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...
Even though my own style is a mix of modern and traditional, I still enjoy and appreciate the more old fashioned styles. The Victorian Trading Co. has me imagining life in a Charles Dickens novel....
Green is next on our Roundup of colors and I feel in harmony just thinking about it. Green represents growth, renewal and life. It connects us with nature and makes us feel fresh and alive. ...
We recently found the work of Jared Flood on his blog, Brooklyn Tweed. His warm knits are made for the body and for the home and, according to his book, Made in Brooklyn, are very much rooted in a s...
It’s Color Month here at Apartment Therapy, so here are 10 red home goods that can make any room pop. What does red décor say about you? Red is the center of attention — it screams â€...
Remember how everything matched in Blanche’s bedroom on The Golden Girls? Do people still match their wallpaper and bedding? Or drapes and cushions? ...
I’ve always said if you can only invest money in one room of the house — or, in this case, one section of the studio — pick the bedroom. It’s where we theoretically spend 1/3 of our ...
Materials: Dupioni silk and organic cotton Price Point: $600 (crib quilt) to $3200 (queen-sized quilt) "Soft-Maps are handmade quilted maps of cities, neighborhoods and parks that represent someone...
Feather motifs have been popular for awhile and I am not especially partial to them but perhaps that just has to do with my name — I feel sort of protective! I've rounded up an assortment of i...
Look at all the Fungus Among Us — from lamps, to bedding and lots of stools... ...
Textile Arts is an impressive online resource for popular Marimekko printed fabrics in the US, and they've just made available the Fall 2009 line of new and re-released designs. ...
Cityscapes and skylines are inspiring more and more home accessories and decor — check out this compilation of some of our favorite skyline-inspired designs....
Materials: Vintage silks and cottons, khadi cotton, bamboo wadding Price Point: £800 "The most important things in our homes (besides family) are usually those that are handed down, have special m...
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 formed a f...
Since our first roundup of Updated Rustic Western Style, we've noticed a lot more furniture and furnishings that are appropriate for this look — and surprisingly, a lot is coming from mainstre...
It's happened! American Apparel has moved into home furnishings with their first collection of 100% cotton jersey bedding — it makes sense that a company known for cotton knit would make jerse...
Using this humble fabric for decorative items other than mattresses is not a recent phenomenon — the decorating maven, Sister Parish, apparently began this craze in the 1940s when she used tic...
I am moving and selected some really great navy bedding from Frette for the master bedroom. It is very dark; almost a midnight color. It actually looks great with some black accent pillows and cov...
We found 10 summer throws to get you through cooler nights or over-air conditioned offices. Which one is your favorite?...
Hi Apartment Therapy, Do you happen to know where I can find the multi-colored blanket (not the orange comforter) used by MTV in their Real World Hollywood series? It would work perfectly in my bedr...
click thumbnails for larger pics We've been enchanted by Moroccan Wedding blankets for a little while now but short of a plane ticket East, we haven't been sure how to lay our hands on one. We've unc...
This beautiful quilting pattern comes from Purl in SoHo. This wedding quilt was made in the wedding colors for a very lucky couple — this is so much more awesome than a toaster! We've wanted t...
Hi There, I love the idea of newsprint or script linens, like these ones. I haven't found them at any store in the last year. They seem to be discontinued everywhere. Any ideas? Thanks! (Note: Incl...
click thumbnails for larger pics Check out these awesome photographic modern quilts from Luke Haynes — "Working from photographs, Luke Haynes disassembles, digests, and reconstructs images as p...
I like Eileen Fisher and what she's doing with Garnet Hill. Her bedding line, which was new last year, continues to be luxurious and earthy (though not quite green). We just got these total eye ca...
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