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click thumbnails for larger picsPutting together yesterday's Weekend Guide, we came across Portland-based Hiih Gallery's handmade paper lights for the first time and fell hard. Wow, these lights...
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Teal is a cool color that mixes blue and green in nearly equal parts. Any color changes a lot depending on what you pair it with and how you light it, but teal i...
Name: Ario Pratomo
Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
Size: 72 sq. meters (775 sq. ft.)
Years lived in: 1 year
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We've highlighted homes from Singapore, India, the Philippines, and quit...
Seeing as we've got visitors this weekend, we thought it would be a great time to round up some ideas and inspiration for adding extra sleeping space for guests. As the weather warms, we imagine we're...
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Why buy a new organizing system for your entryway? You've got lots of options for catch-alls in your kitchen cupboard or your storage closet. For a few ideas, cl...
You know how we've been talking a lot about outdoor spaces lately? And how inspired we were by a recent camping trip? Seems all our attention is on getting outside into nature. But what about going...
We firmly believe that painting is one of the least expensive, high impact things you can do to spruce up a room. This isn't a news flash. We talk a lot of color, painting tips and tricks. But we wo...
click thumbnails for larger picsIt is Friday and we wanted to share something inspiring before this weekend. This amazing Viennese penthouse was designed by Arkan Zeytinoglu. We love the sculptu...
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Painted floors can come in every color of the rainbow. We often see them painted white in all-white spaces, but they can add a load of color to a space, too. Lik...
Our work took us to Pasadena yesterday when we spotted this giant glass partition. Used to separate a work station and a conference table area, the French doors allow light through while maintaining ...
This is from Olle Lundberg's cabin: "Mr. Lundberg salvaged materials from other projects, including steel sash windows, an aluminum coffee table and a pool that was a livestock water tank and has repl...
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Who Lives Here: Two, me and my boyfriend
Location: Shanghai, China
Size: 452 square feet
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CRAFT recently featured this how-to from Instructables for a handy, durable garden basket made from an old tire. The project results in a sturdy carrier whose contrasting, asymmetrical handle makes ...
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Who Lives There: Susan
Location: Victoria, BC
Size: 1000 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? The open plan --- ...
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Who Lives There: Shilpa & Troy
Location: San Francisco, California
Size: 600 square feet
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We love checking out dinnerware designs, especially small plates like dessert or salad plates. These little guys are great at playing double duty for your space. If you need a colorful or textural acc...
Look up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane...well, yes, it's a plane that also happens to be a 2 bedroom Costa Rican hotel suite constructed using a real 1965 Boeing 727 fuselage, complete with spa...
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Who Lives Here: Craig Midtown Manhattan
Location: Midtown West, New York City
Size: 500 square feet
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We love the robust, roundy quality of double-walled woven baskets. They look so friendly and function as strong, attractive storage pieces around the house......
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Who Lives There: Shutterbug678 and her boyfriend
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Size: 550 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your sm...
Having recently switched from having a small backyard with a hose to an apartment with a balcony and a container garden, I've had to adjust my watering techniques. Lacking a watering can I've been re...
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Who Lives Here: Julia
Location: Brooklyn, New York City
Size: 350 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? My apt is i...
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Who Lives There: Shanni and her husband
Location: Los Gatos, California
Size: 764 square feet
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We snapped these photos the other day of Puma City under construction at Fan Pier, near the ICA. The large canti-levers mimic the museum's and together they create quite a statement along the waterf...
The best part about small spaces is the creativity that comes from being resourceful with a small amount of square footage. We ran across this fold down ping-pong table in a door and thought it was ...
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Who Lives Here: Mary vO
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Size: 270 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? The wi...
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Who Lives Here: Vinh Diep
Location: Los Angeles, California
Size: 800 square feet
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Who Lives Here: Meg
Location: Upper East Side, New York City
Size: 350 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? I love...
An unused piano is a huge item to keep in one's home, rivaled in size only by the sentimental and historical value that may be attached to it. The Oregonian profiles a piano shop that transforms unp...
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Who Lives There: Mark & Stephanie
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Size: 630 square feet
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Is because we wear gray all the time and we're looking for something to mix it up? Or maybe it's a harbinger of spring? Or could it be a friend's child's obsession with Curious George and his patron...
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Who Lives Here: Chau + French Bulldog"Brooklyn" + Teacup Chihuahua "Munchkin"
Location: Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City
Size: 1,127 square feet
Wha...
