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Here are all the home and garden sales across the country — collected by our editorial team. This is only place on the web where they are all in one place. You can also get this delivered to you...
Brooklyn-based furniture designer William Feeney has a new design to take advantage of unused corners in your home. The Lorna Shelf is a wall-mounted, lacquered shelf that is available in custom siz...
Urban Outfitters is well known for their trendy clothes and expanding home goods selection, and now they’re taking their brand even further by offering bikes. Not just any bikes, but color customiza...
Intrepid travelers are customizing vintage VW buses to serve a mobile houses. Would you consider life on the road in a Volkswagen bus? If so, you can actually purchase the bus in the first phot...
Q: My fiance and I are purchasing our first apartment! We're very excited to move from our 300 square foot converted studio into a proper one bedroom — 510 square feet! In the spirit of ma...
Tsao & McKown Architects won a National Design Award today for interior design. The New York based firm has a hefty portfolio and I was impressed with this Greenwich Village townhome renovation...
These lamps from made me chuckle — spotted on Mike Industries, they're described as "anthropomorphic" and they definitely remind me of the movie Batteries Not Included...
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Shelly from Flipt Studio sent us this pillow making project which utilizes those fantastically wild plaid jackets you can find from at the Goodwill or other thrift stores. The tutorial is reall...
The Fire Island beach home of Brooklyn residents Noel and Ellen Berk-Rauch was featured in Coastal Living magazine — the story focused on architect Fred Stelle's use of super-durable buil...
Today in NY scavenger, a vintage tripod lamp, two vinyl rugs, and several mid century furniture bargains....
When we posted on the relationship between sustainability, quality, and cost of IKEA furniture, many Apartment Therapy readers responded saying they have IKEA pieces that have lasted three, five, te...
Q: I've been searching for a rug to brighten up our living room and I fell in love with this rug that I saw in the Domino decorating book. Unfortunately, the book doesn't mention where it is from - ca...
THIS WEEK
• Prague Kolektiv Summer Sale
• Conran Shop Summer Sale
• MUJI Furniture Sale
• Gallery 1889 Sale
• J Robert Scott Sale
• Architects and Designers Tag Sale
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It seems that every year we are bombarded with more, more, and yet more kitchen gadgets. We did a poll around the office and then checked in at the Chowhound message boards, and we came up with this l...
For this week's look into the House Beautiful archives, we've pulled a diverse collection of pics from three homes that are influenced by travels abroad. The first is like a Tuscan villa, the s...
(We're trying out some of the best applicants from our New York Blogger Search — this House Call comes from applicant Kat Howard.)
Name: Aaron and Kat
Location: Boerum Hill, Brooklyn NYC...
We know you've heard of organic cotton, bamboo and hemp textiles, but what about textiles made from algae? Soy? Pine pulp? Stinging nettles? (Yes, stinging nettles.) We have a few surprises in store f...
When a couple with a passion for home design ends their relationship, what happens to the house? The New York Times looks at the shared Stanfordville, New York lakeside home of Benjamin Dixon and Br...
Q - We could use some help! After months of searching for a dining table we settled on The Rivet Table from CB2. Our problem is that we are at a loss for chairs to go with it. I know it's been ...
July Guest: Sandy Chilewich
AT Offline: The NY Design Meetup
Attendance: 172
This past week we had our biggest design meetup ever, as Sandy Chilewich fans packed the house. In addition to si...
(We're trying out some of the best applicants from our New York Blogger Search — this House Call comes from applicant Sparrow King.)
Name: Steve, Erin, Ada and Willem
Location: Clinton H...
I am not a cat person, but I found this blog that collects images of cat ladders fascinating. Simply and accurately described as "A picture gallery and a tribute to all the fantastic cat-ladder...
This is very cool — Purl has introduced a collection of handpainted needlepoint canvases based on the work of Charley Harper. From Purl's blog: "We think that needlepoint canvases are an ...
