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Still with very limited e-mail access, but wanted to quickly share this nice surprise that showed up at a local deli. I grew up not liking marigolds, but these were a really nice orange color and v...
Our Month long look at how the AT community (both readers and editors) are living Green@Home is just past the halfway mark and we've seen many good ideas (both big and small) which have only whet our ...
Name: Kim and Paul
Location: Bouldin Creek Neighborhood, Austin,TX
Size: 1650 sq ft inside and 1,600 sq ft outside
Years lived in: Built in 2000
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Adrienne is trying her hand at...
Name: Michael
Location: Palm Springs, CA
Size: 1,250 sq/ft
Years lived in: Own (3 bdrm/2 bath home)
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This Friday we're fortunate enough to have two house tours from our new tryout...
"Onigiri" for those who may not be acquainted with the Japanese snack staple is rice formed into triangle or oval shapes, wrapped together with nori (seaweed). It's one of our favourite snacks, so we ...
We've been huge fans of Aquarabbit (aka, Dana Robson) for years now. In a world full of chaos and sensory overload, her mixed media pieces (incorporating vintage book pages, maps, gocco, hand-stitchi...
(We are republishing our new House Tour from yesterday, as the new beta slideshow was still giving us a few last minute issues which have since been resolved - enjoy!)
Name: Kimberly and Josh
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Sat., 7/19-Sun., 7/20
1905 Fillmore, SF
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"Dear ATLA,
The sky is falling. Well, more like our ceiling, which has had a few visible cracks which we've patched up a few times before, but eventually always crumbles and cracks off again. We've g...
The Bean2Bed operates like a bean bag chair, but it's filled with foam instead of "beans." And that foam is in the shape of a mattress, stuffed into a bag for sitting, but ready to pop into a bed fo...
Sprig 07.2008
Clicking over to Sprig, we found this tour of a green condo that's definitely worth checking out. The residents used FSC-certified flooring, Energy Star appliances, and zero-VOC paints......
Title: Hot Pink House
Photographer: Amabile
Location: Amelia Island, Florida
Note: This is our new theme for July, August & November. Please join us!"Hot House" is a weekly celebration of photogra...
Our faux-Saarinen table base, before and after
We recently had a vintage table base sandblasted and powdercoated at Melrose Metal Finishing and despite our desire to keep this great resource a secret,...
If you love miniatures (and we know some of you do!), check out these cute and quirky dioramas. We've seen some pretty cool scenes in glass bell jars (see the photo after the jump from Real Simple), ...
Why wallpaper when you can create fun and funky patterns on your walls with the click of a switch? The Sha-Do Lamp, designed by Peter Buning Fixtures, creates geometric shadow patterns on your ceilin...
Forget get about ‘Give me a home among the gumtrees, with lots of plum trees’ – down-under we have cities too and not everyone is lucky enough to have their own front yard. These resourceful urb...
The main reason these fly swatters caught our attention was the presentation: what a hilarious idea it would be to display swatters in a jar at a party, for guests to use as the flies, mosquitos and...
Our washer and dryer are in the basement. You have to go down a dark staircase to get there, and we've been looking for ideas to make our trips down there more fun. When we saw how inviting these sta...
If we were in Portland this weekend, we'd make sure to head to the Modern Economy Sale for lots of great independent designers' wares at major markdowns. While there we'd make sure not to miss Tiny Fr...
Can anyone guess what purpose that this crazy contraption might serve? We'll give you a hint... It's life saving, inexpensive and your new best friend (although it probably won't bake you cookies)....
Normally if we were considering faux flooring, we'd check out TrafficMaster Allure Vinyl Flooring. And yes, this lies on that fine line between kitsch and just plain ol' ug-a-ly but we could see wher...
After seeing what is possibly the worlds best dog leash the argument of what kind of dog we each want has been raised in our house again. While nothing I write here will convince my husband that a sau...
Name: Mary Jo
Location: Bellevue, WA
Profession: Manager, Reporting and Analytics in HR
Welcome to Mary Jo, our fourth Northwest territory reader submission to our Green @ Home giveaway, and our firs...
This photo from Zoka's East Village Open House is one of our favorites. We love the the weaving hanging above the sofa, the detail of the phone on the cushions, and especially the pairing of a red c...
Yesterday we were at Rose and Radish and fell in love with these porcelain pieces from Hella Jongerius. We're used to her work being much less contemporary, so it was a real surprise to find out thes...
After returning from a trip to Nebraska, my husband and I pulled in the driveway only to see our gutters filled with baby trees! (Sadly the above picture is really our gutters.) Our house sits snugl...
Martha's alliums defy logic: one very long stem to one very short, small glass vase
More often than we'd like to admit, we'll go to the farmer's market intending to buy food...and come back with more ...
You may remember we picked up two Bassett dressers over the Memorial Day weekend knowing they needed some TLC. We finally found the time to work on the one we plan to use as a credenza, and started ...
Yesterday, Laure blogged Modern Farm, both the collection from West Elm and ideas for doing it yourself. If this is a look you like, we found a table that fits into this scheme plus a chair that will...
Picture this: you've been invited to attend a clam bake on the Cape with some heavy-hitters from... well, from somewhere. You're feeling a little insecure because you're the only one present without a...
Shelly always puts together very thorough step by step DIY upholstery how-to's but has come up with a different kind of list for her recent post on Curbly. She takes us through her top ten list of the...
Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Chair knockoffs are everywhere. While Knoll has claimed exclusive rights to copyright, their claim is currently being challenged in court by California-based Alphaville.....
AT:SF, I saw this tub in this post. I'm looking for a metallic silver and can't find one appropriate for painting a tub. Please help!
-Lesly...
We could include a cheesy tie in to some Beach Boys surfing song here -- but we won't. Instead, we'll just let you admire the Surfin occasional table in peace. We imagine that if a Eames molded plyw...
Along with the motivation posters we think anything related to 'life organization' would be totally useful. Yes we finally replaced our broken iphone with the new one so we can keep better track of a...
Dear AT,
I had read your post showing Martha's method for using vinyl tablecloths the same day I fell in love with Cynthia Rowley's pink lemon clad tablecloths for Target.
I finally got to making ...
Ana's back with an idea for how to block the noise coming from a busy street. What do you think of her idea and how do you block street noises from invading your home? Tell us in the comments
Homeo...
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We have four great Giveaways on AT this week (and an ongoing one for kids, too). Jump below to check them out -- and plea...
While checking out Target's Back-To-School section (it's that time already), these scissors with Microban were spotted. Not even rock can beat scissors this go round, as they are super-charged with g...
We loved this coil candle when we first spotted it at Gaiam. But now, it's on sale at the Gaiam outlet at a price that's tough to pass up......
I am looking for some small plant pots I saw out but can't remember where. They were small 4in diameter unglazed clay like terra cotta but in dark gray and greenish black. Have you seen anything like...
Quatrine is a vast and lovely furniture store located at the end of Hayes Valley. The showroom boosts an impressive array of stylish upholstered goods that don't sacrifice a single detail. These are...
Courtney sent in a good question: We moved into a great new place last year, on the top floor of a mid-century three flat. But since our box spring couldn't make the last tricky hallway turn, we've be...
Cocktail umbrellas turned home accessories. Dipped in phosphorescent paint, the umbrellas glow in the dark and have the affect of Chinese lanterns when lit. North Attleboro designer Heather Wells cr...
So we get it: Pottery Barn's online design tip center, Style House, offers advice and inspiration with the agenda of schilling a particular product or line. But we thought this feature on painted fu...
While we love a cleverly shaped knob as much as the next person, sometimes you want to go classic, either to fit with the period of your house, or to bring some old school glamour to a modern piece. ...
From the Rose Bowl to the Melrose Trading Post, LA is filled with great flea markets. We here at AT love us some flea markets: they're affordable, fun, and can lead to exciting new discoveries in dec...
Dear AT,
So I'm moving to a new place and decided to go clean, bright white for most of my living room furniture.
The living room is in an open space shared with the kitchen.
The floors are darke...
You might remember this nifty tote from a few weeks back? Heather (aka Ms. Skinny laMinx) kindly notified us that they're now available online....for only $10!!!...
A friend of ours loves orange. Her hallway's orange, her couch is orange, orange pots filled with succulents dot the living room and when she's thinking about buying something new, a pillow or a thro...
For three sisters and their families in Japan, NKS Architects created a single house that makes the most of available space without feeling cramped. The "3 Bundled Tubes" House combines an open comm...
