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ColorTherapy: French Bleu - A Travelogue

Mark Chamberlain is off this week to Europe for a little color adventure. While he's away, we thought we'd bring back one of his earlier color adventures to France. Enjoy!

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Name: Deep Ocean, Pacific Palisades, Tulum Blue
Brand: Benjamin Moore & Ralph Lauren

This week I would like to introduce a new element to Color Therapy: instead of showing pictures of actual rooms I've painted, I'd like to present photographs of something inspiring I've discovered in my travels, and offer suggestions for its uses in the home...

NY Good Questions: Paint Color Suggestions?

5.13livingroom.jpg Dear AT,

We need to paint our living room.

The last renter had the entire room painted a complicated mix of faux marble finishes and the taupe is quite dark.

Even though we have large bay windows, because the ceilings are so high the room feels like a cave, especially at night.

I would like to take the ceiling (decorative molding included) 100% white, but I wonder about the walls.

What color would look best and still bring an airy, light feeling into the room?

I was inspired by the sky blue walls in one Domino magazine photo...

Queens Rowhouse
The New York Times 5.11.08

Did everyone see the amazing renovation of the 1908 row house in Sunday's The New York Times? Kermit and Azadeh Westergaard's home in Ridgewood, Queens is a great example of how a simple approach can have dramatic results. The majority of the home features white walls and floors — allowing the natural light and sparse furnishings take center stage...

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Now we're into May...
Welcome to carla, Modfan and andromache!

AT Europe: The Kitchen of the Future from Ora Ito for Gorenje

Young French designer Ora-Ïto's black, streamlined, advanced technology, energy-efficient kitchens for European manufacturer Gorenje have raised the bar on kitchen design. And now he's created a prototype, recently shown at the 2008 Foire de Paris, of the "kitchen of the future" for Gorenje.

AT on The State of the Blog 2008

My high school commencement was the best commencement I ever attended. The main address, which was given by a trustee, congratulated us only a little before challenging us to think beyond partying, giving us a real mission to take with us that afternoon. The education we'd received, the trustee said, wasn't just a luxury; it was an obligation. Our job was now to get to work and make good use of what we'd learned in the world...

AT Europe: Den Bosch, Netherlands House Tour: Nina Van de Goor

Name: Nina Van de Goor
Location: Den Bosch, Netherlands
Rent or own: rent
Size: 1000 sq/ft + 320 sq/ft roof terrace
Lived in: 5 months

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AT reader and Dutch blogger Nina Van de Goor of Ninainvoorm wrote in recently to share photos of the colorful, highly personalized flat that she shares with her boyfriend Helmut. "People always are surprised to hear that we've only lived here for such a short time when they see how packed and finished the house already is," Nina says. "Many people spend years redecorating and finishing their places, but except for the roof terrace, I believe we're completely done. There'll surely be some small changes the next couple of years, but the redecoration is completely done and we have all the stuff and furniture we need, even a little more than we need, to be honest." Hear more from Nina about her apartment after the jump...

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BKLYN Designs: Apartment Therapy Presents

It was a beautiful weekend in DUMBO! Though we were a little anxious about Saturday's weather, it was a great day to take part in BKLYN Designs. After scoping out the myriad of Brooklyn-based designers showcasing their work throughout the neighborhood, Apartment Therapy staff and readers featured in our newest book, Apartment Therapy Presents, spent an hour signing copies in the Tobacco Warehouse...

NY Good Questions: Paint Color For Our Living Room?

5.12rug.jpg Dear AT,

I would love some advice.

My husband and I are trying to decide on what color to paint our new living room.

Our rug (attached below) from crate and barrel has various stripes of green/beige brown and a little pop of grey.

I'm afraid if we paint the walls green, our room will feel too green.

Would a grayish color be too cold?...

Imacuclean: Cleaning & Handyman Services

There are a few good cleaning services which we've been tipped off to; one of them is Imacuclean. Of particular note since we last posted them, they now offer a Handyman Service to take care of your small jobs. They do painting, woodworking, plastering, and "repairs of any kind."

In business for 57 years, Imacuclean provides service in "general cleaning, heavy cleaning, move-in or move-out cleaning and post construction cleaning."

BKLYN Designs: Palo Samko Woodworker

Palo Samko displayed some amazing pieces inside St. Ann's Warehouse in DUMBO — the AT staff fell in love with his Rosewood Credenza (above) and Constellation Table (pic after the jump). The best part? The unique detailing achieved with tiny watch parts embedded in the wood surfaces...

NY Good Questions: How Can I Attach This To The Wall?

5.12bookshelf.jpg Dear AT,

I bought this Ikea bookshelf second hand off a friend.

