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Apartment Therapy Archive: Jun 2017

A Kid-Friendly, Textile-Filled Portland Home
Name: Deepali, her husband and their 2 kids Location: Portland, Oregon The basics: 12 years, owned — 1,800 square feet Deepali’s home balances striking textiles with, well, kids. Creating a home that is as visually interesting as it is welcoming to all ages, she has created rooms that look lovingly lived in. Tell us a little (or a lot) about your home and the people who live there: This was the first home my husband and I purchased 12 years back.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Jun 30, 2017
This Weekend: Give The Outside of Your Fridge a Facelift
It’s not just the inside of the fridge that serves a function in our kitchens. For many of us, the fridge is a central spot for displaying kids’ art, the soccer calendar, friends’ engagement photos, and the magnets we collect. This weekend, let’s neaten up the outside of the fridge so we can enjoy afresh what we choose to showcase. If you are a fridge minimalist and never hang things on the fridge, pat yourself on the back and skip straight to step three and four.
Shifrah Combiths
Jun 30, 2017
An Artist’s Chic Compact West Village Apartment
Name: Carly Berlin Location: West Village, NYC Size: 700 square feet Years lived in: 3 years, renting Part home, part professional art studio, Carly’s long and narrow West Village apartment is outfitted minimally but filled with warmth and personality. Carly has a gift for seeing the beauty in the smallest of details, and her ability to set up her home from that perspective means she’s made a million small but successful decisions.
Julia Brenner
Jun 30, 2017
How to Remove Labels From Jars (and Turn Them Into Glassware)
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The Kitchn
Jun 30, 2017
Pier 1 Could Be Launching a New, Urban-Focused Store
If you haven’t been in a Pier 1 Imports store recently, the company has some news that will hopefully lure you back. The retailer is reportedly considering launching a second brand. The Texas based wicker wonderland recently brought on former Kmart CEO Alistair James as their new chief executive on May 1, and he told analysts on Wednesday that the company may need to open a new concept to appeal to younger customers, reports the Star-Telegram.
Tara Bellucci
Jun 30, 2017
Do You Know Difference Between a Hard Loft and a Soft Loft?
In our search for the ideal abode, our realtor asked a seemingly simple yet perplexing question: "Are you interested in a hard loft or a soft loft?"
Julie Sprankles
Jun 30, 2017
A Quirky MCM Modern Nashville Home
Name: Lindsay, Chris and cat Mooshy Location: Inglewood Neighborhood — Nashville, Tennessee Size: 960 square feet Years lived in: 2 years, owned When Lindsay and Chris moved to Nashville a few years ago from New York, they lucked out in finding this perfect-for-them home (complete with three outdoor cats from the previous owner).
Julia Steele
Jun 30, 2017
This Gothic Victorian Mansion Inspired by The Munsters Is Under $500K
If your taste runs a little spooky — or your sense of humor just a little kooky — have we got the Portland listing for you: a gothic Victorian mansion inspired by The Munsters is for sale, and for under $500K.
Melissa Massello
Jun 30, 2017
Looking To Sell Your Home Faster? 5 Expert Staging Tips
Prepping your home for sale can feel completely overwhelming. It’s like magnifying the stress of tidying up and making your house “guest ready,” tenfold. Because you’ve got to make it look good, really, really good, for guests you don’t even know. They’re not your family or your friends. They are prospective buyers, and they are coming to examine your most intimate quarters and decide if they can see themselves living there, too.
Carrie Bluth
Jun 30, 2017
Before & After: A Brand New Look for a Beige Bath
Tara’s bathroom had the sort of tan look that was popular during the heyday of Friends. Deciding enough was enough, she set out to create a bathroom with more storage, more space and more style. From Tara: We knew we needed to re-do this bathroom from the moment we bought this house. This is the main bathroom in our three bedroom, to bathroom, 1950s ranch. I have been dreaming of the day this project would be finished.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Jun 30, 2017
How to Choose the Perfect Paint Color for Your Imperfect Life
Have you ever flipped through the carefully curated pages of a home magazine or lifestyle blog and thought, This is so not my life? Sometimes it’s hard to find the motivation or even the desire to even try to improve your home, especially when you don’t see yourself represented in what’re supposed be sources of inspiration.