San Francisco was just named the most walkable city by Walkscore.com. We here in New York came in second. Want to see how your neighborhood adds up? See how after the jump...
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Last second weekend sales calendar addition: Danish modern furniture dealer, BoConcept Furniture is having a warehouse and overstock sale at their Los Angeles warehouse location with up to 50% on item...
I saw these photos yesterday and simply loved them. Full or rich color and raw gritty imagery, they are beautiful, sexy, whimsical and refreshing on a hot city day......
One of these days we really will manage to buy a stainless steel water bottle instead of just thinking about it. And when we do, we'll buy one (or two) from San Francisco-based EarthLust. Not only a...
Like Grace, we also have a propensity for pillows. But unlike our artistically superior colleague, we're color-challenged and have problems matching all the irresistible patterns that we've come home ...
We love craigslist and now Kristin has spotted some finds in Austin. What do you think of what she's dug up?
We think this pink hairdryer, which belonged to the poster's great aunt in the 1960s and ...
Today I'm up in the Berkshires, visiting friends who live in an old Shaker village (that's from the dining room above). With this inspiration all around me, I thought I'd pull together a list of Sh...
Q Collection's Environmentally Friendly Baby Collection
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Jonsara Ruth, of Q Collection is the last of our profiles of the 4 presenters/panelists at last Thursday's AT Design Meetup...
Our freelance gigs come with some perks – this time it was enjoying a four-course meal on the top of the DeSoto Building in the heart of downtown Portland. While food from the Gilt Club was terrifi...
The Atomic Ranch site has been inspiring us lately with lots of great room images like this one showing guitars displayed in perfect harmony with the rest of the space. Although no one in my household...
Grace's post about Mixing Authentic Pieces with Knock-Offs inspired us to round-up some knock-offs in the style of Hans Wegner's Wishbone Chair...
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Add a little glamor to your home with this Luxe XL 70s Modern Chrome Etagere. Jump below for links to this and other good finds.
Apartment Therapy Furniture Classifieds are open for your business...
Madmen-mania makes us want to pour a stiff drink, freshen up our lipstick and pick up something nice at Spinario Design, one of Minneapolis’ great mid-century semi-secrets.
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Did you ever have to share a room with your sibling when you were growing up? I did. And talk about matching--everything was perfectly coordinated, right down to the position of the pleating on the b...
Did you know that everyone who enters Green @ Home is getting a free gift from Ecover and may win fancy organic sheets from Raksha Bella? Enter now below...
Name: Jennifer T.
Location: Bra, Italy ...
round rugs, bed linens, and a site that lists apartment rentals... ...
Want a romantic couch for your small living room? Here's a beautiful vintage oak day bed/couch that measures 5 ft long and 3 ft deep. All the details in the oak were hand carved, and this piece has b...
We've looked at dryer balls that soften the wash without fabric softener. Now we're also taking a look at the EcoSave Laundry Disc, which promises to drastically reduce the amount of detergent neede...
For sale in Queens! Four Vintage Orange Kitchen chairs in our classifieds.
These are hot, fresh finds from Craigslist, that we just brought in this morning. More below...
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In Lakeview, a set of four chocolate leather Room & Board Milan dining room chairs are selling for $450. The chairs retail new for $200 each. Jump below for links and more good finds:
Apartment Ther...
Dear AT,
Just signed a 2-year lease for a basement-level apartment in Spanish Harlem and I need help and advice on how to make the space brighter and less claustrophobic.
It's a railroad layout with...
To celebrate Green@Home month on AT, over at Re-Nest, our year-round site about eco-homelife, Jonathan has done an interview with Jay Hasbrouck of Verde Vista. Jay has recently finished a renovation o...
We may have to add this strikingly simple desk from De La Espada to our list of Best Writing Desks. Made of solid wood, the desk's unique feature is the fold-down metal panel to conceal the workspac...
These pieces from Cha Meuble are just for fun. Cha Meuble picks up old pieces of furniture and re-energizes them with creative paint jobs. The locker above is painted in a black and white check patt...
When it comes to outdoor space, more isn't always better. Parisians lucky enough to have a balcony attached to their apartments often have space only for two -- a couple of chairs and a small table, r...
What's the difference between cooking with the grill open or closed? Find out all about it from Diane Morgan, author of Grill Every Day and our guest grilling expert this week.
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When we're searching for something to add to our space - be it furniture, textiles, or other household items - we try to shop in the following order: secondhand, local, then only after we’ve exha...
During a recent visit to the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, we came across this artwork by Mike Wilkins titled "Preamble" (to the U.S. Constitution) made from license plates. With all the tr...
The Bluelines blog, which began posting as an online complement to the much missed Blueprint magazine and then continued on after the print publication ceased, said goodbye today. When we clicked ove...
Several years ago, due to financial dire straits and youthful curiosity, my better half and I decided to live one month completely upon the offerings of the 99 Cents Only Store. The penny pinching ope...
We really don’t want to tell you this, but as the new AT: SF Portland blogger, we feel obligated. So as much as we want to hold back and keep this tidbit all to ourselves, it’s our duty to remind ...
There's comfy and then there's super comfy, like Naoko Kanehira's designs shown at the New Designers show in London. These pillow-centric seating options would make a good match for the demographic wh...
Have a friend who needs a little tough love? You can tell him or her (or remind yourself) to "get your sh*t together" in style with these new editions from Chicago print shop Orange Beautiful...
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You may remember our post from a few months ago about burying a St. Joseph statue in your yard in order to sell your house. Well, scoff if you will......
We usually think of Indian décor as being bright, bold, and extremely colorful--this is probably due to the Bollywood Film Festival we attended last year and a few Indian weddings we've attended. So...
We used to make these in grade school, so not only is this idea genius, it's nostalgic as well. We used to fill these up with water (and chuck them at each other), but inflate with air and pop onto ...
This attractive jumble of a shop seems like your standard ‘eclectic antique’ store from the outside but as you go deeper inside the order gives way to ceiling high piles of sideboards, old adverti...
The View from Lisa's Current ApartmentLisa sent us an email and were hoping someone will have a good lead for her: I live in the perfect apartment right now: Sandburg Village (Clark & Schiller), clos...
Recently Abbey of Abbey Goes Design Scouting posted a how-to on searches for vintage paintings on eBay. Paintings that have a vintage feel to them but are still reasonably priced......
We fell in love with this pillow shaped pot. The word "pot" even seems a bit far fetched for this container, however plants seem to love it. If we were plants we'd surely love to call it home. It's...
Modern Farm. Sounds like an oxymoron along the lines of plastic glasses and jumbo shrimp, doesn't it? Well that's what West Elm is calling one of their new collections and we'd be lying if we said w...
Maria's "Oh So You" BungalowA friend of ours has a great patio, perfect for entertaining. During the warm weather (which in Los Angeles can be three-quarters of the year), it's not unusual for the qu...
As co-eds back in the day, we fulfilled a science requirement with an amazing entomology course. The "sex life" of the Giant Corpse flower was unmistakably one of the highlights of the class (show a...
Wouldn't this be incredible if it worked? No more clunky hallway storage systems for bikes, just fold it up to stow or go. Designed for the International Bicycle Competition by Chang Ting Jen, this ...
The Duchess of Northumberland is creating an ambitious public garden on her husband's ancestral home in Alnwick, England. Marrying a modern style garden with what remains of the original 18th-centur...
We were recently chatting with a friend about life as a renter when the topic about renter's insurance came up. It's something we've considered numerous times, especially after seeing local homes get ...
A little bit ago we wrote about some super groovy vinyl bowls that were for sale at Given. A lot of the comments were about making your own vinyl bowl, so we decided to give it a shot. Well, we're h...
There was a slight run in this week with a bird (the culprit has yet to reveal itself), the flag that hangs on the front porch and said bird's bathroom habits. We then made it our business to get the...
We posted a couple of weeks ago about a Community Shred Event in Montgomery County; we are delighted to let you know that DC residents can now take advantage of free document shredding every Saturda...
if you're going to Tacoma, Washington any time soon and need a place to stay, you should definitely check out Hotel Murano. Once upon a time, it was a 25-year-old Sheraton hotel, stuffed with the sam...
Today's Los Angeles Times Home and Garden feature story is the desert canyon home of musician and surf wear entrepreneur Jim Austin. It's a perfect fit for Green Month here at AT, fusing desert style...
So we're not Picasso or anything, but we were pretty proud of the — ahem — installation artwork piece we executed on our fridge after a massive kitchen deep-clean and fridge magnet purge....
