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Title: Brooklyn, NY, 2007
Photographer: William Abranowicz
Gallery: Meter
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Last weekend we were strolling the Bowery and visiting the New Museum when we stumbled upon this little shop selling these cool, light, aluminum chairs for only $28. They look really similar to tho...
A good friend of ours recently spent a week in London and our one request for a souvenir was a new catalog from Habitat — are we furniture nerds or what?...
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We've always had a soft spot for Paul Evans' Sculpted Bronze series for Directional, begun in the mid 1960s. While we've found "inspired" pieces at local thrift and junk shops from time to time, the...
I have a Persian rug in my living room that's attractive, but doesn't offer much cushion on my hardwood floors for sitting and noise dampening. I know it's possibly to buy thick rug pads, but the one...
Fredik Larsson and James Anthony opened Scandinavian Grace, in Williamsburg a year and a half ago. Initially their focus was just on Scandinavian glass and housewares. Then six months ago, they exp...
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Name: New York Muhtari
Location: New York, NY
Type of Home: 1 Bedroom Coop apartment
What inspired you to use color? I am not talented like Vincent Van Gogh to create th...
AT — We live in a very small rowhome in Philadelphia. There is no foyer when you enter the living room so we purchased the Kartell table to help w/storage (dog items/mittens/small bags) and to...
"Chair with coat rack" and "Looking Glass", 2007
We've recently found ourselves captivated by the work of sculptor Jason Meadows, who works primarily with found and recognizable objects, often using...
Name: Alysia and David
Location: Harlem
Size: 2400 sqft, 4 bdrm brownstone
Favorite: the space and that it is finished!
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We've written about Geami Packaging in the past (the laser-cut paper that Crate & Barrel uses for shipping), but we received a package in the office the other day that used a packing material ne...
There's a chill in the fall air and FLOR just announced their new Funny Bones area rug "for a little ghoulish finesse anytime of the year..."
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Name: Sol
Location: South Tyrol, Italy
Type of Home: owned apartment
What inspired you to use color? Color is a great challenge for me: Being able to pull it off in an e...
It's not only the familiar lamp posts that light the Paris night, but the glow from shop windows hoping to haunt the dreams of passersby who will come back in the morning and spend money they no lon...
Toad-in-the-hole, bubble and squeak - there many silly and strange names for food. What are your favorites?
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What: Coin Lamp
Designer: Jethro Macey
Picked By: Sara L.
Who Says: Made be chuckle! But this lamp actually requires a coin to go on.
Source: http://www.dwell.com/daily/blog/30272509.html
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What: Lamp & Chair
Designer: Harvey Guzzini & Massimo Losa Ghini
Picked By: Lynne
Who Says: I like this simple but stylish corner in my friends Emma and Jon's house. The lamp is a 1970s Harvey Gu...
Item: 20 Copies of The 8 Step Home Cure, autographed to you!
Author: Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan
Value: Priceless
Description: To kick off our Fall Cure, we're giving away 20 autographed copies of our ...
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Name: Janice
Location: Yonkers, NY
Type of Home: One Bedroom Co-op
What inspired you to use color? Color exudes life and I can hardly imagine a day without the kind of h...
Detail of Pink Victorine
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Introducing Susanna Harwood Rubin. Rubin’s work has always taken my breath away. Meticulous, elegant, and serene while brimming with energy. These...
While the daily financial news couldn't be more dramatic (is someone writing this stuff?), and here in NYC there is a palpable sense of disbelief in the air, I have no doubt that the fall out from t...
"Nellie" in Candycane
Some of Katie Deedy's Brooklyn-based Grow House Grow wallpapers made their way into our inbox last night . Though the line is small at the moment (there are only three designs ...
What is this chair that Erin Burnett is sitting on, and where can I get something similar? The picture appeared in an article in Vanity Fair. Thanks!
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We're always excited to get our copy of Diner Journal. We expect lots of yummy recipes from the folks who run Brooklyn restaurants, Marlow & Sons, Diner and Bonita, but we hadn't anticipated fin...
Escapes Month is long over, but that doesn't mean we can't start planning for next year. Rachel just spent a weekend in this beautiful vacation home in Wisconsin and came home with a green tour to sha...
In the The New York Times today, ten different college students are profiled based on inexpensive or free decorating ideas they've implemented in their own homes. "There is much that can be learned ...
I was wondering if you guys knew of a good storage trunk that would go well with a mid-century/modern theme. Just something for keepsakes and stuff like that. I like the Taka trunks at Crate and Barre...
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Clockwise, from left: Mariola Abascal from Spain, Jo from Ottawa and Georjeanna Feltha from New Mexico.
Welcome, everyone, to our Fourth Annual Fall Colors Sharing & Contest. We're looking for the m...
Earlier we looked at color and lighting inspiration from creative college students on a budget from The New York Times. Now, we're moving on to inspiration for artwork and various ideas of adornment...
