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7 Types of Windows That Make Real Estate Agents Cringe
Real Estate
These might make your home harder to sell.
Barbara Bellesi Zito
Oct 16, 2022
3 Signs It's Time to Clean Your Dishwasher
Organize & Clean
According to appliance repair pros.
L. Daniela Alvarez
Oct 16, 2022
6 Things All Single People Should Know How to Do at Home
When you’re single—and especially when you live alone—you’re on your own when it comes to getting stuff done around the house. You’ve got no one to split chores with and, unless you’ve got a pet, no one to take care of but yourself (though that doesn’t mean you’ll be lonely, either.) But since you have to take care of all your household responsibilities by yourself, you’re going to have to know how to do them if you don’t already.
Brittney Morgan
Oct 16, 2022
10 Kitchens With No Upper Cabinets
The Kitchn Editors
Oct 16, 2022
10 Signs You Might Be a Maximalist
“Less is more,” said Mies van der Rohe. “Less is a bore,” retorted Robert Venturi. Are you a minimalist, favoring clean lines and subdued colors? Or a maximalist, embracing intricate styles and bold colors and pattern upon pattern upon pattern? Here are 10 tell-tale signs you might fall into the latter camp. 1. Your favorite color is everything. 2. You have a collection of collections. 3. You’ve never met a pattern you didn’t like. 4.
Nancy Mitchell
Oct 16, 2022
Why Hannah & Brandon’s Living Room Works: 7 Lessons to Steal
A common problem with many living spaces is either going too overboard with stuff that the whole space feels unpleasant, or trying to go minimal and ending up with a room that feels empty. But there’s a perfect sweet spot where you can have a room that has just the right amount of elements. We think this living room gets it just right. This room from Hannah & Brandon’s “Ever Evolving” Classically Modern Reno is working beautifully because of these design details: 1.
Adrienne Breaux
Oct 16, 2022
One Small Step You Can Take for Cleaner, Happier Floors
This year, we’re on a mission to help you tackle spring cleaning on your time. Each weekday until April 13, we’ll guide you through a plan to clean and organize different areas of your home, but you’ll have the flexibility to choose exactly what to work on and how long you have to dedicate to the job. Your floors are the hardest working space in your home, and they deserve a ton of love.
Taryn Williford
Oct 16, 2022
7 Habits to Keep Your Carpets Cleaner Forever
If you live with wall-to-wall carpeting, or have a home full of rugs, you know how quickly your soft, beautiful floors can get dingy and dirty. How your carpets fare has a lot to do with your daily habits and cleaning methods, so there might be more you can be doing to keep your carpet looking and smelling its best. From how you vacuum to your stance on shoes in the house, here are a few ways you can tread more carefully.
Brittney Morgan
Oct 16, 2022
How To Create a Home That All Your Friends Want to Hang Out In
Do you fantasize about having the kind of home that everyone wants to hang out in? Do you daydream about dinner parties where the lights are lit low, the food is delicious and the conversation a mix of intelligent discourse and lighthearted teasing? Do you want to start your own tradition with friends in your own home? Whatever your reasons for wanting to have the kind of place that your friends always want to hang out in, here are the things to try in your space to transform it.
Adrienne Breaux
Oct 16, 2022
Make Your Friendships and Relationships a Priority with These 100+ Tips
Friendships and relationships are like the spice on the dish of life. Without meaningful connections, this whole trip-around-the-sun thing would be pretty dull, wouldn’t it? But the thing is, a life that’s rich with love, family and friendships doesn’t mean you need to be hooked up or settled down. And it certainly doesn’t mean that having more friends equals having a better life overall. Only you will know what your ideal relationships would look like.
Taryn Williford
Oct 15, 2022
The New Hues: Blue, Grey & Green in the Kitchen
For some time now, white has been the color of choice for kitchen cabinets. I think maybe we got fatigued by all those dark-cherry and oak cabinets in the late 90s and decided to play it safe. But now I’m noticing a new trend, one that I’m really excited about: color, especially in beautiful, cool tones like grey and green and blue, is creeping back into the kitchen. Mint green cabinets in a kitchen by Petra Bindel. Doesn’t this space look so cool and elegant?
Nancy Mitchell
Oct 15, 2022
One Space, Two Styles: See a Copenhagen Apartment Evolve
Every home is a work in progress — maybe you think you’re done decorating and then you see something really great that you just can’t pass up, or you’re really happy with your look for a long time until you suddenly decide it’s time to change everything up. Or maybe your style is something that slowly evolves over the years, as your taste and your particular needs change.
Nancy Mitchell
Oct 15, 2022
5 Design Lessons from a Tiny Paris Apartment
Here’s a story that might make you more than a little jealous: Alain Meyer, who works at an advertising agency in Paris, was bored one day at work. He heard some of his co-workers talking about studio apartments, and decided to do a little hunting online. He happened to find one that he really liked — a trim 30 square meters (323 square feet), in the sixth arrondisement, where he grew up. So he bought it. Just like that.