Remember (not all that long ago) when anything organic was also "greige"? At least it sure seemed that way, so this is a refreshing change of pace. We found some super bright, intensely patterned orga...
In this week's Shopping With... feature from The New York Times, designer Kelly Wearstler visits Potterton Books in Los Angeles and shares her tips and resources for finding out-of-print design book...
Probably this look is not for us, but it's a creative idea and might work for someone searching for a little visual stimulation beneath their feet. If you hate your floors it might be fun to do a patc...
"A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise."
- Aldo Leopold, ecologist and environmentalist.
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Dear AT,
My friend is throwing out an IKEA Tullsta barrel chair, and I offered to take it off his hands.
The only problem is that the chair is in the "natural" color and heavily stained.
I know ...
Here's the before, jump below for the afters!Ryan's bedroom was starting to feel way too dark and he was even having trouble sleeping, so he started a major overhaul of his space attempting a modern o...
Today Ana's taking us on a visit to a park in Austin that's a valuable resource for gardeners wishing to work hand in hand with Mother Nature...
Native plants "give us a sense of where we are in this...
these are not Shb's doors
AT:SF, I am looking to replace ugly closet doors with nice frosted tempered glass ones......
Most houses have a go-to essentials tool kit. It contains all those little nails and screws you need for everyday jobs, hammers, wrenches, a screw driver (or 2) and usually a tape measure. It's ful...
July Sales...Handmade Art Silent Auction
Auction of handmade items to benefit Handmade Nation Movie
Saturday, July 19th, 6-10pm
Downtown
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Shutters on window interiors are commonplace around our Brooklyn neighborhood. We love life with shutters - they allow us to keep our windows free of any coverings most of the time. The shutters fol...
Some friends of ours are getting married next month so we’ve been looking around at wedding gifts. Bed linen, cutlery sets, saucepans and a cheese grater- oh how the lists go on. While this wasn’t...
Here's Kristen serving up some French Style. Tell us what you think!
French company Bleu Nature combs beaches every year for pieces of driftwood to use in the production of their furniture, lighting...
Stephanie, editor of Re-Nest, snagged a great interview with Zem Joaquin, former Green Editor for House & Garden and the mind behind the blog Eco Fabulous - she's all about eco-style - don't miss it. ...
Noise V. 2006 acrylic on panel 40x60"
Introducing Reese Inman; an artist who sets an algorithm off on a long run -- and then follows with her paint brush.
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One of our favorite design bloggers — Grace from design*sponge — is coming to Boston! More about the event and how to RSVP below the jump......
Did you know that everyone who enters Green @ Home is getting a free gift from Ecover and may win fancy organic sheets from Raksha Bella? See below...
Name: Valerie
Location: Chesapeake, VA
Profes...
The view from our windows isn't necessarily spectacular, but there is a lot to see if we crane our necks in various directions. The Fisheye Window Sticker from the MoMa Store would render this neck...
Downtown, a West Elm Patterned Veneer Coffee Table for $150. It retails for $349; features drawers and a metal base. Jump below for links to this and more good finds:
Apartment Therapy Furniture Cla...
Congratulations to dsigninslc,who won our Eames Chair Giveaway from last week!
Product: EdgeStar Extreme Cool 12,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner
Shop: Compact Appliance
Value: $600
Description: ...
Malena and Graham have a different approach to green: they haven't done an intensive renovation, or put down bamboo floors, or built from scratch. They invested time in finding the perfect house fo...
We're big believers in the landing strip - an area inside your front door where keys, mail, and other "outside world" objects live. That said, finding the space in a small apartment to dedicate to th...
Dear AT,
My husband and I could use some suggestions for a rug.
Our sofa is taupe-ish and our chair is chartreuse.
We currently have an off-white shag rug that had the rug for 2 years now and i...
Get rid of the car and go for a bike ride!
In honor of this month's Green @ Home theme, we're using our editors' green moves as inspiration. In addition, all of this week's eBay picks are located with...
Today's LA TImes Home and Garden section includes a piece on an Indian-style garden in the Valley, the history of the Adirondack Chair and a round-up of some modern updates (a must-read if you live in...
Don’t you just love it when free stuff just lands in your lap? With few second hand shopping options, we’ve had to get creative with our decorating. Never a fan of buying new, we were searching fo...
We've read mixed reviews of the Chicago Architecture Foundation's new exhibit, Green With Desire. It's packed with information about how overconsumption damages the environment, but some reviewers h...
Lucette writes in:
"We just installed dark brown cork flooring in our very modern house, in the kitchen and in the laundry room. We also covered a few stairs and a low wall with it. I was wondering...
The wood jar after the jump is what caught hold of us at Blunda Aromatics, an LA incense shop. It's made of layers of hardwood polished into a beautiful, shiny container. ...
Well, actually, first look at the "before." Then click below to see what one crafty individual did to turn this pile of theater scrap into a vision of Finnish splendor....
Build It Green NYC!
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Justin Green, Director of Build It Green NYC! was another of 4 presenters/panelists at last Thursday's AT Design Meetup on Green @ Home.
Justin recognized t...
Allison sent us a good question: My boyfriend and I recently bought a great 1950's dresser in pretty good condition except for one small detail: there is a chip in the veneer on the lower left hand dr...
Not everyone has enough room for two big, comfy armchairs, but most of us have enough room for at least one. The ones listed here are favorites for different reasons, but I won't hide the fact that...
Design Public Outlet SaleJuly Sales...
Mignonne
Bastille Day Sale: 20% off all new and vintage (excluding local artwork)
Until Tues., 7/22
Oakland
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I always laugh when I see dogs that look like their owners. Chihuahuas and models. Pitbulls and bikers. Poodles and rich old women. Of course, there are exceptions to every rule, but sometimes, the...
Grab any excuse you need and get yourselves down to Coolidge Corner this weekend for the cookbook sale going on at Brookline Booksmith! It looks like they're clearing out old inventory, so now's the t...
Are you familiar with this building in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn? It's the former ladies’ parlor for the South Congregational church and The New York Times takes us inside to meet the owners (and ...
Dining outdoors this weekend? I have two great DIY outdoor light ideas to share with you...
Stay on the pulse with a double shot: blog + email. If you're not signed up, go for it right now (on th...
These Beautiful Rosewood Nesting Tables are the type of furniture that becomes a family heirloom. Anyone need a future heirloom this week? Jump below for links to this and other good finds.
Apartme...
Prints by Mpls-based Sean Tubridy make us long for the aimless summer nights of our childhood, and the imagined comforts of mid-century life.
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An hour after we posted yesterday's Good Quotes, we got the new Pottery Barn catalogue...and we have to admit that we found a simple (and pretty, depending on your spare blanket) solution of where to ...
Mitchell Gold & Bob Williams Summer Sale
July Sales...
Mitchell Gold & Bob Williams Summer Sale
• Up to 70% off furniture and home accessories
• Through August 3rd
• ...
The language of the stick figure is international. Graphic and informative, these types of signs are all over public spaces. This set from Blomus has a European (specifically German) slant but that ...
Reusing old furniture can be a definite green move. It keeps it out of the garbage and reduces consumption of new materials. But even just a few years ago, we were torn about refinishing old furnitu...
If high-tech-looking industrial desk lamps are your things, you can't do much better than the Artemide Tizio X30 Desk Lamp. It's sleek and shiny, made with an aluminum base, chrome arms and counter-w...
After we reviewed Penelope's last week, the shop sent us an email about their online store launch. You used to have to call Penelope's to order Shinzi Katoh wares and other items, but just yesterday...
Dear AT,
I have a question about furniture layout.
My boyfriend and I moved into a new condo recently and, besides trying to meld our ugly furniture (the table, couch and chair in picture to the le...
Threadless Super SaleJuly Sales & Events... Threadless
Prints Super Sale
All Prints $25.
This Week Only - Through 7/20
Online...
We're all familiar with the emotional power of space. The New York Times talks to architectural designer Chris Travis who bases custom home designs on his clients' psychological needs. Through a ser...
The May edition of French Elle Décoration had a feature on the phenomenon of "les blogs déco," featuring a half dozen of their favorite design blogs -- including AT!......
Seed tape is a strip of thin, biodegradable paper with seeds evenly spaced along its length. Use seed tape in a garden or even in a little planting bed or window box and plants will sprout up in evenl...