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It's really too bad we don't have a space for this Mid-Century Desk in our apartment. It's lovely and in fine condition. With AT's Fall Cure about to start, those file drawers and the nifty middle ...
Item: 2 Stendig 2009 Wall Calendars
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This week's Home & Garden section of The New York Times celebrates do-it-yourself design on a strict budget &mdash inspiration from college students. These are great spaces on tiny budgets that ...
The Time Square from London-based design company Black + Blum is a chalkboard, magnetic board and clock rolled into one......
Homemade wedding cake! Yes, it is possible to make your own wedding cake, and it can be an incredibly satisfying experience - especially when there are so many good friends to help and beautify. See m...
Peaceful vintage design. Alphaville is a unique little shop that has been around the corner from our home for many years. Populated by toys and movie posters from the '40s, '50s, '60s and '70s, it ...
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Name: Brandyce Pinol
Location: Cubelles, Spain
Type of Home: Spanish Modern
What inspired you to use color? I'm inspired by colors and textures found in nature with a fe...
Next week, we pick up speed, but we're getting in gear today. This always works best to start slowly and pick up speed as we go.
The official sign up will be posted on Monday.
Starting next week w...
On a whim last night, we decided to put some of the blank canvases laying around the apartment to use. With limited resources (aka "no paint"), we cobbled together a copy of this Christopher Wool pi...
I've been on an exhaustive hunt to find fabric that is inspired by these vintage hemp/linen feedsacks. I think the material with the blue ticking stripe (at left) will go great with my espresso leathe...
Halloween is one of our favorite holidays. Every year we vow to do a little more decorating than just a pumpkin on a fire escape (Who are we kidding? Most years we can't even manage that! But we hav...
An assortment of books, a play kitchen and an assortment of fun toys are just a few of the treasures spotted at home with SwissMiss.
Tons more eye candy to be found on Ohdeedoh. See more nursery...
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Name: Georgia
Location: Cold Spring Harbor, New York
Type of Home: farmhouse ranch
What inspired you to use color? Color cheers me up. I like to see the interplay of col...
A perfect question for Colors Month: Help! After water pouring through my roof for the last month, my landlady has made the repairs and wants to paint my room neutral colours. Does anyone have any goo...
Dallas' Joel Hester turns the rusted hoods and trunks of old American cars into functional, striking tables......
It's that time of year again, when we go crazy for color. For me, it's a time to think about stripes. LJ's effort, seen above, is a great example of a way to leave your mark on a room with a little ...
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This past weekend, we made our first trek out to Secaucus, New Jersey to check out the Design Within Reach Annex. Located in a sea of outlet malls, the 12,000 square foot Annex ...
Chris & I with John Gabbert, founder of R&B
Last Friday was our final day of travel, and we spent it entirely at Room & Board's main offices outside of Minneapolis. For those of you in the furniture ...
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What: Santa Monica Pier Poster
Designer: Anon
Picked By: Maxwell
Who Says: I saw this in Victoria's house. The strong color and the vintage take on LA are so great that I just ...
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What: Pair of dismountable painted metal lounge chairs from the 1950s
Designer: Mategot
Picked By: Selina
Who Says: Summer is over, but these are so cool! What do you think?
So...
The New York Times has been publishing lots of neutral spaces lately and this home's interior, painted in Flemish grays and whites, fits right in. British knitwear designer (and expert furniture sca...
Candy-colored striped wallpaper designed by Ich&Kar is made with phosphorescent ink that soaks up natural or artificial light by day and glows in the monochromatic night, lighting up hallways or stair...
Is it safe to leave butter out of the fridge in a butter dish? Can it be left unrefrigerated for a few days? How long is too long?
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Name: Chuck and Michael
Location: East Village
Size: 820 square feet, one bedroom with patio
Lived-In: 5 years, own
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Everything in Chuck Gonzales and Michael Thibeault's Eas...
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Name: Mariola Abascal
Location: Seville, Spain
Type of Home: apartment
What inspired you to use color? The light of the room.
Color Tip: Use them as you like!
Colors Use...
Taken by Sarah's post on Holy Mountain and Gregory's Top 10 Films for Decor Inspiration, we couldn't not post one of our favorite New York movie apartments of all time: Faye Dunaway's uptown penthou...
Hey AT, My husband and I just bought a house a couple of months ago and we were lucky enough to get a lot of the previous owners rather quirky furniture thrown in with the deal. We would love to kee...
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Name: Meverette Smith
Location: New York
Type of Home: Apartment
What inspired you to use color? I'm not afraid of it! I like to take one accessory — pillow, rug, ...
I adore the Ella rug carried at Chiasso, but I need a larger and smaller size than what's available. Chiasso won't divulge the manufacturer, so I hoped asking here might reveal an answer. Otherwise, d...