Nancy Mitchell
Oct 15, 2022
This Super Simple 2-Ingredient Charcoal Face Mask is a Skin Saver
Activated charcoal and aloe are the two darlings of the beauty world right now, showing up in drugstore products, high-end cleansers and DIY recipes alike. This homemade face mask recipe combines the two star ingredients into the simplest skin detox around. Remember those blackhead-removing strips that were so fun as a teen? Consider this their trendy, grown-up cousin. So, what is activated charcoal, anyway?
Marla Christiansen
Oct 15, 2022
Amazon’s New Dash Wand Is Kind of Magical (And Basically Free)
Amazon is looking to make ordering a little more magical. The online retail giant just announced the Dash Wand, a gadget that combines scanner functionality with their Alexa voice assistant to create a truly useful—and practically magical—experience. When Amazon first released Dash buttons—those single product, one touch reordering modules—they drew a ton of mixed reviews.
Tara Bellucci
Oct 15, 2022
Hong Kong Wants To Pay for Tourists’ Plane Tickets in 2023
News
Tourism in the city has been practically non-existent since 2020.
Abby Monteil
Oct 15, 2022
The Best Books of 2022, According to Barnes & Noble
News
Looking for your next read?
Abby Monteil
Oct 15, 2022
The Best AllModern Sofas You Can Buy Now for Every Design Style
You're going to love the rattan sofa we found.
Sarah M. Vazquez
Oct 15, 2022
This Old-School Kitchen Trend Might Be Making a Comeback
Good news for vintage and farmhouse lovers everywhere!
Savannah West
Oct 15, 2022
A Better Bedside: 9 Idea-Sparking Nightstand Makeovers
Old becomes new with these inspiring design tweaks.
Adrienne Breaux
Oct 15, 2022
You Can Get Paid $50 An Hour To Watch TikTok
News
Turn your love of TikTok into a legitimate side hustle.
Abby Monteil
Oct 15, 2022
How to Keep Pests Away This Fall
Protect your home from these five common critters.
Laura Wheatman Hill
Oct 15, 2022
Before & After: Anthropologie Inspired Dresser
Anthropologie’s Ordinal Dresser is one popular piece of furniture — so much that this is the second dresser makeover we’ve seen based off of it. The first one was a low, six-drawer version, but this one will have you thinking twice about which dresser is the original, and which is the knock-off. It’s hard to believe, but the above dresser was made to look nearly identical to the Ordinal, all for only $30!
Rachel Wray Thompson
Oct 15, 2022
These Are the Best Days for Christmas Travel in 2022
News
Avoid these common holiday travel mistakes.
Abby Monteil
Oct 15, 2022
Before & After: DVD Cabinet, Take 2
Almost two years ago, I wrote about reducing the visual noise of this glass-door bookcase I use for DVD storage. Though not ideal for this purpose, the piece has sentimental value because it belonged to a neighbor/surrogate grandmother who has since passed away. My original effort to reduce the visual noise using paper I had in the house was successful, but never really made my heart sing.Skip ahead to last month when I found this beautiful inspiration image from Elle Decor.
Colleen Quinn
Oct 15, 2022
This Is What a "Soul Home" Is, and How I Found Mine
Living
It’s where you’re supposed to be.
Jennifer Billock
Oct 15, 2022
Before & After: 8 Living Room Makeover Projects From Our Archives
If you are anything like me, you often look at your living room and wonder when you are going to get around to making those updates you keep talking about. If that’s the case, let this roundup of Apartment Therapy’s makeover projects inspire you to take up the cause, even if it’s a little bit at a time. 1. Ferren and her husband started with the goal of brightening their space and spent the next year gradually replacing items with pieces that were more to their taste. 2.
Christine Lu
Oct 15, 2022
I Tried 5 Popular Methods for Cleaning Windows and There's a Clear Winner
Organize & Clean
It's so simple and effective.
Shifrah Combiths
Oct 15, 2022
Before & After: Whole Room Transformations
Here at Apartment Therapy, we love a good before & after. Although many of our before & afters feature down-on-their-luck furniture pieces rescued by enterprising DIYers, some of my favorites are the projects in which a whole room is transformed. Check out some of the best makeovers of 2013. TOP ROW: 1. Before and After: Bri Emery’s Living Room Makeover 2. Before After: From Boring Bedroom to Chic Shared Space 3. Before After: A Blank Wall Gets Shelved 4.
Nancy Mitchell
Oct 15, 2022
Best Small Toilets: Toto, Kohler, Duravit & 3 More
Bring on the small, yet powerful, toilets that allow you to save space and still sit down in style. Oh, and yes, you will also save lots of water as well! When I started doing this list nearly ten years ago, this was a novel category. It is no longer. Our reader favorites continue to be these brands: Toto, Duravit and Kohler, and while there’s still debate about the higher prices for these toilets and problems with “streaking” they seem to be generally winning people over.
Maxwell Ryan
Oct 15, 2022
6 Smart Ways to Decorate the Space Between Your Sinks
STYLE
Make the most of each and every inch with these savvy ideas.
