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This Swedish House Is an Art Deco Scandi Dream Home
Name: Ulrika and family Location: Norrköping, Sweden Size: 1,507 square feet Years lived in: 10 years, owned Apartment Therapy’s first Scandi Week might be officially over this year, but that doesn’t mean our love of Scandinavian design has ended. And this lovely, light-filled Swedish home of fashion and interior influencer Ulrika (who Instagrams under the handle, @colorelles) is a beautiful look at colorful, organic modern Scandinavian-inspired design.
Adrienne Breaux
Jul 10, 2019
A Cozy Rented Amsterdam Houseboat
Name: Charlotte Rozenberg and Marvin Fockens Location: Center — Amsterdam, The Netherlands Size: 750 square feet Years lived in: Less than 1 year, renting Originally from a small town in the north of the Netherlands, Charlotte and her boyfriend Marvin moved onto this small but cozy houseboat in Amsterdam last spring. Charlotte works at a local bar and is considering a career as a sex therapist, while Marvin is a musician.
Melanie Rieders
Jul 10, 2019
This Copenhagen Home’s Light Is So Beautiful, It Looks Like a Danish Painting
Name: Stine Marie Rosenborg and Peter Location: Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark Size: 800 square feet Years lived in: 5 years, owned Architect Stine Marie Rosenborg and her partner Peter live in this simply decorated apartment in Copenhagen, where restrained Danish style emanates from every vignette. Stine has perfected minimal design that still feels warm and cozy, and the soft Nordic light that pours in helps a lot.
Craig Kellmann
Jul 10, 2019
3 Kitchen Counter Styling Ideas Professional Home Stagers Swear By
Whether you’re looking to stage your home to sell or simply want kitchen counters worthy of an Instagram post, professionals have some easy styling moves that will help make your counters become the focal point of your kitchen.
Kate Streit
Jul 10, 2019
8 Bright Ways to Use String Lights in Your Home
STYLE
Let your home shine bright with these smart design tips.
Caroline Biggs
Jul 10, 2019
The Perfect Laundromat Doesn’t Ex— Wait, It’s Beautiful, Comfortable, AND Has Free Detergent??
What does it mean to modernize laundry? First, create an environmentally and health-friendly way to wash. And, second, make it fashion.
Ashley Abramson
Jul 10, 2019
What Most People Get Wrong About Living in a Penthouse Apartment
Though they're marketed as the end-all, be-all in luxury, penthouse apartments can actually be quite irksome to live in.
Lambeth Hochwald
Jul 10, 2019
This House’s Pink Door Is Just the Start of Its Color Journey
This incredibly colorful house in Atlanta is a catch-all mix of mid-century modern and contemporary with some Hollywood glam and vintage.
Adrienne Breaux
Jul 10, 2019
This Couple’s Legendary Reaction to a TV Show’s Home Makeover Gone Wrong Is Cringey AF
They said they wanted color, but it looks like the Geoghegans didn’t quite know what they were getting into.
Megan Johnson
Jul 10, 2019
Why This Rug is Still So Popular on Pinterest
STYLE
Plus, five fresh ways to bring this viral design trend to your home.
Kelsey Mulvey
Jul 10, 2019
Partner
Before & After: A Suburban Bungalow Gets a Cool SoCal Upgrade
When native Californians Erica and Mark moved back to the Golden State after a stint in New York City, they fell in love with Pasadena. We did too: It was recently named one of Apartment Therapy’s Coolest Suburbs in America. Though Erica and Mark work in Los Angeles, the nearby ‘burb won them over with its strong sense of community—not to mention its dreamy Craftsman bungalows.
Creative Studio
Jul 10, 2019
An Easy Amazon Hack to Help You Use That Last 67 Cents on Your Prepaid Gift Card
Prepaid gift cards are great, but once the balance is down to a small amount, your once-coveted cash alternative inevitably accumulates dust in your wallet. Don't let your precious pennies go to waste.
Ashley Abramson
Jul 10, 2019
5 Surprising (and Costly) Ways Smoking Can Ruin Your Home
Smoking doesn't just ruin a smoker's health—it's ruining their home, too.
Dana McMahan
Jul 10, 2019
This Candle Explains Your Zodiac, Numerology, and Tarot Cards Based on Your Birthday
You’ve probably noticed the spike in popularity with everything astrology. It’s no different here at Apartment Therapy, where we write about monthly home horoscopes and the best affordable cities for each zodiac sign. Our latest astrological obsession? Birthdate Candles.
