through the Slow Home website. Designed by Christensen & Co Architects, it's essentially a glassed-in platform porch with a ro...

LA Event: Los Angeles Art Weekend April 10-13 2008

Starting this Thursday, April 10, 2008, it's Los Angeles Art Weekend. LA's vast amount of creative talent in art, architecture, design, and film will be highlighted through a series of special events ...

Natural Cleaning with Zamuta Soapnuts

Why haven't we heard of these before? Introduced to the U.S. market in 2004, Zamuta Soapnuts are nuts from India's Rithra tree. The nuts contain a natural detergent (saponin) and can be used in laundr...

Men Create More Housework for Women?

Alright, we're opening a can of worms over here and reporting about a recent study that highlighted what many consider common knowledge: men create messes women end up cleaning up after. BUT, this tre...

Flickr Finds: A Built in With a View
From Unplggd: Our site that untangles your wires

A beautiful desk with fantastic lighting, not to mention a nice big window to gaze out. We can definitely see ourselves being productive sitting at this setup. More from Unplggd after the jump... ...

eiCrate from GO! Pet Design

Well designed pet accessories can be surprisingly hard to find, but for the most part they're out there. The eiCrate is the first time we've ever seen aesthetics applied to a crate, however, and since...

Look! Our Trip to San Francisco

Normally we get our San Francisco fix by reading AT:SF, but last week we got to go in person. We stayed with friends, visited a few gardens, and took snapshots of our favorite details from the homes...

Tying Down Furniture To Your Car?

A few days ago, we were driving on the 134 and saw a woman in her VW Golf with a huge wardrobe sticking out the back. All of a sudden, we heard a snap, crack, and CRASH as the string snapped and sent...

Boston House Tour: The Style of Success – A South End Entrepreneur Shares His Home and Business

This is from our Boston finalist, Melissa. Comment away! Name: Stephen Gross Location: South End, Boston Own/Rent: Owned and run as a B&B >> Enter House Tour Slideshow The Clarendon Square Inn is...

Boston House Tour: The Style of Success – A South End Entrepreneur Shares His Home and Business

This is from our Boston finalist, Melissa. Comment away! Name: Stephen Gross Location: South End, Boston Own/Rent: Owned and run as a B&B >> Enter House Tour Slideshow The Clarendon Square Inn is...

NY Good Questions: Can these Tables Fit Into One Another?

Dear AT, I love to entertain with dinner parties, but unfortunately my tiny NYC apartment doesn't allow for a dining room table. I hate to see my friends with plates of delicious food on their laps...

Adding Softness: 9 Rugs We Like from Overstock

This week, the Spring Curees are considering ways to add in hardness or bring in softness to a room. A good way to add softness, especially in a modern room, with its angular lines and spare furnishi...

Thrift Town

It's not the biggest secret 'round town, but it's often one of the more undervalued resources for surprisingly awesome steals....

Midwest #5 - M. Cole's Red & Yellow Apartment

Enter Here: Contest Page & Entries Name: M. Cole Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Size: 385 sf Rent/Own: Rent What is the advantage of SMALL? My relatively small living space is in a good human scale. ...

Table+Ware: Magnetic Storage

Here's a small space storage idea that would take a bit of trust and mindful planning: INV/ALT design attached small, but insanely powerful neodymium magnets to the bottom of Crate&Barrel ceramics whi...

AT Survey: 1,453 Readers Can't Be Wrong

We'd just like to take a moment to thank everyone (all 1453 of you!) who partook of our first ever survey last month, and congratulations to Britt, who won our $100 Amex giveaway. Not only did we g...

Travelmate Mobile Fireplace

We don't really get how it works, but man is it cool! Imagine taking this out for an evening in the park, or on a rooftop, or... well, the possibilities are endless. More info after the jump....

