Brooklyn-based budget blog Brokelyn breaks down the many different ways to get your stuff home from IKEA Red Hook — online delivery, gypsy cab, IKEA shuttle, Craigslist help, Uhaul, store delive...
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€...
We've featured Jennifer Levy's smart solutions before — she repurposed a Marais stool as a sink pedestal. Jennifer has sent us pictures of her office makeover which she completed using a combi...
Last week we discussed the Billy Bookcase Index — where Bloomberg compares prices of IKEA's Billy Bookcase to show foreign exchange rates. In the comments, readers abroad mentioned that IKEA ...
You may have heard of the Big Mac index — where The Economist magazine lists prices of McDonald's Big Macs in various countries to get a better handle on the actual value of currency value. N...
MANSTAD packs a lot of punch — it's a (1) small scale sectional sofa that's also a (2) bed and (3) storage. While there are options for sectionals with built in beds, few are this small, this ...
My home office has always been a space of compromise. It was where things went to stay (and often die) when we didn't have anywhere else to put them, and I alway felt like it was the most neglected ro...
In my weekly pursuit of finding a great sleeper sofa, it is impossible to ignore the varied options from IKEA. With a price point under $1,000 the TYLOSAND sofa bed is one of IKEA's more popular opt...
Oh, IKEA. For some, the name itself conjures up images of off-kilter bookshelves and teetering tables. For others, the modern-on-a-budget wares are necessary to adequately furnish a home. But though...
IKEA continues to create new designs (Awesome IKEA at ICFF 2009 list here), but it's the evergreen classics that we buy the most of — designs that stand the test of time and become staples in ...
Yesterday, I attended an IKEA event designed to kick off the 2010 IKEA Catalog and showcase the Swedish retailer's newest offerings. Part of the message was the 30th Birthday of the KLIPPAN sofa &md...
Though we're headed to a special IKEA event tomorrow to see the new offerings in person (and pick up our own copy of the much-coveted 2010 IKEA Catalog!) — we're thrilled to share the news tha...
Currently in The Atlantic, there's an article by Ellen Ruppel Shell on the unsustainability of IKEA. In Buy to Last, Shell makes these points......
Name: Jay Roberts Location: Chelsea, New York Size: Studio apartment, 400 square feet Years lived in: Rented until 2005, then bought >> See Jay's Gallery! We recently toured Jay Robert’s Chelsea...
Anna's Frosta "After" I recently had the pleasure of scrolling through Anna Dorfman-Stark's Door 16 blog after a long hiatus and was blown away again at how great it is. For those who love "How To's...
Have you heard the IKEA Song by Jonathan Coulton? It gave us a chuckle in the office this morning: "I’m sorry I said Ikea sucks — I just bought a table for 60 bucks" A video after the jump...
Recent Comment in this post: "Generation Ikea... give it to me now, give it to me for a buck, I don't care how well it's made or how long it will last." ~ jacksonlalonde...
Here's (maybe my last) ICFF roundup, featuring the new and the cool in home design. Of particular note is the top waste bin design by Cranbrook graduate Grace Youngeun Lee, and - for all the cat lo...
click thumbnails for larger pics After moving into a new apartment, reader Jess was so alarmed at the amount of IKEA she owned that she turned some pictures of her new place into her own personalized...
This is my challenge: replacing this lamp in the next three weeks. • Cure Clock: 2 weeks & 6 days remaining • Assignment: Read Chapter 9: pps. 185-204 • Overhaul the...
So you want to be a famous designer? We had the good fortune of spending yesterday afternoon with Harry Allen, who told us, apropos of talking about great product design skill aligning with great pr...
click thumbnails for larger pics Veronika lives with her husband and their 9 month-old daughter in a 3-bedroom London home. They purchased the house only 18 months ago and in-between chasing a new ba...
Last month I visited Michelle McCormick and really loved what she had done with old wood boxes in her home. She'd stacked them in all different sizes and then clamped them together with old wood sho...
KRAMA — Swedish for "squeeze" — is Steven Paxton's concept for a web application that allows a user to enter their auto model and their IKEA shopping list, resulting in a plan of the mos...
I love seeing beautiful things in people's houses and then finding out that they're actually a mix of high and low solutions that got better because of creativity and a little extra work. I was at ...
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