You are never going to believe the medium artist Jorge Colombo used to create these enchanting San Francisco scenes. As an SF native, I'm amazed by how beautifully Colombo captures the city's colors a...
Looking through the portfolio of Portland interior designer Janell Beals, we noticed a few instances where childrens' drawings were framed and displayed quite seriously. We're not talking pinned up ...
Inspired by Leah's recent post about decorating with biology charts, we wanted to share with you our own favorite source for old botanical and natural history prints, Panteek. Their selection is vast,...
As the fall creeps up on us, we are left reminiscing of our summertime fun. All of those beach outings, boat rides and fishing off the pier have been put on hold until next year. Fortunately, these "...
Over the last few years, decor has been inundated with a vast menagerie of animal themed items for the home. We've featured owls, hippos, rabbits, pigs and giraffes, but now it seems the newest trend...
Inspired by Melinda and David's dining room and the amazing mounted animal head by AJ Fosik, we went on the hunt (excuse the pun) for more examples of faux taxidermy that rely heavily on color to cre...
Last month Apartment Therapy featured a great roundup of easels as home decor, but this has taken it one step further. Check out this use of an easel as a television stand in what we think is a stran...
Currently showing at Collect Gallery in Oakland, Matt Shallenberger's serene, sequenced photography recalls Chinese handscroll painting in its methodical, thoughtful process. As panoramas, these ima...
A few years ago my husband's nursery moved to a new location, so I commissioned a local artist (the fabulous Paul Madonna) to draw a portrait of the old store to commemorate the move. I love the idea ...
Created by San Francisco biologist and artist Kevin Clarke, these odd little beetle dioramas are in a world of their own......
Collected sugar packets in a shadowbox frame are perfect for the kitchen Many of you loved the warm and homey feel of Katy and Tighe's Cozy Island Cottage, and of course the gorgeous woodland surroun...
Last week we wrote about some DIY ideas for decorating with tillandsias, or air plants. But if you're not in a crafty mood, why not mine the Etsy talent pool and go for a tillandsia terrarium or sculp...
We love these paintings of birds that incorporate a somewhat digital deconstruction. With a modern, pixelated take on romantic and beautiful images, we'd love to hang one of these on our wall....
Ewwweee! These specimens would have seriously freaked me out as a child - I screamed at the sight of anything with wings, antennae, or six-to-eight legs. But I'm a big girl now, and even like these ...
click thumbnails for larger picsWe are getting a kick out of these old posters from the Works Progress Administration. Some are pretty funny (see "MILK: For Summer Thirst"), others are quite beautifu...
During our annual DIY event (held in February of this year), Rainer shared this tutorial on how to hang artwork in a grid "easily and precisely". We thought his info was excellent and worth taking an...
With fall on its way, we start having a bit of a nostalgic bug. The idea of sending emails seems cold with holidays right around the corner and we like the idea of sending a personal note once in a...
Hanging a group of art in matching frames is a simple way to convey a sense of unity and order to a room. But when the artworks themselves are thematically consistent, like the three dark and broody p...
The Literary City, by Ian Huebert for the San Francisco Chronicle As you've probably gathered, we're way into map décor around here. My favorite maps for framing tend to depict more than just physic...
It is Art, Craft and Collections Month here at Apartment Therapy, and we've been waiting for the chance to feature the amazing works of Thomas Doyle. Terrariums have been all the rage in the home des...
While the silhouette hype has been going for quite a while, we couldn't help but swoon over these prints that we found on Etsy this morning. The intricacy and incorporation of many different elements...
Artist Thomas Broome combines typography and home interiors to create spatial artworks with ink on paper. By writing the word of what he's drawing, he builds interiors of - quite literally - "w-a-l-...
We love the look of artwork hung in place of a traditional headboard—it's warm and inviting but still chic and modern, and it's a great way to create a backdrop for your bed if all you've got is a b...
We're not even altogether sure how we stumbled onto this, but we love this one-of-a-kind lamp for lighting artwork. It's made of brass and turned on something called a mini lathe......
Hang 'em high - it's not just a bad-ass Clint Eastwood movie, it's also the apparent philosophy behind the artwork placement in this room. We're all for breaking decorating rules, but this still feels...
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