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The Latest: 2017

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The Easiest Way to Make a Living Greenery Wall
2017 is the year of greenery. It’s everywhere: in color trends, on pinboards and in the real-life homes we feature on Apartment Therapy. If you’re not a plant person, bringing this trend into your home can seem intimidating, but there’s one way to make it work that’s so simple, even the most greenery-challenged person can do it. Seriously. All you need is one potted plant and one essential product from the Command™ Brand toolkit.
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May 22, 2017
This is How Many Avocado Toasts It Costs to Buy a House
(Image credit: Susanna Hopler) From Kitchn → This Is How Many Avocado Toasts It Costs to Buy a House null
Apartment Therapy
May 22, 2017
Schedule a “Suck it Up Sunday” & Enjoy a Happy Home
Sundays are for sleeping in, relaxing with Netflix and only changing out of your pajamas for brunch dates with friends, right? But sometimes—especially when you’ve got a particularly stressful week ahead—your usual chill Sunday can be better spent being productive. Sunday is also a great day to take care of all the things that usually plague you, from cleaning and cooking to getting ahead at work.
Brittney Morgan
May 20, 2017
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
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
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.
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May 19, 2017
Small Space IKEA Hack: Turn the BEKVAM Spice Rack into a Bedside Shelf
When your bedroom is too small to even fit a nightstand, this homemade ledge for your bedside wall is the next best alternative. Constructed from the parts of two $4 BEKVAM spice racks, this little shelf is perfectly sized for holding a glass of water, your phone and a pendant lamp—so everything you need is right within reach.
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May 19, 2017
One Woman and Her Dachshund Share a Stylish Studio in Denver
Name: Kaitlin and her dachshund Dilbert Location: Highlands — Denver, Colorado The basics: 2 months, rented, 520 square feet When hunting for her apartment, Kaitlin wanted a space that was as lovely inside as out. She found exactly what she was looking for with her super cute studio in a dog friendly neighborhood. Good news for her and great news for Dilbert!
Apartment Therapy Submissions
May 18, 2017
I Tried Every Single Alcoholic Seltzer Available and Here’s What I Thought
(Image credit: Susanna Hopler) From Kitchn → I Tried Every Single Alcoholic Seltzer and Here’s What I Thought null
Apartment Therapy
May 18, 2017
Before & After: An Outdated Captain’s Bed Gets a Fresh Update
Madeleine needed both storage and a sleeping option in her small mountain bedroom. She figured that a captain’s bed would solve both dilemmas and after getting super lucky on Craigslist, set about making her find a little more visually pleasing. From Madeleine: When we bought a tiny (600-square-foot) condo in the mountains, we needed to furnish it efficiently both in terms of space and cost.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
May 18, 2017
How To Clean Your Microwave Naturally with Just One Lemon
(Image credit: Emma Christensen) From Kitchn → How To Clean Your Microwave Naturally with Just a Lemon null
Apartment Therapy
May 18, 2017
An Elegant Evolution for a Wood-Paneled Basement
See how a creative couple transformed a wood-paneled basement into a warm and cozy library you'd want to curl up in.
Adrienne Breaux
May 18, 2017
Before & After: A Little Change Makes a Big Difference in a Small Studio
Sometimes, when you’re dealing with a little space, all it takes is a small change to make a big difference. When Lauren bought her Brooklyn Heights studio, it had just one small closet in the bed nook — but there was a large home office in the living room. The bed rested on a platform with storage underneath, but the storage underneath was only accessible from a trapdoor directly underneath the bed (and who wants to move the whole bed to get to their seasonal storage?).
Nancy Mitchell
May 17, 2017
Creatives Carve Out a Home on a School Bus
Name: James & Jen Location: Atlanta, Georgia The basics: Purchased March 2016, completed March 2017 | 125 square feet It still seems a little unreal that people can live on busses without being part of a family band or going on a very intense field trip inside the human body. Not only are James and Jen are living the dream on their rehabbed school bus, they’re slowly winning over the toughest of home critics, their cat.