Jeremy Sapienza, of the fabulous BushwickBK.com, recently commissioned local artist Erik Burke to cover the entire facade of his building with a two-story mural...
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My fiance has conjured up this image to let me know what our bedroom would look like, ( we are in the middle of a renovation, and hope to keep it ready by the wedding date)
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Fourth photo down, of the hallway with travel pictures all framed in white. It's a gorgeous, cohesive, filled-but-uncluttered way to put color in that skinny Amsterdam space. Plus, I love the grey ...
The view from Target's Ad Agency looking out over Mary Tyler Moore's hometown
[Note: this was from last Thursday] Yesterday saw our departure from the dry West and our entrance into the green and ver...
A former soap factory in Long Island City, Queens is the home and studio of sculptor Ilan Averbuch and his family. The New York Times takes us into the raw space which has been adapted over time for...
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Here’s one for the archives and search engines: “What color should I paint my loft? I don’t want bright white and I hate Linen.” Try one of these…
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This lighting concept from designer Yar Rassadin is based on the hexagonal shapes of the bee's natural building process and crystal technology &mdash inspiring the use of Swarovski crystals in a hon...
Elle Décoration visits the home of Aurélie Mathigot, a Paris-based artist who makes enchanting crocheted furniture and accessories. Her penchant for all that is precious and retro is tempered with s...
We're inspired by the steel-framed wood-clad guest house architect Brad Cloepfil designed in upstate New York. Nestled in the woodsy setting, the 1,200-square-foot house captures a feeling of simple...
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Name: Kris Chau
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Type of Home: South Philly 100 yr old row home
What inspired you to use color? This is our very first home, and it ...
Geoffrey needs some advice: I'd really love to have a mat right outside my shower, but my boyfriend is highly resistant to the idea of a normal bathroom rug. I've seen some teak mats that look great (...
This is our favorite time of the year. The weather is cooling off a bit. Everyone is back in the city and entertaining season is here. We love a chance to dress up a table, which is why we were psy...
The highlight of this year's West Coast Green had to be the Harbinger Showhouse -- a shipping container home, assembled on the tradeshow floor in the San Jose Convention Center in under 5 hours. Here'...
On our last visit to The Conran Shop, one of our favorite pieces was simple, classic and on sale. This oak console table is the kind of piece that can easily work in various settings and serve multi...
Hi There, I would be very grateful if any of your readers can point me where to pick this round table/shelf in the new york city area or online. Thanks for your help. Kenny.
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Detail of room collage by Christian Lacroix, from Pin-Up Magazine
As much as we might try, our digital desktop remains an unorganized, mislabeled mess of documents and photographs. As we're constant...
I haven't told you where I am this [was last] week. I've been in San Francisco and now in Minneapolis, visiting with cool companies that like AT, want to meet and have Chris and I explain blogging ...
As contrast to the beginning of our Fall Color Contest, Pilar Viladas shows us a white loft in the design issue of the T Style Magazine. Architect Steve Blatz created a gleaming white backdrop for a...
Name: Matilda and Diego
Location: Brooklyn Heights
Size: 860 sqft 2 bdrm condo
Favorite: Her son's newly created bedroom because of the light it gets
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"This is my rebell...
This DWR Modern Zattera Sofa/Loveseat (only one year old!) is going for an absolute steal. Originally $1898, you can now snag it for a fraction of that. You might have to spend a little extra to go p...
Some of our favorite designs we've featured on Apartment Therapy were not always easy to find or purchase. We were excited to see that Barbara Thompson's Cupcake Canisters, Parametre Tyvek screens, ...
The chambre de bonne -- or maids room -- is an under-exploited space in many French buildings, left unheated and used for storage or rented out as-is to students. But Elle Décoration has a feature on...
Did you know that you can make potato chips at home (healthier, tastier, better in every way) - and there's no frying involved whatsoever? Your microwave is the secret tool.
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If you're looking for color, you need go no further than Alpana Bawa. Nestled in the hip East Village, Alpana has long been known for the standout colors of her clothing, but she has now expanded i...
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What: Igloo Candle Holders
Designer: Someone in France...
Picked By: Janet
Who Says: These make our friends happy. We've had these for a long time and love them.
Source: http://c...
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What: Octo Lambskin Rug
Designer: Bowron
Picked By: Jason
Who Says: I read today GoShopUs.com marked down these super soft Bowron longwool rugs 40-45% and is also offering shoppe...
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My sons art wall. My sons room is one of my favorite rooms in my house. And more specifically I love this wall. Its a collection of my husbands art, etsy art and of course my sons art.
- Kirst...
The Metropolitan Museum is now quietly entering the blogosphere with the Cloisters' new garden blog. The Cloisters is a branch of the Met that houses Medieval art, architecture, and gardens in its ...
Panicum virgatum. This is what caught my attention when reading Aaron's post on Gwen Calderon's apartment on the UWS apartment and the ways in which space was used.
Out on the patio this special...
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