We are loving this new set of kitchen essentials by design firm Morph. It's all designed so well for small spaces: you've got mixing bowls, measuring cups, and a juicer - all stacked into one small ye...
You probably don’t think of Pottery Barn Teen as your go-to source for home goods. But once in a while we peek at the catalog and discover some worthy pieces to mention. As part of our organizi...
It's green month at AT and we're exploring ways to add green products, like the obvious: plants(!), to our home. So we love the Idyllic Tabletop Garden by Chris Collicott, which is small enough to fit...
Architect Jack Viks designed this home which was built in 1960. It sits on nearly 4 acres in Lake Forest and is currently up for sale, but our interest is pure inspiration. Jump below for a glimpse at...
We at AT:SF have been on a bit of a yellow mirror kick lately, and here's the latest edition, courtesy of our weekend painting bonanza....
Alexander Pelikan approaches furniture design from a unique perspective where disparate materials can be used together to miraculous effect. What looks like a modern wooden seating with painted sectio...
Walking into this store is actually breath taking. At A Day On Earth there is so much to see, so many textures to feel and such lovely and helpful staff make your shopping experience even more enjoyab...
Carrie Marill's intricate drawings of flora and fauna have been featured on Apartment Therapy before, but the artist's newest body of work veers in a different direction. Her 2008 series of painting...
Let us present to you The Bookscreen, a lovely alternative to the more common variety bookcase room divider. Features include DIY potential, eco-friendly recycled materials, eye catching design, and c...
Today's Chronicle features an article about Craig Martin, who bought a fixer-upper in Oakland eight years ago. With some help from a rehabber friend, Tom Anthony, and interior designer Kristine Ahlst...
We spotted this very pink room in the latest issue of Sköna Hem, and initially we thought the accent wall was painted a muted pink to give more emphasis to the bold wallpaper on the back wall.
[ Ph...
We all know about not standing in front of the refrigerator, keeping the door open, letting the cold air escape while you decide what you want. Here are some ideas you might not know about that'll up...
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Name: Barb
Location: Washington, DC
Size: 1270 sq ft, 2 bdrm loft condo
Years lived in: 3.5 years
Barb is an an artist, art dealer and collector who moved from a 3600 sq ft house...
We met Natalie Davis of Miss Natalie at a craft show about a year ago, and have loved seeing her business grow and evolve. She didn't disappoint at Renegade, with several items we hadn't seen before,...
It's sometimes easier to go big when it comes to being green. Sorting your recyclables, using flooring that has been salvaged or installing energy saving appliances all seem more appealing than remem...
We got such great info about kitty litter disposal practices yesterday that we couldn't resist another pet-related green tip. If you're anything like us you're guilty of using 300 squares of the lint...
Our first step in keeping our home clean is shining our sink, an old school credo that, surprisingly, works. An added incentive to keeping it clean is finding this beautiful sink strainer at the bott...
We're always happy to see giant chain stores put some effort forth to up their green inventory. So, imagine how pleasantly surprised we were when we stumbled upon one of Macy's Special Shops, called ...
We had such big plans this week. We were going to pull together a guest room from scratch in 6 days. Day 1: Find a bed that could also work as a sofa. Day 2: Buy bedding. Day 3: Clear out and organi...
When you think about being green and building a home, typically numbers with lots of zeros come to mind. But not in this case. Heather Ferrier's home near Forth Worth, TX rings in at 2,028-sqft and ...
Just the thought of remodeling has us dragging our feet, especially when we factor in time, money, and then more money. So it helped a lot to see what a wonderful job Leah S. did on her newly remodel...
Name: Colleen
Location: Washington DC
Profession: Foreign Service Officer and AT Blogger
That is your intrepid blogger circa 1978, visiting the cool pad of a very cool aunt. Though the paneling an...
If you are looking for a creative and affordable way to create an art gallery, try using paper. Here are a few interesting ideas for your home that look stunning yet still allow you to re-invent your ...
Have you ever hopped in a hotel shower and had no idea how to turn it on? Not only has it happened to us, it just happened to our parents, who returned yesterday from a stay at the brand new citizenM ...
While we know Gregory's significant other may scream, we love pages from old books that have been framed. Which is why we were smitten when we saw what Shanna Murray had done in her bedroom......
A few good links from our online searching today: New hand printed wallpaper, adding wheels to furniture, a decorative painter's home and the choice between high, low and medium-priced mirrors. Jump ...
Starchitect Frank Gehry tends to be a little overexposed. But we're rather fond of his new designs for door knockers and door pulls that were added to his two collections made by Italian manufacture...
Dear Readers,
For the next hour we'd like to ask you to help us by trying out our new gallery, which we've totally redesigned.
You can click to any gallery in any post or house tour to see the new...
Dear Readers,
For the next hour we'd like to ask you to help us by trying out our new gallery, which we've totally redesigned.
You can click to any gallery in any post or house tour to see the new...
Dear Readers,
For the next hour we'd like to ask you to help us by trying out our new gallery, which we've totally redesigned.
You can click to any gallery in any post or house tour to see the new...
Dear AT,
After much searching, as well as fabulous input from Apt Therapy, I ordered the Gus Modern Carter Sectional in Totem Storm.
It arrived yesterday, to my delight.
It is a beautiful and co...
Here's another post from Ana about some white vases she found while thrifting around Austin; she's found an online source so even if you don't live in Austin, you can enjoy 'em too. Tell us what you ...
AT:SF, [Following up on my question posted yesterday], I would really like to replace the hardware on my secretary, but I just measured center-to-center on the pulls and it looks like they are 6 cm (o...
Dear Readers,
For the next hour we'd like to ask you to help us by trying out our new gallery, which we've totally redesigned.
You can click to any gallery in any post or house tour to see the new...
Tucked away on the "Square" (if you're a local), or downtown area of Independence Missouri, lies Be Here Now, a Home Decor and Design Center. Click through the jump to see the sea of pictures that...
Glow Festival in Santa Monica from Dusk till Dawn This Saturday Art & Design Events...July is Green @ Home Month at Apartment Therapy
Machine Project at the Glow Festival
Among many many ...
Talking to a neighbor last night about our building's windows, she said the old windows in our building used to have sash rings on them. I had heard of sash pulls, the handle installed on the lower ...
Well, we're not so sure about that. But we were inspired by these buttery walls yesterday to find more cream-colored rooms. We love an all-white room but thought we could get into a softened version...
Our friends over at our nearby IKEA in Burbank sent us this heads up: IKEA and SXM is co-producing a new series called "Easy to Assemble", a new scripted Web series written and directed by and starrin...
Spork is one of our favorite little unassuming spots in the Mission. We like that it doesn't take itself too seriously, and love that they embrace the location's past life as a KFC drive-thru. The dec...
Cellophane House in Empty Lot next to MoMa for Pre-Fab Exhibit
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Have you noticed that we've been blogging from Austin? This is Kristin greeting us from her home town--whaddya think?
When we came across these blank greeting cards on Etsy, we kind of fell in love....
The Macallen building in Southie is Boston’s newest, greenest condominium building — and we got a tour. Though out of our price range, it’s great to see environmentally responsible development...
We might not be inclined at the moment to do a full-on remodel — contractors, dirt movers, nuh-uh — of our little patio/garden space. But out of Oregon Home's 19 tips there are plenty we can ap...
Good design for not much more than the price of a movie ticket - that is hard to beat. We've been fans (and owners) of this sized-just-right table lamp for ages. It is the......
Have you ever needed just one more drawer? West Elm wants you to consider their new floating media drawer — a stackable, single drawer that complements their various media stands and end tables. D...
Lately, we’ve been preparing our guest bedroom for a new arrival; today’s task was installing black out blinds and a curtain rod. Sounded easy enough. In North America, we’d always been pretty g...
Shag rugs are coming back. We've got one in our bedroom and we've seen a couple more that are super beautiful and use natural materials in novel new ways. Today I've got my top three for you.
Stay...
Adrienne is back with some investigative reporting on some rebellious diy activity in Austin. As always, let us know what you think in the comments!
I've heard of guerrilla art, but knitting? I foun...
We're longtime fans of Petit Collage's Lorena Siminovich, so it was great to see her and some of her new wares at Renegade. ...
Since we've been hanging out in Texas so much recently (ok, only virtually, but still all the Austin bloggers are making us want to book a trip asap to see their fine city) we couldn't pass up the opp...
From Ohdeedoh: home.design.children
Talk about neutral! This serene all white nursery was inspired by 18th C Swedish and French designs. What we'd really like to know is how to keep it this clean.
