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• Is Your Home an IKEA Catalog?
• Murray Hill House Tour: Lance & Harr...
AT regulars will have noticed the recurring "Home Workout" posts. You may have enjoyed the links, ignored them, or thought, "Get your fitness junk out of my design blog?"
Ouch! And fair enough.
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This past Tuesday, workers removed the last remaining incandescent bulbs in Grand Central and replaced them with compact fluorescent bulbs — thus officially completing the transition to "greener...
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One easy way to create a spring/summer look in your home is to switch the pillows and textiles. These pillows from etsy seller Enhabiten just feel airy and sprin...
In our travels over the past few months, we met a young woman who works for Ghislaine Viñas, who prompted us to go and check out her work. We did, and we really liked Viñas' mix ...
Hi Apartment Therapy, Can anyone tell me where I might find the coffee table pictured in this photo of FLOR's La Fonda del Sol tile rug? I've checked all the big box retailers I can possibly think o...
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OK smarty pants, these are all antique or vintage woods from Hudson Valley's Antique & Vintage Woods of America (no peeking at the site!) It's a Friday pop-q...
It got real hot here on the East Coast for a few days and now it's cool again, but it still got me thinking about ceiling fans. I've seen two in particular in the past few months that I really like....
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These hot mid-century chairs have great lines and would look great in all sorts of spaces. Check out the rest of our finds for your new furniture today!
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When you pour yourself a tall, cold drink, do you ever use a cozy on the glass? If so, here are five cool cozies we've culled from the web...
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THIS WEEK
• Knoll Sale
• Tivoli Home Store Closing Sale
• LES Art Crawl
• MoMa Monday Night
• Vessel Sale
• Affordable Art Fair
• Housing Works Design on a Dime
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May is Spring Cleaning Month on Apartment Therapy
Join the Open Thread with Questions, Answers and Conversation for New York City and the Metro Area...
Your Kitchen Cure assignment this week is to clean up the kitchen and finish restocking, reorganizing, and doing whatever your kitchen needs to be ready to get cooking next week. Cleaning isn't the se...
We spotted this during a visit to a nearby neighbor and had to take a pic. A loving recreation of side 2 of the first disc of the White Album. More detail below the jump......
Hey, take a look at this! It's President Obama's afternoon snack. What do we spot? Butterfly crackers, cheese, carrots, and is that a slice of pear? This photo is from a meeting with President Obama'...
There's something very satisfying and enriching about growing your own herb garden. We've written about planting and caring for cooking herbs, like sage, sweet basil, and caraway thyme, and easy herbs...
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This large mirror is also a Corian sink and hidden storage — all wrapped up in a single, seemingly simple, design... ...
Congratulations Division Winners — each size division winner will receive a $2,000 Gift Card from Room & Board. The Final Four voting is now open for the next 24 hours to determine the two...
Dear Apartment Therapy, I have a question for all your handy and creative readers. I'm redecorating our master bedroom and trying to achieve a balanced mix of Asian and Scandinavian styles. In my que...
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I fell instantly in love with this cute little cabinet from Polish designer Marek Gut — it combines a modern aesthetic with traditional handmade woodcraft....
The Vogels are a New York City couple who took collecting to the next level. Herbert Vogel, a U.S. Postal Service employee, and his wife, Dorothy, a reference librarian at the Brooklyn Public Librar...
Here's a little tip for you to play with if it gets rainy in the next few weekends, and you're stuck inside.
The Rasterbator is an infamous website which allows you to blow your own picture up to...
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Here's a great media console from our classifieds that has a nice warm look that's also modern. Don't forget to check out the other great finds below, which come...
These vintage clip boards are arranged in a grouping and are used to display small art works. The idea is versatile enough for rotating a collection of small prints and the vintage boards make for a...
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Attention Small Cool Fans! The third round of International Match-Ups has begun and will be open for 24 hours. Help us decide who has the most inspiring, small and cool home — Internatio...
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"what's everybody's take on what's happening...
What's the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the words "swine flu"? Pigs, right? Sick pigs. Sick pigs that might make you sick too. Well, swine flu really has very little to do with pigs, a...
• Of Fitness and Governors:
....Sarah Palin is encouraging Alaskans to sign up for the National President's Challenge....
• Jack is Back!:
....staring up at us from our Google Reader: "Fi...
If you listen to Martha Stewart Living radio, you've undoubtedly heard of Dr. Brent Ridge, one-time host of the radio show "Ask Dr. Brent." We love his website/blog Beekman 1802, which is centered aro...
Once of pillar of southern SoHo, and certainly an early sign of gentrification in the area, it truly is the end of an era when Waterworks shuts it's flagship NY showroom that had expanded greatly over...
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After moving into a new apartment, reader Jess was so alarmed at the amount of IKEA she owned that she turned some pictures of her new place into her own persona...
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Hi Apartment Therapy — I would like to restore this wonderful Fred Lowen Chair to its former glory, and I'd like suggestions from Apartment Therapy readers...