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May 17, 2017
Before & After: Decking Out the Deck on a Budget
Spring has (maybe? hopefully!) sprung and now is the time to get outdoors. Natalie and her boyfriend recently moved in together and found themselves with a spare table that was a little worse for wear. Rather than toss it and buy all new deck furniture, they had the bright idea to give what they had a colorful upgrade and now they have a lovely outdoor space without breaking the bank. This old table had been in storage and was showing its age- stained, chipped and scratched.
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May 17, 2017
Here’s What the New HomeGoods Store Is Called & When It’s Opening
Okay, HomeGoods fans, we’re one step closer to shopping at a new home store by the brand. TJX just announced the name of the new store, and when they’ll start opening. Back in February, we reported that TJX, the store’s parent company, had told investors that they were planning to introduce a new home store concept in addition to the ever popular HomeGoods. On Tuesday’s earnings call, TJX CEO Ernie Herrman gave the new store a name: HomeSense.
Tara Bellucci
May 17, 2017
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What Would You Do with Customizable Wallpaper?
It’s a lovely idea to have a dedicated home office to keep work and life things separate. But it’s rarely a reality. What that means is that our “offices” often have to be carved out of another common space like the living room. When that’s the setup, you can make it work by creating a separate space so that “office stuff” has a defined space to live in. Make the space creative and inspiring, and the whole thing will work.
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May 17, 2017
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Julie’s Living Room Gets a Global Makeover: The After
A couple weeks ago, we met Julie, Victor, and Teo. The three of them live in an apartment that has great bones — light-filled rooms with beautiful ceiling beams. The problem was that their living room had both nothing and everything. The everything part was courtesy of Teo: His arrival was “the best thing ever,” Julie told us. “It seems like every day we accumulate more things and, in a small space, you really feel it.
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May 17, 2017
6 of the Most Gorgeous Kitchen Windows from Around the World
(Image credit: Aimée Mazzenga) From Kitchn → 6 of the Most Gorgeous Kitchen Windows in the World null
Apartment Therapy
May 17, 2017
Former New Yorkers Land in a Beautiful Berlin Apartment (And Learn You Have to BYO Kitchen)
Name: Alana, her partner and cat Location: Berlin, Germany The basics: 9 months, rented | 1,800 square feet Seeking a slower pace and a bit more space, Alana and her partner relocated from New York to Berlin. They found this airy stunner and set about making it the perfect place to work, entertain and relax. Tell us a little (or a lot) about your home and the people who live there: I live with my partner, Adam, and our awesome cat Olive.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
May 16, 2017
Before & After: The 2k, Get-With-the-Times Makeover of an Outdated ’80s Kitchen
If you were to make a list of kitchen essentials, it’s fair to say that “working oven” would be close to the top. Erica’s kitchen not only lacked the aforementioned necessity but was also chock full of heavy, dark ’80s design details. Her budget minded revamp helped give the kitchen a new airy look and some needed functionality. When I moved into my 1980s fixer upper home two years ago, one of the first projects was the kitchen.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
May 16, 2017
How To DIY an All-Purpose Kitchen Cleaner Using Lemon Peels
(Image credit: Joe Lingeman) From Kitchn → How To Make an All-Purpose Kitchen Cleaner Using Lemon Peels null
Apartment Therapy
May 16, 2017
Before & After: A Closet Catastrophe Is Avoided Thanks to a Smart Small Storage Space Redo
When you’re only working with 366 square feet of living space, chances are your closet’s on the not-big-enough side. Combine the lack of available storage square footage with sharing your studio apartment with your partner and needing to fit in a laundry room, and you’re looking at a potential closet catastrophe if you don’t seriously maximize your space. Thankfully, designer Mary Lee excels at both style and organization.