See what else you've been missing...
stripes plus a cheeky saying add a touch of humourYesterday, Laure blogged some subtle stripes she was loving. We saw some equally subtle stripes at the Benefit Bar, the setting for the Designer's Ca...
Angel Island is one our favorite places to take visitors when they come to the Bay Area. In our book, you can't find a more impressive way to show off the city; from the ferry to the Island, to the ...
Remember those glass bottles we scrubbed clean a while ago? We've been using them as vases in our kitchen......
One of the worst energy use source in any household is machine washing clothing. It's something we've all got to do, unless you want to be known as the real life version of the Peanut's Pigpen. But on...
Dear AT,
I have been trying to find this side table, but haven't been successful.
It's from Garnet Hill and when I called them they said they stopped selling them in February, any idea where I can...
If you live in LA, chances are that you're like us in that you subscribe to the "tiny living" principle. Let's face it, land ain't cheap here and most of us have to bear with our smaller-than-desirab...
Wow. We're HUGE Piero Fornasetti fans. HUGE. We were so happy to find these two chairs at Sultana yesterday. The Ionic capital! The sunburst! We're in love. ...
Jamie sent in a good question: I just moved into a great place in Wicker Park and have begun decorating it. One challenge so far: this strange nook/inlet in my dining room wall. It's about 6.5 feet wi...
Name: Bill and Jeanne
Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Size: 2,600sf, 4-bdrm, 3-bath, 2-story living area; 2,400sf ground floor Design Studio; 800sf basement.
Lived in: 4 years
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Justin Gabbard at Park LifeArt & Design Events...July is Green @ Home Month at Apartment Therapy
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Designs on Portland: Gordon House Lecture
Wed., 7/16, 6-8 pm
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There's SO MUCH on sale right now at West Elm, it's hard to showcase just a few items. We narrowed it down to some bigger ticket pieces and threw in colorful accessories to inspire:...
Food so local that it comes from the building next door? The New York Times examines the idea of vertical farming in urban centers and shows us that architects, designers and agriculturalists are fa...
We can't help it, desks like this Steelcase Retro Metal Tanker Desk have always been our favorite. We love the white painted finish on this one. Jump below for links to this and other good finds.
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A graphic designer covered chain-link fence in something more ambitious than ivy or morning glories....
"No no no, but I am mad! I am mad! Because this stuff is everything that is wrong with the world! And it's all sitting up in my living room and all I can think about is how I don't have that lamp!" - ...
You may find this crazy, but Sara and I were just on vacation last week and I fell in love with these plastic beach cups. After you've drunk beer, rum & cokes and other things all day long in one o...
In April, JCPenney unveiled a new line of furnishings and accessories called Linden Street. Now, the entire series is on sale! This 5" Round Metal Clock, for example, is marked down from $40 to $19....
Lots of great finds on Craigslist today (including one lamp that inspired us to listen to Devo's Whip It), but we're particularly enamored with this bright orange vintage enamel pendant lamp. So mod! ...
We're all for cutting down on consumption around the house. When we saw Consumerist's list of 20 ways to make more of your groceries without spending more money, it appealed to our waste-not ways. C...
Tamar in Jackson Heights, Queens is selling a brand-new set of Pottery Barn Linen Grosgrain Trimmed Roman Shades. We love the black ribbon border! The product description is as follows: "A border of...
Lots of good stuff on craigslist today - almost too much to post! We found some great mid-century modern pieces under $100 in downtown Chicago, Andersonville, and the Ukrainian Village. If you're lo...
Dear AT,
Okay, I know I haven't seen this request for help on Apartment Therapy before.
I need help with the finish out of a residential elevator.
My husband and I are building a townhouse in Dal...
Made by Planet Dog in Portland Maine, the RecyleBall and RecycleBone are made with 100% "regrind" scraps left over from the production of other chew toys......
The Madrid home of Rosalind Williams and Tino Calabuig is only 11.5' wide! (which is evident from the tight angles of all the photographs). The couple bought the four-story building in 2001 and reno...
It's at once industrial and sleek. This new Sawhorse Worktable from West Elm has a base of two sawhorses (in a black nickel finish, mind you) and a top of glass. Not just for using around the shop.....
Pink is possibly the last color that comes to mind when it comes to choosing a paint color for the kitchen. Featured in Marie Claire Maison, the kitchen in the home of an artist near Bordeaux was pain...
Massachusetts will surprise you with the food and produce you can find here, as we've seen.
But wine?!
We have to admit that wine is not something we'd ever expect to find "locally grown."
But an a...
Last week we told you all about the Magic Bullet blender that we've become very fond of. This week there's another blender on our love list: the Professional Series Vita-Mix.
Yes, it's expensive, bu...
Dear home store and service retailers,
Congratulations on being reviewed and welcome!
Here at Apartment Therapy, we are devoted to helping readers improve their homes by connecting them to stores,...
Every day we’re bombarded with advertisements for sleek, shiny new electronics. Despite their allure, it’s tiresome for the soul to be surrounded by so many complicated gadgets that are made fro...
We make lists for everything. Mostly because we feel immense satisfaction when checking items off of our lists. So these check-the-box tiles by Claude Closky immediately caught our attention. We lo...
Name: Patrick Segui
Location: San Francisco
Size: ~700 sq. ft.
Years lived in: Rented for 6 years
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After seeing Patrick's apartment it won't come as a big surprise to find out h...
The last month or so we've been looking all over online for solar lighting solutions to add to our front garden. Unfortunately, most of the lights we've seen don't exactly match what we're looking for...
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We're already halfway through Green @ Home Month, but there's still time for you to submit your green moves. What are the...
Ann sent us a good question: Dear AT Chicago, I have a question about putting a living room together around my vintage sofa. This sofa walks a very delicate line between ugly and gorgeous. It's old, i...
With soaring gas prices we wouldn't be surprised if the bike industry is experiencing a major boom. Because of this, we thought we'd offer up some bike storage (all wooden!) solutions so that you don...
Want an easy way to create your own custom graphic design inspired by your favourite site, a passage from a favourite song/poem, or just a stream of consciousness of letters that strike your fancy? Yo...
We've seen Trish Andersen's "tea lights" online before, but were even more charmed by them in person when we saw them at Renegade. ...
Our linen closet is a study in white. White sheets, white duvet, white towels and washcloths. Sounds a little anal? Perhaps, but for a long time we've just really liked the clean, crisp feeling of whi...
We went through a rather painful search for a nice rug recently. Our budget was on the itsy bitsy side but what annoyed us even more than Ikea’s under whelming cheaper options, was a lack of interes...
The Chicago Architecture Foundation and the Chicago Center for Green Technology have teamed up to present a summer series of green home workshops. Programs include lessons on greening your historic ...
Simple and beautiful, period. We've all by now seen window frames turned into mirrors, and we know this can be a rewarding and unique DIY project with a great salvage or flea market find. Sundance ...
A few months back, we braved the attic storage and unearthed a relic from the summer of '94: our old collection of rubber stamps from a crafty camp workshop (which would explain why so many of these s...
While Illinois has dozens of Frank Lloyd Wright houses, out here in Oregon, we have only one – the Gordon House, located in Silverton’s Oregon Garden. Based on Wright's “House for a Family of $...
The theme for today's Slinks - color! A lemon-y bright lounge, orange hand painted closet doors, organizational book wrappers and "Martha Stewart Blue" at Macys. Jump below for all the links......
When we were searching for an apartment, we put outdoor space very high on our list of priorities. It didn’t matter if it was just a small deck on which to grow some plants and step onto for a breat...
One of our favorite finds at Renegade were Hilary Williams' large scale colorful screen prints. Incorporating Bay Area streets and landmarks as well as abstract shapes, squiggles, and occasionally ani...
Being a homeowner has many pros and cons. Sure you have yard space to hold a great dinner party and garden outside of containers, but keeping up on the yard work can sometimes seem daunting. Even i...
Here's Kristin with some more inspiration and a couple of questions for you!
If we owned a house, we'd love to have a front gate that showed off how much we loved something - especially if that somet...
"One is a tchotchke, two is chance, and three is a collection with persona."- Vicente Wolf...
We've long been fans of San Franciscan Maggie Mason's shopping site Mighty Goods. So we were excited to hear that she was getting into the home arena with the launch of her new site Mighty Haus, "a sh...
It doesn't get much simpler than the home of Danish designer Tine Kjeldsen. An advocate of basic, comfortable home furnishings, Kjeldsen translates that style into her company. The Tine K catalog of...
