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Why Did Anyone Think Carpet in the Bathroom Was a Good Idea?

A look into the history of a particularly weird old trend.

Nancy Mitchell

Mar 28, 2018

A St. Louis Rental House Is a Modern (but Bohemian) Cozy Cottage

Name: Madison Kimball, her girlfriend Tori, and three adorable dachshunds: Ginger, Basil, and Fennel Location: St. Louis Size: 880 square feet Years lived in: 5 months, renting Originally from Virginia, my girlfriend and I moved to St. Louis almost two years ago so she could continue her education in nutrition. Since then, she has graduated, we’ve moved once already, and she has been named the executive chef of a new restaurant that is set to open in a few short weeks!

Apartment Therapy Submissions

Mar 28, 2018

Why You Should Leave a Cup of Rice in Your Closet

Rice is a staple on dinner tables around the globe, but has many other great uses that go beyond the kitchen. Most of us have used it to save our cell phones from unfortunate run-ins with water because it’s hygroscopic and can trap the water molecules, but have you ever used it to trap odors? A cup of rice in a stinky space can make a world of difference. Making a deodorizing rice jar is one of the easiest, and best smelling things you can do for your home.

Ashley Poskin

Mar 28, 2018

7 Resume Mistakes that Might be Hurting Your Job Hunt

A good resume should be clear and concise. As a rule of thumb, hiring managers typically take fewer than 10 seconds to scan an entire resume, so it’s important that yours conveys only the most relevant information to your audience. And since it’s crucial that your resume be quick and easy to read through, it’s important to know what information should be omitted.

Caroline Biggs

Mar 27, 2018

The One Thing We Never Buy at IKEA These Days

It’s no secret that we love IKEA here at Apartment Therapy, and regularly write about hacks and beloved products we can’t live without. I’m a huge fan of their everyday basics, and my own home is filled with their wine glasses, dishes, and napkins. I even have a what-is-now-vintage credenza that I’ve owned for almost twenty years and can’t seem to get rid of, even after a couple of moves. But there is one thing that I never buy from IKEA these days.

Dabney Frake

Mar 27, 2018

This Bathroom Went from Boring Builder Grade to “Wow”

While there isn’t anything inherently wrong with this “before” (it’s clean, it’s white, it’s rocking some fun cabinet hardware and additional storage), we’re saying it: it’s boring. This bathroom could be in just about any house in any part of America. The “after” though…well, we’re smitten (it features one of the most stunning floors seen in all our Before & Afters).

Tess Wilson

Mar 27, 2018

Before and After: This Renovation Bucks the All-White Kitchen Trend

If you’re tempted to skip this post because you assume the wood cabinetry—and everything else—will be painted white, please trust me when I say you’re going to want to see this one. Just don’t get too attached to that tablecloth. Before the big reveal, let’s fully examine this full-length shot of the kitchen before, which reveals both the paneled ceiling and the peeling floor.

Tess Wilson

Mar 27, 2018

Why This Genius Comforter Is a Relationship Saver

I can’t imagine I’m alone in this predicament: I tend to flip-flop between being a hot and cold sleeper, as does my S.O., except, we never seem to be on the same page at the same time. We are not sleeping temperature compatible, people, and wow is it a nuisance. When my toes are frozen solid and I can’t seem to cocoon myself enough in my comforter to achieve P.S.T.

Arlyn Hernandez

Mar 27, 2018

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3 Key Tasks for a Simplified, Streamlined Spring Cleaning

It’s not that Rikki Snyder is a perfectionist; she just has an eye trained to see what makes spaces beautiful. As an interiors photographer, she spots all the little dust bunnies, paw prints and crumbs the rest of us overlook. “You might not realize it when you’re living in your own space day to day,” she says, “but when I come in with my camera, everything shows up!

Creative Studio

Mar 27, 2018

Why the “Target Trick” Could Help Eliminate Junk Drawers from Your Life Entirely

Also: why you should never call it a "junk drawer."

Adrienne Breaux

Mar 27, 2018

Do Household Cleaning Products Actually Expire?

