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Apartment Therapy Archive: May 23, 2018

The Dutch Door House From Fixer Upper Just Hit the Market in Waco
Another Waco home flip featured on Fixer Upper has just hit the market, including a guest home on the property and a solid Airbnb track record. Featured in Season 2, Episode 2 of Chip and Joanna Gaines’s hit HGTV show, “The Dutch Door House” on 3201 Windsor Ave in Waco’s sought-after Highland Park neighborhood is a three-bedroom, two-bathroom ranch home on a corner lot with a bonus guest house on the property that regularly generates rental income on Airbnb.
Melissa Massello
May 23, 2018
This 194 Square Foot Pre-Fab Cabin Is the Ultimate Off-the-Grid Escape
Because obsessing over remote getaways is completely normal and appropriate at all times, here’s a tiny pre-fab cabin on the border of Turkey and Greece that will surely beckon you to its threshold. Istanbul firm SO? Architecture and Ideas designed the stylish dwelling with minimalism, durability and sustainability in mind.
Kenya Foy
May 23, 2018
An Avid Craigslister’s Black-and-White Brooklyn Rental Is Full of Deals
Name: Rachael Bennett and cute puppy, Kuma Location: Crown Heights — Brooklyn, NY Size: 900 square feet Years lived in: 6 months, renting Architect Rachael Bennett doesn’t think you should be scared of designing without color. “I find many people think that ‘neutrals’ or ‘black and white’ is either going to be boring (beige on beige on beige, or worse, sterile and cold),” she writes.
Elaine Musiwa
May 23, 2018
The Best Ways to Organize Your Kitchen, According to a Nutritionist
Your kitchen is kind of like command central for your house. Think about everything that goes on there—not least of which is the preparation of up to three meals a day, practically every day of your life. Unfortunately, sometimes in the hustle of that life, things can get a little… disorganized. And by that I mean your fridge may sport haphazard piles of random leftovers in unlabeled containers wedged between broccoli that’s seen better days.
Dana McMahan
May 23, 2018
These Are the Most Popular Infomercial Products by State
Do you live in Proactiv or P90X territory? Are your neighbors still buying Shake Weights and ThighMasters? Google Trends has seen us in our Snuggies (30 million sold, and counting) and snooped into our purchasing data to find the definitive answers.
Melissa Massello
May 23, 2018
An 1860s Philadelphia Row Home Aces the Retro Eclectic Look
This home needed a ton of cosmetic changes when Matt and Anne bought it. Now they've given it a gorgeous facelift!
Adrienne Breaux
May 23, 2018
This SoCal Beach Town is Every 2018 Color Trend in One Place, Pantone Study Says
If you’ve found yourself gravitating towards colors reminiscent of outdoorsy vacations this year, you’re not alone. In their first ever social media study, the Pantone Color Institute quantified our collective wanderlust with the four most popular colors of 2018. In the 2018 Colors of Travel study, conducted by HireInfluence, Pantone analyzed a mix of outdoor adventure and lifestyle travel photos with high engagement from dozens of the top travel influencers in the U.S.
Melissa Massello
May 23, 2018
Is Red and Blue the New Design Power Couple?
Red and blue is mostly reserved for summer cookouts, Fourth of July table spreads, or kitschy beach houses full of sand and white rattan, but that’s all about to change. Blue and red is the newest design power couple, but you don’t have to have an Americana aesthetic to pull it off in your own home. The reason it’s rising to the top of designers’ portfolios and pinners’ decor boards is because of how versatile it is: the pairing has range.
Marlen Komar
May 23, 2018
The First Home Checklist: Things to Buy Now, Things to Buy Later
If figuring out your mortgage and closing costs weren’t enough, moving into and furnishing your new home can be pretty stressful. And though you want to make your house your dream home right off the bat, you’re probably short on cash (and energy). Thankfully, you’ll be in your new house for awhile, so you have time to transform your place to match your vision. Still, there are some things you’ll appreciate having on day one.
Lambeth Hochwald
May 23, 2018
Before and After: A Stunning and Rustic Kitchen Remodel
This kitchen is perfectly nice—that huge window!—but its owner was able to pinpoint a few weaknesses that weren’t really working for the family. After a gradual transformation, this kitchen is now totally different, and totally wonderful. Here’s how reader Miriam Rogers described the kitchen pre-renovation: Dark wood cabinets and linoleum floors. The room was enclosed with a pocket door. A huge window meant there was not a lot of cabinet space.
Tess Wilson
May 23, 2018
Swedish Moms Swear by This Versatile Nursery Item For Every Newborn
Are you making your baby shower registry? Or currently stuck on what to get your best friend for her baby shower? If you know your BFF is waiting on her mom or mother-in-law to get the big ticket items, but you want to shell out extra for her, you’ve come to the right place. Babies need a lot, but they also grow so fast. You want to get your loved ones a gift that they’re actually going to use. If you can find something that they can use with their newborn multiple ways, even better.
Ana Luisa Suarez
May 23, 2018
Why You Should Keep an Egg Cup on Your Bathroom Counter
If you aren't already hip to the organizing potential of an egg cup, now's the time to smarten up.
Caroline Biggs
May 23, 2018
10 Storage Tricks For Small Kitchens
10 Storage Tricks For Small Kitchens
May 23, 2018