Creative Studio
Jun 30, 2017
Styling Tricks for Round Coffee Tables
Recently, we shared our expert tips on how to style a coffee table. The table we used specifically, though, was rectangular, and some readers chimed in to request help with how to arrange a round coffee table. Though most of the same principles apply no matter what shape you’re working with, I’ve rounded up takeaways and inspiration for round tables. This tabletop shows off the power of divide and conquer (that is, dividing the table in two, and conquering each side!).
Cara Gibbs
Jun 30, 2017
The 2017 Mega List of July 4th Sales
Before the festivities and fireworks begin, retailers have already started celebrating America’s 241st birthday in the best way they know how—with sales. July 4th is historically a good time to stock up on summer clothes and swimwear, snag a new grill or patio furniture, and check out outdoor sports equipment and gear.
Tara Bellucci
Jun 30, 2017
Partner
Milestone Makeover: Laura and Brandon’s Inviting Back Yard
Homeowners: Laura and Brandon Piety, Los Angeles Milestone: Bought their first home and launched a new business Makeover: Make the backyard more inviting for entertaining It’s been a big couple years for Laura and Brandon Piety. Last year, they checked a huge dream off their life list: buying a home in Los Angeles, where they’ve lived for the past six years. This is in addition to having recently completed another huge life list item, launching their new media business, Noble.
Sponsored Post
Jun 30, 2017
I Tried the Click and Grow Herb Garden — and Here’s How It Went
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Apartment Therapy
Jun 30, 2017
In the Words of Wise Women: How to Ask for a Raise & Get Paid What You’re Worth
Most people — particularly those who are just starting out in their careers — find the prospect of asking for a raise daunting. Talking about money is often uncomfortable, and having to talk about yourself and why you’re worth a certain amount of moola can push the awkwardness factor off the charts. But, as one of the badass creative women we spoke to for this story pointed out, “If you don’t ask for yourself, who will?
Adrienne Breaux
Jun 30, 2017
Daily Marketplace Deals: Stylish Desk Chairs, Vintage & New
We spend our days scouring the Marketplace for gems you can’t find anywhere else. Buy and sell with over 200,000 neighbors that love quality home furnishings and good design. A hard days’ work requires support, particularly for your lower back. It seems that standing desks are all the rage nowadays but a good desk chair is forever. Similar to a mattress, this isn’t a furniture choice where you’ll want to compromise comfort for price.
Vanessa Londono
Jun 30, 2017
Here’s What $500k Buys in San Francisco Right Now
San Francisco is one of the most expensive cities in the country—both in terms of renting and buying —so finding a place there to call your home, especially one that’s affordable, isn’t exactly an easy feat. In order to buy a home in SF, you’re normally going to need an XL budget. But not always. To get an idea of what’s out there in the under-500k bracket, we searched through listings with that cut off in mind.
Brittney Morgan
Jun 30, 2017
The 4 Things Tidy People Do Every Single Day (Besides Make the Bed)
The Kitchn Editors
Jun 30, 2017
An Organic Modern Boho London Flat
Name: Missy Logan, Antony Shaw, Prudence (6), Lili (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, 2) Location: Harrow, London Size: Around 800 square feet Years Lived In: 3 years, renting You may remember this warm and funky garden flat submitted by Missy last year; it felt so cozy that I wanted to come and see it in person! Since then, Missy and her partner Antony have been busy upgrading the flat, putting in wooden flooring, new wallpaper, and painting walls.
Viv Yapp
Jun 29, 2017
Make It Beautiful: How To Style the Perfect Entry Table
The entry in your home is a lot of things: it’s the first taste of sweet freedom when returning from a hard day’s work; it’s your landing zone for odds and ends like keys, mail and dog leashes; it’s where you do your “Did I remember everything?” check before heading out the door. Oh yeah, and the foyer is the only space that absolutely every guest sees of your abode, no matter how far you let them venture in.
Arlyn Hernandez
Jun 29, 2017
The Eclectic & Inviting Kitchen That Keeps Us Coming Back For More
The design of a kitchen can sometimes feel a bit monotonous, and while we love a white kitchen (with white cabinetry and white tiles), we admit that it can feel sterile and totally “safe”. But, every now and then we come across a space that truly captivates and keeps your eye entertained and hungry for more. Enter the Buenos Aires kitchen of Argentinian journalist Carina Michelli.