Today in NY, a vintage hairpin leg walnut veneer dinette set with woven fiberglass chairs, an unusual red iron chair, and a vintage couch with some very eye catching legs. All these plus more ...
These outdoor living rooms all have something in common: they're warm and a little rustic. We love the artwork and intimate scale in the first one, the rough stone wall in the second, and the n...
Q -Any idea who makes this cabinet? We purchased it from DWR, but are now trying to sell it and can't find it anywhere. Maybe one of your readers knows? Thanks! Jess
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Here on Apartment Therapy, we talk a lot about ways to make your bedroom a serene and comfortable place. But July is Escapes Month and this would definitely be an escape from anyone's everyday life!...
Blogger Zazazu is recently bought a little fixer-up house, and she's in the middle of renovating her kitchen. She wants to tile her backsplash, and to do this, she has sent out an unusual request to t...
Name: Jeff and Martha
Location: St. George, Staten Island, New York City
Size: 3,000 square feet — 8.5 bedrooms
Years lived in: 3.5 years
>> Enter Martha and Jeff's Gallery!
We all know ...
Would you live in close proximity to the Highline? International architecture site ArchDaily looks at the Highline 23 — the 14 story condo tower by Neil Denari Architects on Manhattan's w...
(We're trying out some of the best applicants from our New York Blogger Search — this House Call comes from applicant Gretchen Smith.)
Name: Steven & Gretchen
Location: Brooklyn Heigh...
We've seen the whole "car hood becomes a table" thing before. But these car hood coffee tables from Weld House have a little more spice. We always struggle during the holidays trying to find the righ...
Since our first roundup of Updated Rustic Western Style, we've noticed a lot more furniture and furnishings that are appropriate for this look — and surprisingly, a lot is coming from mai...
Q - I just moved into an old warehouse in Brooklyn. The building is still being renovated and most of the apartment is finished except for an old stairwell about 12' x 25' and goes up about 30'...
(We're trying out some of the best applicants from our New York Blogger Search — this House Call comes from applicant Anna Hoffman Steinhardt.)
Name: Candace and Chris
Location: SoHo, Ne...
Abbey of Abbey Goes Design Scouting has a great eye for wall art. We loved these French nature posters that she found a few months ago. She's come up with another great idea for wall art — his...
A friend of mine is rushing, rushing to finish up the renovations on a summer house he bought last winter so that it will be ready for his August renters. Time is tight, and the last thing he is in...
Today in NY scavenger, a pair of solid walnut armchairs, a wild and crazy 60's rug, and a nice three tiered retro table. These and more below the jump. Apartment Therapy Furniture Classifieds...
Going label-less at home? One thing that might help comes from an unexpected place. Mom's medicine cabinet...
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Q - Help! I just adore the Lalanne sheep. I know they're a bit controversial, but there's just something so adorable about them that brings a smile to my face every time I see one. But being a New Y...
Iceland is nothing if not a tremendous amount of outdoors and is certainly an escape from New York City. Thanks to incredibly aberrational good weather, my husband and I were able to celebrate our ...
This is one of the most curious gadgets we've ever come across, and we've been at a loss as how to post about it. This is an "automatic stirrer" from British design group üutensil, a company that has...
The interior of this stone house in northwestern Spain was modernized by architecture firm Villacé + Cominges — the concrete interior walls and ceilings work beautifully with the origina...
(We're trying out some of the best applicants from our New York Blogger Search — this House Call comes from applicant Judy Brown.)
Name: Bridget Henry
Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY...
Here's another great travel resource if you're watching your pennies and would prefer a more home-grown vacation experience: rent a room from a local through AirBnB, an online marketplace for peer-to-...
New daybed designs are popping up at retailers — check out the Finn Lounger Daybed from CB2 — and the latest design from West Elm offers storage, too! The new Storage Daybed has two free...
