The Latest: May 19, 2017

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A Wellness Blogger’s Clean & Minimal Los Angeles Studio

Name: Lee Tilghman Location: Koreatown, Los Angeles Years lived in: 8 months, renting When Lee Tilghman moved from New York City to Los Angeles a little over two years ago, she initially rented another apartment. But the building this Koreatown apartment is located in had great bones, Art Deco details, “amazing light and was central to everything I wanted to get to in LA,” says Lee. So she made the move to where she lives now!

Marisa Vitale

May 19, 2017

An Open & Crisp Seattle Studio Apartment for Two

Name: Angel, her boyfriend and their cats Location: Seattle, Washington The basics: 1 year, rented | 550 square feet Angel’s Seattle studio is super open but short on storage. With some creative thinking and smart purchases, Angel and her boyfriend were able to make the most out of their shared space. Tell us a little (or a lot) about your home and the people who live there: My boyfriend and I have been living in this apartment for about a year.

Apartment Therapy Submissions

May 19, 2017

This Is the Best Signature Cocktail for Your Zodiac Sign

(Image credit: Hannah Lee) From Kitchn → The Best Signature Cocktail for Your Zodiac Sign null

Apartment Therapy

May 19, 2017

Is Bank Butt the New Millennial Pink? What Happens When a Robot Invents Paint Colors

If you’ve ever wandered the paint section of your local hardware store, wondering who comes up with some of these color names, we can assure you it’s a human person. How do we know? Because one research scientist created an AI to invent new colors and name them, and well, things got pretty weird. Janelle Shane decided to train a neural network to not only generate new paint colors, but also name them.

Tara Bellucci

May 19, 2017

How a Simple System Squashed My Marriage’s Biggest Cleaning Spat

We’ve got a good thing going, my husband and I. Our homekeeping is a pretty solid division of labor. I cook, he does the dishes. I’ll spend time during the week vacuuming and tidying up all over, and once a week he handles all the laundry. What I’m saying is, our cleaning routine works for us. Mostly.

Taryn Williford

May 19, 2017

Splurge, Save, Steal: Grab a Seat Outdoors in Time for Summer

It’s a balmy 80+ degrees out in New York City and I, for one, couldn’t be happier. Sure, summer doesn’t officially start for another month, but everyone knows Memorial Day Weekend is the real kick-off to the season. If you don’t have plans yet, then get ready to make some that include relaxing outside on these outdoor seating finds from Apartment Therapy’s Marketplace. Whether you can afford to splurge or are looking to save, these listings are worth a look!

Vanessa Londono

May 19, 2017

Can’t Find (or Afford) the Kitchen Island of Your Dreams? Make One from IKEA Items

From Apartment Therapy → Can’t Find (or Afford) the Kitchen Island of Your Dreams?

The Kitchn Editors

May 19, 2017

Here’s What $300,000 Buys You In Manhattan

Finding an affordable rental anywhere in New York City is a struggle, so it may feel like buying a home in the Big Apple for less than a fortune is near-impossible, if not completely. The truth is, you can find apartments in the city that are more on the affordable side, you just have to do a bit of searching to find them. These apartments are all $300,000 (or just below in price) and give you a taste of what’s out there and what buying in New York City is really like.

Brittney Morgan

May 19, 2017

Attention Vinyl Lovers: A Record Club for a New Generation

When I was down in High Point celebrating our curated furniture collaboration with Cloth & Company and Amazon last month, I met a lot of wonderful people at our launch party, some who worked in the furniture industry and some who did not. One acquaintance in the latter category was one of the founders of Vinyl Me, Please, who gave me a first-hand account of his company and its story.

Maxwell Ryan

May 19, 2017

How to Pull Off the Modern Boho Look, According to Mindy Kaling’s Gorgeous New York Apartment

When you’re a powerhouse actress/producer/screenwriter/author/all around wonder woman like Mindy Kaling, you don’t really have all the time in the world to hem and haw about which color white you’re picking for the walls of your home or which sofa will fit best into your living room.

Arlyn Hernandez

May 19, 2017

This Cult Favorite Australian Brand Is Now Available in the US

If there’s something we’ve learned from our cadre of Australian House Tour participants, it’s that the folks down under are not afraid of color and pattern. Which is why we’re super excited that the cult Aussie home brand Kip & Co is now finally available in the US. The clever, color-loving trio behind Kip&Co are sisters Kate Heppell and Hayley Pannekoecke, and their good pal Alex van der Sluys.

Tara Bellucci

May 19, 2017

Don’t Be a Hot Mess: 10 Products Under $25 To Help You Get It Together

Getting your sh*t together isn’t easy. Throw in a crazy work schedule, kids, partners, and friends—and the ability to stay calm and collected (let alone keep your headphones untangled) throughout the day seems almost impossible. Thankfully, many of our favorite online retailers offer some stylish—and insanely affordable—solutions for keeping the little things organized every day.

Caroline Biggs

May 19, 2017

Before & After: An IKEA Bookcase Goes on an Epic Epoxy Adventure

Nick found himself with the familiar small space dilemma of moving to a new spot and needing more storage. He decided to give his plain IKEA bookshelf an EPIC makeover, turning it into a high glam, conversation-starting storage piece. From Nick: A couple of years ago, my boyfriend and I lived in Queens, where we had enough room for a studio for my graphic design work. This bookcase used to live there and worked perfectly as is.

Apartment Therapy Submissions

May 19, 2017

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Four Easy Ways You Can Level Up Your Life

We get it: A full-home cleaning is a big, exhausting project. But if you want to level up your life, you don’t have to do it all at once. It’s amazing what a difference little tweaks can make, tweaks like committing to a proper set of clothes hangers or setting up a bathroom that’s easy to keep clean. Here are four low-investment fixes that will bring surprisingly high-yield results to our continual quest to uplevel our lives.