We proudly use a vintage suitcase we found at a thrift store as a catchall for our scarves, gloves, and other cold-weather accessories. We love the idea of repurposing these classically designed trave...
Apartment Therapy has blogged before about Castle's lovely bedlinens but now we bring you their one-of-a-kind hand-stitched fabric art made by Castle's Australia-based owner, Rachel Castle, and her ...
click thumbnails for larger picsThese colorful glass decanters belong to just one of many lines available through Murano Glass Gifts Co. Great for spring/summer wedding gifts or adding to your o...
Name: Berto, photographer; Mary, writer; and Moe, adorable beagle
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
Size: 950 square feet
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Despite the perfect weather I'm used to in L...
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Who Lives Here: The two of us, our pets and the occasional tree frog
Location: Flatonia, Texas
Size: 490 square feet
What is your one favorite eleme...
The walled garden at Grey Gardens (circa late teens or early 1920s) from Forty Years of Gardening via Stephen Orr
It's pretty obvious that we're excited for the upcoming HBO Grey Gardens movie. Even...
click thumbnails for larger picsWe’re aware that terrariums may have already gotten more than their share of Apartment Therapy love. But trust us: the terrariums Bay Area artist Kat Geiger is ...
This bedroom has come a long way from it's pre-Cure state! Great Job renngrrl!
• Cure Clock: 3.25 weeks remaining
• Assignment: Read Chapter 8, Pages 154-184
• Fi...
Laurana takes a teeny space and organizes an entire craft room perfectly. Not only is it one of the teeniest craft studios we've seen, it may be the most organized--further reasons why her craft stud...
I've been updating my list of best sleeper sofas each year for about four years now, and things have usually changed slowly. This past year, however, things changed a good deal and I have a bunch o...
click thumbnails for larger picsWe had so much fun during our recent trip to Portland that we're already looking at hotels for our next visit. The Nines, a new hotel located right in downtown, l...
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Who Lives There: Nreaves, her husband and their 10 month old daughter
Location: Farmington, Michigan
Size: 890 square feet
What is your one favorit...
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Who Lives Here: 2
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Size: 850 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? In the living ar...
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Who Lives Here: Sarah + Allen
Location: Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City
Size: 541 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small...
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In Oakland, a sixties era Vintage Dining set by Douglas Furniture for $700. Links to this and more good finds below:
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If you have the space next to your bed, it's always nice to have a spot for a table lamp, book, alarm clock, and a little extra storage if you can spare it. We ...
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Who Lives Here: Johan
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Size: 345 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? If I could choose...
In keeping with the same theme as the Earth Day festivites post earlier this week, we'd like to tell you about another opportunity to help save the planet. If you live in Austin and really want to get...
Check out this 76" Room and Board Andre sofa in the custom Teton (platinum) fabric. See more picks below the jump!
More items and pics below the jump!...
Need a little inspiration for turning your junk into treasure? Check out the new exhibition "Reclaimed" at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Old Town Alexandria. The exhibition features artwork mad...
click thumbnails for all 20 larger pics Opening today, another amazing Flea from Jayson Home & Garden. Filled to the brim with interesting, inspiring finds from France, Belgium, Argentina and "e...
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Name: Idea Chick, her husband and one ferocious cat
Location: Oakland, California
Size: 620 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your s...
Hi AT, I'm looking for an inexpensive, simple rug for my living room. I like the Cooper Cotton Mat from Pottery Barn, but I'd like to hear if anyone's had experience with these rugs. Also, I have two ...
Just because you might live in a small apartment doesn't mean you can't hang a big, bold pendant. Large fixtures and furnishings can actually make the space feel bigger when they're used in the plac...
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Who Lives Here: Katie
Location: Washington, DC
Size: 700 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? It's really hard to ...
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In Ravenswood, a Vintage Restaurant Sign for $400 from a motivated seller who is open to offers. Jump below for links to this and more good finds...
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THIS WEEK
• Conran Shop Warehouse Sale
• Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse
• Gracious Home Lighting Sale
• Sheherazade Spring Sale
• Karim Rashid Shop Spring Clearance
• SUIT...
We've written before about our quest for the perfect desk to hold a laptop, but we've never found a unit quite as small and wonderful as the Wallflower Walloffice by Jonas & Jonas DesignMöbel. We ...
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Who Lives There: Zen Buddhist Student plus one
Location: San Francisco, California
Size: 140 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your ...
When you walk into De La Espada you feel like you are either in dry, hot Spain or dry, hot Arizona — and you feel like you are in a huge, airy home with windows overlooking a great view. Even...