Cara Gibbs
Jun 29, 2017
The One Thing I Started That Immediately Made This Kitchen Cabinet Neater
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Apartment Therapy
Jun 29, 2017
Before & After: A Blah Brown Kitchen and Family Room Get a Total Makeover
Project by: Stephanie Hatten of SH interiors Location: Stevenson Ranch, California Stephanie’s client wanted the nexus of their home, the kitchen and family room, to flow nicely, have special touches for the children and still feel like an adult space. She created a stunning space that is kid friendly (and encourages toy clean up!) and is also sophisticated enough for date night.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Jun 29, 2017
How To Deep Clean a Microwave Quickly and Easily
From Apartment Therapy → How To (Steam!
The Kitchn Editors
Jun 29, 2017
Study Reveals The Most Common Items that Go Missing at Home
Americans collectively spend a whopping $2.7 billion dollars every year simply replacing the items they can't find.
Caroline Biggs
Jun 29, 2017
Oprah Is Selling a (Surprisingly Affordable) Chicago House
Oprah Winfrey’s estimated net worth is $3 billion, but one of the properties in her real estate portfolio is surprisingly modest. The media mogul is currently selling a house in Chicago’s nearby Elmwood Park suburb—for under $400,000. The 2,250 square foot brick colonial has four bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an attached garage. Originally built in 1941, Oprah purchased the property in 2001 for $298,000, but has never lived in it.
Tara Bellucci
Jun 29, 2017
The #1 Thing You Can Do to Save Money on a Home (That Half of Buyers Don’t Do)
There’s so much to think about when buying a place of your own. From the house-hunting process itself to the price negotiations to the inspection, it’s almost instinctive to cut corners and take shortcuts wherever you can. But there’s one place where a little extra effort in your house hunt could pay off in major dollars. It’s a fact: 47 percent of homebuyers don’t shop around for mortgage lenders, and it costs Americans a collective 9 billion dollars per year.
Sarah Landrum
Jun 29, 2017
Siesta Time: A Nap Bar Just Opened in Spain
For a country that’s big on the siesta, you might be surprised to learn that Spain’s first nap bar opened just recently. Located in Madrid, Siesta & Go offers beds by the minute or hour, so you can get your midday snooze on. Inspired by similar concepts popping up around the globe in places like London and Dubai, Siesta & Go hopes that locals and travelers alike will find that a place for a quick nap or quiet work will prove worth paying for.
Tara Bellucci
Jun 29, 2017
A New York Apartment Filled With “Bookish Warmth”
Location: Manhattan, New York Size: 830 square feet Years lived in: 10 months, renting These are not living spaces designed after a single period style. Instead, these are rooms full of variety, filled with delights in the surprise achieved by pairing disparate design elements. (For example, a family heirloom seascape painting in a heavy baroque frame mounted above a mid-century-inspired couch topped with African mud-cloth pillows.
Minette Hand
Jun 29, 2017
Matthew Perry’s $13.5M Hollywood Hills Home Is for Sale
Friends fans, rejoice: Matthew Perry’s mid-century modern bachelor pad in LA is back on the market, and can be yours for the cool price of $13.5 million. You could even have your mail addressed to Chanandler Bong, if you wanted.
Melissa Massello
Jun 29, 2017
Before & After: A “Free Section” Craigslist Buffet Goes to the Dark Side
Kevin struck Craigslist gold with this buffet. It had all of the proportions and details he was looking for and it was $Free$. He turned the buffet into a striking piece that brings out the best of the original features while adding some extra style. From Kevin: I found this buffet for free off Craigslist. The landlord of a building in Chicago had posted it, saying his previous tenants had left it when they moved out. The buffet was worn and pretty beat up when I got it.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Jun 29, 2017
Partner
8 Easy Habits for Longterm Hardwood Health
Whether you’ve just installed wood floors or they’ve been in your home for years, equal parts prevention and elbow grease will give you Pin-worthy hardwoods. Figuring out how to clean and maintain them may feel like a major #adulting moment, but once you learn some good habits it’s really just a matter of keeping up a routine.
Creative Studio
Jun 29, 2017
Partner
A Very Cute Alternative to Having an Actual Headboard
You're totally gonna heart this one.
Tim Minerd
Jun 29, 2017
10 Things You Should Buy Today During the Williams Sonoma Major Sale
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Apartment Therapy
Jun 29, 2017
Strategic Design: How To Use Color to Enhance (or Create!) Architectural Charm
There's a powerful design element at your disposal for highlighting — and creating! — architectural features.