Adrienne Breaux
May 16, 2017
A Cosmo Editor and a Designer (Who Are Also Comedians!) Set Up Home in Williamsburg
Name: Carina and her roommate Claudia Location: Williamsburg — Brooklyn, New York The basics: 11 months, rented | 400 square feet Carina and Claudia’s Williamsburg apartment is colorful, fun and full of secret weirdness. They’ve made their first “Grown Up” apartment functional and pretty without taking the whole thing too seriously.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
May 15, 2017
The 7 Types of People Who Should Consider Using Outdoor Rugs Indoors
Rugs can be a royal pain. While they most definitely can pull a room together, deciding on the right one for your space can sometimes tear things apart (i.e. your cleaning routine, your finances, your chill about pets and kids). If you’re on the hunt for a rug that meets all of your indoor needs but doesn’t break the bank, listen up. Using outdoor rugs inside is a great option for a select group of people, and there’s a good chance you might be one of them. You like patterns.
Jessica Isaac
May 15, 2017
How We Saved Thousands (Seriously!) on Appliances for Our First Home
From Apartment Therapy → How We Saved Thousands (Really!
The Kitchn Editors
May 15, 2017
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Should I Rent Out My Place While I Go on Vacation?
And if I do, how do I do it right?
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May 15, 2017
One of Johnny Depp’s Many LA Penthouses Is for Sale for $2.5 Million
Johnny Depp has quite an interesting real estate portfolio. Specifically, because he owns five penthouses, all in the same building. He put all five on the market in the fall, but this is the first time we’re seeing inside this particular unit. The penthouses are all located in Downtown Los Angeles’ historic Eastern Columbia Lofts. Depp bought his first one back in 2002, and over the years, accumulated five in total.
Tara Bellucci
May 14, 2017
A “Dialogue Between Old and New” in an Updated California Victorian
Name: Ben and his family Location: Alameda, California The basics: 4 years, owned | 1,500 square feet Ben and has family tackled the mammoth undertaking of renovating and updating a Victorian home but found that living in the home during the reno helped them create a space more personally tailored to their needs. Tell us a little (or a lot) about your home and the people who live there: We bought the house in 2010, knowing it was in need of a major renovation.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
May 12, 2017
Beyond Cookie Butter: This Is Why You Should Be Shopping at Trader Joe’s for Your Beauty Stash
The Kitchn Editors
May 12, 2017
A Writer’s Colorful Shotgun Home in NOLA
Name: Anne, her husband Nate, their cat Kitty Fat Pants and dog Delta Burke Location: Irish Channel — New Orleans, Louisiana The basics: Two years, owned | 2,000 square feet Anne, a freelance writer, and her husband Nate relocated to New Orleans after visiting the city and being charmed by all of the people, places and things. Their shotgun-layout home is full of personal touches and fantastic wall treatments.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
May 11, 2017
What Really Separates an Expensive Dishwasher from a Cheap One?
(Image credit: Anne Wolfe Postic) From Kitchn → What Separates an Expensive Dishwasher from a Cheap One? null
Apartment Therapy
May 11, 2017
Crafting My Way Calm: My Attempt to Create a 400-Square-Foot Sanctuary
There are a lot of things my friends make fun of me for. In my apartment alone, there’s plenty of fodder: my enormous yarn collection, stacked on a bookshelf directly across from my bed; my hand-embroidered clock, which hangs above the doorway; my small tray of rocks covered in crocheted cotton cozies, which look for all the world as if they are wearing sweaters. “You made SWEATERS for ROCKS?
Alanna Okun
May 11, 2017
Before & After: A Stunning DIY Kitchen Update for 15k
We recently featured Ashley’s dining room makeover, and now we get to see what kind of magic she’s worked in the kitchen. She unenviably lived through a year and a half long updating process, but the result is pretty stunning. From Ashley: The kitchen had ugly wallpaper, chipped paint on the cabinets, and was closed in. We wanted to open the space up to our dining room to make it feel bigger. We did almost all the work ourselves and it took us about a year and a half.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
May 11, 2017
The Long, Low Shelf Is a Designer Trick That Never Fails
When you spend all day, every day, looking at pictures of interiors, you pick up a few tricks. Here’s one of my favorites—something I’ve spotted in a few different interiors, and that always looks great. As an added bonus, it’s cheaper than buying new furniture—and a super easy DIY. The styling secret I’m referring to? A single long, low shelf. (You can also double or triple these up, as suits your needs and the architecture of the space.
