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Hot or Not? Just One Print

A classic decorator's trick is to cover the key pieces in a room using only one pattern. These photos from Desire To Inspire caught our eye this morning, with their exclusive use of just one bold pr...

Hot or Not? Funny Bones Skull Rug from FLOR

There's a chill in the fall air and FLOR just announced their new Funny Bones area rug "for a little ghoulish finesse anytime of the year..." ...

Hot or Not? Beehouse Lamps by Yar Rassadin

This lighting concept from designer Yar Rassadin is based on the hexagonal shapes of the bee's natural building process and crystal technology &mdash inspiring the use of Swarovski crystals in a hon...

Hot or Not? Homemade Rag Rugs

Photo via confections' Flickr In the sixties, Sister Parish began to develop a fondness for what would become the hallmarks of her trademark "American Country" style; traditional English Country fur...

Hot or Not? Soft Hercules Stool by FAT

The London-based design firm FAT (Fashion Architecture Taste) cast a stool seat in the form of a bust of Hercules. You can now sit on the face of your favorite Roman-adopted Greek hero. The seat is ...

Hot or Not? Ami Seating by Francesco Rota

We are loving the use of texture in the new Ami seating by designer Francesco Rota. In this collection for Paola Lenti, Rota plays with extreme scale and texture with the arms and backs of these sof...

Hot or Not? Our Little White Sofa by Christian Vivanco

This sofa design from Barcelona-based designer Chrisitian Vivanco has a unique canopy component that wraps the reclined into a white-steel framed cocoon of sorts. Remarkably, Our Little White Sofa i...

Hot or Not?: Crazy Fish Tank Water Jug fountain

Even More Fish: Crazy fish tank water jug fountain...

Hot or Not? Spaghetti Chandelier by Zinoo Park

The haphazard Spaghetti Chandelier from Korean designer Zinoo Park uses a powder-coated wire bowl and a tangle of industrial red wires... ...

Hot or Not? Sarah Palin's Alaskan Office Decor

Are grizzly bears and king crabs the new antlers and songbirds? ...

Hot or Not?: Casablanca Side Table from Company Store

This just in from Labchick (Jess): I just bought 2 of these Casablanca Side tables (from the Company Store) for my spare bedroom. I couldn't really pass them up due to the price tag. I like the Moro...

Hot or Not? Wood Inlaid Door Knobs

"A warm inlay adds a measure of warmth and refinement. Hand crafted... a diverse selection of solid wood inlays are available." >> Knobworks Vermont ...

Hot or Not? Fold Lounge Chair by Tom Frencken

"because the foam wants to unfold, it`s pushing itself on the frame..." ...

Hot or Not? NYLO Hotel Interiors by Dupoux Design

Images of the new NYLO Hotel in Warwick, Rhode Island are popping up on the web and we want to know what our readers' think. Survey after the jump... ...

Hot or Not?: Palazzo Chupi

>> Enter Chupi Tour So much has been written about Julian Schnabel's real estate piece de resistance on the West Side, but we like to look at the pictures and consider that at least two of the five...

Hot or Not? Trompe-l'œil Wall Seating

Simple flip-out seating is hidden into elaborate Trompe-l'œil panels of fancy furniture by Dutch designer Egbert-Jan Lam. More examples and the survey below the jump... ...

Hot or Not?: Shower Curtains at Crunch

Good shower curtains are hard to find. At the gym this morning, we remembered to snap a few pics of Crunch's new shower curtains, which have a surface that makes them look like they are wet, but al...

Hot or Not? Bamboo Basket Chair

You may recall designer Tejo Remy's previous designs for Dutch design collective, Droog: the Rag Chair, Chest of Drawers or Milk Bottle Lamp. This bamboo chair is one of his newest designs with coll...

Hot or Not? Transparent Dog House by Marco Morosini

We've shared many a glamorous dog-centric designs on Apartment Therapy, including the Gino the Dog collection from Gaia & Gino and various design from The Pet Project. This transparent house for dog...

Hot or Not: Spray Painted Chandeliers
Washington DC

When we first saw this article in Cottage Living on chandeliers, we were very intrigued by the spray painting option but wondered....would it really work? Could it really turn something boring and...

Hot or Not? Calculator Stools

We love this image! Individual stools arranged and labeled to look like a calculator. What do you think? ...

Hot or Not? Buoy Wiffle Ball Lamp by Chris Armijo

Denver-based lighting artist Chris Armijo created this light fixture from 256 wiffle balls. Buoy is just one of his lighting designs that uses multiples of common, mass-produced objects to form patt...

Hot or Not? Madam Rubens Collection by Frank Willems

This furniture from Dutch designer Frank Willems gets its unique shape from recycled mattresses. Willems learned that mattresses are the one of the more difficult things to dispose of and decided to...

Hot or Not? Monster Skin Chair by Joshua Longo

We first got a peak peek at Joshua Longo's designs at BKLYN Designs 2007. Monsters are a central theme to his work and we're especially fond of the brushed woven wool and cashmere upholstery that re...

Hot or Not?: Big Ass Piñatas

Big Ass Piñata from BigAssPinatas.com for $10 (via Swiss Miss!) ...