Danielle Blundell
Oct 15, 2022
Beds are Going Lower & Lower—Do You Love (or Loathe!) the Trend?
What was once the look of college crash pads is basically now high design. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this.
Danielle Blundell
Oct 15, 2022
How To Host a Successful Super Bowl Party: A Countdown Checklist
If you are hosting a party this Sunday, you may be pretending that it’s all about the outcome of the battle between Patriots and Seahawks. But, everyone knows that the real reason for any party is for everyone to have a good time and the best way to make that happen is to be a relaxed and happy host. If you want your Superbowl shindig to be a success, the time between now and Sunday evening is key.
Janel Laban
Oct 14, 2022
Drum Roll, Please! The 2020 Small/Cool Contest Grand Prize Winner Is…
This spring, we brought back our Small/Cool contest for the first time since 2016. Now we have one more update, and it's a big one...
Alison Goldman
Oct 14, 2022
11 Useful Home Hacks for Basic Zip Ties
Zip ties are just one of those things that seem to have an infinite amount of uses. Obviously, they’re good for tying groups of things together, but that can mean so many things. Once you read these 11 uses for zip ties, you’re probably going to want to buy a huge stash to have on hand. You know how your shower drain only gets clogged on Monday mornings when you’re already running late for a meeting and didn’t shower all weekend?
Jessica Isaac
Oct 14, 2022
This Bed Tent Takes Glamping to the Next Level
Finally, you can go camping with your bed.
Elizabeth Entenman
Oct 14, 2022
10 Stylish Color Schemes to Inspire Your New Space
One of the trickiest things about decorating a new space is picking out colors. So I’ve selected ten rooms that get color right, in hopes that one of them will catch your eye. Get ready for some serious inspiration. Above: the soft blues and greys of this space, from Woman Magazine, get just the right dose of warmth from a Beni Ourain rug and a pair of wooden side tables. This joyful combination of colors reads as less than riotous because it’s set against a white background.
Nancy Mitchell
Oct 14, 2022
The Best Decorating Tips for Long or Narrow Rooms and Hallways
Does your home feature a long, narrow living room, kitchen, hallway, bedroom or some other space? There are some decorating tricks and tips that can really help balance out a long and narrow space and make your room feel more visually balanced (and more comfortable to be in). Try one or more of these tips today. It’s not that you always have to match the shape or style of room you have when you’re looking for furniture.
Adrienne Breaux
Oct 14, 2022
B&A: 8 DIYs Make This 'Builder-Grade, Basic, and Dreary' Laundry Room Look Luxe
HOME PROJECTS
For $600!
Sarah Everett
Oct 14, 2022
Trio of IKEA Salad Bowls Turned Into DIY Nautilus Audio Speakers
B&W Nautilus speakers are legendary, both for their audio performance and their iconic cabinet shape. No surprise, audiophile loudspeakers like this are for rare and expensive, probably the reason IKEA Hacker, Damir Paco of Denmark, dreamt up a much more affordable DIY version using a trio of IKEA wood salad bowls and some BAREN clothes hooks…The inspiration? The Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus are fashioned after the beautiful marine creature with the logarithmic spiral shell.
Gregory Han
Oct 14, 2022
10 Best Places to Sit a Microwave
A few weeks ago we asked where your small appliances live — the counter or the cabinet. One of those small appliances is the microwave, which many think can only live on a counter, but that’s not the case. The microwave has plenty of placement options.Here are a few we found, with visual examples. Are there any placements we forgot?
Sonia Zjawinski
Oct 14, 2022
The One Thing You’re Probably Doing Wrong with Your Grow Lights
Home Projects
It can either keep your plant alive or not.
Cheryl Rafuse
Oct 14, 2022
This Is The One Indispensable Piece of Furniture Every Small Home Needs
Sometimes the simplest pieces of furniture are what you need the most.
Nomita Vaish-Taylor
Oct 14, 2022
Hallmark Unveils Their Holiday 2022 Movie Lineup
News
Including its first LGBTQ+ film.
Inigo Del Castillo
Oct 14, 2022
Drew Barrymore’s New 5-in-1 Skillet Is the Small-Space Cooking Gadget I Didn’t Know I Needed
It's the perfect tool for small spaces!
Ian Burke
Oct 14, 2022
The Unexpected Yet Practical Housewarming Gift Your Friends Will Thank You For
It doesn't have to be expensive.
Jennifer Prince
Oct 14, 2022
Aldi Is Selling a Pumpkin Casserole Dish
News
It's under $15.
Inigo Del Castillo
Oct 14, 2022
Lebowski Style: 10 Rugs That Really Tie The Room Together
We fill our rooms with furniture, throw pillows, blankets, books, art, light fixtures, hardware, and miscellaneous decorative objects. That’s a whole lot of look, but the perfect rug can bring it all together… TOP ROW: Natalie and Kevin’s Perfect Parkdale Perch: This poppy rug manages to unite not just the other bright colors (the pillows, the bottles) but the neutral elements (orange-y wood floors, cream walls, charcoal couch) as well.
Tess Wilson
Oct 14, 2022