Tag: 2005 | Apartment Therapy

2005 Gift Guide: Children's Room

Gift: Natural Fun For The Child's Room Price: $11 - $275 We spent the weekend shopping, and particularly enjoyed visiting Kid-O in the West Village and Acorn Toy Shop on Atlantic Avenue in Brookl...

2005 Gift Guide: Bedroom

Gift: Bedroom Snuzzely Things Price: $25 - $258 We're behind in combing through our archives and doing this guide. We apologize. At first we resisted it, but then we we're overwhelmed with the th...

2005 Un-Gift Guide: No Gift!

Gift: No Gift (that's the gift) Price: Priceless This is an issue that comes up in many families each year. You or someone in your family REALLY doesn't want a gift. Perhaps it has to do with how...

2005 Gift Guide: Wine Drinkers Delight

Gift: Wine Drinkers Delight Price: $120 + $75 + $119 + $13 This is a bit of a smorgasbord of great things that center around the pure pleasure of drinking. Each one is a FIND. 1. A case of wine...

2005 Un-Gift Guide: Declutter Unproductive Relationships

Gift: Decluttering Unproductive Relationships Price: Priceless This is an idea that comes from Karen Kingston. While not really a gift in the common sense, it is definitely a gift to yourself and a ...

2005 Un-Gift Guide: Alex Marshall White Bowls & Platters

Gift: Alex Marshall White Bowls & Platters Price: From $20 We have a friend in Mill Valley that sends us a piece of Alex Marshall's fabulous, thick, white tableware each year. The last one we receiv...

2005 Un-Gift Guide: The UnParty

Gift: An UnParty Price: Priceless During the peak of the holiday season, breathing room can grow scarce and nerves can get frayed as the calendar fills up and you find yourself juggling work, plea...

2005 Un-Gift Guide: The Official AT T-Shirts

Gift: Official AT T-Shirts Price: $20 Here are two shirts that are perfect for moving your furniture around in (and which will cause stares). Yes, we have finally made and are ready to sell our ...

2005 Un-Gift Guide: Magnetic Paint and Magnets

Gift: Magnetic Paint & Neodymium Magnets Price: $40 This is something we discovered a few month ago from our upstairs neighbors. It can TRANSFORM any friend's wall, at home or at the office. ...

2005 Un-Gift Guide: Time Capsule CD

Gift: Time Capsule CD Price: Priceless This is something we've been doing since 1998, but only this year have we gotten around to giving it away. Here's the idea. You make a time capsule, listing...

2005 Un-Gift Guide: Judy Ross Pillows

Gift: A Judy Ross Pillow Price: $170-$250 There are many designers out there who do pillows, but Judy Ross is one of the best. Bold color, beautiful texture, clean design - any one of her pillow...

2005 Un-Gift Guide: A Painted Room

Gift: An Offer To Help Paint a Room Price: Priceless How many friends do you have who would like to do a few things to transform their apartment, but never get around to it? Offering to paint a room...

2005 Un-Gift Guide: Small Bowls from Clio

Gift: The Thirsty & Tilt Bowls Price: $32-$67 For small lovely, houshold items, Clio is one-stop shopping. Our top choice is their small platinum plated porcelain "Thirsty" Bowls from France a...

2005 Un-Gift Guide: Intro

The holidays are for coming out of our shells, connecting with others and giving thanks. Therefore, our Un-Gift Guide this year will be a list of ten HOME items and ten acts that can help you take ...

2005 Un-Gift Guide: Shannon's Coupon Book

Gift: The "Coupon" Book Price: Priceless Inspired by Shannon's comment last year, we highlight this amazing idea. The gift is a "coupon book" specifically made for your friend or family membe...

2004 Un-Gift Guide

We are as much a sucker for a new gadget as the next person, but we are drawn much more to the gifts and acts of kindness that can - with luck - set this season apart from any other. Gifts are an o...