Apartment Therapy New York - Archive for the week of 2009-03-29

Small Cool 2009: Last Chance for Thumbs Up!

• William & William's Eclectic Graystone (232) • BlondeinBrooklyn's Southern Exposure (178) • tomisanc's Separate Spaces (28) • Amie's Life Reflection (15) • Sayf & Shruti's E...

A Brooklyn Home & a Compact Ladder
New York Hot Posts for 4.4.09

Click to view these New York Hot Posts in bold below — and don't miss Small Cool 2009 • Brooklyn House Tour: Nicole's Extravagant Monastic Parlor • FSBO: Park Slope 3 Bedroom Co-op ...

Small Cool 2009: Last Chance for Thumbs Up!

• EricMcFly's Constant Curating (301) • Bee's Crawl in Wardrobe (115) • colorTHEORY's Victorian Grandness (283) • Vernon's Left Brain Right Brain Design (125) • Nat Z '...

Look! The Wild Things Movie

Holy Cow, this started to make me tear up.... And, OH, the decor possibilities... [via Ohdeedoh]...

Before & After: Vintage Junk to Breuer Chic

We frequently check Canadian design blog, Style North, to stay apprised of the stylish antics of our friends to the north. We're suckers for any DIY, but this seemed particularly clever and it's no-...

Household Products Start to Come Clean on Ingredients
The Wall Street Journal

Do you know what's in your household cleaners? We don't. We admit it. There are certain "green" brands that we trust, and we use their products even though we have no idea what chemical ingredients a...

Apartment Therapy Media Advertisers

Thank you to the new direct advertisers who joined us in March: American Express, ArtNet, Carlisle Wide Plank Floor, Dune, Ecover, Manhattan Mini Storage, Poppytalk Handmade, Remodeleze, Environment F...

Good Questions: Replacing Steps to Terrace?

click thumbnails for larger pics Hello Apartment Therapy, This winter, I made it my personal mission to conquer the constant air leaks that were making our heating bills skyrocket. One day I no...

AT Offline: David Weeks of David Weeks Studio
New York City 4.1.09

April Guest: David Weeks Attendance: 115 AT Offline: The NY Design Meetup Thanks to everyone who came out Thursday night. We had our biggest crowd yet, as people filled Knoll's showroom to he...

Small Cool 2009: BlondeinBrooklyn's Southern Exposure
Tiny Division #05

To Small Cool Contest Page and All Entries Who Lives Here: BlondeinBrooklyn Location: Brooklyn, New York Size: 600 square feet What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? The ...

Interiors with Souls: Peek into a London Home

click thumbnails for larger pics Veronika lives with her husband and their 9 month-old daughter in a 3-bedroom London home. They purchased the house only 18 months ago and in-between chasing a n...

The Gallery: Antonio Adriano Puleo

When I was out in California last month, I visited with Katie Ryan, a young artist who lived in a house full of artists. While their digs were very modest and most of the furniture came from g...

The Hoover Platinum Collection™ Cordless Stick Vac
6 days left!
Thursday Giveaway

Item: The Hoover Platinum Collection™ Cordless Stick Vacuum Brand: Hoover® Total Value: $179.99 The Cordless Stick Vac from the Hoover Platinum Collection combines the convenience of cord...

Scavenger: Danish Modern Chest of Drawers for $175
New York

Vintage 1960s MCM Danish Modern Chest of Drawers for a terrific price. A great little dresser if you have limited space. See more picks below the jump! More items and pics below the jump!...

What Companies Do You Recommend for Excellent Customer Service?

We covered the Brodwax T-5 fixture back in 2006 and shared them again when we used them at home. Well, our installation was three years ago and we just had our first bulb burn out. Or so we thought....

The Weekend Guide: Sales & Events
New York 4.3.09

THIS WEEK • MUJI Beds & Bedding Sale • Dune’s Spring Clearance Sale • Shop Art's New Opening Reception • Alpha Workshops Yard Sale • MoMA Monday Nights • Suburban Sky -...

Nanz Hardware
Updated Post

High end and beautifully made, Nanz deals in hinges, knobs, locks, levers, trim, cabinet and assorted hardware. Well known to the trade, their 59th Street store is open for retail customers to walk...

Kitchen Spotlight: Sudie's Pocket-Sized Renovation

Do you have a tiny kitchen? Do you despair of ever making it work for you? Well, let's take a look at a really tiny kitchen that got a major facelift. We love how Sudie took her existing kitchen &mdas...

Small Cool 2009: Last Chance for Thumbs Up!

For the first batch of Small Cool contestants, the 48 hours of Thumbs Up voting will come to an end sometime tomorrow — don't miss your chance to help propel your favorite homes to the next roun...