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Attention Small Cool Fans! We've progressed from hundreds of entries to only a handful of finalists. Today, we're voting on the size division winners Help us decide who has the most inspir...
Last weekend we cut some branches from a cherry tree and brought them back to the city. By yesterday they had already started bursting. This is one of our favorite times of the year. We love watch...
Name: Lance and Harry
Location: Murray Hill
Size: 350 square feet rent-controlled studio
Years lived in: 20 years
>> Enter Lance and Harry's Gallery!
One of the first things I asked was how many...
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Not too long ago, we asked whether you had permission to paint your space. There was a pretty even split between those who were allowed to paint and those who ha...
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Check out this cute and modern Ginetta chandelier from SLAMP, yours for a discount....
Kohler's Indio kitchen sink
Three recent introductions to the Kohler lineup are particular standouts to us. One's a kitchen sink, one's for utility, and one's designed especially for food prep...
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Are you starting a garden this spring? For the last several years, the only gardens we've been planting have been in containers. But growing food in containers shouldn't be a drawback; urban gardening...
Look at this simple headboard made some kind of fabric (felt?). The dark green provides dramatic contrast, while also allowing the two white lamps to pop playfully out of the center. (via Emmas Blogg...
Italian furniture designer Tumidei Spa has some unique interiors which maximize the use of space. Whether you're in the market for this type of furniture, or just want some inspiration, there are plen...
Hello, Apartment Therapy. I am going to be upgrading the tragic bathroom of my prewar 1-bedroom, and I've fallen in love with the gorgeous carrera marble hexagon tiles that Anna of Door 16 used in h...
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Attention Small Cool Fans! We're moving closer to establishing a winner! The third round of Match-Ups has begun and will be open for 24 hours. Help us decide who has the most inspiring, sm...
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We have an entire clippings file of favorite country homes (just in case!), and this 900 square-foot Catskills schoolhouse charmer, from Country Living, would f...
Clockwise from left: Lina, Fol.d, Air, Acrylic & Olivia Folders
It's that time again. With Small Cool Month coming to a big conclusion this week (and the final four of the Smallest Coolest Home conte...
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Name: Railings 31, Shaded White 201
Brand: Farrow & Ball
Alas, my Haus tour of the past few weeks must come to a close. This is the last wall in this decorative paint proj...
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From the Apartment Therapy New York Classifieds, a beautiful design for nearly half off More items and pics below the jump!...
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This bare bones apartment designed by Stephanie Goto is definitely a practice in restraint. The white walls, cool greys, and reduced furnishings make a minimali...
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Attention Small Cool Fans! The second round of International Match-Ups has begun and will be open for 24 hours. Help us decide who has the most inspiring, small and cool home — Inter...
Oh yes. All the cuteness of a cake pop, all the fun of an easy appetizer, and it's all wrapped up in bacon.
• Click here for post and recipe: Bacon Pops! Goat Cheese Pops with Herbs, Pecans &...
Outdoor showers aren't necessarily green by default, but it could be argued that it keeps the mess outside (reducing cleaning) and a low flow shower head is certainly more efficient than using your ga...
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The amazing weather this weekend made it a great time to take a walk over the Williamsburg Bridge and check out the new VOOS Furniture store on North Third. Just...
This beautiful quilting pattern comes from Purl in SoHo. This wedding quilt was made in the wedding colors for a very lucky couple — this is so much more awesome than a toaster! We've wanted t...
Hi Apartment Therapy, These chairs were handed down to me from my grandmother and I'm in love with them. I'm trying to use them to create a small sitting area in our bedroom, but I am dying to find...
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Attention Small Cool Fans! The first round of Match-Ups has ended and the winners of those battles have moved on to the second round! New Match-Ups and will be open for 24 hours. Help us d...
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Cafe Cartolina led us to these creative storage ides from Better Homes and Garden's DIY publication. In our small space, we're always looking for ways to create...
I often talk about new stuff, so today I wanted to go for vintage. The picture above is from a Gideon. It's from his home that he submitted three year's ago for Small Cool 2006. The chairs are real...
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Though it may not be practical, this Ramp House in Athens is definitely cool. Designed by the architecture firm Archivirus, Ramp House melds the ideas of living ...
From the Apartment Therapy New York Classifieds — a set of four Thonet molded plywood chairs is available in the West Village for $500.
More items and pics below the jump!...
We first found out about Kara Weaves when looking for window sheers and 100% cotton for the home, and we fell hard. With pieces for the bed, kitchen and bath plus gold-tinged window treatments, the...
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Attention Small Cool Fans! The first round of Match-Ups has ended and the winners of those battles have moved on to the second round! New Match-Ups and will be open for 24 hours. Help us d...
The home Emily shares with husband and four kids (all under 9) is warm, thoroughly lived in, and clearly loved to the hilt. But the kitchen has an intriguing vastness. Where others might have installe...
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