Do you know how old your furniture polish is? If you have to think back to a specific purchase and then do math, chances are it’s expired. And what about those other products you have to reach way back in the cupboard for — those products you only use a few times a year? Yep, almost all cleaning products expire — but what does that mean exactly? Simply put, it means that they’ll break down and become less effective.

Ashley Poskin

Mar 26, 2018

Everyone’s Favorite Mid-Century Home Just Got A Redesign

One of the world’s most famous houses – and arguably the world’s most famous modern home – has just gotten a major makeover. Los Angeles’ iconic Stahl House (also known as Case Study House No. 22) with its cantilevered structure, and its sweeping, unobstructed views of Los Angeles was an architectural and engineering feat when it was originally built in 1960 by architect Pierre Koenig.

Marni Epstein-Mervis

Mar 26, 2018

12 Epic High-End IKEA Hacks That Totally Had Us Fooled

These pieces only look expensive.

Nancy Mitchell

Mar 26, 2018

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What Would the “Aladdin the Musical” Characters’ Homes Look Like IRL?

The award-winning Aladdin on Broadway brings the adventure of Disney’s classic film to a whole new world. (Sorry, too easy!) Which got us thinking…What would Jasmine, Aladdin and all the other characters’ digs look like in real life? With a little help from our library of House Tours we came up with a few ideas… Design Personality: Modern Desert Rustic We start in the desert. Not the Seven Deserts outside Agrabah, but the Mojave Desert in CA.

Tim Minerd

Mar 26, 2018

A Bold and Colorful Boston Condo Is a Marvelous Mix of Styles

Name: Madison Wetter, husband Skyler, and Italian Greyhound, Warren Location: Boston, Massachusetts Size: 2,100 square feet Years lived in: 2 years, owned Furniture aside, our space is filled with three big personalities: my husband, Sky; our Italian Greyhound, Warren; and me, Madison. Like most, we wanted to decorate our first home with a style and quality that would not only last us but one that would also make us proud.

Apartment Therapy Submissions

Mar 26, 2018

These Teeny Tiny Shipping Container Homes Just Might Solve Student Housing in Copenhagen

These “truly lovely” yet teeny tiny modular units made from shipping containers, currently sitting on Copenhagen’s harbor front, just might be what the future of sustainable, affordable housing looks like — for students and other young people.

Melissa Massello

Mar 25, 2018

Before & After: We Love This No-Reno-Required Rental Kitchen Makeover

This is an intriguing transformation, because the only difference between the before and after is the decorating. No remodeling, no renovation, no repainting or replacing anything, and yet the results are incredibly dramatic. So inspiring, especially to all of us with neither power tools nor the skills to wield them. Let’s back up to get a full view of the drop ceiling and beige floor—two standard rental features that add a fair amount of blah to any room.

Tess Wilson

Mar 25, 2018

What Ever Happened to Colored Toilet Paper?

The days of coordinating your TP to your bathroom are over. Here's why.

Nancy Mitchell

Mar 24, 2018

The 9 Apartments You’ll Meet on Tinder Dates

If you’ve swiped through Tinder (or any dating app really) you know there are as many profile clichés as there are users. The men with fish. The women who “love to laugh.” Those people who mysteriously pose with babies who aren’t their own. But behind every dating cliche is a place these suitors call home. And here’s the thing: we’ve found they can be pretty cliché too.

Maria Del Russo

Mar 24, 2018

These Tiny Apartments Could Be an Affordable Way to Fight Homelessness

With homelessness on the rise in New York City due to government funding cuts, rising rents and stagnating wages, the overburdened shelter system is failing those who need it most. As the government works to figure out how to support the cities homeless, many of whom are working but simply can’t afford the city, individual architecture and design firms are also considering new and inventive ways to provide low-cost or free housing.

Nora Taylor

Mar 23, 2018

Everything You’ve Been Told About Thread Count in Sheets Is Wrong

Have you, too, stood in the linens department, eyes glazed as you try to figure out the best sheets? It doesn’t help that they tend to be folded up and jammed into a plastic container so that you can only feel a tiny corner of them. How are you supposed to know how it will feel on your entire body if only the tip of your finger can brush a sliver of the sheet? Well there’s always thread count, which is what it seems “they” want us to rely on.