Bruce Marsh's Local and Handmade Townsend Split Table
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Bruce Marsh, a self-taught woodworker whose focus is sustainable design, was one of 4 presenters/panelists at last Thursday'...
Greater Goods on U Street opened last November and is already the Washington City Paper's #1 Eco Store (2008 reader rankings). Greater Goods specializes in environmentally-friendly products and se...
The large flowering tree outside of our apartment has only recently begun regrowing its leaves after shedding almost all of them during that extended heat wave we experienced a few weekends back here ...
Name: Shayna
Location: Oakland
Like Faith over at The Kitchn, I had the pleasure of harvesting my very first tomatoes of the season this week. However, I didn't have any questions as to how I would...
A bathroom renovation is the next thing on our to-do list. Ditching the 80’s floral tiles, the dull lino and chipped bath. When I saw these taps by Vola at De De Ce my original ideas went out the wi...
If you have thumbed through any of the recent catalogs to hit your mailbox (or inbox), you might have noticed a growing trend. Floor Vases. Sure they have been around for a long time (think Egypti...
Even if you're not huge fans of this old floor-turned-wine rack/vase, we like the motivation behind it: not only does it repurpose old floorboards, but it also saves a bit of counter space in the kitc...
Though the clean lines of this credenza call to mind a bygone era, it is in fact a new piece handcrafted by DC furniture maker Art Drauglis. Shown here in dyed cherry, this piece may be ordered in ...
I have lint balls in my sheets (after washing my sheets separately from other clothes). Any ideas for removing lint balls from sheets?
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Air conditioners are a fact of life in Los Angeles, where 110 in the Valley is not unusual. But unless you own your own home and can put in a heating and cooling "system," the unit itself, however mu...
Did anyone else's mom get them a matching bath set (toothbrush holder, cup, wastebasket, soap dish) when you moved out of the house? We did, a bamboo motif ceramic affair from Martha Stewart's Tar...
Make your own sowing and seedling pots from old newspaper.
Jump below for voting, link and price:...
Are you an obsessive folder? Do you refold laundry that others have folded "incorrectly?" Perhaps you're one of thousands of adults who were trained to fold clothing at a retail store? We admit to b...
Hi AT:SF, My roommate just moved back to Germany, and left me this sweet little secretary desk as a parting gift (though I'm sure I spared her from lugging it all the way back home). I love how cut...
It's rare that a piece of furniture makes us stop in our tracks and say, "Dang!" but the Slim Slant by Modern Slant does just that. And the fact that it is also eco-friendly, made from renewable bamb...
Dear AT,
I just bought an apartment (it is exactly the same as the one I am renting right now - see attached pictures).
It has a long and narrow living/dinning room and as you can see we are overf...
Here's Ana again, who's got an idea about what to do with an eyesore. Take a look and give us your thoughts in the comments
When Jody moved into her 1960s ranch in Northeast Austin, she was at a loss...
The Elmwood Cemetery sits in a blighted area on the outskirts of downtown K.C., in an area that is usually rather un-hip and less than photo-worthy. While my husband and I were taking the long way ho...
We love our kitty, but as we've talked about, her litter box is not the highlight of the day. And we realize that the plastic grocery bags we reuse to put her litter in probably isn't the best thing ...
That sofa pictured up there was purchased for $32. It's beautiful now, with it's white slipcover and pretty blue pillow. But look from what ashes this beauty arose......
Rebecca brings us a second mini-house tour, this time, a peek into a green constructed home belonging to one of her good friends who moved from LA to Austin. Tell us what you think!
Name: Kelly
Locat...
Adrienne is back with us today with some a great garden source for you Austinites! Tell us what you think!
Sometimes you just visit a space and the magic of it overtakes you. Couple that with cool p...
Name: Matt
Location: Chicagoland
Profession: Financial Auditor/Photographer
Welcome to Matt, whose green moves started with a simple motivation - to save some money. As we all look for ways to spend ...
We're huge Blu Dot fans—we're actually writing this from our Bonnie & Clyde sofas. Useful, affordable, and desirable is how they describe their products and we get giddy when we see new pieces com...
Earlier this summer we posted AimmeeRoo's progress on revamping her patio furniture, well she's finished and we're happy to say that we're totally jealous. Amazing what some paint and fabric (and har...
A business school doesn't really qualify as an apartment. But honestly? Whatever! Look at that flooring! It's such a rarity to see such large slabs of stone used for flooring, we love it. ...
We've been reading Lena's blog for years and remember when she wrote about working on her book project oh so long ago - but the release date has finally arrived. The book, Printing by Hand comes out t...
Yesterday, Sally from ATSF shared her friend's use of Alvar Aalto's iconic vase as a fishbowl. Earlier in the year, we shared Tobias Wong's unique "doorstop" interpretation. Now, there's another int...
Astute readers that you are, you may have noticed a new name appearing on some of our posts. Lise Harwin has been quietly contributing for a couple of weeks now, and we're very pleased to officially ...
Our resident unplggd handy guy Peter is putting the finishing touches on the Cmoy amp for the multimedia desk project. Leftover wood means a matching case and less waste. Check it out here.
More fro...
We've been seeing painted stripes for a little while now, but none that we loved as much as this welcoming pairing of mocha and cafe au lait (?). ...
Today, I'm going to take you on a little escape to a home in the Northwest, where this amazing shot was taken. It's a home of a well known designer and architect that will inspire you and make you ...
Dear AT,
I have been looking for a large area rug for my living room for ages and finally found one I love and would be perfect.
It's called Verona, made by Lanart, and is handmade 100% felted wool...
Inspiration sometimes comes from the most unlikely of sources. This has been sitting on our "to-blog list" for a while now, and somehow always gets bumped down. But with this summer's water rationin...
Last night we were invited to check out Designer's Call, a mobile decor service that brings its design expertise - and a van with its vast resource of everything from catalogues, to fabric, flooring a...
Budget Travel 07.2008
Flipping through Budget Travel magazine, we noticed a small article on Motel 6 and Microtel, two budget chains that are trying to revamp their image without raising prices. Click below to see how de...
This fall forecast of graphic print occasional chairs from Pottery Barn tickled our fancy. The photo's mix of prints and colors is an exciting prospect - the mix just pops in that stark white room.....
Congratulations, lynderae1, you've been chosen as our Thursday giveaway winner. Here's lynderae1's description of the worst mess they've ever had to clean up after:
"One of the biggest messes I ever ...
Product: 1 Molded Plywood Lounge Chair, LCW in Aniline Red
Designer: Charles Eames
Shop: Design Within Reach
Value: $800
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Name: Anjuli
Location: Cambridge, MA
Profession: Engineering Grad Student
Green Move #1: Since I live in an apartment with no yard, I got a spot in the community garden across the street to grow m...
Whenever we can get our hands on some, we'll go to town on a coloring book and some crayons. There's something very relaxing and comforting about the activity. Unfortunately, no one's quite tapped int...
Kelle wants to know: Where can I find pillows like the ones in Rachel's Grad School Getaway living room? Her entry for the Small Cool Contest 2008 was my favorite. I love her style and the colors th...
It took me over a year to find this lamp. A quietly memorable but rare utilitarian design for a pendant lamp, I spotted it in the offices of ID Magazine during a visit last winter (below) and then ...
I'm convinced that part of the reason that my computer keeps crashing is because I have so many bookmarks. I have bookmarks for every cool new product, bookmarks for every hotel I'd someday stay in, b...
We've been fans of Elizabeth Soule's Little Zoo series for a long time, and finally had a chance to meet the Portland-based artist herself this weekend at Renegade....
Like many of you, we were smitten by Design Public's black, white and yellow room in Sarah's color combo post last week. While a white sofa would quickly be destroyed in our home, we could still get t...
The new collection from Pottery Barn is full of attractive, graphic, black and white decor. One of our favorite designs is the square-ish lidded baskets made from woven bamboo. We're not usually fan...
Maybe it's a collective longing for back-to-school, but we're noticing an emerging trend: the ABCs... or at least, some of them.
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Anyone remember this old Sesame Street Pinball Number Counting animation? (If not, the video is after the jump). Then you may appreciate this crafty project over at Instructables that shows you how t...
To All ColorTherapy Posts
Two years ago I wrote about the Riviera as I first began this column. I recently returned to the south of France for some R & R—and had another one of my color explosions....
