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Welcome to Escapes Month at Apartment Therapy! This month we are collecting up a. the design inspiration we bring home from afar and b. those places from afar that inspire our own homes. Here...
Clockwise from upper left: sales at Visionary Boutique, Room 4, AlwaysMod, and Russell & MacKenna
Here are all the sales across the country that are fit to print - painstakingly collected by our edit...
During hot seasons around the world, it has long been a tradition that people would travel or decamp to whatever cooler places they could find, whether it was the mountains, the lakes or the sea. The...
When the co-owners of Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch opened the doors to the public yesterday, The New York Times photographer Jim Wilson was there. Though the 13,000 square foot main house ...
Item: 2 Michael Jackson Albums: Thriller & Off The Wall
Value: Priceless
As I continue to clean house and let go of my record collection (in true Cure fashion!), I had to dig into my MJ this week a...
For this week's look into the House Beautiful archives results we've pulled a diverse collection of pics from a flipbook called "Rooms we Love." Each one above is from a slide show below the j...
The New York Times looks into the New York City problem of dirty air and white apartments — and they talk to some designers and architects who have battled gritty soot-filled air with the...
Layovers and travel delays can be a drag unless you're "stuck" in a cool place. Imagine spending your layover sipping coffee under a domed atrium with a 4,000 square meter tropical garden with exotic ...
Early this year we featured Tova's Penny Tiled Powder Room on Apartment Therapy SF. Earlier this week, Jean of NotCot shares her preview of New York's new Standard Hotel restaurant, The Standard Gri...
Dear Apartment Therapy, I have four mirrored armoires that came with my apartment when I moved in. I'm not allowed to get rid of them, and I wouldn't want to since they provide a lot of closet space...
Berlin's new Michelberger Budget hotel is scheduled to open on September 9th, 2009 and the preview images show just what we like to see in a budget hotel — a space that is simplistic, mod...
We spotted this image on Mrs. Blandings — it's taken from a 1991 issue of House and Garden. And honestly, we think it looks pretty awesome for a 18-year-old DIY idea, but we thought we'd put i...
With a budget of $10,000, Christina Salway and John Moskowitz transformed an abandoned 700 square foot house in the Catskills into a weekend cottage with a touch of urban sophistication. The New Yor...
This pair of Danish made solid teak Vejle Stole tables are the best bargain of the day at only $95 for both. Apartment Therapy Furniture Classifieds are open for your business in our Shopping G...
Whether serving as a home to infamous residents or lodging to adventurous travelers, the Chelsea Hotel is a landmark of NYC history. We've never snooped around farther than the lobby and public spac...
Do you think it's possible to strip the metal from an Ikea PS locker? Looking for advice on how to do this and if I should seal it afterwards. I am worried the metal underneth would be too low quali...
THIS WEEK
• S. Julian 4th of July Sale
• Simon Hardware & Bath Sale LAST DAY!
• AlwaysMod Marimekko Sale
• B. Moore Design Sample Sale
• Conran Shop Summer Sale
• MoMAS...
Tomorrow we're leaving to go to Switzerland for a conference, and it's going to be a long trip from San Francisco to Geneva - 14 hours! Airplane food is not known for being particularly tasty, and we...
Photos by Jon Crawford-Phillips
Name: Jon and Ro
Location: Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, NY
Size: 1,100 sq ft, 2 bedroom, 1.5 bathroom
Years lived in: 1 year
>> Enter Jon and Ro's Gallery!
Not everyone...
Now this is a Great Escape. The Oculus is a 250-foot yacht designed by E. Kevin Schopfer. The first product of Schopfer Yachts, Oculus was inspired by the bone structure of oceanic mammals and ...
Hop on Bjork's Yacht and head over to southern Iceland to check out this wooden cottage from 1953. The New York Times highlights the 2,200 square foot home with an additional 10,280 square feet wall...
Window coverings can be a costly and often neglected project for many. During the summer however, they more than pay for themselves by keeping some of that sun heat out of your home... Here's an easy ...
I discovered these during a house tour months ago. It was a Beatles white album, rendered as a pillow with crocheted grooves and perfect embroidery so that you could read the label clearly and see...
I purchased these chairs at my neighbor's tag sale recently; they belonged to her mother. I bought a pair of these lounge chairs (chair on left) but the seating has been replaced by a vinyl weave. ...
Last week's Good Question: Identify Sconces From Connaught Bar? inspired us to dig a little deeper in the Connaught's photo archives, and we're glad we did! The luxury hotel in London's Mayfai...
This "why didn't I think of that!" project from Jordan Ferney is perfect for Great Escapes Month. What better way to plot your exit strategy than to pinpoint your dream travel destinations on a map....
To achieve this similar look use Valspar's Ultra Premium Pool Party 5002-10B
Project clock: 31 days of July
Assignment: Paint your own accent wall!
Welcome to our Project of the Month! For the next...
This pair of Danish style arm chairs are a real steal at $195 for the pair. They could be reupholstered as they are solid walnut, but look very nice as is. Apartment Therapy Furniture Classifi...
