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Be Gone! How To Exorcise An Ex From Your Abode

A very close ladyfriend of mine is going through a breakup. A few days after the final curtain dropped on her relationship, she gave him back all his crap and put fresh sheets on the bed. She also d...

Apartment Therapy: Dream Interpretation

I have frequent dreams about the places where I've visited and lived, with vast secret rooms to be found behind the familiar walls. I could probably use a long stay on a psychoanalyst's couch, but i...

Health Care Cures for the Home

A lot of home design brings the current health care situation front of mind. Some designers, like Tonky, are going one step further than red cross motifs and donating all profits from their modern p...

Counting Sheep Because of Your Home?

People can be kept awake by their own homes for a wide variety of reasons. When we're little, it might be monsters under the bed or creaks and moans of the house itself under the strains of the wind...

After a CO Detector Alarm: Replace It?

The carbon monoxide detector in our apartment went off recently. It was a false alarm and no carbon monoxide was found in the apartment upon fire department arrival. However, we were surprised when ...

Penguin Soda Maker by SodaStream
Apartment Therapy Test Lab

Product: Penguin Home Soda Maker Designer: SodaStream Price: $199.95 Rating: Strong Recommend* Just days after I'd gotten deep into replacing our cans of fizzy water at the office with an entry l...

Bedbugs on NPR's This American Life

We recently heard NPR's This American Life episode, Fear of Sleep, when it touched on bedbugs. We had to point you toward it, as it was at once terrifying and entertaining......

Cheap Escape: Sleeping in Hammocks

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......

Plus-Sized Furniture from BrylaneHome

While we know that Small is Cool, nearly a third of American adults are obese and don't have that option. According to an article from AOL Home, furniture companies are looking at this potential ma...

Overheard at Social Workout

A word from your friends at Social Workout, who believe in taking care of both home and body. We've been quiet in this space of late, though we have written a few items of interest for A.T. loyalists ...

Bedbugs: Our Ultimate Roundup

With spring cleaning month, it's that time again - time to touch base with those of you out there who have been infested or are being infested by bed bugs. We've had a good deal of experience here o...

Glass House Experiment: Casa de Vidrio

Do any of you remember Chile's Casa de Vidrio back in 2000? While it was over nine years ago, we still find the whole thing a bit bewildering. Chilean actress Daniella Tobar agreed to live in a 12-s...

The Sex Chairs: The Tantric Sex Chair and The Esse Chair

Okay, so here's the skinny. A friend of ours told us that she r e a l l y w a n t e d one of these for her and her husband, but they were pricey, so they built one. Then we opened the Times and rea...

All-Purpose Cleansers for Hair and Body
Save Space in the Bathroom and Simplify your Shower

We first came across an all-purpose shampoo when traveling several years ago. In the bed and breakfast's shower we were surprised to find a single pump containing an all-purpose cleanser for hair an...

Look! DIY IKEA Razor Holder

Are you an electric razor man? Woman? We received this neat DIY tip from Eric that solves the problem of how the hell to store your electric razor when you don't want to put it away each time. More...

Are Smelly Bathrooms an Issue for you at Home?
AT Survey

We blogged about this last year and got a lot of good responses, but felt that it was a good time to bring it up again. Since our office now has nine people sharing one bathroom, we have sensed a he...

The Greenwashing of the Mattress Industry
The New York Times 1.15.09

Last week, The New York Times helped demystify the meaning of Thread Count. Today, they've moved on to the greenwashing of mattresses — how do the labels organic, eco-friendly and the very vague...

DIY Safe:Safety Tips for Do-It-Yourself

Do-it-yourself home renovations have become very popular these days. We've taken on a few ourselves, from small to large. But there can be health risks associated with working on your home yourself....

Barrel Sauna

This little sauna brings with it a barrel of savings and health benefits. Named for its shape, the cedar Barrel Sauna comes in an assemble-yourself kit......

How Walkable Is Your Neighborhood?

San Francisco was just named the most walkable city by Walkscore.com. We here in New York came in second. Want to see how your neighborhood adds up? See how after the jump... ...

Green@Home: Saving While Shaving

Name: Aaron Location: New York Profession: AT Editor All of our Green@Home posts have talked about the little things that, over time, can make a big impact. In our small Manhattan apartment, we're...

Sports Furniture Collection by Florian Hauswirth and Thomas Walde

We've had a few posts covering design-conscious exercise equipment (Antonio Citterio's Kinesis Personal and Ionic Column Dumbbells). While these examples were either extravagant or silly, the Sports F...

Debranded Home Bathroom Labels

Maxwell has long been a fan of de-branding your home by reducing the number of branded bottles and containers of necessary cleaning products. Debranded Home is on a similar mission. In addition to H...

Toothbrush Holders
The New York Times 4.17.08

Don't ask us how The New York Times came up with a 1600-word story concerning the evolution of the toothbrush holder. (we're still shocked we read the whole thing). With a new Stylish Toothbrush, AT...

Hot or Not? : Aaah! Toilet Paper Foam

Aaah! Toilet Paper Foam - Makes Ordinary Toilet Paper Extraordinary We found this as well at the Home & Housewares show in Chicago (this is not a joke): "What is clean? Clean is how you feel after...

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