Home Workout: Master Cleanse, Power Walking & Body Monitors

Only the best from our friends at Social Workout: • April Body of Work Challenge: Toxic on Day 1 4.2.09 - Beaverton, OR. It's Master Cleanse time, baby. I've had enough of these weird, toxic, y...

Look! Cupcake Liner and Coffee Filter Storefront

Yesterday, we asked if coffee filter décor was hot or not, and many people thought it probably looked better as a picture than in person. Well, look what we walked past later in the day — coffe...

FSBO: Park Slope 3 Bedroom Co-op
415 9th Street #23

click thumbnails for larger pics Location: Park Slope, Brooklyn NYC Size: 1,100 sq ft Type: Co-op Price: $569,000 CC/Maint: $850 Contact: Lori & Dan @ 718.499.8935 Website: 415 9th Street...

The Gallery: Jennifer Cecere

click thumbnails for larger pics Introducing a few bright contestants from Jennifer Cecere's mandala series; ornate thickets of lace, fabric and drawing. And unframed circles of canvas make a ni...

The Hoover Platinum Collection™ Cordless Stick Vac
Thursday Giveaway

GA_googleFillSlot("at_hoover_springcure2009_giveaway09_1x1"); Item: The Hoover Platinum Collection™ Cordless Stick Vacuum Brand: Hoover® Total Value: $179.99 Description: The ...

Small Cool 2009: EricMcFly's Constant Curating
Tiny Division #04

To Small Cool Contest Page and All Entries Name: EricMcFly + 1 Location: Brooklyn, New York Size: 500 square feet What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? Even though the s...

Creative Reuse: Copper Ballcock Planter

click thumbnails for larger pics If you already knew what a ballcock is — you are much smarter than us! Crafter-extraordinaire Kelly Wilkinson, of Make Grow Gather, came up with this aweso...

Look! World's Most Compact Ladder

What more can you say? This amazing ladder totally folds away so that you can slip it inside your closet without taking up any room! We found it at Kelly G's house and had to photograph it......

Converted Synagogue Penthouse in the East Village
The New York Times 4.2.09

Dominique Camacho and Gary Hirschkron transformed a developer's renovation of a former synagogue into an airy, modern triplex with the help of Manifold Architecture Studio of Brooklyn. The New York Ti...

Scavenger: One-of-a-kind Distressed Metal Couch for $375
New York

Hmm...maybe today's Scavenger should have doubled as a "Hot or Not" post. We couldn't resist posting this mostly because of its salacious history. Although it's not confirmed, the story is th...

A Four Room House in Belgium

click thumbnails for larger pics The Four Room House, home to Belgian architects Pieter Peelings and Silvia Mertens of Sculp(IT), is stacked on four different floors. That's right, one room per ...

Good Questions: Inexpensive Modern Rug Resource?

I've been looking for a pretty and modern rug for my living room and I need HELP. I need to keep it simple and relatively inexpensive. I have two cats, so the rugs in my home tend to take a beating &m...

Wyeth
Updated Post

Before Wyeth moved over to Spring Street, we used to ogle the super cool industrial chic objects, lighting, machinery and furniture that seemed custom ordered for a huge SoHo Rockstar loft. Prices w...

Tip: Creating Well-Edited Open Storage

We liked this simple tip from the owners of a beautiful home featured in Sunset. Their bright, eclectic kitchen is home-base to a crowd of three active little boys, and yet they still use open storage...

House Tour: Nicole's Extravagant Monastic Parlor
New York

Name: Nicole Location: Clinton Hill, Brooklyn Size: 800 sqft 1-bdrm in a turn of the century brownstone Years lived in: 4 years >> Enter Nicole's Gallery! "We like the monastic style," says Nicol...

Organic Textiles from Ortolan

Ortolan is the handiwork of sister designers Bethany and Jenna Mallet, former Ohio farm girls currently based out of Manhattan. Their line of organic textiles — including kitchen tea towels, clo...

Small Cool 2009: FJ!!'s New Interior Vocabulary
International Division #02

To Small Cool Contest Page and All Entries Who Lives Here: FJ!! Location: London, United Kingdom Size: 380 square feet What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? There is thi...

A Peek Into the Home of Julia Child — Not Just the Kitchen!
Architectural Digest, August 1976

click thumbnails for larger pics New York Public Library culinary librarian, Rebecca Federman, writes about all things food-related on her blog, Cooked Books. She frequently posts about the trea...

Good Questions: Moving from Shabby Chic to Modern Beach House?

click thumbnails for larger pics Dear Apartment Therapy readers, I need help unifying our den. When we first moved in to our house we bought the sofa first and the two pieces of black furniture...

