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• UK House Tour: Helen & Frazer's Solar Powered Beach Shack
• Japan House Tour: Sujiya-cho Machiya
• Before & After: Alyssa's Sti...
Here are all the home and garden sales across the country that are fit to print — painstakingly collected by our editorial team of over 70 bloggers. This is only place on the web where they ar...
Creative reuse with a touch of whimsy — Korean designer Kim Hyunjoo has found a new use for discarded pool cues. Her Cues Table uses 24 discarded birch pool cues as legs. It's like an upd...
Sometimes, less is more... quite literally. Rodrigo Valdivielso's Ruda System has 13 individual parts that can be configured into ~30 different configurations. That's at least 30 different pieces of ...
We were pretty excited to spot this pot rack made from copper pipes. We have a special place in our heart for pipe furniture here at Apartment Therapy — they're industrial, green and DIY frien...
Q -Help! I have been hunting for dining room chairs, and I have fallen in love with this one I found on a designer’s blog. Unfortunately, the maker or even source of the photo was not mentioned. D...
Looking at some of our favorite New York City Hotels, we're glad to see The New York Times just published a look at the history behind the west side's Jane Hotel. The sailor's boarding house th...
A few weeks ago, we posted about a pattern for a DIY knitted pouf. We have a lot of crafty folks in the Apartment Therapy community who were excited to try their hand at this project. Apartment...
Here's an example of turning a liability into a design statement. It's also sort of steampunk. These pics are from my travels last month in Italy. This is in a little wine shop in Florence, where ...
I've recently had a thing for dark and dramatic textiles and colors — perhaps its my own way of rebelling against summer pastels? Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough of fashion label Pro...
Item: Enter DWR's Facebook Storage Contest, and you could win a $500 Gift Card!
Store: Design Within Reach
Total Value: $500 plus praise and adulation for your smart storage solution
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Originally purchased for $400 at the Container Store, this set of Elfa shelves and desk is a great way to add storage and workspace without adding a huge piece of furniture to a room. Apartment...
This small bathroom is really a jolt of visuals: those bright red walls are one thing. The built-in curio cabinet housing odds and ends is another......
Q -I have been in love with the Ligne Roset Pop chair for years. Now that we've finally moved we have a living room that is crying out for a pair of great chairs but they are way out of my price ran...
THIS WEEK
• Vitra for Less Launch
• Sons + Daughters Closing Sale
• Smith & Hawken Liquidation Sale
• auto. Summer Sale
• Cassina Le Corbusier Sale
• BoConcept Leather So...
We're continuing our series of food-lovers' guides by sticking around in the Northwest for the moment. Vancouver, BC! We just visited, and it is a truly remarkable city. It's located on a major seapor...
This modern home in Dublin, Ireland was designed by ODOS architects. It was named Best House in the 2009 Irish Architecture Awards. Designed for a motorcycle enthusiast, the main level features...
While on a search for a new bike, we came across this Dutch bike company, De Fietsfabriek, recently opened in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood. Dutch for "the bike factory," De Fietsfabriek bikes are...
Former Rolling Stone Art Director and current publishing consultant Roger Black lives in a Gramercy Park apartment in New York City. About once a month, he makes the 9-hour journey to his 3,000 acre ...
Q - I just purchased four second hand Knoll Executive Chairs that desperately need recovering. I have fallen in love with the particular fabric in this Knoll media photo; however, I can't seem to fi...
This week we're reaching back to April & May to share with you three stunners from NYC, two beauts from New England and one stand-out from Virginia! The six homes below were the most viewed, most c...
Hello, I wanted to share my own Before & After — I bought the chair at a Salvation Army for $8 and recovered it with IKEA fabric for $12! The dog on the chair is my beagle, Cooper. Thanks...
Item: Enter DWR's Facebook Storage Contest, and you could win a $500 Gift Card!
Store: Design Within Reach
Total Value: $500 plus praise and adulation for your smart storage solution
Description...
This is kind of exciting! While Jean Nouvel's plans for a 73-story MoMA tower are being reviewed by New York City's Urban Land Use Review Process, architecture firm Axis Mundi has proposed a ne...
Today in NY scavenger, a semi-antique Chechen rug for $275 and tons of "vintage" items for your browsing enjoyment. Apartment Therapy Furniture Classifieds are open for your business in our Sho...
