Lauren Hannel

You know what they say: what's old is new again.

We spend our days scouring the Marketplace for gems you can’t find anywhere else. Buy and sell with over 200,000 neighbors who love quality home furnishings and good design. You likely don’t need convincing on the aesthetic and functional appeal of a mirror: aside from knowing that it can make a space feel larger and reflect light around a room, sometimes you just want something to make your space a little bit prettier.

We spend our days scouring the Marketplace for gems you can’t find anywhere else. Buy and sell with over 200,000 neighbors who love quality home furnishings and good design. When it comes to finding affordable decor and home goods, we all have our favorite shopping sources. One you should also be considering: your neighbors.

We spend our days scouring the Marketplace for gems you can’t find anywhere else. Buy and sell with over 200,000 neighbors who love quality home furnishings and good design. If you’re looking to switch out some of your basic furniture elements, these picks stand out from the pack for being as attractive as they are functional. And ok, yes, there are some great name-brand deals, too. You know we can’t pass those up.

We spend our days scouring the Marketplace for gems you can’t find anywhere else. Buy and sell with over 200,000 neighbors who love quality home furnishings and good design. Who can say no to a good deal? Let’s guarantee that your work week gets off to a great start by looking at some of our favorite under-$50 finds from the Marketplace; everything from furniture to fun accessories, (hopefully) making savvy shoppers find one less reason to dread Mondays.

We spend our days scouring the Marketplace for gems you can’t find anywhere else. Buy and sell with over 200,000 neighbors who love quality home furnishings and good design. I think that art collecting gets a bad rap. It’s understandable to envision dropping thousands on valuable pieces, only to have to hold your breath every time someone comes over or brushes past them. But lucky for all of us mere mortals, this doesn’t have to be the case!

We spend our days scouring the Marketplace for gems you can’t find anywhere else. Buy and sell with over 200,000 neighbors who love quality home furnishings and good design. Every home needs multiple places to gather: a coffee table anchors the living room, a dining table is the center of entertaining, and the right work surface is crucial to be productive. Even better? When that key table isn’t just beautiful and functional, but a designer deal at a great price!

We spend our days scouring the Marketplace for gems you can’t find anywhere else. Buy and sell with over 200,000 neighbors who love quality home furnishings and good design. Regardless of space, every living room needs the essentials: seating, artwork, and of course, the right coffee table. Since it can be easy to get overwhelmed by all of the options out there (style? size? shape? price?!), we’ve picked some of our favorite deals on coffee tables that Marketplace has to offer.

We spend our days scouring the Marketplace for gems you can’t find anywhere else. Buy and sell with over 200,000 neighbors who love quality home furnishings and good design. If you’ve been looking for a bright spot of design inspiration, look no further. Based in Irvine, CA, Cocoweb has a Marketplace corner fully stocked with a beautiful range of new lighting options for your home.

We spend our days scouring the Marketplace for gems you can’t find anywhere else. Buy and sell with over 200,000 neighbors that love quality home furnishings and good design. No one likes sudden panic of realizing you’re less than prepared to entertain. Didn’t it seem like that event was just weeks away?!

We spend our days scouring the Marketplace for gems you can’t find anywhere else. Buy and sell with over 200,000 neighbors that love quality home furnishings and good design. As much fun as it is to scroll through aspirational photos of homes and pricy decor, a realistic style upgrade often occurs slowly (and with a set budget).

We spend our days scouring the Marketplace for gems you can’t find anywhere else. Buy and sell with over 200,000 neighbors that love quality home furnishings and good design. While some vintage collectors may stumble across a random assortment of goodies, you’ve got to appreciate someone who can consistently stick to a solid theme.

We spend our days scouring the Marketplace for gems you can’t find anywhere else. Buy and sell with over 200,000 neighbors that love quality home furnishings and good design. As much as we might like to get little tchotchkes and accessories for our space (guilty as charged), every home needs to start from square one: basics like a solid coffee table, organized entryway and a plush rug create the essential foundation that let you move on to even more personalized touches.

We spend our days scouring the Marketplace for gems you can’t find anywhere else. Buy and sell with over 200,000 neighbors that love quality home furnishings and good design. Who can resist one-stop shopping? Los Angeles-based seller Nate Dusaban has a corner stocked with home essentials and some of our favorite mid-century modern designers, just for a much better price than we’re used to seeing.

I will never claim to have a green thumb. My local plant shop knows better than to try and sell me anything less than the most resilient greenery, and more than once I’ve tried to make dry leaves look gloomily intentional. Despite my lack of gardening skills, I love to dig through plant-packed homes on Instagram and drool over the inventive ways people have thought to display their collection.

When it comes to home decor, I have no problem gathering general inspiration (“warm minimalism seems good”), but getting to step two and creating a cohesive look (“how did I end up with so much black?”) is a whole different story. That’s why I’m grateful that interior decorators like Natasha Habermann exist.

Every design element needs it’s counterpart: for every shiny hardwood floor, your toes are probably also craving comfort from the right rug. Aside from the obvious underfoot plushness, rugs are essential for bringing fresh texture into a room, and a nice burst of color or pattern that you might not want on your walls. There are a ton of beautiful vintage rugs on the Marketplace, but these three stood out for being great deals (and yes, a well-deserved #treatyourself moment).

One of the downfalls of an ambitious designer can be overthinking; your head is swimming with all of these concepts and forms and colors, and far too often function takes a backseat to frills. How many times have you seen some cutting-edge modern design unveiling and thought, “is….is that a chair? Where do your legs go? And why so many edges?!