Look!: IKEA's KROKVIK Chair Hangers in Action

On a recent trip to IKEA, we almost walked right by this ingenious product because we didn't see it. What we did notice, however, was the floating chairs. KROKVIK chair hangers are brackets which mo...

East #11: Eddie's West Village Studio

Enter Here: Contest Page & Entries Name: Eddie V. Location: West Village, NYC Size: 400 sf Rent/Own: Rent What is the advantage of SMALL? It helps curb accumulation.... ...

SF Flickr Finds: Erinowes' Chalkboard

Take a look at this great handmade chalkboard we found in our Flickr account... and then jump below to see how erinowes made it....

Kubo Shelf by Maze International

Here's an idea for those that don't have that much floorspace in the bedroom. This Kubo Shelf by Maze International mounts to the wall and could make a great alternative for a bedside table......

All She Wrote

Known for its stationery and card selection, All She Wrote is also a monogramming megaland. For the monogramming novice, the store offers suggestions and tips for getting things just right. Did you kn...

Stainless Steel Page Holder by Pascal Charmolu

After our earlier post on Umbra's Livroche Bookstand, there was a comment from a reader requesting a less-bulky design for a book holder. The stainless steel design from Pascal Charmolu is remarkabl...

Today's Email: A New Gardening Blog from Someone Surprising

Last week I emailed on a Great Affordable Sofa, The Milo Baughman Design Classic (see below), and today I've got a great link to pass on to you - a new gardening blog by an expert that you wouldn't ...

ColorTherapy: Underwater Blue

To All ColorTherapy Posts Name: G20740 Brand: Fine Paints of Europe This is some of the smartest color design I’ve seen in some time, and I’ll say that because I can’t completely take credit f...

Tyler's IKEA Traby Credenza Hack

When we posted a roundup of wood and white furniture, Tyler from Plastolux sent us a link to his own wood and white IKEA hack. Tyler is a talented hacker - AT:SF featured one of his earlier projects...

Look! Classic Lego Photos by Mike Stimpson

If you're into miniatures, then these Lego photographs might appeal to you. UK photographer Mike Stimpson painstakingly recreates some of the most iconic images only using Legos. And while some of h...

NY Scavenger: Designer Maple Stools for $100

Own a piece of history by purchasing Patrick's Designer Maple Stools (above), which have figured prominently in his apartment during both features here on AT, in books and on television. Patrick ha...

SF Scavenger: Kartell EroS Lucite Chair for $220 OBO

The seller of this Kartell EroS Clear Lucite Chair is willing to take $220 or best offer for this great piece, and is also open to trade. Anyone out there have something good to offer for this iconic...

How To: Take Better Photos for eBay Etc.

Attention all Cure members! Thinking about picking up some cash with the items in your outbox? Going to try Craigslist or eBay? You may not be letting go of a fabulous Elvis decanter, but this new "...

LA Scavenger: FRITZ HANSEN DANISH MODERN SWIVEL CHAIRS for $500

With a little TLC, this pair of Fritz Hansen modern swivel chairs would be a great addition to any home office--especially if it's a shared space. They've been stored in the garage for years and year...

CHI Good Questions: Similar Sofa to the Sahara?

Kim sent in an email: "I was wondering if you might have any suggestions where I could find a sofa similar to this in style? It is the Sahara sofa from Domicile. However, Domicile is located in Linc...

NY Good Questions: Wall Color For Our Living Room?

Dear AT, We're moving, and our new landlord has given us free reign to paint. We've chosen colors for all of the rooms (dark grey with blue undertones for our bedroom, a bright grass green with yel...

Eco-Friendly Textiles by Kravet Green

Eco-friendly (recycled and chemical-free) textile collections from Kravet Green are appropriately inspired by and named after nature's elements: Fire, Earth, Ocean. The organic patterns mirror those t...

Livroche Bookstand from Umbra

We were reminded of Umbra's new Livroche Bookstand when it showed up in an AT:Boston post. First spotted at February's Gift Fair, the design by David Fleishman weighs almost ten pounds. The piece fu...