Do you know anyone going on a trip of a lifetime this summer? My parents are leaving soon for Morocco, the Canary Islands, and Spain. The trip is a big deal and we want to send them off with a boost...
Q -Apartment Therapy, Where can I find a couch like this? Anne.
(Note: Include a pic of your problem and your question gets posted first. Email questions and pics with QUESTIONS in subject line to:...
It's happened! American Apparel has moved into home furnishings with their first collection of 100% cotton jersey bedding — it makes sense that a company known for cotton knit would make jerse...
Last week, we talked about shopping for kitchen islands, what features are good to look for, and brands we like. There is another option for finding the perfect island: build your own! If you're feeli...
House: Sujiya-cho Machiya
Location: Kyoto, Japan
Type: Traditional Townhouse available for rent from Iori
Size: 2,600 square feet — easily sleeps up to 10 guests
Enter the Sujiya-cho Machiya ...
Premier Holidays has rounded up 5 private islands in North and Central America — and these escapes are bound to make you green with envy!
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We've long felt that among the many influences that JK Rowlings' Harry Potter series has had, interior design has been among the most interesting. Not just from the films, but originally in the boo...
Summer traveling is the perfect time to visit some of the nation's greatest flea markets and antique fairs. Whether you've got an expert eye for antiques or are simply looking for a funky flea find...
In the international real estate section of The New York Times, we get a peek at a Bauhaus building from the 1930s in Tel Aviv! Tel Aviv is home to the world's largest grouping of buildings in the In...
Q - Hi Apartment Therapy, I need your help. I have been working very hard at pulling together our apartment in MidTown. Our bedroom is very, very small. Basically, all we can fit is a queen-sized be...
Here's some modern inspiration from Miami — a residence at the EPIC Miami Hotel. This high-end space is a great mix of contemporary style: a wood farm table, futuristic lighting, dark hor...
This month Apartment Therapy is partnering with Valspar to paint an accent wall, and we want to know how you're doing!
Have you decided on which wall to paint?
Picked a color?
Started painting? ...
We've suddenly gotten WAY into biking. This past weekend we biked everywhere and it made us feel like kids again. Sara gets on her new bike with Ursula in the baby seat and I get on my old bike an...
Giveaway: A summer 2010 weekend stay at The Breeze Inn cottage on Tybee Island, Georgia —just 20 minutes east of historic Savannah.
Company: Harper Collins
Value: $600
>>Enter the giveaway now...
In what seems to be a common theme among Craigslist posters recently, a sudden move forces the quick sale of an entire room of Crate & Barrel "Cameron" furniture at a deep discount. Pieces may...
This small house by H Arquitectes is organized around the stairway that leads through its three levels. Efficient bathrooms are tucked in near the stair and the rest of the space is allowed to ...
Dr. Kent and Susan Weeks live on an iron-hulled dahabiya — a traditional Nile riverboat — when they aren't working on archeological excavations in Egypt. The New York Times shows us the 8...
Hello all, I want to highlight the ceiling medallion in my dining room but I cannot decide exactly how to best do so...
(Note: Include a pic of your problem and your question gets posted first. Ema...
Ewww, cockroaches in the kitchen! Do not want! But how do you get them out without using toxic chemicals? Yes, there is a way. Read on ...
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• What: AT's New York Design Meetup
• July Guest: Sandy Chilewich, founder of Chilewich
• Members: 1,002 and growing
• RSVP's: Sign Up Here!!
• When: 6:30-9pm, Wednesda...
This unique wallpaper concept from designer Hanna Nyman allows the consumer to ultimately decide on a custom wallpaper pattern — the dual layer wallpaper can be manipulated to show-off th...
Who knew that Switzerland was home to so many bomb shelters and bunkers? Swiss photographer Leo Fabrizio spent 5 years documenting a selection of both the obvious bunkers and the bizarrely camo...
Okay, so when we hear the phrase "private library and writing studio," our quiet little rational heart suddenly bursts open and and sings a longing, wistful ballad. Oh, the things we could do if we w...
Last week we posted the vibrant interiors of Edinburgh's Hotel Missoni — on the other end of the Italian fashion spectrum, designer Giorgio Armani announced his Cavour 220 apartment complex in...
