A House of Many Colors
Name: Eva Location: Irving Park — Chicago, Illinois This home is the upper unit of a 120 year old two-flat in Chicago. What makes it special is that it feels like a private home, almost a farm in the city. It’s a wonderful blend of modern and classic, urban chic and country. There are lots of little nooks in the house: a reading chaise in a kitchen corner, and a library with built-in floor to ceiling bookshelves. The farm feel is enhanced by the yard which has no grass!
Oct 12, 2016
You Can Use a Money Jar to Reach Your Goals (and Save While You Are At It)
Collecting your coins and spare bills is a great way to save money, because over time, all that change adds up. But emptying your pockets into a jar or a piggy bank when you walk in the door? Not exactly the most fun or inspired way to do things. If you need a little extra motivation to save—whether it’s to pay for something special, or to curb your bad money habits—try one of these takes on the traditional coin jar or piggy bank.
Oct 12, 2016
An Easy & Fabulous Way to Set the Table for Your Fall Dinner Party
(Image credit: Apartment Therapy) From Kitchn → The Easiest Way to Set Your Fall Dinner Table
Oct 12, 2016
Love Boston? Here’s What $1500 in Rent Will Get You There
While not as expensive as San Francisco and New York, Boston does claim the number three spot for highest median one bedroom rents in the nation ($2,800). Nearly 700,000 people live in the city proper—many of them students—and they have to live somewhere, for something a bit more reasonable. We took a look at Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, and Brookline to see what $1500 can rent you, right now.
Oct 12, 2016
How to Leave a Friendship (Gracefully, and Without Hurt Feelings)
Raise your hand if you’ve ever been dumped and heard the words “just friends.” We’ve all been there—and we’ve probably all used the same lame excuse to break up with someone, too. “Just friends” is such a common way to let someone down gently, but when you really think about it, it doesn’t make much sense.
Oct 12, 2016
5 KENZO x H&M Looks, In Order of Wearability
This week, H&M debuted the lookbook for their next big fashion collab—this time, with KENZO. The French fashion house is known for their flashy and splashy use of pattern, and their looks for H&M are no different. Here are five outfits that go from quiet riot to loud and proud on the pattern meter. The collection doesn’t launch until November, but if it’s anything like 2015’s Balmain collab, we can expect these pieces to sell out quickly. 1.
Oct 12, 2016
Side Gig: 10 End Tables & Nightstands Under $100
Some things are just better as a pair, an infamous duo of sorts, whether it be person or thing: Tom and Jerry, peanut butter and jelly, door and knob, and to drive this article’s point home, end table and sofa. The yin to each other’s yangs, the end table and sofa are a complementary furnishing that go hand and hand in any home. Lucky for you, if you’re in search of the perfect mate to your sofa (or bed!
Oct 12, 2016
Is There a Such Thing As Too Many Throw Pillows? AT Investigates (Sort of)
Pillows, aka those comfy things on your bed that you spend eight hours a night drooling onto, were first used around 7,000 BC in Mesopotamia. Originally only owned by the rich or upper echelons, with multiple pillows meaning that the owner was wealthy, important, and probably well-rested.
Oct 12, 2016
Trend Forecast: Is Brass About to be Dethroned as Decor’s King?
Interior design trends often get started in the trenches of flea markets by tastemakers and sometimes take months or even years to catch on and go viral. Justina Blakeney was into plants and scooping up macrame at flea markets long before her brand name, Jungalow, became a household word and everyone was using the #ihavethisthingwithtextiles hashtag. The world is just now starting to embrace this bohemian look, when many of us have already been there, done that and let our ferns die.
Oct 12, 2016
Easy Ways to Turn Your Home into a (More Chic than Eeek!) Haunted House
If your Halloween style is more sophisticated spooks than guts and gore, prepare to be charmed. Not only are these decorating ideas the perfect balance of creepy and cool, but they’re also almost effortless—making them even more enchanting. Above: Add a playful paper mask or a giant witch’s hat to a family photo or painted portrait, as shown above from Country Living. We recommend taping paper accessories to the frame or a glass front to avoid damaging your art.
Oct 12, 2016
10 Signs That Show It’s Time to Live on Your Own
You love your apartment, but there’s one thing you would change if you could—your roommate. It could be that your roommate is actually the worst, but maybe it’s not about them—maybe, it’s you. Maybe it’s that, deep down, you know you’d rather live alone. Whether you daydream about your perfect studio or you dread spending any time around your roommates, these might be signs that it’s time to get your own place.
Oct 12, 2016
5 Items to Look for When Thrift Shopping (and 2 Things to Avoid)
From Apartment Therapy → Unexpected Items to Look for When Thrift Shopping (& Things to Avoid!
Oct 12, 2016
10 Surprising Uses for Kitchen Items Outside of the Kitchen
(Image credit: Kate and Cavan Carruth) From Kitchn → DOUBLE DUTY 10 Surprising Uses for Kitchen Items Around the Rest of the House
Oct 12, 2016
Organizing Strategies to Help You Leave the House on Time, Every Time
Does it seem like no matter what you do, you’re always running late for something? Getting out the door early may seem impossible, but with a few new organizing strategies, you might just surprise yourself with your newfound promptness. Little things like packing your bag the night before and doing some easy meal prep can make it so that you leave on time, every time—here’s how.
Oct 12, 2016
360 House Tour: Playroom
360 House Tour: Playroom
Oct 12, 2016
Virtual Reality House Tour: Venice, CA
Virtual Reality House Tour: Venice, CA
Oct 12, 2016