CHI Scavenger: Platner Coffee Table by Knoll for $2200

A Warren Platner coffee table with a marble top and metallic bronze base is for sale. The seller says,"Base is in great condition, without pitting or rust. Top has two small knicks to the edge and one...

AT Book Alert: Update on Victoria's BoMo Pad

Name: Victoria Home Then: Approx. 800 sq. ft. rented apartment Home Now: Same home but with new paint, new colors, and new pieces Victoria's home is one of the 40 featured in our new book: Apartment ...

Small Space Solutions From an Architect's Tiny Loft
Marie Claire Maison

Architect Philippe Harden's loft is 13 meters (about 42 feet) from end to end, with a total area of 57 square meters (around 613 sq. feet). Not big, in fact, it could easily fit within the dimensions ...

How To: Make a Floor Plan

Over the weekend, an AT regular -- and future Small Cool Contest entrant -- wrote in to ask how she could go about making a floor plan. And then, while we were in the midst of writing this post, in c...

Small Cool Update: 21 Entries So Far...But Room for More

We're at the start of week two of this year's contest and 21 small cool living spaces have made it into the limelight, BUT we are hoping for lots more. C'mon Chicago, Altanta, Detroit, Dallas, Houston...

SF Mini House Tour: Alex's Carmel Home

Name: Alex Location: Carmel >>>Enter Slideshow We'd asked Alex at Hygge House for a House Tour, but unfortunately her home was damaged in the winter storm that hit Carmel. Here are some photos of h...

Look!: Ranunculus

Ranunculus are in season here in California, and we couldn't be more thrilled. We saw this gorgeous bouquet the other day and felt inspired not only by the beauty of the flowers, but the color combina...

Color for Small Rooms
House Beautiful 04.2008

House Beautiful asked 12 designers to divulge their favorite colors for small rooms. Their answers ranged from reflective white to a deep brown......

Living in the Past
The Oregonian: 04.03.08

Sometimes it's easy to forget that the turn-of-the-(last)-century bungalow is one of the original American small, cool homes. And it wasn't necessarily all about minimalism back then; if a house wa...

Who Tall Are You Mirror

The team that brought you the the skateboard mirror we just posted about a month ago is back with another novelty mirror that might appeal to the US Weekly/Superficial.com set......

SF Spring Cure: Week Five

tastefortiki's living room has really come together Week five brings one of our favorite parts of the Cure - the one day media fast. This can be hard to do, but is extremely rewarding - we're always...

Hot or Not? Foetus Space Economising Bed

Foetus Space Economising Bed Whaddaya think? Survey after the jump....

Look! Friend's House on Sale

Our friend and resident celeb gossip source, Enrique, just pointed out a notable LA celeb just moved into a spacious minimal modern ocean view home (making the rounds on Curbed LA and the Real Estalke...

Sanford Burrows Bedding at Velocity

These linens won't ship until August, but Velocity is confident enough in the line's popularity that they've made them available for pre-order now. And we're not going to disagree with them; the e...

Color Chip: Vintage National Geographic Yellow

Magazines as decor? Why not? While these are obviously loved and have been read many, many times (check out the worn spines in the close-up), these old National Geographics are also providing a hit of...

AT Europe Question: Where Can I Take a Floral Design Class in Paris?

Dear AT Europe: I’m coming to Paris in May and would like to take a class in Parisian flower arranging. Do you know where I can sign up? Thanks! Jennifer...

A Multi-Purpose Room

We have a back house attached to our garage that's barely been used since we've lived here. Since it doesn't have a bathroom, it doesn't lend itself well to being a guest house. So, we've been debat...

Look! The Vitsoe Chair System - A Chair Becomes a Couch

We’re a big fan of Vitsoe's shelving units here at AT. Did you know that they also make this chair? Every bit as classic, yet every bit as modern, we love the streamlined look and the arms, sturdy...