I was hoping the superb readers of Apartment Therapy could help me solve a decorating dilemma. My boss has a beautiful, heavy planter in her office and nothing will survive in that puppy. I can’...
I've been on the hunt for a new solution for attractive living room media storage — and I've come up with a list of 5 cabinets at various price points and styles that are all great soluti...
Alyssa of Baroque Chair Makeover fame is back with her latest project — transforming a $10 eBay mushroom ottoman from the 70s into a stylish and cute accent piece......
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If you haven't already stocked up for summer (or if yours have broken recently), here's your chance. With the advance of super hot days,...
The Torment of Saint Anthony, Michelangelo
A rare treat was recently unveiled at the Met — a painting ascribed to Michelangelo and one of only four known to be of his hand. According to The N...
This one year old Room & Board Chelsea sofa has been recently cleaned and is ready to be picked up today! Apartment Therapy Furniture Classifieds are open for your business in our Shopping Guid...
One thing to remember during this Escapes Month here at Apartment Therapy is that escapes come in all forms and budgets. A simple nap outdoors can be an escape......
Hi Apartment Therapy, I am getting ready to move into my first NYC apartment. It's a subsidized apartment and so it goes without saying that good design was not in the developers' priority list. I s...
Brothers Tiago and Gabriel Primo are hanging out for a few months — literally. Their recent art installation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil has them living on the side of a building, suspended in t...
A friend sent us a link to these sausage-themed rugs from the German company Das rote Paket a few days ago, and we couldn't quite believe our eyes. We still can't. The thing is, we kind of love them. ...
Name: Helen & Frazer Cunningham
Location: Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK
Type: Beach Shack
Size: Dolls House!
Years lived in: Owned for 4 years
Enter Helen & Frazer's Gallery
Visiting the shack is not...
It's that time again — Apartment Therapy is looking for a few bloggers to help us cover New York City and the metro area and bring their unique voice to our team. Do you love interior design, fu...
Discarded is part of the FIGMENT Festival art installation on Governor's Island. Artists Benjamin Jones and Anna Hecker made the 30' long sculpture from chairs and furniture found on the street...
Mark Malkoff likes to challenge the definition of "home." He's the guy who lived in an IKEA and more recently lived on an AirTran airplane for 30 days. Mark set a world record by taking 135 sch...
Though the summer heat makes it hard to think about wood burning stoves and firewood, these firewood storage setups would look good year-round. This impressive collection of design ideas all focus on ...
I recently saw a picture of this pouf in the desiretoinpsire blog featuring the work of photographer Jean-Pierre Lemoine. Can anyone identify the blue and white poufs? Thanks & Best Regards, Ri...
Cycling along the West Side Highway on Saturday, I spied the work of British artist Richard Woods — just last week I blogged his new Bricks & Mortar sofas for Established & Sons. The faux...
Whoa! Check out this great list of upholsterers (with price quotes!) from the site Brokelyn: Living Big on Small Change. All 10 local upholstery shops were asked to price the cost of reupholstering t...
Today I want to go back to Italy and share some more pics from our vacation. The focus is two restaurants that were really good and also had awesome decor in and around them. The first one is in Si...
This is an extreme escape — the Igloo Satellite Cabin from Australian company Icewall One, was designed specifically to provide shelter in cold climates. It is lightweight, modular, heavi...
Giveaway: A summer 2010 weekend stay at The Breeze Inn cottage on Tybee Island, Georgia —just 20 minutes east of historic Savannah.
Company: Harper Collins
Value: $600
>>Enter the giveaway now...
This West Elm Parsons desk is a great deal at only $75, it retails for $299 + tax when new. Apartment Therapy Furniture Classifieds are open for your business in our Shopping Guide....
We love Wouter Scheublin's simple lath Picture Frame Chair, but this is a horse of a completely different color......
My roommate and I recently salvaged these knock-off Breuer chairs from our friends' house as they were moving out. Unfortunately, they do not match our indoor decor and we were hoping to make them ...
Swedish design collective Front designed the trompe l'oeil bookshelf collection of cabinetry for the new Italian furniture company Skitsch...
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It's rare that glossy shelter magazines show anything but kitchens with multiple islands and sitting rooms attached, but occasionally House Beautiful comes through for us (remember this one?). We love...
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