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Revamped Radiators

Radiators, can't live without them, can't live with those clunky hunks of hissing heat. Fortunately, some inventive people have found new ways to disguise your winter hardware....

Trompe L'oeil for the Home
Roundup

Trompe l'oeil is a french phrase for "trick of the eye." In design terms it means using extremely realistic imagery to create an optical illusion that make the artwork appear 3-D. This is most often...

Blue Accents & Accessories for the Home
Roundup

Next on our Color Roundup is blue − the calm, tranquil color of the sky and sea. Blue is considered a dependable color; it’s always there for us. In fact most people answer blue when asked ...

Bale Backer Chairs by John Caswell

Here’s an idea for you fall lovers. John Caswell is a clever, whimsical designer from Bristol. His latest creation is a simple chair back that can be wedged into a bale of hay making sitting on st...

Alto Rocker by Monte Design

One of the great things about color is how it can transform one object a million different ways. Take the Alto Rocker. Simple, contemporary design that comes in 9 different colors. Not to mention th...

Cap Chairs by Sander van Heukelom

Inspiration can be found in the smallest of places. Designer and artist Sander van Heukelom found it in the cap atop of a spray paint can. ...

Function on Display: Firewood

It may still be summer but recent slight drop in temperature has me wondering if we are due for an early fall and I'm already fantasizing about chilly nights in front of the firewood. I actually don...

Soft Parcel Modular Furniture by TAF

Cutting edge designers from Swedish design and architecture firm TAF takes packaging to a whole new level with their Soft Parcel collection. These are individual blocks of foam that have been uphols...

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 the Ca...

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 used t...

High End Papasan: Tropicalia Cocoon by Patricia Urqiuola

An expensive update of the Papasan? Patricia Urquiola's Tropicalia collection for Moroso features this hanging cocoon that looks like the perfect colorful alternative to a hammock... ...

Marks & Spencer: Furniture & Wallpaper

Are you a Brit missing the influence of Marks & Spencer in the states? Marksandspencer.com has expanded their international delivery and now delivers many products overseas. Checking out their ...

Good Questions: Identify Vintage Chairs?

I purchased these chairs at my neighbor's tag sale recently; they belonged to her mother. I bought a pair of these lounge chairs (chair on left) but the seating has been replaced by a vinyl weave. ...

Good Questions: Custom Acrylic Furniture?

Hi, Apartment Therapy! I was wondering if anyone knew a good source for custom printed acrylic furniture. I am looking to specify a large number of custom printed chairs for a project in Miami, and ...

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...

Good Questions: Identify This Sling Chair?

Hi Apartment Therapy, You recently featured a plywood Parisian loft from LoftLife — one of the pictures shows a pair of chairs that remind me of Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy's Butterfly chair with th...

Before & After: Curbside Find Chair

Apartment Therapy reader and designer Christine Schwalm sent in this Before & After. Christine found the chair on the side of the curb and knew she could do something with it. She snapped it up,...

Good Questions: Seating Pads for Beach House?

Hi Apartment Therapy! I'm hoping you can help me out. We've got a giant farmhouse table in a beach house. We've been looking for chairs for about two years now, to no avail. I think we are going to at...

Facets: New Lighting, Furniture & Accessories

Over a year ago, we posted a roundup of Arik Levy's Meteor Collection & Other Faceted Furnishings — it was the beginning of a trend in geometric shapes and all things faceted. It was follo...

Roundup: Hanging Rattan Chairs

click thumbnails for larger pics The hanging chair was designed by Nanna Ditzel for R. Wengler, Denmark. 1957, but it's obviously a design with lasting power. And lately we've been a little obsessed ...

Gift Fair: New Designs from Jonathan Adler

click for more pics The bright colors and bold shapes of Jonathan Adler's designs can be somewhat overwhelming when they're all in a booth together at the Gift Fair — they can also be really f...

Moroccan Poufs on the Cheap

We love the Moroccan pouf--just not quite enough to spend the $250+ that they're often sold for. So we were excited to find a much more affordable version....

Hot Tip: The Future Perfect Goes Digital

Though we've written about them at length over the years, we had to share this. Five years after opening, and a good three years since we'd stopped hoping their website would ever serve any kind of ...

Hewn Stone Furniture by Max Lamb

We spotted these over at Kanye West's blog this morning (a surprisingly good spot for new design). Working with local quarries, British designer Max Lamb has commissioned a series of furniture made ...

Chair Skis
Paris

Turn any old four-legged chair into a rocking chair with these clever "chair skis" from Paris-based designer Marie Thurnauer......

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