Nicoletta Richardson
Jul 9, 2019
Amazon Workers Set to Strike on Prime Day
Amazon workers at a warehouse in Shakopee, Minnesota are set to hold six hours of strikes on July 15th, when Prime Day begins, over working conditions.
Megan Johnson
Jul 9, 2019
It’s Cancer Season: Here’s Your July 2019 Home Horoscope
Unzip your furniture covers and skinny dip straight into the couch pillows, cosmic voyagers. July’s cosmic medicine is a wet and wild cocktail of deep feels, as Cancer’s turquoise aquatics flood the skies.
Bess Matassa
Jul 9, 2019
10 Genius Plant Decor Ideas to Refresh Your Space
Style
Want to take your plant parent status to the next level? Check out these modern ways to decorate with your greens.
Caroline Biggs
Jul 9, 2019
We Dare You To Try Watching the ‘Queer Eye’ Season 4 Trailer Without Shedding a Tear
Just last month, we received the glorious news that season 4 of Netflix’s “Queer Eye” will be airing on July 19. And now, we have visual evidence of the emotional roller coaster coming for us, as seen in the season’s first trailer that dropped today.
Nicoletta Richardson
Jul 9, 2019
5 Reasons You'll Want to Break Your Lease and Live in a Van
While the glamorous images we see on Instagram can be misleading about the difficulties of living in a van, there truly are many reasons to go for it. Here are mine.
Elizabeth Seward
Jul 9, 2019
How To Clean an Iron
We’ve all been there: pressed for time (pun intended), forced to use our iron with a dirty plate, nervous that the precious few minutes we are taking to actually iron out the wrinkles might set us even further behind by the transferring of gunk to the garment, forcing you to choose a completely new outfit altogether. Maybe you haven’t been there, but I’m speaking from experience. Good news: If you’ve got 10 minutes, you’ve got a clean iron!
Ashley Poskin
Jul 9, 2019
This Melbourne Rental Home Is Fun and Pastel Colored
Candice and Eddie's colorful and happy apartment is housed in an old warehouse in Melbourne, Australia.
Natalie Jeffcott
Jul 9, 2019
This Week on Liz$plaining: Everything You Need to Know About Your Credit Score
Caring about your credit score doesn't make you boring, it makes you responsible and dare I say it, interesting!
Liz Steelman
Jul 9, 2019
6 Ways to Create a Plant Wall In a Rental
From wall planters to floating shelves, here are eight items that will help you create a plant wall that won’t cost you your security deposit.
Caroline Biggs
Jul 9, 2019
Partner
Before & After: Marichelle’s Living Room Becomes a Sanctuary
Marichelle loves living in Maplewood, NJ, one of Apartment Therapy’s Coolest Suburbs in America. She runs a chic boutique, Meus, and is mom to an adorable trio of kiddos. While her home is as eclectically stylish as you’d imagine a boutique owner’s to be, the living room wasn’t quite working the way she wanted it to.“You know how sometimes you go into a house and there’s this cold living room and no one ever goes in there?
Creative Studio
Jul 9, 2019
Apartment Therapy Editors Reveal Their Favorite Most Colorful Rooms of All Time
Do any of their picks match your favorite room?
Adrienne Breaux
Jul 9, 2019
5 Things in Your Kitchen You Should Throw Away This Summer
To clear my head—and my space—for a season of carefree entertaining, here are five things I'm throwing away (or giving away) this summer.
Ayn-Monique Klahre
Jul 9, 2019
You Have to See The Wallpaper in This Lush $995K Palm Beach Home's Bathroom
With the offerings of Palm Beach, Florida, on call, this immaculately designed apartment (and its courtyard) make for a dreamy retreat.
Elizabeth Seward
Jul 8, 2019
This Inexpensive Curb Appeal Upgrade Is Timeless (and Expert-Approved!)
Whether you’re looking for cost-effective ways to get your house in shape to sell or are just after a refreshed look, these simple additions offer a great return on your investment.
Kate Streit
Jul 8, 2019
This Modern Barcelona Apartment’s Color Palette Is Everything
Full of color and modern design, this 721-square-foot apartment definitely has a wow factor!
Lula Poggi
Jun 30, 2019
6 Gorgeous Micro Hotels That Will Fulfill All of Your Tiny Living Fantasies
Small on space, big on style.
Caroline Biggs
Jul 8, 2019
I Keep a (Mostly) Neat House, But I Miss My Disaster of a Dorm
When I find myself missing that messy dorm room, I realize that I’m actually missing what it represented—total freedom to spend my time as I saw fit, and my closest friends to do it with at a moment’s notice.
