Q: We are in the middle of renovating and adding an extension to our Bushwick building, and we would love to add unglazed, graphic porcelain tiles to both our indoor area as well as outdoors. The im...
Q: The boy and I just bought our first place — a gorgeous, light-filled condo with strong cherry/brown flooring. We originally aimed for a "cool" color concept — dove grey for the bedroo...
I've had a one-track mind lately...about floors. The project in my own house is coming along swimmingly, but I still wish there were an easy way to install a herringbone pattern on stairs. Alas, eye...
I saw these exceptional concrete floors at the Clic Bookstore & Gallery last week and took pics to show you. These have been done beautifully in two really different styles. If you are ever conside...
This are my LAST Shaker pics for awhile, I promise. Here's another great idea, however. In the Shaker kitchen (on the ground floor of the house), they used pieces of stone and marble to create a b...
Normally on Apartment Therapy, readers send in their questions in search of advice. You all are such a great resource that I just can't resist sharing my own dilemma - the entrance stairway into my ...
Waldilla's unique flooring product follows the natural contours of the wood it's made from. A computer program shapes and assemble the planks, while innate characteristics such as knots and other im...
In this Southampton renovation of a 1960's ranch house, architect Elmslie Osler added continuity to the interior by carrying blue accents through the crisp white spaces. The kitchen's blue is found ...
Hi Apartment Therapy, I am getting ready to move into my first NYC apartment. It's a subsidized apartment and so it goes without saying that good design was not in the developers' priority list. I s...
Early this year we featured Tova's Penny Tiled Powder Room on Apartment Therapy SF. Earlier this week, Jean of NotCot shares her preview of New York's new Standard Hotel restaurant, The Standard Gri...
If you have plans to build your own patio or walkway using bricks or pavers, be certain to check out GeckoStone's tessellated, interlocking concrete paver molds. The Do It Yourself concrete molds a...
click thumbnails for larger pics OK smarty pants, these are all antique or vintage woods from Hudson Valley's Antique & Vintage Woods of America (no peeking at the site!) It's a Friday pop-quiz! ...
Last week I got to visit Dr. Brent Ridge (yes, Martha's Dr. Brent) at home, because I'm helping him work through the 8 Step Cure for a radio show on Martha Stewart Radio. HE is a fascinating charac...
Oooh, we sure do like the way flagstone flooring blurs the line between indoors and out. Carry the rustic flooring into a kitchen or living space and the room takes on the feeling of a aged villa or...
We have honey parquet floors. We can't stand the honey color. AND they are in poor condition. Is it worth the cost/hassle to gut the floors and install new floors? Do you think painting is a good af...
We've written extensively about Ting's mat made from recycled leather belts, a brilliant idea we wish were a little more affordable. The London-based designers recently introduced the logical next s...
Dear AT, I have a 1/2 bath that I'm remodeling. I bought slate tiles (Vermont style) for the floor. My question is should I stay with the slate tiles for the vanity set in the picture (everything...
Sometimes a new proportion is all that's needed to bring a breath of fresh air into a common material. These pavers by Stepstone Inc. are a fine example......
We think one of the greenest things is to use materials that are made to last through the ages. End grain wood floors are the epitome of durable and add instant warmth to any space......
We are not strangers to hardwood flooring applied to the ceiling — we grew up with it. It was a design element our parents used in two of their homes. The presence of wood grain can really warm u...
We saw this how-to on BeJane for acid staining of concrete driveways. We promptly wanted to know if the how-to could be applied to interior concrete floors, too. Turns out it can. Check out a photo ...
If cleaning your wood floors wasn't enough, or the current high gloss finish is blinding, perhaps you're entertaining the idea of having your wood floors professionally refinished? The New York Times ...
Dear AT, I am buying an apartment and am planning to replace the floors. The apartment is on the 2nd floor and faces north, which means it gets average sunlight. I love dark hardwood floors, but...
TRY THIS AT HOME. If you go to the MoMA to see anything right now, you'll have to walk over Jim Lambie's work. You can't avoid it. In the entryway up to the crazy flying fan in the Marron atrium, ...
Here on AT, we've asked Is Bamboo Really as Eco as We Think? and looked at IKEA Bamboo Flooring, but there are still lots of questions and confusion due to the many various qualities and prices in the...
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