You know what’s a surefire cure for the Monday blues? A great deal, and specifically one that’s just around the corner. Rather than tear you away from your work, we’ve rounded up some of the best under-$25 finds on the Marketplace. Nothing is more aggravating than a tricky lighting situation in your home.

Most people aren’t blessed with a Beauty and the Beast-size personal library, but I’m willing to guess you have more than a few paperbacks lying around. Luckily the right bookends let you turn any surface into a perfect place to store your reads: keep a few on your desk, on a shelf, propped up on a side table…as long as you start with the right foundation, you’ll have a ton of room to customize to your aesthetic.

I absolutely love Lucite. Though technically an umbrella term for clear acrylic, as is the case with Band-Aid and Kleenex, sometimes the brand name becomes synonymous with describing an item in any form.

While you can’t knock the appeal of a fun night out, there’s something extra special about being able to entertain at home. So pour yourself a cold one and make room for a new happy hour essential: let’s check out some of the coolest bar accessories on the Marketplace! You know the easiest way to make an everyday get together feel like a special occasion? Investing in something truly one-of-a-kind.

Not to start off on a dramatic note, but no one in the history of humankind has ever complained about a surplus of bedroom storage. “Unfortunate-looking” bedroom storage is a much more valid complaint, which is why we’ve turned to the Marketplace for some beautiful vintage highboys to get your bedroom in order (while staying stylish). LOW Let these options be proof that you don’t need to spend more than $200 to snag a great vintage highboy!

There’s a big difference between understanding the concept of a design style and recognizing individual artists’ work; Danish modernism has a lot of common themes that can make it easy to grasp, but designers like Verner Panton and Arne Jacobsen have unique attributes all their own. Let’s start your formal design training with a look at how exactly Hans Wegner has maintained popularity well into the modern era.

Feel like your home is missing a certain something? Needs a little oomph to truly make it unique? Sometimes it’s really good to stand out from the pack.

All hail the humble nightstand! As much as a comfy bed and light-blocking curtains are essential to a good night’s sleep, you can’t knock the impact that a nightstand can have on your relaxation time. It allows you to store a good book or crossword puzzle nearby in case you need to force a little drowsiness, keep your phone (which is probably also your alarm clock) close at hand, and find the perfect space to hide a midnight snack. So you definitely need one, but where to begin?

Nothing adds instant drama to a space quite like a chandelier. But if you’re anything like me, the word tends to draw up mental images of stuffy decor and overly-ornate crystal. With the gorgeous range of more minimal, modern designs out there, this definitely doesn’t have to be the case. Apartment Therapy Marketplace has a bunch of beautiful chandeliers in stock, but these modern finds stood out from the pack.

“Florals for spring? Groundbreaking.” Fully acknowledging the cliche presented by The Devil Wears Prada‘s Miranda Priestly, we’re still ready to embrace this seasonal favorite with open arms. New blooms don’t just work to liven up your outdoor space; getting colorful new floral accents can seriously improve the mood of your interiors.

My apartment defies basic New York City cliches by having a “regular”-sized bedroom and a huge kitchen. But as someone who doesn’t cook very often, I’ve repurposed a whole section of open shelving into a makeshift bookshelf over my breakfast table. That’s because despite not making it into your general idea of apartment must-haves (like a sofa and bed), I think that you should try to work a bookshelf (or bookcase) into your home anyway you can.

I’m here to sing the praises of the humble desk chair. As much as a clean and clear surface is an essential part of a workspace, you could argue that the right seating is what can really make or break your 9 to 5. For those of us who even occasionally work at home, desk chairs can be a kind of Goldilocks situation: if they’re too soft and unsupportive you’ll probably end up nodding off, and overly stiff models mean restless legs and sore backs.

How well do you know your Bertoias from Baumritters? Nailing down your preferred design style is one thing, but being able to identify individual designers is a whole different level of dedication. But if you’re really serious about getting familiar with the most influential designers of the past century, no lesson would be complete without spending some time with George Nelson.

When I’m looking for good Marketplace content to share on social media, there are a few choice sellers that I know I can always count on to provide quality stuff. Dial M For Modern is one of those sellers, and Timothy Burkhart is the vintage phenom behind the brand. So I took a short break from stalking his insanely gorgeous Instagram feed to find out what marketplace picks caught his eye…because if his feed is any proof, Timothy knows a good find when he sees it.

Another Monday is upon us, and with that unfortunate cloud comes a silver lining: the best new deals on Apartment Therapy Marketplace! If you thought we couldn’t find listings under $20 worth your time, think again (and maybe even prepare yourself with a crisp Andrew Jackson or two). You know what your vanity or dresser has been missing? The perfect mirror.

For those keeping their finger on the pulse, texture has been considered a major interior design trend for 2017. It’s not hard to see why: even the most bare-bones minimalist needs to bring in some variety to keep their home feeling lived-in. Everything from raw wood to sleek chrome can offer a change-up in texture, but today we’re focusing on something perfectly plush and approachable: velvet. Forget any pre-conceived notions that you may have about the fabric.

As someone who currently has a desk-nightstand-vanity hybrid, trust me when I say that I get any and all of your small-space living woes. That’s why I’ve turned to the wise voices of the Internet to find the essential tips and tricks you’ll need to make your home feel open and welcoming, no matter what the size. Everything’s better with some support, so let’s navigate this big journey through small spaces together. Spring for built-ins.