Today's Email: Great New Custom Sized Mirror Source

Last week I emailed on Best Adjustable Coffee Tables of 2008 (see below), and today I've got a the solution to a perennial problem - how to find a nice mirror that is the size you want it and not wh...

AT on . . . Being Neighborly

With the weather breaking over the weekend, all of our new neighbors emerged. We had chats over fences, were brought a bag of homemade oatmeal cookies from a family down the street, answered the door ...

Bossa Platform Bed with Storage Mechanism at EQ3

We've seen these sort of "flip up" beds before, and we just noticed that EQ3 has their own version. The bed is great for small spaces, as the storage mechanism lifts the mattress up, providing tons of...

DC House Tour: Polly’s Pomander Walk House

This is from DC finalist, Hilary. Comment away! Name: Polly E. Location: Georgetown Size: 580 sq feet Years Lived In: 2 >> Enter House Tour Slideshow We’ve always loved Pomander Walk, a secret...

Colored Lacquer Boxes from West Elm

We love using lacquer boxes to inject a shot of color into a room. These new lacquer boxes from West Elm come in a bright blue and a pumpkin-colored orange......

Look! Affordable Plates from Little Tokyo

Here's a little secret for you local Angelenos: forgo all those big box stores for your plates and dishes. Head to Little Tokyo instead, where you can find beautiful dining items at prices that put di...

NY Good Questions: Where Can I Find a Replacement Shade?

Dear AT, I bought this wonderful light fixture at a thrift store years ago. My poor husband was moving some furniture and walked into it (ouch!). As I was trying to figure out how to fix it, a gu...

SF Good Questions: Furniture Refinishers in the Bay Area?

French table on eBay Hi AT:SF, You guys always have so many great ideas for DIY but I'm wondering if you have any furniture makers/refinishers that you can recommend in the Bay Area. My husband and ...

CHI Good Questions: Covering Up this Scalloped Detail?

Amanda has a question for the crowd: "Hi AT! I have a large built in bookcase around my fireplace. It is the main focal point in my living room, taking up a wall the length of our house (in conjuncti...

Southwest #6: Gary's Concrete Cell

Enter Here: Contest Page & Entries Name: Gary Location: San Diego, CA Size: 726 sq. ft. Rent/Own: Own What is the advantage of SMALL? It's not only ecologically responsible to live small, but it giv...

Modern, Prefab Sheds
NYT 4.6.08

We've had our eye on the trend for pre-fabricated modern sheds for a while — with the recent addition of Kithaus to the lineup at Design Within Reach and the upcoming MoMA exhibit on prefab housi...

Look! IKEA to Ditch Plastic or Paper Bags Completely!

Starting October 2008, IKEA will stop offering customers plastic or paper bags at their stores, with only reusable bags available to customers. The decision came after an overwhelming positive feedbac...

Friday Giveaway: New Closets from Astech Closet

Congratulations to Kelly Rakowski, who won last weeks Giveaway: 3 Hrs of Organizing with The Clutter Cowgirl Service: Astech Closets Value: $1500 Description: We've known and worked with Bill Skin...

Confusion About Fluorescent Lighting
SF Chronicle: 04.05.08

Saturday's Chronicle featured an article in response to a February one about fluorescent bulbs. Included were tips on what sort of settings and fixtures are best for CFLs, and about what to do in cas...

The 2008 Green Awards
Chicago Magazine 04.2008

Before Spring (preview) from uji films on Vimeo The April issue of Chicago Magazine honors a few of Chicago's green innovators: people that have helped us to address our environmental impact on ...

Lucca Great Finds

Lucca Great Finds is the second Lucca store of owners Francine Katz and Peter Riches, whose first venture, Lucca Statuary, brought classic European garden statues to the Northwest in 1991. The newe...

Survey: Do You Believe in Ghosts?

