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3 Eclectic Homes, IKEA Classics & DIY Desks
New York Hot Posts

Click to view these New York Hot Posts in bold below • Brussels House Tour: Leenda & Anthony Build Their Own Set • Gramercy House Call: Max's Eclectic Salon Style • Julianne Moore's...

Weekend Sales Guide: 8.7.09
New York, Boston, DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, Bay Area & Online

Every Friday! Here are all the home and garden sales across the country. This is only place on the web where you can find them all in one place. Pass it on and send us your sale....

Eggplant, Lavender & Lilac: Purple Paint & Accents
House Beautiful

This week it's about PURPLE. We've pulled a diverse collection of purple paints and accents from the House Beautiful archives. Each one above is from a slide show below the jump. Enjoy! ...

Dig a Little Deeper: The Design Reader

While we love new products and finding inspiration, sometimes it's gratifying to discover a little more about the meaning and motivations of this designed world we live in. If you're looking to do a l...

Nautical Roundup: Anchor Designs for the Home

The weekend is here, but before you head off to the beach let’s check out some housewares inspired by a classic fisherman's anchor. A pillow is also a much less permanent than a tattoo!l Arg. ...

Allison & Mike's Contemporary Townhouse
House Call

Name: Allison & Mike Location: Hillsborough, New Jersey (about an hour from Manhattan) My husband and I live in a 1980's contemporary townhouse — approximately 1,300 square feet. Wh...

Patchwork Walls: Creating Wallpaper One Piece at a Time

Patchwork walls can be an easy and relatively inexpensive way to decorate a space. Whether your personal style leans towards wallpaper scraps or paper and ephemera — these images should i...

Convex Mirrors: Traditional, Modern & Industrial

Anna's new column Retrospect gave us a quick history of convex mirrors — and I was inspired to round up some options — traditional, modern and (my personal favorite) industrial. ...

Modern Walnut Coffee Table - $100
New York Scavenger

This unusual walnut coffee table has only been used for staging purposes so can be considered basically brand new. For only $100 this puppy can come home with you today!...

Sherwin-Williams Q&A with Steve Revnew

We interviewed Steve Revnew, Director of Marketing and Product Development for Sherwin-Williams, to get his take on paint. How does one choose a paint finish? What should the considerations be? T...

Inexpensive Task Chair for This DIY Desk?
Good Questions

Q: I just hacked this IKEA Vika table into a wall-mounted desk, and I'm desperately looking for an office chair or stool to go with it. Unfortunately, my sub-$100 college student budget is limiting m...

Zig Zags in the Home

Zig zags are like stripes' crazy cousin. The pattern works so amazingly well in all of these interiors, it has us wondering why we haven't incorporated zig zags into our own home......

Win the Boden Chair and Ottoman from Room & Board!
6 Days Left!
Thursday Giveaway

Item: The Boden Chair and Ottoman in Valor Tangerine Store: Room & Board Total value: $1,798 Description: Imagine this: Saturday morning. You wake up and realize with a child's glee that you ...

The Weekend Guide: Sales & Events
New York 8.7.09

THIS WEEK • Studio Botanika Sale • AERO Summer Sale • Prague Kolektiv Summer Sale • IS Stationary Sale • West Elm Free Delivery - NYC • Greenpoint Vintage Sale • Dal...

A Sustainable Kitchen Renovation in Los Angeles
Kitchen Before & After

We almost couldn't believe our eyes when we saw this kitchen renovation from Jeremy Levine Design. Levine took an old, small kitchen in a suburb of Los Angeles and opened it up to sunlight, warmth, an...

Japanese Mobile Dining Room by Nobuhiro Teshima

Impromptu dinner party? Nobuhiro Teshima's cabinet transforms into a long and low table for about 8 guests! ...

Original Olympic Posters

This online exhibition of Olympic Posters took our breath away. Doesn't each poster perfectly capture its era? And what a great way to get a sense of trends in graphic design — so much cha...

Canvas: New Line from Ochre

Yesterday, I got a tour of the new line Canvas from Ochre owner Andrew Corrie. As a board member of Aid to Artisans, Andrew's interest in sustainable, quality furnishings and handcraft has forme...

Faux Taxidermy for the Home

I can’t name one friend who is a big game hunter — yet, more and more and more taxidermy seems to be popping up in homes. ...

Julianne Moore's West Village Townhouse

Wow — actress Julianne Moore is selling her freshly renovated West Village townhouse and it is a stunner! The house dates from 1839 and is five stories and includes a large back garden. Th...

Better View Blinds by Elina Aalto

Here is a different approach to armchair traveling. Add a foreign skyline to your home and watch the sun rise and set as though you were in a different city. Designed by Elina Aalto, these wou...

