Apartment Therapy: Closeup

Closeup: Michael's Neutral Palette & Bright Artwork

Michael has used a neutral palette to allow his art collection to stand out. The walls are white and brick, and the furniture is brown and tan. The color pops up in the paintings....

Close-Up: Embracing the Shade
New York

Marlon and Jace, of house tour fame, combined forces in Jace's spacious 1-bdrm apartment, making aggressive updates and adjustments along the way. One of their many innovative moves was to embrace t...

Close-Up: Colored Kitchen Cabinets
New York

For some the kitchen is sacred in its purity of color and materiality. But for others, it is another opportunity for whimsy and fun. Here are a few examples of people who weren't afraid to use thei...

Close-Up: Room Divider as Color Accent
New York

The room divider keeps coming up--in the form of a bookcase, a screen or a huge wonderful piece of fabric. Axel and Sylvia have a home that morphs into a gallery space at times. To achieve the smoot...

Close-Up: Stripes or Semi-Commitment to Color
New York

It's that time of year again, when we go crazy for color. For me, it's a time to think about stripes. LJ's effort, seen above, is a great example of a way to leave your mark on a room with a little ...

Close-Up: Colette & Pierre's Ceiling Bird
Paris

Anyone who has ever visited a chateau has probably been met with the fleeting sentiment that they could move right in, possibly followed by the crushing reality of their walk-up apartment. But Colette...

Close-Up: Mirka's Backyard Garden Escape
London

Mirka McNeill's renovated Victorian is a bold study in mixing vintage and contemporary styles, but we also love the striking simplicity of her backyard in Barnes -- the essence of a tranquil garden es...

Close-Up: The Toilet Library
Paris, France

One notable detail of our recent tour of Marianne's Paris apartment is her toilet library. This space-exploiting idea is a common sight in Paris apartments, where toilets often occupy their own room.....

Close-Up: Primary Colors
Paris, France

The vibrant blue, red and yellow seating in Patrick and Julian's Montmartre loft grounds the high-ceilinged, white-walled living space in this stylish home... ...

Close-Up: How Should Robert and Wowa Finish This Scary Staircase?
Krakow, Poland

Robert and Wowa did a great job renovating their Krakow loft. But they have more space than they actually use and haven't yet put a guard rail on the interior staircase, resulting in a death-defying d...

AT Europe Close-Up: Le Corbusier as Bench Press
Paris, France

Our recent house tour of Patrick and Julian's Montmartre loft showed a home full of high design that wasn't just for show. Like this adjustable Le Corbusier classic that the men use as a home gym in t...

Close-Up: Hiding Clutter in a Cardboard House
Paris, France

The roofs of these Indonesian miniature cardboard houses lift up, making them a charming receptacle for unsightly odds and ends by the bedside as seen in this recent house tour of Patrick and Julian's...

Close-Up: Shocking Pink Chairs
London, England

One of our favorite elements of Claire's London apartment is the hot pink chair that gives her pale, calm Victorian living room a shot in the arm. ...

CloseUp: Claire's Art-Directed London Toilet
Europe

Claire has turned an otherwise plain bathroom in her London flat into a display space for artwork and souvenirs.. ...

AT Europe: Paris Close-Up - Stapled Fabric Makes Easy Wallpaper

Wallpaper can be fun, but it can also be a pain to put up and take down once we're tired of looking at it. Géraldine decided to cut corners and simply staple some inexpensive IKEA fabric remnants to ...

AT Europe: Paris Close-Up - Dark Paint Gives a Small Room Depth

The dark taupe paint that Géraldine used as an accent on a single wall in her attic apartment in the 19th arrondissement gives the small room surprising depth. ...

AT Europe: Netherlands Close-Up - Nina's Wallpaper Patchwork

Our recent house tour of Nina Van de Goor's Den Bosch, Netherlands apartment revealed her taste for multiple colors and patterns. Her favorite DIY element of the decoration was a wallpaper patchwork t...

AT Europe: London Close-Up - Colman's Mustard-Inspired Ceiling

When Chris decided to paint the living room ceiling in her colorful Gothic family house in North London, she just grabbed a tin of Colman's Mustard and took it down to the paint store. ...

AT Europe: London Close-Up - Room-Doubling with Mirrors

To give the airy rooms of The Main House hotel in London an even more spacious feel, owner Caroline Main mounted large vintage-framed mirrors on the walls, doubling the space and capturing the light. ...

AT Europe Close-Up: Easy Orange Accents

In reviewing some favorite house tours, like Amélie and John's Converted London Warehouse from last week or Raphaëlle and François's lovely Parisian flat, something jumped out: the use of easy oran...

AT Europe: Paris Close-Up - The Interior Window

One of the most important considerations in Muriel and Ed's renovation was how to brighten up their classic Parisian apartment whose one too many walls blocked the light, while preserving separate bed...

AT Europe: Paris Close-Up - The Library Loft

Véronique has exceptionally high ceilings in her house in the 15th arrondissement. So she and her husband decided to take advantage and go vertical, building a suspended library high in the sky above...

AT Europe Close-Up: Trendy Purple on a Classic Armchair

One of the most striking elements of Barbara's Paris apartment is the classic armchair covered in on-trend purple velvet that sits in the window. ...

AT Europe: Paris Close-Up: An Oriental Rug in the Kitchen

One of the most eye-catching elements of Nathalie & Keith's Paris apartment in a converted factory in the 11th arrondissement is their kitchen and dining room -- especially the faded oriental rug on t...

Jill's Tour: Copenhagen Wanderings

Aesthetically minded choices combined with pragmatic needs elicit inevitable ooh's and aah's in a visitor to Copenhagen.......

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