Dana McMahan

Mar 23, 2018

Before and After: A Budget $6K Bathroom Three Years in the Making

You might think that the issues with this bathroom are mainly aesthetic — the dangling door, the intensely peach tiles, for starters. But, in fact, the problems go much further than these superficial concerns. Unfortunately, reader Rachel found that removing the ruffled curtain did nothing to alleviate the mold-infested walls.

Tess Wilson

Mar 23, 2018

A 195-Square-Foot Hand-Built Tiny Home Proves Basic Is Beautiful

Name: Maximilian Monahan Location: Boise, Idaho Size: 195 square feet Years lived in: 1.5 years, owned I am a classic car dealer and I specialize in importing and retailing affordable Italian vintage cars. My father and I bought this 25′ x 120′ property in 2005, and it had a 550-square-foot concrete cottage built in 1948 that my dad used as his retirement pad.

Apartment Therapy Submissions

Mar 23, 2018

This Stylish Mini Camper Takes the Rough Out of Roughing It

So you’ve finally booked that trip to the ethereal island of Iceland. A quick perusal of a “things to do” list lets you know that the otherworldly Nordic country is jam-packed with geological wonders that you certainly don’t want to miss.

Kenya Foy

Mar 22, 2018

Before and After: The Secret to Successfully Painting Old Kitchen Cabinets

Read this before you attempt yours.

Tess Wilson

Mar 22, 2018

7 Times You’re Actually Just Hoarding When You’re Trying to Organize

We’ve all been there. It’s almost springtime and after a long winter spent indoors, you’re ready to get your home nice and clutter-free for the warm weather season. Unfortunately, sometimes instead of successfully clearing out the clutter in our homes, we simply wind up organizing stuff we shouldn’t keep in the first place. While catchall storages bins and closet organizers might seem space-savvy, they often end up helping us hoard things we should be getting rid of.

Caroline Biggs

Mar 22, 2018

Here’s a Before and After We’ve Never Seen: A Balcony Becomes a Bathroom

We’ve seen plenty of impressive room conversion Before & Afters—closet to nursery, kitchen-turned-bedroom, closet to mudroom—but a balcony-to-bathroom renovation is definitely a first. The space was languishing as a slightly awkward office, when what the family really needed was a bathroom. They wisely turned to the pros for help. Let’s take a look at the full-length “Before,” so we can see both the wood-paneled sloped ceiling and the beige carpet.

Tess Wilson

Mar 22, 2018

This Condo Remodel Was Inspired by Accidentally Buying a Too-Big Sofa

Name: Michelle, Brad and Broc the three-legged pooch Location: Brooklyn, NYC Size: 700 square feet Years lived in: 2 years, owned Our apartment is home to my husband and I and our three-legged dog. We fell in love with the area because it was convenient to a lot of places we frequent but had a neighborhood-y feeling to it, which instantly made us feel like we were coming HOME.

Apartment Therapy Submissions

Mar 22, 2018

Before and After: This Bedroom Actually Makes Beige Carpet Look Good

When a DIY enthusiast moved from British Columbia to Toronto to be with her husband, she knew something had to be done about his nearly empty bedroom. Perhaps some bedside lights and a few throw pillows? Or would an entirely fresh start—new marriage, new city, new home—be more appropriate? Now this is a breath of fresh air! This gorgeous makeover was conceived and executed by Kamaldeep kaur Jawanda of Get Kamfortable, and the result is so airily gorgeous.

Tess Wilson

Mar 21, 2018

An ER Doctor’s Bright, Minimal Urban Oasis in Houston

Name: Pam and her dog Franny Location: Houston, Texas Size: 1,900 square feet Years lived in: 8 months, renting I am an ER doctor, originally from NYC, residency trained in Detroit. I decided to not go back to NYC right away, pay off some loans, save money, and travel the world. I ended up in Houston in August 2017, two weeks before Hurricane Harvey. I don’t know anyone here so making my house a true home was extremely important to me. I was honestly thankful to have a home at all.