Adrienne Breaux
Jun 29, 2017
Daily Marketplace Deals: San Francisco’s ModPop Mixes Vintage and CB2
We spend our days scouring the Marketplace for gems you can’t find anywhere else. Buy and sell with over 200,000 neighbors that love quality home furnishings and good design. ModPop calls themselves mid-century enthusiasts but their Marketplace corner is so much more than that.
Vanessa Londono
Jun 29, 2017
I Can’t Keep My House Clean, What’s Wrong With Me?
Here are some reasons you might be getting stuck, and some fixes to help hoist you out of the rut.
Shifrah Combiths
Jun 29, 2017
The Inspiring Kitchens You Won’t Believe Are IKEA
The Kitchn Editors
Jun 29, 2017
Partner
Surprise Storage Hacks That Actually Look Good, Too
We’re so used to shopping for furniture room-by-room that it’s hard to think outside the box when it comes to clever ways to create more storage and deciding what to put where. But sometimes, putting furniture in the “wrong” room turns out to be just the right way to get organized. If you’re starting to pre-plan your fall reorganization strategy, this may be just the new way of thinking that makes it all click.
Tim Minerd
Jun 28, 2017
9 Things to Paint Pink Today (Go Ahead, You Know You Want To)
Pink is one of the most polarizing colors. Depending on your perspective, it’s either beautiful, flattering, cheerful—or juvenile, unsophisticated and dated. If you fall into the first camp, I’m sure you’ll appreciate this list of nine different ways to add a little rosy color to your home. And if you fall into the second camp, well, take a look, and maybe you’ll be convinced. The cheerful pink front door is the perfect introduction to this California home.
Nancy Mitchell
Jun 28, 2017
A (Formerly Neglected) Modern Cabin in the Woods of Washington
Name: Amanda, her wife Courtney and their daughter Location: Stevenson, Washington The basics: 10 months, owned — 1,800 square feet Amanda and Courtney took a chance on a cabin in the woods that was in not-so-great shape. Their hard work and leap of faith paid off in dividends, their cabin is full of the kind of rustic charm that city folks spend their days daydreaming about on the subway.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Jun 28, 2017
Guess What? Bed Bath & Beyond Also Sells Some Stylish Furniture
When you’re on the hunt for a new blender, or drawer organizers, or that bacon bowl maker you saw on TV, you grab your expired 20% off coupons, and you head on over to Bed Bath & Beyond. The big box store is a sure bet for sheets, towels, and humidifiers, but it’s not necessarily the first place you think of if you’re on the hunt for a new coffee or sofa. Well, this post is about to change your mind about all of that, because guess what?
Arlyn Hernandez
Jun 28, 2017
Time it Right: Here’s What the Transition from Renting to Owning a Home Looks Like (and Costs)
There is so much that’s confusing about the home buying process as a first-timer, and all I can really do (beyond writing articles like this one) is absolutely promise that an attentive real estate agent and a knowledgeable mortgage broker will be your lifelines. You’ll be surprised how much you learn about earnest payments, escrow and amortization in that month or so it takes to close. Definitely more than you paid attention to in college accounting, I’ll tell you that much.
Taryn Williford
Jun 28, 2017
An All-White “Renewed Classic” Spanish Home
Name: Beatriz Traver Location: El Carmen — Valencia, Spain. Size: 1022 square feet Years lived in: 2 years, renting This splendid space was once owned by a Peruvian consul in the 1900s, and it features tall ceilings, gorgeous architectural details and one-of-a-kind elements — like painted-on floral designs on the bedroom floor. It’s the perfect space for an art historian like Beatriz.
Alicia Macias
Jun 28, 2017
12 Top-Rated Vacuums (That Are Cheaper than a Dyson)
A low price point doesn't always mean low quality—in fact, some of the least expensive vacuums out there are among the highest rated.
Brittney Morgan
Jun 28, 2017
This Is Not a Drill: Your Favorite HGTV Shows Are Now Streaming on Hulu
HGTV fans, rejoice! The home and garden network’s most popular shows are now streaming on Hulu, just six months after they left Netflix. This is big news, since Scripps (who owns HGTV, DIY Network, Travel Channel, Food Network, and Cooking Channel) cut ties with Netflix at the end of 2016, meaning all our fave home and garden shows started to disappear from the site. The two companies first inked a deal in 2014, when eleven shows began streaming on the platform.
Tara Bellucci
Jun 28, 2017
Small-Kitchen Survival Secrets from Tiny NYC Homes
The Kitchn Editors
Jun 28, 2017