What a great space saver this Barzilay Danish wall shelving unit w/ floating desk is. And stylish, too. The hitch? You have to pick it up in Marina, near Monterey. Jump below for links to this and ...
Caring for oneself should be simple. Help Remedies is here to, well, help.
By removing the "gaudy graphics" from their 100% recycled paper pulp packaging, Help Remedies wants to prove that first aid...
If you're in the market for a unique coffee table, take a look at this Kagan-style option currently on sale. Featuring a starburst wooden base and a glass surfboard top, this table would be a nice ad...
Oh, a summertime office like this one would make work a lot more fun. As far as home offices go, this one's a mix of fun and function... ...
This Modern Sectional Sofa is apparently, according to the seller, "ridiculously comfy." And we have to say, it does look pretty inviting! It has the nice nifty feature of being able to remove the...
You know about organic cotton and pesticide-free hemp but what about SeaCell, an open-weave blend of wood pulp and seaweed that's soft and breathable? Or paperwool, a blend of organic wool and rice ...
Dear AT,
I am currently looking for a nice modern console table to put on casters and use as both a sideboard near my dining room table and as a second prep surface in my kitchen.
I don't have a l...
Two fiberglass shell chairs for sale in Uptown. One plum with rocker base, one red with chrome wheeled base. Will also sell separately. Jump below for links to this and more good finds:
Apartment The...
Last year, we had great discussions about reducing our consumption of bottled water. Perfect for Green Month at AT, New York Magazine's regular shopping feature, Best Bets, shows us some options for t...
Save the date! GreenHomeNYC's annual open house and tour of green buildings in the city will take place on Saturday, October 4, 2008. We know it's early, but tours are limited and fill up fast, so d...
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The ephemeral garden has made its second annual appearance, offering Parisians a chance to stop and smell the flowers, plants, herbs and trees that have blossomed on the vast gra...
Looking for a sweet and easy summer dessert? Make this so-quick homemade lemon pudding, and let your guests layer it with fresh summer fruit and candied nuts. There's a chocolate version too!
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The term “treehugging” sometimes gets a bad rap, though less so in the post-Inconvenient Truth-era. When we visited our family’s place in the White Mountains of New Hampshire this past weeken...
Last month, The Washington Post featured a series of murals in private homes in and around DC. Our favorite surprise was the Marc Chagall garden mural in a Georgetown home. This mosaic work is the on...
Our friend Joel is always pleasantly surprising us with his different ways of using Alvar Aalto's Savoy vase. Granted, it's not the most inexpensive fishbowl we've ever seen, but we can't deny that w...
Great things discovered while on vacation. Favorite textile designers. Little-known painters who deserve to be discovered. Early bird announcements of contest winners. Have you signed up for t...
We've posted about paper lanterns several times, as they're not only beautiful and affordable, but also very adaptable for almost any decorative style. Yet these bulb lanterns from Kyouei Design stand...
It's a total slam DUNK by the readers this time around - you guys are good!
(Click here to guess first - then jump below for the answer & more photos)...
When we found out that a friend used to work with floral design, we were thrilled to have a green thumb to complement our black one. The first joint project? Replacing the traditional concrete urn pla...
While looking around for Melbourne based furniture designers, we came across Zuster. Run by four sisters of Dutch descent, Zuster furniture is designed and crafted in Australia and shows a strong Scan...
We just wrote about the Screen Printed Wool Log Pillow from My Imaginary Boyfriend a few weeks ago, so were please to run into Erika at Fort Mason on Saturday....
Seen a good one of these? Got a recommendation? Send an image of the actual paper to maxwell @ apartmenttherapy . com with "posted locally" in the subject header. Were here to help homes....
Don't you hate it when you fill you last piece of wall space. Just as I thought that we had all the perfect items of furniture to suit our needs, our walls were appropriately filled but overly stuffed...
Where do you find design inspiration? Sometimes it can be found in the mundane, everyday items that we usually take for granted. I’ve long been admiring tramcars, a mode of transportation I take alm...
Wow. That was some controversial kid-centric townhouse Aaron blogged last week, but we didn't notice any comments about this cool 3-D chandelier. We like it....
John Murphy is one of those rare artists who pays as much attention to the frame as the work inside. It's probably safe to say that the frames make these artworks, which are very much about objectho...
Scmtngirl tagged some photos in Flickr so that we'd find them, and we did. She writes, Spotted this chair in the back of a picture on Craigslist from someone who was giving a bunch of stuff away for ...
Tricia sent in an email: Hi, I am a sophomore in college and will be moving into my first apartment this fall up at school. Since i will be spending a lot of my time in my room i want something that i...
Have you seen Rachel Comey's house tour in the latest issue of Domino? Her dining room featured a mix of both authentic and fake Wegner wishbone chairs, a solution that definitely helps ease some pre...
It being Bastille Day, we were poking around the Marie Claire Maison site and came across this table, put together by Paola Navone during her renovation, when her guests were on their way but her furn...
As much as we hate to admit it, we are liable to get really frustrated with an organizing project when containers and the like cost such a pretty penny — especially in the volume we'd need for mo...
With the hot weather and everyone beating a path up to the roof, here's a really nice way to keep it cool, green and growing. We can all help create the green city of the future with these guys.
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3 Fish Studios, home of one of our favorite Bay Area art duos Annie Galvin (Wexford Girl) and Eric Rewitzer, were out in full force at Renegade this past weekend....
The other day I spotted this neat X design in the sidewalk and was instantly inspired to roundup furniture, home décor and design interpreted in this simple and classic pattern. My first stop was to ...
It's the 14th of July which means is Bastille day, the French equivalent of the 4th of July and we couldn't resist pulling together some inspiration from our favorite French (and French-inspired) film...
Our love affair with plywood drives our friends crazy. It's such an honest material, it's light, it's unexpected, and when you get tired of it you can always paint it. Here's a sofa from Dutch desi...
Last week when we showed you the Stage Floor Lamp from our Sneak Peek at CB2 post we didn't think we'd get so hung up on it. But we did, we're smitten. Now we're on the prowl for similar looking flo...
Yatzer 07.2008
In keeping with our look at rich patterns today, we thought we'd showcase this Italian Villa found on Yatzer. If you want to make the suzani trend work for your own home, this is the space to study....
Dear AT,
I live in a studio apartment with the bare necessities and get by on a tight budget. I've recently decided to try to get into better shape after losing some weight after putting myself on a d...
say Hi to Kristin who's back with this Austin Store Review. Whaddya think?
Visiting Aviary is like going over to your very stylish, well-traveled friend's house. And that may be just what owners Mar...
We bought this completely blah table at Alameda a few months back because it was very cheap and we needed something to put all our stuff on. It's been clashing with our room ever since, and finally, s...
Since this month is "green month" my husband and I have started taking a look at some of the smaller things we can do to be a little more eco-friendly. Sure we want to save baby seals and give the ...
We found this article in House To Home that discussed some of the recent trends in storage solutions that homeowners have been putting in to their smaller apartments and homes. From kitchen storage t...
Behind this nondescript storefront on Connecticut Avenue lies one of Cleveland Park's best resources - an old fashioned sewing machine and vacuum repair shop. Sure, you can buy the latest and great...
Most of the time we go the elbow grease route when it comes to getting the ring around the tub off, and we've followed flylady's advice and used shampoo in the toilet, but sometimes the bathroom needs...
This house, the Chemosphere, was used in both Charlie's Angels, and Body Double. If you've seen the movies Diamonds are Forever, Charlie's Angels or Body Double, you've oohed and aahed over John Lautn...
We're really enjoying all the fun ways designers are revamping the bare bulb. This latest by Japanese team Kyouei Design made its debut at ICFF, and functions via a simple glass ring resting on the...
We've been looking at round dining tables FOREVER but have yet to find the perfect fit, so the search continues . Here are three that are currently on the market - they vary quite a bit in price and s...
We recently decided it was time to stop storing boxes of CDs we rarely used. After ripping our collection to our new computer, we sold many of the discs to Spun.com. Spun makes it easy to sell your ...
Want to help restore the Neutra VDL Research House and have a chance at winning a little something from Modernica? Well you're totally in luck. Do a good deed, have a cocktail as you watch the sun s...
Dear AT,
I found a picture of this bathroom vanity that I love and I need to have it.
However, I do not know where I can purchase it.
I was wondering if any of the AT readers could help me identify...
Name: TannerAdair
Location: Sugarhouse, Salt Lake City
Profession: Law Student
Welcome to TannerAdair, our second Utah reader submission to our Green@Home giveaway. Jump below for pics and details. ...