Small Cool 2009: jedigras's Hidden Luxuries
Teeny-tiny Division #01

To Small Cool Contest Page and All Entries Who Lives Here: jedigras, wife and two Dachshunds Location: Upper West Side, New York City Size: 240 square feet What is your one favorite element i...

AT Offline: David Weeks Tonight!
New York Design Meetup

• What: AT's New York Design Meetup • April Guest: David Weeks of David Weeks Studio • Members: 888 and growing • RSVP's: Sign Up Here!! • When: 6:30-9pm, Wednesday, Ap...

How To: Make Shelving out of Boxes
Featuring the IKEA Bintje Boxes

Last month I visited Michelle McCormick and really loved what she had done with old wood boxes in her home. She'd stacked them in all different sizes and then clamped them together with old wood sho...

Scavenger: Charles Pollack Executive Chair for $150
New York

We have a feeling this one is going to go pretty quick. This Charles Pollack Executive Chair retails for $1500, but the owner only wants $150 for it. Has visible wear, but still in great shap...

AT On... It's Nice That

It's Nice That is a design blog that aims to document and inspire creative talent. We love their name and, when we dug around to see if we'd blogged them before, we found a "nice" surprise......

Good Questions: Integrating Dark Furniture in a Light Room?

Apartment Therapy — I'm inheriting this dark couch and I don't know what I can do to integrate it into a more brightly colored room. Help?! (Note: Include a pic of your problem and your quest...

Venfield
Updated Post

If you are looking for real mirrored furniture or things shiny and fabulous, Venfield is a must-stop store. In our search for mirrored furniture, we have found very few sources and none that stock ...

Dorm Living: How To Cook Eggs in the Microwave

Have you ever tried making scrambled eggs in the microwave? They won't win any awards over those cooked on the stove top (or over an open fire!), but these eggs will certainly do a in a pinch. Here's ...

Open Thread 682
New York

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Home Workout: April Challenge, Tango, Yoga & High Impact

Only the best from our friends at Social Workout: • April Body of Work Challenge: Day 0 Nearly 200 Brave souls have signed up. Some have shaved their heads in preparation, others remain in deni...

Coming Tomorrow ... The 5th Annual Small Cool

Tomorrow we begin the hunt for the smallest, coolest home in the world. Are you ready? Our contest page has all the info and gets much more interesting once we get rolling: The Contest Page. ...

Hotel Bathroom Porn 3: The Hazelton, Pool House & Residenza Napoleone III

Final bathroom pics from the folks who run Mr & Mrs Smith, a new boutique hotel booking service, with really wow-inducing hotel bathrooms for you to look at and tell us which you like best. Th...

Alive Structures: Green Roofs & Planters
Architectural Digest Home Design Show 2009

click thumbnails for larger pics The team at Long Island City based Alive Structures is comprised of environmentalists with areas of expertise in gardening, architecture, landscape design, horti...

Recycled BIC Pen Vase

BIC pen's aren't something we see repurposed very often (besides the Bic Cutlery), but this ball point pen turned vase is rather impressive. This vase was made from an ordinary BIC pen heated to the ...

Good Questions: Ideas to Pull this Room Together?

click thumbnails for larger pics Hi Apartment Therapy — I've spent some time and money acquiring nice furniture and artwork and now I need the help to bring the styles together to feel uni...

Miele B 890 E Rotary Iron: The Ultimate Laundry Tool
Architectural Digest Home Design Show 2009

click thumbnails for larger pics If you're anything like me, you never look forward to ironing. I imagine I could take great pleasure in the chore if I only had the resources (money and space) f...

WhiteApple: A Vintage Victorian Fantasy

click thumbnails for larger pics It's not easy creating a cohesive look with vintage. So when we saw a couple of photos from etsy seller April of WhiteApple on the Storque, we had to find more. ...

Best Small Toilets 2009

I rounded up some usual suspects for this list last year and not a lot has changed for 2009. Toto and Duravit still lead the pack. However, I got a lot of great comments to fill in during the past ...

ColorTherapy: A Moorish Treillage

To All ColorTherapy Posts Last week, I gave you a peek at this pattern — ColorTherapy: The Ocean Room. I think of this as a trellis pattern with indeterminate Mediterranean influences. The bas...

Scavenger: Grey Wool MCM Chair for $495
New York

Check out this Grey Wool/Stainless MCM Chair for sale in our Classifieds. See more picks below the jump! More items and pics below the jump!...