Q - Dear Apartment Therapy — In its original state our fireplace had continuous brick up to the ceiling, a real wood burning fireplace and a cement slab ledge. Now, the brick is covered ...
(We're trying out some of the best applicants from our New York Blogger Search — this House Call comes from applicant Geoff Bentz.)
Who Lives Here? David & Sean plus dogs Emit & S...
It's that opening photograph of the kitchen that made us fall in love with Stephen Shubel's fisherman's cottage. Stephen has created beautiful interiors in great escape destinations such as Par...
High summer and this just in. Yesterday, I went to a most relaxing lunch in the busiest part of town: Rockefeller Center. House Beautiful rebuilt Ina Garten's kitchen in the plaza right in front o...
I have a few notes on the film Purple Noon, after a tip from a reader on my Samouraï post. I hadn’t seen in it in years and much prefer it to the American counterpart, The Talented Mr. R...
This modern sectional looks suspiciously like an Ikea model although it is not listed as such in the ad. Still, for a leather piece, in a good size and good condition, this seems to be a fair ...
Did you see those awesome new wine bottle chandeliers in the latest Pottery Barn catalogue? We love them (especially because we have box-fulls of green glass wine bottles left over from our wed...
Q - Dear Apartment Therapy, I love the milky, translucent quality of these white glass lamps from the Jonathan Adler Capri collection but would like to find a more affordable alternative. These are...
In honor of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum's 50th anniversary, the museum has mounted the exhibition "Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward." The exhibition shows the plans, models, animatio...
From dusty, barely-there grey-blue to eye-popping turquoise, blue is one of the most popular and versatile colors in the kitchen. The right shades can serve old-school country kitchens stenciled in bl...
Name: Michelle Enemark & Dylan Thuras
Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Size: 1 Bedroom
Years lived in: 1.5
Rented or Owned: Rented
>> Enter Michelle & Dylan's Gallery
Michelle and Dylan lo...
(We're trying out some of the best applicants from our New York Blogger Search — this House Call comes from applicant Andrea Coulter.)
Name: Corey Schneider, Gustavo Ramirez, and Kyle Lei...
We admit to spending a lot of time with headphones on. Whether on the train or at the gym, we're always looking for something new to listen to so these DIY podcasts from iTunes caught our eye. Best ...
Simple can be so cool. This Ink Calendar consists of little more than paper and a bottle of ink, yet keeps you up-to-date for an entire year, even displaying what day of the month it is, all sans ener...
(We're trying out some of the best applicants from our New York Blogger Search — this House Call comes from applicant Annie Werbler.)
Name: Annie & Kristina
Location: Greenpoint, Broo...
Q - Hi Apartment Therapy Community, My open living space is driving me crazy. I feel like it's too much visually, but I still have a big open wall and it's huuuuge! I am looking for ideas/inspi...
I love modular storage and find these images very inspirational — French design collective 5.5 Design has reinterpreted Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs with their highly conceptual mo...
This home in Warsaw, Poland by the firm Marek Rytych Architekt marries very industrial elements — concrete, sheet metal, wood, and brick — and creates a modern living space that use...
Restaurants have been reusing wine bottles as water carafes for some time. While I was on my own escape to Colorado a couple of weeks ago, I discovered a trick that makes the water carafe even more ...
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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It is chairs, chairs, and more chairs in NY scavenger today. Of note is this folding DWR Rex lounge chair made of solid birch by Slovenian designer Niko Kralj. It stores flat for storage, but...
Currently in The Atlantic, there's an article by Ellen Ruppel Shell on the unsustainability of IKEA. In Buy to Last, Shell makes these points......
Q - What chairs would go best with the Prouvé Gueridon Table? I live in a 600 square feet open square studio and my furniture is modern but I am not a student of modern design — what I ...
We spend a lot of time talking about the sources and origins of our food, but do you ever wonder where your kitchen stuff comes from? We are also intensely curious about the design and making of our...
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