Kind of like Spain's outdoor version of Apartment Therapy's Small Cool contest. Cordoba's Festival de los Patios is an annual festival where participants actually compete with one another for t...
Hi, Apartment Therapy! I was wondering if anyone knew a good source for custom printed acrylic furniture. I am looking to specify a large number of custom printed chairs for a project in Miami, and ...
Item: Bombay Vanity Desk
Store: HudsonGoods.com
Total Value: $349
Description: The solid wood Bombay Vanity Desk is handmade with an antique white base and a natural stained top that goes well with ...
About a year ago we mentioned a trend we were seeing in cookware: mini, or personal-sized, pots and pans like Staub and Le Creuset's little cocottes. We are instinctively drawn to these diminutive pot...
Name: Julian Downs & Melanie Menge
Location: Astoria, Queens
Type of space: Terrace
Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: We had a blank, 750 square feet terrace space to ...
This penthouse apartment's gleaming white interior is the result of a gut-rehab envisioned by NORM Architects. The design involved pouring a white resin floor, creating full height doors, inte...
While the environmental pros and cons of bamboo continue to be weighed and discussed, we just wanted to point out these hand-painted bamboo blinds we spotted today at Green Your Decor. We think they'r...
Name: Irene
Location: Genoa, Italy
Type of space: Terrace
Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: I live with my boyfriend, in Genoa, Italy. We have a tiny apartment with a 15...
Hi Apartment Therapy, We recently downsized into a condo from a suburban house and we're excited to have a large patio with a natural gas line for grilling. The problem is that most of the natural gas...
Name: Clem & Louisa
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Type of space: Urban Backyard
Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: At the end of a major renovation project we w...
Using this humble fabric for decorative items other than mattresses is not a recent phenomenon — the decorating maven, Sister Parish, apparently began this craze in the 1940s when she use...
In the past year, my top outdoor lighting picks have changed a little, but the number of really good posts from our writers documenting all sorts of solutions has stacked up. Among them is my top pi...
There’s a smart new shop that just opened in NoLita, and for which I was in charge of decorative painting. I had hoped to scoop this one for myself, but the media blitzkrieg was so instantaneous ...
Today in the New York edition of Scavenger, a very cool retro three piece aqua sectional with built in table. Apartment Therapy Furniture Classifieds are open for your business in our Shopping ...
Weddings are one occasion when people go all out to entertain their guests in style. Which makes them great sources of inspiration for entertaining at home. We've noticed lots of recent backyar...
Hi Apartment Therapy, I'm trying to figure out the designer/manufacturer of this line of outdoor furniture. I believe in addition to this chaise lounge, there was also a chair with ottoman in the c...
Item: Bombay Vanity Desk
Store: HudsonGoods.com
Total Value: $349
Description: The solid wood Bombay Vanity Desk is handmade with an antique white base and a natural stained top that goes well with ...
Remember London Urchin and her winning London flat from last year's Small Cool contest? We were instantly smitten with her tiny yet spacious jewelbox of a flat, but we were flat-out amazed by her kitc...
Location: Hudson Valley, New York
Size: 3 bedrooms, 1,400 square feet
Years lived in: We’ve lived in the house full-time for about 8 months, but it’s been in my boyfriend’s (Patrick's) family s...
Me at the outdoor oven managing the fire and getting ready to cook up the pizzas.
While in Italy over the past two weeks we did a ton of cooking, a lot of it on a gril...
This weekend we peeked into 10 homes as part of Dwell on Design's home tours. There was one home in particular that we saw on Saturday that struck us because it worked within the existing structure an...
It's no secret that we have a little thing for barns and we completely fell for this historic English cathedral barn, located in the Catskill Mountain Park Preserve and built in 1876. In 1977 t...
In honor of the King of Pop, we're pulling together images of Michael Jackson themed furnishings, artwork and decor — and we need your help!
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I am moving and selected some really great navy bedding from Frette for the master bedroom. It is very dark; almost a midnight color. It actually looks great with some black accent pillows and cov...
Name Matt
Location: Upper West Side, NYC
Type of space: Roof Deck
Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: I always thought having an outdoor space in Manhattan was a real l...
We love the Flocks Pouf from DWR and we understand they are hand knit (on huge needles) by Christien Meindertma, but spending $1,360 for what is essentially a floor cushion is just not going to happe...
Here's another upstate escape from the July/August issue of Metropolitan Home — the Scheidt weekend residence is a new 2,400 square foot home by architects Robert Luntz and Joe Tanney of ...
Vintage 1960s Danish teak credenza by Arne Vodder for Sibast Furniture, slightly altered by the original owner, but features a clean finish and even a finished back. Apartment Therapy Furniture...
The color isn't the one we'd choose for our own home, but this concept is so cool. High ceilings like the ones in this loft leave normal-height doors looking rather, well, normal. So what about play...
Dear Apartment Therapy, I came home yesterday to discover that my apartment had been broken into…BY EVIL SQUIRRELS! We’ve spent months becoming *ahem* familiar, these squirrels and I (read: they...
When you think of sleek and beautiful design, grills are not the first thing that come to mind. They tend to be bulky, awkward, and monochromatic. So when we heard a rumor of a grill designed by the f...
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