First we heard about Sunday Streets, an organization that blocks off a different neighborhood street every month to create a car-free area for the community to enjoy. Then San Francisco introduced new...
At Apartment Therapy we believe that a calm, healthy home is a necessary foundation for happiness. That said, there are always aspects of home life that can just freak you out, you know?...
Have you run into the phenomenon of paying higher prices on products made for small space living? From small appliances to furniture to the price per square foot of apartments themselves, it seems t...
It's not just handy to have them out in the open. Sometimes kitchen utensils are just plain beautiful. It's no wonder many kitchen designs now incorporate rails, racks, and open shelves that both st...
Good Housekeeping says that your bed pillows "shouldn't take up more than half of the bed". Really? So does that mean just under half is okay? ...
my "change vase"Do you have a change jar in your home? I've got one which, up until now, has mostly been an afterthought (unless I need change for the MUNI). But I've hatched a plan to grow my jar and...
Whether you live with friends or with people who were once strangers, you're bound to come across issues that must be brought up and resolved. Most issues can be discussed without hurting any feelings...
Until now, I've happily spent much of my free time and energy arranging my apartment to please me visually and accommodate an active lifestyle of working at home and entertaining friends. But I now ...
Writing for Apartment Therapy, it may be an understatement to say that thoughts of "home" are never far from my mind. But aside from decor and trends, the idea is especially pertinent during the holid...
"All the noise, noise, noise!" I hate to quote the Grinch, but the prospect of sleepless nights is causing me to already have a few. See, my apartment search has led us to a beautiful, spacious apartm...
Unfortunately, apartment living can, at times, be a bit fickle. Misjudge your timing by a bit and you can accidently end a lease too early. Or have the perfect place lined up, and at the last second s...
Over the weekend we visited with a friend who recently moved into a new house. The house was beautiful, but what we really took notice of was the abundance of Eames chairs. We counted 19 (19!) Eames...
We're always trying different ways to green our lives. An area we focus a lot of our energy on is our water consumption. Something we've always done to keep our water consumption down is to keep a (...
As contributors to AT, we suppose it comes as no surprise that we are firm believers in The Cure. We've found lots of inspiration and plenty of helpful ideas for our home in those pages, and we highly...
We've moved a lot in the last few years, causing us to frequently have to purge lots of our stuff in order to get from point A to B with some sanity left. But now that we don't see any plans to flee t...
This weekend will mark the one year anniversary of us moving in to our (that's the bf and myself, thank you...) new home. We closed in the end of May, stayed in our apartment for the month of June an...
A few weeks ago we were at a popular bedding store and a sales associate politely (but sternly) asked us to stop taking photos of a bedding display and to put our camera away. We told them we were ju...
When apartment hunting, we always start off with a laundry list of things we want in an apartment (including laundry facilities, of course). But as the search starts drawing out we notice the list slo...
We're contemplating a possible move,and have started sizing up neighborhoods around the city where we could see ourselves living. There are certain criteria we need in a neighborhood, but we're curiou...
I'm sick, and it stinks. I'm really trying not to fall into the whole pity party scenario and I'm also trying not to just collapse back into bed because, well, posts must be written. But here's the ...
Maybe it's a sign of the times, what with CDs slowly going the way of the eight-track and computers taking the place of stereos, but we have noticed our apartment no longer has a designated space for ...
Since moving here we've found that of all the places we've lived, this is the place that has garnered us the most out of town visitors. It would seem everyone's left their heart in San Francisco, and ...
We've been reading The Eight-Step Home Cure and have to admit, we're a little stuck on something. No, it's not the cleaning or the throwing out, those things are all fine and well. It's something alto...
Yesterday I had a truly awful customer service experience while furniture shopping. I don't think of myself as a particularly demanding customer, but when preparing to spend a significant chunk of c...
Nick recently wrote in with the following question: Is it crazy to want to move to Oakland? I love SF, but let's be honest; rents are high, space is limited and the sun never shines in the Sunset. I...
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