Convex Mirrors: Reflection & Decoration
Retrospect

(Welcome Anna! — Anna Hoffman is our new columnist for Retrospect, a weekly post exploring design history and its influence on current design & style) For an obsolete item, the convex mirr...

Jonathan Adler Coffee Table - $75
New York Scavenger

Purchased originally from a Jonathan Adler floor sale this funky green coffee table has a burlap like texture to it, and is priced to sell today!...

Win the Boden Chair and Ottoman from Room & Board!
Thursday Giveaway

Item: The Boden Chair and Ottoman in Valor Tangerine Store: Room & Board Total value: $1,798 Description: Imagine this: Saturday morning. You wake up and realize with a child's glee that you ...

Ideas for Awkward "Stage" Area?
Good Questions

Q: I need help with a design/space problem. Our apartment has this odd "stage" area that precedes the kitchen. We don't really need more counter space, so aren't into a kitchen cart idea, but w...

Experimental Use of Two Common Materials

Tokyo residence, Y-House, by Frank la Rivière Architects is not by any means a typical house. We're liking two rooms in particular for their unusual use of two everyday materials. First up is one o...

The Element Grill by Fuego
Product Reviews

A little while ago we showed you quite possibly the prettiest grill we've ever seen: the Element Grill by Fuego. Its sleek styling and tiny footprint made us wonder if it was the ultimate grill for ci...

Leenda & Anthony Build Their Own Set
House Tour

Name: Leenda & Anthony Location: Brussels, Belgium Size: 1,100 square feet Years lived in: owned 3 years Anthony and Leenda seem to live in an apartment that seconds as a rotating retrospecti...

Softwood Faux Bois Sofa by Front Studio

It's a trick! This is a sofa and not a park bench. The sturdy wood frame of this sofa by Swedish design collective Front Studio supports cushions upholstered in a woodgrain photo-printed fabric ...

Keybag Prototype by Nenad Katic

We ALWAYS lose our keys (and yes, we have a landing strip!) Maybe this keybag will be the solution to our problems! ...

Ron Arad: No Discipline
The Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art just opened a retrospective of the design work of Israeli-born Ron Arad. To display the work for the show, Arad himself created a huge stainless steel structure, named t...

Creative Reuse: Blender Turned Lamp

Electricity can be scary. Didn’t anyone see Shocker? But it turns out rewiring a lamp is easier than you might think. Plus it’s a great way to repurpose something you have around the house. ...

Best IKEA Classics 2009

IKEA continues to create new designs (Awesome IKEA at ICFF 2009 list here), but it's the evergreen classics that we buy the most of — designs that stand the test of time and become staples in ...

Roundup: Educational Shower Curtains

Never mind singing, how about studying in the shower? With various subjects and even languages to choose from, your bathroom could turn into a study hall. You can keep your vocabulary fresh, you...

Modest & Modern: House 205 by H Arquitectes
Wallpaper

Described in Wallpaper magazine as "modest modernism", House 205 by Barcelona-based H Arquitectes is an inspiration to simple beauty. Anchored in rock on the side of a hill in northern Spain, Ho...

Blu Dot Dresser - $800
New York Scavenger

This Blu Dot dresser/console is a handsome piece of modern furniture. Fashioned from rift-sawn white oak it features a stainless steel base and a red finish inside the drawers. Sells new for ...

How Can I Give the Bedroom More Privacy?
Good Questions

Q: Hi,This is my work-in-progress — a 322 square foot studio mainly used as a bunker for city life. The sliding glass dividers are a new addition, and are completely modular (they can be c...

How To: Change Your Mailing Address

If you're preparing to move, without a doubt one thing on your to-do list is changing your mailing address with the USPS. Here, we've compiled the very basics....

Rental Kitchen Makeover: Leea's Lovely Little Budget

We just received this simply lovely budget kitchen makeover from reader Leea in central Mexico. She has a rental kitchen, so she couldn't change much, and yet she made a stunning difference — on a b...

Super Sleek Stairs in a Family Home in Norway
ArchDaily

This recently completed airy family home on the west coast of Norway features a unique stairway made from a single sheet of 1-centimeter-thick steel. The stairs were galvanized with white sand ...

Foam Dome Homes!
Pink Tentacle

Though Laure first posted the Japanese Dome Home around this time last year, some much better images have recently surfaced thanks to Pink Tentacle. Made from polystyrene foam, the modular piece...

Jens Risom Rocker from Design Within Reach

Last autumn, the DWR Design Studio announced their first collaboration with legendary designer Jens Risom. Furthering that partnership, Jens is following his bench, chair and ottoman with a new ...

School Style at Home: Chalkboards, Desks & Lockers

The new school year is approaching. And while kids may be feeling the end of summer blues, it’s a great time for home enthusiasts. Decorating with school furniture can be fun, functional and ...