Ask us if we believe in ghosts and we'd probably say no. BUT, we love a good story, we get caught up in others' experiences (and suspend our disbelief), and after recent events at home, don't think it...

Mold and mildew in the washer?
OC Register 4.4.08

We've been considering getting a front loading washing machine at home, based on all the positive features we've read over top loading ones. However, over the weekend, the OC Register had an interest...

Look! Trompe L'oeil Chair Chair Pads

Dreaming of that Eames Lounge? Or perhaps you've always wanted a Saarinen Tulip Chair. Designer Chenhui Su has created a concept for chair pads that transform your boring office task chair into a de...

Throw Pillows from Paper Cloud

Throw pillows are one of our favorite accessories, not too expensive & easy to store, keeping a few sets around to switch when the mood strikes isn't that hard. We love the pillows from Paper Cloud -...

Greening the Real Estate Transaction
From Re-nest: Our site that covers abundant design for green homes

Three simple steps to buying and selling greener homes... ... check out these simple plantable pots, and let us know if you think Costco can be green....

Finding the Perfect Partner In the Sack: Choosing a Pillow

Last we checked, we've yet to line our pockets enough to afford an all-encompassing luxury sleeping pod of our very own to slumber comfortably within. But personally we'd settle for just finding a new...

CHI Spring Cure: Week Five

merskine's TV and music setup This week we deal with media in the home: wrangling it, taming it, and learning to break free from it. We're dealing with cord clutter and trying to clear some clutte...

LA Good Questions: What Kind of Fabric to Recover This Sofa?

AT reader Jacques has a gem of a sofa on her hands, ready to be reupholstered: I'm looking for fabric to recover my mom's sofa. It's a Louis XV revival sofa that she and my dad bought in the seventi...

NY Good Questions: Color for the Wall Tile and Floor?

Dear AT, We're renovating our little 8' x 8' kitchen (design sketch below) to match the rest of our very mid-century townhouse, and are stuck with some color questions. We've chosen Ikea cabinets ...

New Plates from Lisa Neimeth

Remember this lovely house tour? Lisa was kind enough to send us photos of her new "Diner" plate series, reminiscent of that classic oval, heavy-duty diner plate you've eaten off of in your favorite...

LA Spring Cure O8: Week 5 - Paper & Wires & Piles, Oh My!

Tanrazz is using no VOC paints. A healthy choice for her and anyone who's painting. Good Quote: "It's gonna get worse before it gets better" - Tanrazz Is there a tornado in your house? There is ...

AT Boston: Eddie’s New & Used Furniture - Old Never Looked So Good

Many more Boston and DC entries coming! This is from our Boston finalist, Kyle. Comment away! >> Enter Eddie's Slideshow I know a lot of dwellers who would love to buy eclectic secondhand furnitur...

Necobaco Cat Tree

The last time we posted about a cat tree, reader opinion seemed to have split 50/50 between yay and nay, illustrating how hard it is to find cat furniture that appeals to both our desire to provide o...

Carlisle Wide Plank Floors

We are in awe of these floors! Farmhouse chic thrives at Carlisle but we've also never seen wide-planked flooring look so modern and fresh. Yet in green terms, this flooring is the furthest thing fr...

East #10: Yiming's Mahattan Prewar Studio

Enter Here: Contest Page & Entries Name: Yiming Location: Midtown West, NY Size: 500 sf Rent/Own: Own What is the advantage of SMALL? "Living big in a small space", as people say. For me small means...

Tom McKinley at the John Berggruen Gallery

We trekked down to Union Square last week for the monthly First Thursday gallery openings taking place in the area. The work of Tom McKinley immediately struck us for his incorporation of famous desig...

Adjus-table Small Tables from PB Teen

AT has featured PB Teen (for all ages) several times: bedroom inspiration, smart bedside table, and cushy lounge seating (so cute!). Add these "Adjust-tables" into the mix and you've got a fun, great ...

