Decorating

A fun way to make your next celebration special.

According to a preservationist.

This site should be your new go-to for unique art objects.

And the best places to shop for them!

It's to die for.

There are only so many spots for souvenir mugs.

From a sushi lunch to a gorgeous desk.

It's super easy to install, too.

According to an interior designer!

It's chic, space-saving, and affordable. Need I say more?

For less than $4 a month, you can have a Picasso on your walls.

While we love a traditional Christmas decorating scheme as much as the next person, there’s something fun about updating a few classic elements in unexpected ways. One simple way to up your holiday decor prowess is by thinking outside of the box in terms of your Christmas tree skirt. Below, you’ll find five brilliant (and affordable!) alternatives that will have all your party guests talking.

With Costello’s help, your fall-themed outdoor decor will look perfect well beyond Halloween.

And on a budget!

You probably won't even want to burn these fool-the-eye cuties!

Consider this your procrastinator's guide to festive decor.

From board games to stylish building art prints.

Here's how to use it!

What to do if you don't have the permission, the desire, or the budget to pull up all your wall-to-wall carpet.

What you need to know, before you add to cart.

According to interior designers!

From our editors' radars straight to your own home.

Berkus shared how a vintage piece of outdoor furniture has become a staple piece in the foyer of the home.

Retro, reliable, and ready to rock!

For real, these don't look faux.

It’s officially time to start spookifying your space.

Hear me out.

According to design pros.

So you might want to double down on it!

Dolly Parton is at it again!

There's a reason why the iconic retailer has been a sofa go-to for decades.

Starting at Just $68!

Bonus: The first step is completely free.

The must-have blanket for the cozy seasons.

One of the enduring debates among our readers is whether to transition a child from their crib to a toddler-size bed or go straight to a twin bed (or bigger). It’s a decision most parents will make at one time or another, and there is a multitude of competing factors to consider. This debate has come up time and again on Apartment Therapy, with hundreds of comments on the topic.

A few lessons from real-life studio apartment layouts, created by real-life studio apartment dwellers like yourself.

Say bye bye to these features (or keep them, if you march to the beat of your own drum).

Starting at just $180!

Here are some ideas for those couple spare rolls.

It's inspired by their Waco castle.

Read this before you go big!

We’ve mentioned a bedroom cleanup before as a good weekend project, but since we are planning to do it ourselves tomorrow, we put together a checklist (that always seems to make the job go faster for us). After “cleansing” our closet, we think we can definitely knock out a bedroom deep clean in a few hours. These 12 simple steps will get your bedroom clean and comfy in no time!

Because we know going to the dark side can be polarizing.

If you like art, and are always looking for a way to get more into your home, around your flatscreen is the perfect place to keep building your collection.

Gallery walls aren't just for hanging over a sofa.

“I’m 50 years old, and I bought my first place four years ago, so there was a lot of catching up to do — and all of that is okay,” she said.

Starting at just $14.

The hue is inspired by natural wood and soil.

This is the best life hack for indecisive art shoppers.

“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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

Good news for vintage and farmhouse lovers everywhere!

You're going to love the rattan sofa we found.

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.

Make the most of each and every inch with these savvy ideas.

What was once the look of college crash pads is basically now high design. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this.

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...

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.

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.

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?

Sometimes the simplest pieces of furniture are what you need the most.

It's the perfect tool for small spaces!

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.

Sheepskins are everywhere these days and why not? They add warmth and texture and can be played off as either luxe or laid back. They can be used in any room of the home, for the best effect – fling it somewhere. Across hard shell chair backs in the kitchen/dining area as in Eva’s Sense of Clarity home.

From our editors' radars straight to your own home.

Sometimes moving a chair, shifting a sofa, or re-orienting a bed is enough to give your home a whole new lease on life.

Do you have a cramped, small, hard-to-move in bathroom? Do you feel slightly claustrophobic every morning when getting ready for work? If you rent or don’t have the funds for a huge wall-moving renovation that will literally give you more space, try one of these six ideas that could improve the feel, at least. Some changes are big, and some are small, but all will go toward creating a more spacious feeling space — perhaps you’ll find something you can try this weekend?

According to real estate experts.