Apartment Therapy Archive: 2014

We’re nearly at the dawn of a new year and you know what that means: time to get organized! We’re here to help you get a jump start on that resolution. We’ve talked a lot about organization in the past year and to celebrate the last day of the year, we’ve gathered it all together.

The dining room is more than just a table and some chairs — it’s a place for family and friends to come together around one of everybody’s favorite things, food. From our 2014 house tours, here are some of our favorite dining rooms. Open the slideshow to see all the spaces. Love these rooms and want to see more? Click the links below the photos in the gallery to see the full tour of each house. → Welcome to Apartment Therapy’s Best of 2014 roundup!

We talked a lot about art in 2014 and no wonder, it’s one of our favorite ways to personalize any space. Here’s our best advice for all things art to get any gallery wall novice well on the way to a stylish 2015.

Get ready to gawk at these stunning spaces. We love browsing pretty pictures and getting inspired to try something new and these homes do it really, really right. Prepare to mop up your drool while you click through this list of our best eye candy.

Renovations can be all-consuming, and nothing ever goes entirely according to plan. But what if you got to do something differently? While currently outside our powers, if we could send our Renovation Diarists back in time, here’s what they’d change about the process: From Mike & Sandie: Taking more time to look at the condition of the stairs or subfloor would have allowed us to mull over our options and make more satisfactory decisions while not under a time restraint (i.e.

Bathroom makeovers are incredibly gratifying. The “before” shots usually show rooms that are outdated at best, and somewhat nasty at their worst. Which makes the “after” photos a total joy to behold.

This year, plenty of our house tours proved that bathrooms don’t have to be boring. From big, dramatic, in-your-dreams spaces to humbler rooms made beautiful with paint and plants and a little tlc, here are some of our favorite bathrooms of 2014. Open the slideshow to see all the spaces. Love these rooms and want to see more? Click the links below the photos in the gallery to see the full tour of each house. → Welcome to Apartment Therapy’s Best of 2014 roundup!

We like to think of ourselves as pretty style savvy, and that even extends to what we wear every day. This year we started telling you about some pretty fashionable people and sharing our most stylish tips to make your body just as well dressed as your bedroom.

Last week we rounded up the most popular girls’ bedrooms of the year and now it’s time to check out which boys’ rooms caught readers’ fancy the most. The top ten range from modern to traditional to un-categorizable. Check out the room →Where is it:Reader comment: Check out the room → Comfort & Simplicity in a Room for Four Brothers Where is it: North of Dallas, Texas Reader comment: “You just inspired me.

We know all you crazy color lovers followed along with our annual Room for Color contest, celebrating the best, the brightest and the most vibrant rooms around. Well, we think these great entries deserve a second look.

Want insight on where you can find the best materials, most useful tools and great DIY deals when planning projects around the house? Or maybe you just need some moral support and/or a swift kick in the booty for motivation? Here’s a quick roundup of our very best DIY resources, tips, pep talks, and supplies from this year!

The kitchen, moreso than any other space in the house, needs to be clean and functional… but that doesn’t mean it has to be boring. These kitchens are some of our favorites of 2014, not least because they managed to pack a whole lot of personality into a very utilitarian space. Take a look. Open the slideshow to see all the spaces. Love these rooms and want to see more? Click the links below the photos in the gallery to see the full tour of each house.

Need to store something in almost any room of your home? We’ve probably covered it ’round these parts. Here are some of our most helpful storage ideas from this year — from shoes to spices — to help you squeeze the most out of any size space.

You can get ideas from any beautiful space. But there’s just something so inspiring about the advice that comes from people in real homes — stylish folks who have figured out what’s important to them in a home and made their environment match their personalities. We showcased some gorgeous tours of homes this year; here’s a round-up of some of the best decorating advice we saw this year. Click the slideshow above to see all the photos. Want to see more of these homes?

It may be a little chilly, but that doesn’t mean we can’t dream of beautiful outdoor spaces — and beautiful weather to go with them. From our 2014 tours, here are some of our favorite outdoor ‘rooms’. They’ll have you feeling inspired, and dreaming warm-weather dreams, in no time. Open the slideshow to see all the spaces. Love these rooms and want to see more? Click the links below the photos in the gallery to see the full tour of each house.

The living room — it’s where you study, snuggle, watch TV, eat snacks, entertain friends. It’s where your life at home happens, so you want to make it a space where you feel relaxed and inspired. Here are some of our favorite living rooms from some of our favorite house tours in 2014. Open the slideshow to see all the spaces. Love these rooms and want to see more? Click the links below the photos in the gallery to see the full tour of each house.

The bedroom is one of my favorite spaces in the house. What can I say — I like sleeping. So I’ve combed through our 2014 house tours to find our best and most beautiful bedrooms. Come on in, check ’em out, and maybe find a little inspiration for your own space. Open the slideshow to see all the spaces. Love these rooms and want to see more? Click the links below the photos in the gallery to see the full tour of each house.

Twenty ways to save money? Yes, please. Maybe you’re already feeling the pinch, or perhaps you’re just preparing yourself for the day when the holiday bills arrive. Either way, bookmark this list of our best budget tips this year and you can start the new year with a game plan to get (or stay!) on track in 2015.

No matter if you’re hitting the road to go visit family for a holiday or in the skies heading towards your dream getaway, the getting there part isn’t always that pleasant. But we’ve gathered the best advice this year on traveling, from how to travel better with kiddos, how to make road trips better, what to do before you leave the house and even what to do when you get back! Summer Entertainment: 10 DIY Travel Games for the Kiddos What’s Your Favorite Design Destination?

Houseplants are currently enjoying a bit of a moment, with fiddle leaf figs and succulents and mother-in-law’s tongues turning up in rooms all over. But these spaces take it to the next level with a veritable jungle of greenery. Read on for nine more examples of beautiful rooms so chock full of plants, you might almost feel like you’re outside. Above: A myraid of greenery in a living room styled by Emily Henderson. A bohemian space from Style at Home.

Exposed brick walls can read as either rustic charm, storied industrial decay, or effortless warehouse cool. They supply endless character, warmth and texture — no matter what the context. If the look has been on your interior bucket list for eons, but you don’t have the actual digs to back it up, you can still pull off the look. Here are five DIY ways… 1. Brick Wallpaper: Above, this wall isn’t brick at all, but a paper mural installed by Fall for DIY.