2008 LA Preservation Awards
LA Times 4.7.08

Last fall, we blogged about the Maltman Bungalows, and we just saw in the LA Times that they recently received a 2008 Preservation award by the LA Conservancy. The Preservation Awards are given a reco...

Inaugural Brooklyn Flea Market
4.6.08

Brooklyn Flea Slideshow Despite the blustery day, the first day for Brooklyn Flea was packed with people. Brownstoner counted around 20,000! After all the positive press, we knew it would be busy. ...

Look! Built-In Closet by the Fireplace

Our friend Mike's bedroom has a fireplace (we're so jealous!) but no closet space. To make up for the lack of storage, he modified the built-in cabinets that flank the hearth... ...

NY House Tour: The Revival of a Greek Revival

Name: Jacquie (Designer/Project Manager) Location: West Village Size: 3000 sqft Favorite: The opportunity to "update and recreate a part of history." >>Enter Slideshow Jacquie was hired to restore...

Household Uses for Lemons

After a hellish week at work, I thought I'd be kicking back this weekend with the last of my Girl Scout cookies and watching a marathon of Law & Order; but I surprised myself by FINALLY getting motiva...

Look! : Big Vintage Clock in the Dining Room

On Friday night we went with some friends to a restaurant in Amagansett, NY (The Meeting House) and admired this big clock on their wall. We snapped a few pics and did a little sleuthing.......

SF Scavenger: DWR Bantam Sofa in Olive for $350

This DWR Bantam Sofa in Olive needs a new home because its owner just moved and doesn't have room for it. Would you like to adopt it? Click here to view these in bold below...

Good Quotes: Andree Putman on Authentic Style

Interior designer Andree Putman had these wise words to share regarding style: "Unless you have a feeling for that secret knowledge that modest things can be more beautiful than anything expensive, y...

LA Scavenger: Original 50’s Modern Low Profile Sofa with attached Side Table $500

Here's a two for one: A pretty blue sofa from the 50s with a side table attached. Going for $500 on Craigslist. How about more? ...

NY Good Questions: Where Can I Find These Bi-Fold Doors?

Dear AT, I saw these bi-fold closet doors on your site and they are exactly what I need for my home. I know you aren't a store, but can you tell me where I can find EXACTLY these doors? I've looked ...

CHI Scavenger: Red Risom Lounge Chair for $450

This red Risom lounge chair is for sale and about 2 years old. The chair was designed in 1941 by Jens Risom for Knoll as an exclusive line. A classic piece in a great color - asking $450 (runs $750 n...

Modernlink Duplex Loft
NYT 4.6.08

The downtown home of William Lee, founder of NoHo's Modernlink, was featured in The New York Times, yesterday. We've always been a fan of Modernlink and it's a great treat to see how someone with an...

Japanese Cotton Linen Cushions

We've been looking for some new floor pillows to use at home. We like to sit at our round coffee table and our old pillows finally gave out - too many trips through the wash. In our search we found th...

Boston-Area Farmshares and CSAs: Going Fast So Sign Up Now!

The weather in New England has only just started to show a softer side, but we already want to leap ahead to summer. And we're not the only ones--farmshares and CSA's around Boston have been filling u...

AT Email: Create Your Own Mirrors & Custom Sizes - 4.7.08

April 7, 2008 I've been wanting a mirror for our dining room (to go behind the dining table) since we moved in last November, but had been unable to find one that was a nice strong ho...

CHI Hot Posts: Jessica & Alex's Home, Nicole's New Guest Room, Small Cool Update & an Upscale Bachelor Pad

Reader's favorite posts on AT:Chicago in the past week? A tour of Jessica & Alex's Simple Modern On a Budget (shown above), all the details of Nicole's new small space guest room, a roundup of all ...

PlantTherapy: Modular Window Box

I have a motley group of pots on various windowsills, which is why this caught my interest over on the Smith & Hawken website... - To All PlantTherapy Posts -...