Here's another post from Ana, who's vying for a spot on the Southwest team, focusing on Austin. Let us know what you think in the comments below!
In the South, where hanging out on the porch talking ...
What: Exterior 1x1 tiles at Sam's Bargain Town
Where: Truman Road, Kansas City Mo.
When: Photos taken Saturday, July 12th @ 6 p.m.
Why: Truman Road in K.C. Mo, is a street that feels like it could ...
Aerators are on our faucets to put air in the waterstream, which increases pressure with less water. They can gunk up over time and cause low pressure that's solved by simply cleaning the aerator......
A couple months ago Jonathan posted about the Spaceless hidden balcony furniture system, an ingenious patio table and bench incorporated flat into wood decking. Creator Sandy Lam has posted a video o...
A colleague had to take her car into get fixed over the weekend. The problem, she found out, had to do with the wiring, which had been eaten out by rats. She and her husband park their car on Riversi...
As we mentioned on friday, using what you already have is a great way to stay green. One way to revamp what it is you've been looking at for a while is to rearrange your furniture. We tend to rearra...
AT:SF, I decided to utilize the space above my kitchen cabinets. After I finished, I started to wonder - is it safe? Can my cabinets hold my heavy books? Thanks,
-Natalie in NOLA...
Last month we painted out kitchen cabinets plus a hallway of wood paneling and it took a total of 40 hours of work. Last night the remaining 5 contestants on Design Star completely remodeled this da...
Collective is one of those places that we almost don't want to spread the word too far about, because it's such a choice destination for immaculately restored and maintained vintage Danish pieces. O...
Some good links from our travels around the blogs today: a cute and temporary Ikea kitchen, a gorgeously patterned villa, a chain link and wooden hanger storage solution and limiting your weekend work...
When the 2008 IKEA Catalog debuted last summer, we remember loving the creative use of multiple MANDAL headboards. Over on ikea hacker, Diane used that same image of the doubled-up headboard as insp...
Welcome again to Adrienne, trying out for a spot on the team representing Austin, Texas. As always let us know what you think in the comments!Finally, room service that won't leave you with a huge bi...
One of our favorite things from the CB2 preview we attended last week wasn't a piece of furniture but these seemingly simple glass balls. ...
Architect Matt Baran is building a new house in West Oakland. It's his first project, and we'll be following along as construction progresses. So far, he moved the house that was on the lot closer...
It's summertime! And one of the best parts is that everyone can take a load off, let their hair down, ignore that chore (for now) and just enjoy great weather and long days. One of our favorite ways...
Dear AT,
I'm looking for a super-comfy, armchair-like desk chair.
I've seen the West Elm Garvey Office Chair and the Room & Board Alpha Chair.
However, Room & Board is too pricey for me ($800) an...
If we can do this, so can youSummer's the season for entertaining and doing it in grand style means flowers. Yes, you can just stick them in a vase and call it a day...or with a little ingenuity, yo...
We continue to be spellbound by the soft-scrubbing, smell-stopping, subtle power of baking soda. There are so many uses for it. We recently came across some baking soda uses from True Value hardware...
Is your old toilet sucking down the water? It might be time to give it the boot (just don't let it end up like the poor toilettes in the above image, please!) We just took one more small step toward...
Every weekend we gather up all the hottest posts of the past week (you can check out our latest hot posts here). This got us wondering what our hottest posts of the week were one year ago, so we press...
Lately we've been impressed by the variety of richly patterned pillows available from several hundreds of dollars down to the $20-$50 dollar range. At the expensive end of the spectrum, saturated co...
Cinderella’s range of cleaning products has a similar philosophy to Method's- both are made from plant based ingredients, are not tested on animals, are non-toxic, smell nice and come in stylish bot...
Saturday's Chronicle included Part Two of their wildfire-related articles. This time Eve Kushner and Laura Thomas's articles are on "several striking houses that show the gamut of architectural respo...
Brooke is looking for some shopping info. She writes: Ok... I live in Lincoln Park and am looking for a vintage store to find a good sideboard at a good price.(Note: Include a pic of your problem and ...
Our favorite booth at the Renegade Craft Fair this weekend was definitely that of ceramicist Sara Paloma. As beautiful as her pieces are on their own, they're really breathtaking when arranged togethe...
This was first covered on Unplggd, but I'm bringing it back for AT readers
For Monday, check out this little thing that's about to bring technology into your home in a brand new way. Imagine a soft...
We made the brave Metra journey out to Ravinia (a local outdoor concert venue) on Friday night. For those that haven't done this recently or ever, expect full trains to pass you by, standing room only...
With the help of solar panels, super-efficient windows and insulation, and low-flush toilets Mig Halpine, Calico Harington, and their children are living an almost energy-independent home life in Be...
Monday, and we're off to Los Angeles with a peek into a very cool GREEN shop in Silverlake that's got two things to share with us: a four poster Birch Bed and a great DIY headboard idea.
Stay on t...
This classic Eames Aluminum Lounge Chair, on Potrero Hill, is looking for a new home. Jump below for links to this and other good finds.
Apartment Therapy Furniture Classifieds are open for you...
OK, so you've read No-Impact Man and Fritz Haeg. If it’s time to try your hand at the land, SPIN Farming intends to help you do it for fun and yes, profit. You don’t even need a yard of your own. ...
LA's trial blogger Sabrina starts off this week with a DIY custom hook rug project:
Parking. Breadsticks with your pizza. Trial sized shampoo. Few things in life are free.
That's why when our frien...
Here's a pretty simple shelving system in Second Hotel, a design boutique in Seoul. After our initial reaction of, "Oohh, I hope no one stumbles against this wall...that would be baaad....," we tried ...
Name: Josh & Adele
Location: Park Slope
Favorite: The solid plexiglass sliding door to the office
Quote: "When we visited this place, we came up to the roof and it just felt like home."
>> Enter Ho...
This is not a landscape shot of some triumphant mountain range. After playing catch-up from a vacation, this is our Everest-esque pile of dirty laundry.
In desperate moments like this, we often long...
Recognize these sofas? They're the same ones at the Hollywood Standard Hotel lobby, and recently featured in a Domino house tour. This particular set of soft couch chairs is vintage and going for $75...
All kinds of mysterious remnants can be found in old apartments. In a friend's apartment over the weekend, we noticed this obsolete old panel that's been painted over so many times that it's become ...
Do you love Kristen's Paris Posts? Do you often read them (as we do) and wish you were there, enjoying a cup of coffee in some Paris cafe?
Well, if so, then this French Table and Chairs for Two ...
In Naperville, this white metal Steelcase office desk with a wood grain laminate top is selling for $50. The desktop includes a hole for wire routing. Jump below for links and more good finds:
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Dear AT,
I am looking for a woven plastic bin that can be used as a hamper.
I like that many seem to be recycled plastic and they really give a nice color pop to a room.
I've seen a few around on...
The largest auction house in the Midwest, Leslie Hindman, has several auctions coming up this week. Today they present two sessions of the higher end Furniture and Decorative Arts category and Tuesday...
In January, the Museum of Modern Art announced their intentions to fill the vacant lot surrounding the museum with an exhibition of prefab housing in addition to displays in the interior galleries. ...
Shoes come off when we come in the door. We love this stylish way to store them from BoConcept. This little unit would make the perfect door-side shoe storage and landing strip......
Joan is proof that it's never too late to simplify your life. At 75, she traded her three-bedroom house in the States for a 37.5 square meter (404 square-foot) apartment in the 7th arrondissement, w...
Having problems with your grilled fish? Does it stick to the grill or fall apart? We have the perfect recipe for you. We tested Emeril's grilled Fish Provencal from the latest issue of Martha Stewart'...
The current issue of Domino magazine reveals a great new source for beautiful, handcrafted pillows. The Pillow Dreams Project pays tribal women from Thailand, Vietnam and South Africa fair wages fo...
Abbie's post on river stone vases reminded us of the rock candle holders we saw all over Reykjavik, Iceland. We love the idea of bringing a piece of nature from our travels into our home. Too bad ...
The readers favorite posts on AT:Chicago this week were a glimpse inside the homes of 12 Chicagoans with great workspaces, a budget chair faceoff between Target and Ikea (guess who won?), 8 good items...
It's been one heckuva busy week here at AT Los Angeles. We introduced a bevy of new potential contributors from Austin, Asia, Australia and from our own city limits, reporting on design and home ideas...
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