In Memory of Charles Gwathmey, Architect

Walking into the office this morning, I looked at the news feed on my iPhone and saw that Charles Gwathmey had died. Not knowing he had been sick, I was surprised, and it felt like the end of an era...

Best Rattan Bistro Chairs 2009

I really like these chairs — traditional French bistro chairs. They're the sort of thing you fall in love with when visiting France and vow to yourself that you'll have them one day in your ki...

Critter Wallpaper: Insects & Spiders on the Wall!

Decorating with insects and spiderwebs — not just saved for Halloween anymore! While you might not be ready to add actual specimens to your decor, these artful representations may be your ...

Fall Prints & Colors from Pattern Designer Samantha Hahn

We love checking out the work of pattern designers not just because we love new prints (which we do!), but because it's often a great way to predict upcoming color trends. We asked pattern desig...

Mid Century Lounge Chair - $75
New York Scavenger

This mid century lounge chair has really amazing color and great style, but needs a little work on its upholstery. The price is right if you are crafty, for under $100 you could have a really ...

New Affordable Collection by Terence Conran
The Telegraph

The Telegraph shares the news that Sir Terence Conran is launching a new more affordable range of furniture and furnishings as part of a regular collection at The Conran Shop. Named Well Considered,...

Sound Proofing an Apartment from Street Noise?
Good Questions

Q: I recently moved to a beautiful studio in a great location that I love. The only problem is that it is on a very busy corner and extremely loud. I’ve noticed that the walls and especially the win...

Treehouses by Romero Studios

New York City's Romero Studios designs, among other things, treehouses. Lots and lots of extraordinary treehouses from the Petra Cliff house in New Mexico to the Five Oaks house just north of N...

The Man's Kitchen
Vintage Video

Do you remember this classic clip from Home Improvement? In what may be the greatest spoof on men's supposed lack of cooking ability (at home, anyway) they trot out the ultimate kitchen for men. The...

Felt Peacock Chair by Dror Benshetrit for Capellini

Check out the colors and shape of this new chair from New York based Studio Dror — and you'll instantly understand why Peacock is a perfect name. Dror Benshetrit's design of the chair use...

How To: Create an Aviary from an Armoire

We have plenty of projects for dogs, cats, and even for bunnies, but finally here's one for the birds — an aviary created by using a old tv storage armoire!...

How To: Hang Your Artwork and Not Screw It Up

A number of years ago a friend gave us a great tip that to this day has made picture hanging a simple, pleasurable task. The tip was to always hang your art at 57" on center. "On center" means that t...

Roundup: A Touch of Neon at Home

(Welcome Geoff! — Geoff Bentz is a new daily contributor for Apartment Therapy New York) With summer heating up New York, neon fashions are hitting the sidewalks — but can neon be u...

Color Me In: Paint a Headboard Above Your Bed
Project of the Month August 2009

Maxwell and Sara Kate's painted headboard To get this look, try Valspar's Autumn Blaze 2002-1A Project clock: 31 days! Assignment: Forget about building or buying a headboard... paint one in! Welcom...

The Illusion of Clutter: Simple Products That Tell a Different Story

Perhaps we've passed a mark in society where our over indulgences and pack-rat tendancies can now be explored and satisfied through mere illusions — whether it's multi-colored wallpaper, ...

Kart Chair & Hammock Coffee Table by Harbenger Duo

(Welcome Sparrow! — Sparrow King is a new daily contributor for Apartment Therapy New York) Harbenger Duo is a husband and wife design team based in Houston, Texas. Lucky for us, their stylish...

Wood Moves: Seasonal Expansion & Warping
WoodWise

(Welcome Johnny! — Johnny Williams is our new columnist for WoodWise, a weekly post exploring furniture construction and woodworking.) Wood is never quite willing to stray from its roots. Eac...

Blu Dot Strut Table - $500
New York Scavenger

This large Blu Dot Strut Table has previously been used as a desk and can fit two workstations in that capacity, but for someone with a lot of room it would make an awesome dining table too. ...

Project of the Month: Congratulations! You did it!
July 2009

Whew. You did it! Thanks to everyone who participated in our July 2009 Project of the Month: DIY Accent Wall. We saw some really terrific walls, and we know all of your homes are the better for it....

Pendant Light With Gold Interior?
Good Questions

Q: I have been looking for a pendant light or light of any kind really, that has some sort of gold metallic inside to the shade. I really like this design by Nir Meiri, but they aren't in production....

4 Desks Made from Hollow Core Doors

Hollow core doors are strong, readily available and — most importantly for a do-it-yourself-er on a strict budget — cheap. Here, we take a look at four nice desks made of doors......

Kitchen Tour: Art & Chelsea's Delicious Kitchen Update

It was late spring when I visited Art and Chelsea's Chicago kitchen, and the vibe and tastes reflected that perfectly: Warm enough for an open balcony connecting from the kitchen and spring-y enough f...

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