I'm supposed to attach it to the wall, but I don't have the hardware that came with it.

You can see from the pictures that it is definitely unbalanced (it's not normally this disorganized looking either).

What is the best way to attach this to the wall?

I don't have an Ikea here, so I will have to make a trip to the hardware store.

Thanks! Melissa

International Finalist: Ise's London Pad

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Name: Marie-Louise
Location: London, England
Size & Type: 580 sqft. 2-bdrm
Original Entry: Click Here

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Who was your favorite entry and why?

Tanya's Industrial Chic. I like clean modern lines and white paint.

I also liked last years entry called Ron's Hotel "Sweet".

East Finalist: Luca's Surplus of Storage & Light

Here's they come! The Final Entries today through Thursday.

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Name: Luca Andrisani
Location: Chelsea, NYC
Size & Type: 400 sf
Original Entry: Click Here

and Original Slideshow Here

Who was your favorite entry and why?

I like the Southwest #10: Kelly and Josh's Work in Progress (pic on left).

I think it's sophisticated and simple.

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Now we're into May...
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BKLYN Designs: Kupe Line Repurposed Bourbon Barrels from Uhuru

Red Hook based Uhuru was showing off their new Kupe collection of furniture at BKLYN Designs this weekend. Crafted from used bourbon barrels from Kentucky, the Kupe collection includes various benches and side tables, a framed mirror and lounge chair. The different furnishings help make use of all the parts of the barrel — the staves, metal bands and circular heads...

Today's Email: AT on The State of the Blog

1.5 million (per month) AT fans can't be wrong (pic Weegee)

Every spring, around the anniversary of our original launch back in April of 2004, I step back and take a moment to opine of the year behind and the year ahead. It's our State of the Blog Address, and each year it gets more ambitious as I attempt to map out the road ahead and share our plans with you directly. Today, I've put my thoughts together, simplified them and will be sending them out first and than posting them to the site later...

Stay on the pulse with a double shot: blog + email. If you're not signed up, go for it right now (on the upper left nav).

Click below for past emails....

NY House Tour: Uri Stays Monochrome

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Name: Uri
Location: East Village
Size: 1600 sqft
Favorite: that it is rent controlled and is a big space with an open feel
Years Lived In: 13

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Uri relishes monochrome as a background because of all the possibilities it allows in the foreground. Growing up in a Brooklyn home designed by his father and full of some of the furniture seen here had an impact as well on his color choices. While accustomed to this palette, Uri does not feel constrained by it...

Giveaway Roundup: 4 Copies of AT Presents!

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Here's our roundup of our giveaway this week of our brand new book, Apartment Therapy Presents, which we're giving away fully autographed. Click on any square to pass through to the giveaway and feel free to enter all four (but only one comment per site). We'll choose the winners on Monday.

NY Good Questions: Coffee Table Suggestions?

5.12livingroom.jpg Dear AT,

Help me choose a coffee table please.

The carpet is coming up tomorrow and the oak hardwood floor underneath will be finished in natural.

There is a brick fireplace opposite the large sofa painted antique white.

The rest of the room (desk, large bookcase) is "transitional" in style...

Paon Porcelain Bath Accessories by Kazuhiko Tomita

These are refreshing! Kazuhiko Tomita designed these modern ceramic bathroom accessories for Authentics. The shape of the eight-piece Paon collection was inspired by elephants...

NY Scavenger: Antique Letterpress Type Cabinet for $500

Warren Chappell, the 20th century type designer, once said "the flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring."

It's remarkable then to look at this antique letterpress type cabinet and ponder the way things used to be - the grinding pace of building a block of text letter by letter, the ink-stained fingers, the eye strain.

If only for the reminder to slow down every once and a while, this letterpress would be a wonderfully unique piece to own, especially if you're a writer, editor, or just a lover of the printed word!
-Cambria

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PlantTherapy: Leaving the Garden Behind

Climbing rose, beginning its third year, reaching up the garden's chainlink fence.

So I promised a peek in at our tiny garden...before we leave it. Back when I began submitting pictures to Maxwell, I was another busy New Yorker trying to find a few minutes to stop and smell the roses - and never had any intention or expectation of growing any.

We are packing up and moving from our apartment soon. I don't consider myself a real gardener OR garden blogger by any means, and yet here I am very sad to leave these plants behind...

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International Finalist: Simone's Gastown Space

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PlantTherapy: Chocolate in the Garden

Sunflower BOB (Borders on Black), one of the chocolate offerings

This past month's Horticulture Magazine features a farm in Washington that champions this deep color and has beautiful gardens that are based on a 'chocolate palette', which inspired me to get those near-black dahlias last week.

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