Apartment Therapy Submissions

Mar 21, 2018

Why You Should Let Ice Cubes Melt on Your Rugs and Carpet

Whether you’re rearranging or moving out, heavy furniture can leave behind quite the unattractive footprint on your carpet — and the longer the furniture has been there, the harder it is to persuade those carpet fibers to spring back into shape. So instead of laying on the floor with various carpet cleaning tools for hours on end, try this super simple method instead.

Ashley Poskin

Mar 20, 2018

Take a Tour of This Mid-Century Modern Loft with Eclectic Design

Name: Richard and Nicole and a Pomeranian named Sasquatch Location: Parkdale — Toronto, Canada Size: 1,400 square feet Years lived in: 6 years, owned I’m a designer by trade (The Directive Collective) and a being a collector is a hazard of the life. I’m always on the hunt for unique and interesting design artifacts for both professional and daily life inspiration. I love this area and building so much that I’ve been here for more than 13 years.

Apartment Therapy Submissions

Mar 20, 2018

Declutter With Confidence Using This Professional Stylist’s Closet Cleanout Checklist

What’s the easiest target when decluttering fever hits you? The closet, of course. It’s probably overflowing with clothes you haven’t worn since college or things you’re not sure why you even bought in the first place. And sure, there are plenty of cliches out there about when to get rid of clothes.

Dana McMahan

Mar 19, 2018

Zayn Picks Up a New SoHo Penthouse Bachelor Pad for $10.7 Million

Fresh off his breakup with model Gigi Hadid, pop star Zayn Malik has scooped up a sweet bachelor pad in SoHo. The 3,597 square foot 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom penthouse loft is located at 63 Greene Street in a former silk warehouse that was built in 1877 and recently converted to condos by AEON Partners.

Tara Bellucci

Mar 19, 2018

Location, Location, Location: New Search Tool Highlights The Importance of Neighborhoods

There’s a reason for that tired saying about real estate: It’s all about “location, location, location.” The quality of a neighborhood was a top concern for 60% of recent homebuyers, according to a 2017 report by the National Association of Realtors. And real estate website Trulia found that 85% of its users who plan to buy a home in the next year and a half said that the neighborhood was equally or more important than the house itself.

Jon Gorey

Mar 19, 2018

Mindy Kaling Sells Her Beverly Grove Home For Under $2 Million

Mindy Kaling has already moved on to her new home, but she recently just sold her old one for just under $2 million. Peek insde the Beverly Grove Spanish inpsired property that just found a new owner. Built in 1929, the four bedroom, three bathroom home stretches over 2,674 square feet and retains some of its original charm. The vintage vibes are brought by those lovely timber ceiling beams, arched doorways, multiple fireplaces, built-in niches, and wrought iron details.

Tara Bellucci

Mar 19, 2018

This Vintage Style Might Just Be the New Mid-Century Modern

Of course, before mid-century modern there was shabby chic, and before that there was that awful oversize Tuscan villa-esque furniture that looked like it was made for giants, but no style has had quite the staying power that mid-century modern has. When I graduated college, in 2005, we were talking about it, and 13 years later, we still are. This, of course, means that people like me are always trying to predict what “the next” MCM is. Is it Italian Modernism? Is it Victoriana?

Nancy Mitchell

Mar 19, 2018

Before & After: 56 Square Feet Never Looked So Good

After living in her Upper East Side studio for almost 20 years, Jill decided her kitchen was ready for a facelift. The problem? Her kitchen is tiny. Like, really, really tiny. This is a true small space success story — how one woman created her dream kitchen in only 56 square feet. The new kitchen has the same layout as the old one, with a few important changes. Jill chose to swap her old 24″ stove for a 20″ wide model.

Nancy Mitchell

Mar 19, 2018

Before & After: A San Francisco Gem Goes From Funky & Disjointed to Enviably Cohesive

From disjointed and funky to completely enviable.