Erinn Salge
Jul 8, 2019
The Best Removable Wallpaper For Your Dorm, Based On Your Personal Style
Dorm walls can be an eyesore. But removable wallpaper is an easy way to add some easy, impactful, and personalized flavor to your living space.
Stacy Sare Cohen
Jul 8, 2019
Everything to Know About Keeping Plants Alive in Your Dorm Room
The best plants for small spaces and low light, plus watering tips, and more.
Kalina Newman
Jul 8, 2019
Before and After: This Plain Entryway Was Transformed into a Much More Useful Space
This hallway-turned-home office makeover is great inspiration for anyone looking to carve out space to be creative and productive in an unlikely or unconventional spot.
Adrienne Breaux
Jul 8, 2019
8 Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings Were Just Named UNESCO World Heritage Sites
This is the first time modern American architecture has been named to the list.
Elizabeth Entenman
Jul 7, 2019
7 Low-Cost (or Free!) Kitchen Staging Ideas Professionals Swear By
These tips will, yes, sell potential buyers on your kitchen. But, even if your home isn’t on the market, embracing some of these kitchen styling rules will help you create a lovely space for entertaining or providing an Instagram backdrop for those great food photos you’ve been taking.
Brittany Anas
Jul 7, 2019
Places You Should Hide Expensive Tech from Burglars
After yesterday’s tale of an oven-baked laptop, where a paranoid apartment dweller thought to stash his Mac in the oven to evade a potential burglar’s loot radar, we now know where not to hide our valuables. But the basic idea behind the plan is still smart: If you’re going to be away from home for a while, leave your expensive tech in unexpected places that burglars wouldn’t think to raid. Here are a few better ideas.Headed away for the holidays?
Taryn Williford
Jul 6, 2019
The Most Googled Tiny House Questions, Answered by Tiny Home Dwellers
I've corralled eight of the most Googled questions about tiny homes and spoke with real owners, builders, and dwellers for real answers. Here, they clear up some of the uncertainty.
Geoff Nudelman
Jul 3, 2019
This Quaint Island in Greece Will Pay You Over $20,000 to Move There
You'll get a house and a plot of land, too.
Elizabeth Entenman
Jul 6, 2019
8 Perfect Organizers for the Things You Have Too Many Of
The solution for your "too much stuff" problem is one of these uni-tasking organizers designed to perfectly store your menagerie.
Caroline Biggs
Jul 6, 2019
12 Things You Should Know Before Painting Your House Exterior
Our experts sketch out the 12 things you must know before you paint your house.
Lambeth Hochwald
Jul 5, 2019
7 Staging Tips That'll Help Your Bedroom Go From 0 To Zen
Follow these tips, and the master bedroom may just rise to the most coveted staged space on buyers wish list (or, if you have no plans on moving, become your favorite room of the house!)
Brittany Anas
Jul 5, 2019
Chip and Jo or Property Bros? This Survey Ranks the Top Celebs for a Dream Home Makeover
Porch surveyed over 1,000 people about the top 5 celebrities who they would want to be on their home design “dream team,” and here are the results.
Megan Johnson
Jul 5, 2019
This Wine Suitcase Will Safely Transport an Entire Case of Red, White, or Rosé
It takes BYOB to the next level.
Elizabeth Entenman
Jul 5, 2019
This Skinny House That’s Just 10 Feet Wide Is for Sale in New York
It has an incredible history.
Elizabeth Entenman
Jul 4, 2019
The Secret to Successfully Painting IKEA Shelves
Apartment Therapy readers are an amazingly helpful and knowledgeable group – over the years, they have stepped up and provided answers to all sorts of questions about how to do things around the house better, where the best sources are and, of course, what color to paint the walls of your (fill in the blank).
Janel Laban
Jul 4, 2019
In-Ground Pools Are Totally Overrated—Here's Why
Although having a pool in your own backyard provides plenty of perks, it also comes with a slew of (expensive) pitfalls—some of which you might not realize until it’s too late.
Chelsea Greenwood
Jul 4, 2019
How To: Slipcover a Reading Chair
Time: 2 WeekendsCost: $120 This is one project that most (including ourselves) consider TOO HARD. Recovering a reading chair? Forget it. But NicoleMari’s patient, smart, inspiring instructions will soothe your nerves and give you confidence. NicoleMari submitted this project to our January Jumpstart Contest and tied for second place in her category (Thanks, Nicolemari!)… AFTERTell us the tools and resources you used for the project: I bought all my materials and notions at fabric.
Maxwell Ryan
Jul 4, 2019