Nancy Mitchell
May 11, 2017
What It’s Like to Date in 2017, As Explained by Furniture Shopping
Dating can be a weird experience. Meeting people is a challenge, sometimes dates you’re excited for turn out to be duds, and every once in a while you meet someone and it’s love at first sight. Not unlike shopping for the perfect furniture for your home—sometimes you have to search the internet for your dream sofa, and other times you walk into a store and it’s right there waiting for you.
Brittney Morgan
May 11, 2017
Before & After: A Completely New Sofa Phoenix Rises from the Ashes of the Old One
Just going to get this out of the way up front: this project is not a casual, pick it up when you’re bored DIY. This project is a “save yourself thousands” and “put your tools and considerable sewing skills to good use” and definitely a “can’t believe you can actually do that” type of DIY. From Karen: I wanted a new more modern sofa, but the one I loved was $2,100! My slipcovered sofa was stained and sat very low but the frame was still very solid.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
May 10, 2017
Why It Works: The Brooklyn Brownstone I’ve Been Crushing On for a Year
For just under a year (as of last June, to be exact), I’ve had a serious crush on the Brooklyn home of Jae and Devin. The architecture alone of their brownstone, with those amazing moldings, ceilings and floors would make any design lover completely and totally jealous obsessed. Their lust-worthy abode is more than just really great bones, however, and I’m going to break down why their combo living room and dining room just plain works.
Arlyn Hernandez
May 10, 2017
Love at First Sight: An First Time Homeowner’s “Urban Cozy” Condo in Boston
Name: Jenny Location: South Boston, Massachusetts The basics: 2 years, owned | 780 square feet Jenny’s condo is a balance of bright and poppy colors with sleek and sophisticated shapes and textures. After saying yes to the space when it was but a shadow of its current self, she set off to slowly and deliberately make this house her home.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
May 10, 2017
JetBlue Might Be the Only Airline That Gets Airplane Food
(Image credit: Eric Salard) From Kitchn → JetBlue May Be the Only Airline That Gets Airplane Food null
Apartment Therapy
May 10, 2017
A Mix of History & Modern Comforts in a Converted Chicago Church
This 3-bedroom duplex is a gem of a find in Chicago—a family-friendly home that is a gorgeous mix of history (the unit is situated in a converted church) and modern comforts. The unit itself is modern and bright without feeling sterile thanks to the abundance of hardwood floors and exposed brick as well as a wood-burning fireplace.
Julia Brenner
May 10, 2017
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T.V. and Cato’s House Hustle: Crisis Averted
Name: T.V. Carpio, Cato Herring, their daughter and three cats Location: Burbank, CA Size: 2,138 square feet Years lived in: 1.5 years It wasn’t until T.V. became pregnant that she and Cato decided to become home owners. At first they assumed they wouldn’t need a real estate agent, thinking they’d find plenty of listings online on their own.
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May 10, 2017
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7 Lessons I’ve Learned After Renting My Whole Adult Life
OK, so maybe I haven’t been renting for my whole adult life… yet. But in the 10ish years since I first became an official leaseholder, I’ve moved 13 times, lived in 11 different rentals, and have been to more open houses than I can count. So, older and hopefully wiser, here are the seven things I wish I had known before signing my first lease. If you do one thing, do this.
Tim Minerd
May 10, 2017
A Peek Inside a 1920s Shanghai Lane House
Name: Miranda Location: Jing An District – Shanghai, China The basics: 2 years, rented | around 700 square feet Miranda’s historic lane home is full of antiques, high ceilings and her traditional Chinese dress collection. The layout of the apartment complex let her get to know her neighbors and build a sense of community.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
May 9, 2017
Before & After: A Glammed Up, Totally Temporary Rental Kitchen Upgrade
Raise your hand if you’ve ever lived in a rental. Now raise your hand if you’ve ever lived in a rental with a lackluster kitchen. Underwhelming rental kitchens are about as common as noisy upstairs neighbors, but at least you can make small temporary fixes to brighten up your cooking space (if somebody makes peel-and-stick ‘quiet down and be considerate of others’ please let us know immediately).
Apartment Therapy Submissions
May 9, 2017