Tess Wilson

Mar 19, 2018

This Mid-Century Micro Home Is Tiny, But the View’s Terrific

Name: Karst Rauhé Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Size: 269 square feet Years lived in: 9 months, renting I live in a 25-square-meter studio apartment in one of the best neighborhoods in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The studio is the front room of an old 1910s townhouse, with a beautiful ceiling and fireplace. Previously there were ensuite doors to the room at the back of the building, but currently the tiny kitchen is located there. My interior decor is 75 percent thrifted pieces.

Apartment Therapy Submissions

Mar 19, 2018

7 Celebrity Homes that ‘Normal’ People Could Maybe Even Afford

As someone who loves to trawl through celebrity real estate listings, you can trust me when I say the other half is living lavishly. It’s downright rare to find a price tag with fewer than seven figures. But truly, I can’t blame ’em. If I started making major bank, the first thing I’d do is set myself up with the home of my dreams too. But it seems lavish real estate isn’t a top priority for every celeb under the sun.

Taryn Williford

Mar 18, 2018

Pantone Just Announced What Colors We’ll Crave For Interiors in 2019

The color experts at Pantone are always looking ahead to what will be on trend in the future. While 2018’s Color of the Year, Ultra Violet, still holds its reign, that hasn’t stopped the institute from predicting what we’ll see more of in 2019 already. Check out what’s on the horizon for next year, according to Pantone.

Tara Bellucci

Mar 18, 2018

8 Creative Uses for Caulk You’ve Never Thought Of

Growing up I lived with two very different kinds of parents. My father was the “right tool for the job” type man and my mother was the kind that would use a brass animal figurine to hammer in a nail, instead of taking the time to find a an actual hammer. Because of this combination, I’m always thinking of different ways to use regular household items. Take a tube of caulk for instance, which is handy for bunch of things around the house.

Sarah Rae Smith

Mar 18, 2018

A Cup of Jo Editor Shares 6 Real Life Lessons on How to Cope With a Teeny Apartment

Manhattan has notoriously teeny apartments and I’m always fascinated by how people make them work. I mean, you have to be clever to figure out how to fit in a place to sleep, a place to eat, a place to hang out, a place to cook and a place to you know, store all of your stuff, all in about 300 square feet. Even more impressive? When someone figures out how to do it stylishly in about half of that footprint.

Arlyn Hernandez

Mar 18, 2018

Before & After: This 88-Year-Old Bathroom Goes Mad for Marble

The idea of a vintage bathroom sounds very nice, but sometimes the reality is less than appealing. The bathroom in Mary Ann and Frank’s Upper West Side apartment was what Cher Horowitz might call a Monet: “from far away it’s okay, but up close it’s a big ol’ mess.” The bath was completely unchanged since the building was built in 1929, and its age was starting to show, with missing tiles and permanently icky grout.

Nancy Mitchell

Mar 18, 2018

A Scandi Design Inspired Keyboard That’s Music to Your Eyes and Ears

The gulf in sound and aesthetics between an electric keyboard and a grand (or even upright) piano can seem wide and insurmountable to many a piano enthusiast. This new collaboration between Roland and Karimoku offers up not only an upgrade in keyboard technology, but a sleek new look minimalist look. The Roland Kiyola electric piano is available stateside for the first time at the MoMA Design store.

Nora Taylor

Mar 17, 2018

A Jawdropping Kitchen You’ll Never Believe is IKEA

The Danish fashion designer Stine Goya definitely has a unique style, so it’s no surprise that her kitchen is equally distinctive. What is surprising, though, is that all those cabinets are IKEA. Last year, I created this roundup of kitchens you won’t believe are IKEA, but I was a little flummoxed at first to see that IKEA cabinets come in GOLD.

Nancy Mitchell

Mar 17, 2018

Before & After: See This 78″ Laundry Become Something Totally Brand New

Maxing out every inch of living room space isn’t a new idea, but these days that can mean working to turn a rarely used space into a cool new Airbnb to rent out for extra income. Redditor monkeegod recently shared his recent basement conversion, which included turning a small laundry area into a fully functioning kitchen. He turned a space that’s smaller than most sofas into a rental rockstar. The laundry area was a perfect spot for this transformation.

Sarah Rae Smith

Mar 17, 2018

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