Cool Idea from a Brooklyn Bedside

Architect Bruno Kearney designed this Brooklyn apartment to unite a contemporary renovation with the building's pre-war aesthetic. Both worlds collide beautifully in this little bedside detail......

Good Questions: At What Height Should a Pendant Hang Above a Table?

Hi There — My husband and I just bought a beautiful Nelson Saucer lamp for our dining room and I am wondering how high above the table it should hang? How many feet from the table-top to the bo...

Kraft Hardware
Updated Post

For high end decorative and plumbing hardware, stop into Kraft Hardware's showroom in the east 60's where you can see manufacturers like Jado, Lefroy Brooks, and Valli & Valli in person — just...

Open Thread 681
New York

Welcome to the AT:NY Open Thread! During March, we're looking at Kitchens & Bathrooms. The Spring Cure has begun and we're accepting entries for Small Cool 2009 through April, 13th. NYC & New ...

Spring Sweets: Very Pretty Spring and Easter Cookies

We have been noticing an explosion of color across the internet in the form of brilliantly colored sugar cookies. Glittering sugar, colored glazes, and pretty designs seem to be everywhere. Here are a...

The Spring Cure: The Landing Strip
Week 3 - Intro

"I have to say, Maxwell, your book brings me close to tears sometimes...." ~ Dory B. • Cure Clock: 6 weeks remaining • Assignment: Read Chapter 3: The Landing Strip &bu...

Milk Magazine: Not Just for Kids

Here's a cool find that Jennifer Ward shared with me while photographing her house a few weeks back. Milk Magazine is a French lifestyle mag that is geared to parents and children, but has beautifu...

Deluxa: Brooklyn Vintage

click thumbnails for larger pics Deluxa is a well-stocked vintage store in Brooklyn with everything: clothing, furniture, housewares, home accessories and vintage art. You can literally outfit yo...

A No-Hassle Garden: Square Foot Gardening

The words "square foot garden" have earned buzzworthy status. Lately, we've been hearing them everywhere, and are thinking of putting the idea into practice at our apartment. Square foot gardening, i...

Good Questions: Ideas for a Rental Bedroom?

click thumbnails for larger pics Hi Apartment Therapy, My boyfriend and I just moved into our new one-bedroom rental two weeks ago. Most of the boxes are now gone and we're ready to start making ...

Joseph Murphy: Custom Furniture Maker
Architectural Digest Home Design Show 2009

click thumbnails for larger pics Perusing the Architectural Digest Home Design Show, we were immediately drawn to the work of Annapolis-based Joseph Murphy — his designs on display were of...

Cavallini Wrapping Paper as Inexpensive Artwork

click thumbnails for larger pics A recent Design Sponge sneak peek and this Apartment Therapy House Tour reminded us of a great source for artwork — wrapping paper from from Cavallini &...

Bodie & Fou Blog: The Adventurous French Kong Sisters

If you love European design and interiors like I do, then you'll like this find: a blog and an online store by the super cute sisters, Elodie & Karine Kong. Shooting apartments this week, I was ...

Rodenhook Modular Shelving by Of Design
Architectural Digest Home Design Show 2009

click thumbnails for larger pics One of our favorite designs spotted at this year's Architectural Digest Home Design Show was the modular Rodenhook shelving system from designer Martin O'Flynn o...

Scavenger: Ligne Roset Smala Sofa for $1800
New York

We love the color of this Ligne Roset Smala Sofa. This sofa is very flexible: you can fold both ends up into sofa arms, one end up into an adjustable daybed pillow, or keep them flat for addit...

Margaret Howell's Suffolk Modern Home
The Independent

click thumbnails for larger pics Warm and modern meet. The interiors of this 1960's summer house designed by Swiss architect Rudy Mock are clean-lined and spare but tempered with natural materia...

Good Questions: Refinishing Vintage Hardware?

Hi Apartment Therapy! I have fabulous old hardware in my vintage apartment kitchen. I'm thinking about undertaking a kitchen renovation and want to spruce everything up. The finish on the hardware is ...

ABC Carpet & Home
Updated Post

When we ask people to name their favorite home store in NYC, about 75% of the time the answer is ABC. After years of growth (over 100 actually) from a simple carpet store, ABC has become a huge, de...

Storage Project: Custom Etched Glass Jars

Has spring cleaning and organizing fever set in yet? Watch out, people, the Spring Kitchen Cure is coming up in just a couple weeks. Are you ready to de-clutter, restock, and freshen up your kitchen a...

The Fifth Annual Smallest, Coolest Home Contest

Are you ready? It's time for this year's Smallest, Coolest Home Contest. Our contest page is up with details on the rules, the schedule, the updated contest format and the prizes from our contest spon...

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