Our most recent New York kitchen tour was with the Executive Chef of Il Buco restaurant, Ignacio Mattos. Ignacio lives in a bright, sunny walk up overlooking Tompkins Square Park. The kitchen occupies...
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This grown-up bedroom from an upcoming house tour puts the best principles of a teenage bedroom to work.
Looking back on the bedroom where you lived in your teenage years, do you feel horror or nosta...
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Who Lives There: Andrew
Location: Oak Park, Illinois
Size: 790 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? I love the e...
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Who Lives Here: One: Myself (and a cat named Peppermint)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Size: 280 square feet
What is your one favorite element i...
We blog a lot of big, accessible stores like IKEA, Crate & Barrel, Target, Pottery Barn...you get the picture. We shop at many of them and we appreciate the fact that they offer stylish things at af...
A friend of ours just moved into a pretty small studio and wants to have her bed, a sitting area, a place to play music and then room for books and media without it looking like a closet crammed to th...
We love the idea of using vintage furniture in a completely new way. This practice is great for the environment and it can be a creative option to buying new furniture. Marni, an Apartment Therapy rea...
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Who Lives There: Matt, his girlfriend and their cat
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Size: 644 square feet
What is your one favorite element in you...
We're big fans of taking a run of the mill cabinet and making it your own. We've seen fabric and contact paper used to transform a cabinet door but this is a first for us--using twigs to DIY a cupboa...
The French company Ekobo creates the most beautiful bamboo tableware we've seen, over 300 handcrafted products in delicious colors. They're like the eco-friendly version of Fiestaware!
The process is...
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Who Lives Here: Three, Poonam Sharma, myself, our 4 month old daughter Noorand (and our kitty-cat, Kullu)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Size: 914...
Back in December we blogged about Tracey Falk's Vancouver apartment on Flickr, and we are once again delighted and inspired by her subtle, beautiful home. But on second look, we realized we missed a...
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Who Lives There: SFGail, her husband and 8 year old son
Location: San Francisco, California
Size: 880 square feet
What is your one favorite element...
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Apartment Therapy has definitely covered wall decor tips for renters and one of our faves has been the addition of temporary wallpaper. We've been living...
An appropriate topic for Small Cool month, Unplggd's gathered various examples of optimizing the space within a closet or stand-alone storage for home office use. Now if we can only clean out our walk...
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Who Lives Here: Claudia + 1
Location: Bronx, New York City
Size: 500 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? I love w...
from Dornbracht's Tara black edition
More often than not, hardware and fixture finishes in our contemporary homes are brushed or polished chrome or stainless steel. But we have a soft spot for unlacq...
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Remember way back, about a year and a half ago, when we wrote about this image from Elle Interiors Sweden? We wondered if the 80s preppy look would make its way ...
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Who Lives Here: emilyjoyce
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Size: 273 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? All...
We're sorry we didn't remember this little gem during bathroom month, but from a house tour ages ago comes this amazing hand painted flower mural in a classic pink and yellow tiled bathroom:...
LA SALES & EVENTS
• How to Live Water-Wise in Los Angeles
• Plastica Pappelina Plastic Woven Rugs Sale
• Giant Robot Silver Lake Liquidation Sale
• LA Mart Design Center Sample Sa...
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Who Lives Here: mobius
Location: Upper West Side, New York City
Size: 295 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? Thi...
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Who Lives There: Megan, her fiance and their two cats
Location: San Francisco, California
Size: 670 square feet
What is your one favorite element i...
We're on a coffee table hunt and, while we have our decisions narrowed down to a square table, exactly what it looks like or where it comes from is still undecided. We've opened our search up to inc...
Last summer we happily recalled fashion plates - that 70s-80s semi-artistic treasure for kids everywhere. Some toys and activities are just too cool to go away, so we think this would make a great gif...
THIS WEEK
• DC Design House
• White House Gardens & Grounds Tours
• Germantown, Maryland Estate Sale
• Spring Garden Events in Baltimore
• Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams sale
C...
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Who Lives Here: One: All by myself
Location: Los Angeles, California
Size: 240 square feet
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Inspiration, for me, always comes from seeing how other people live. Last month I saw this coffee table at Tina's house and liked it so much, I took a pic. I've been looking for a coffee table for ...
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It's no accident that we get inspiration from folks' summer homes. Though we live in the city with no second home forthcoming, we identify with a similar approa...
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Spring has sprung and spring green is catching our eye all over the place. That includes each and every room of the home......
Grey Gardens, as the house is known, is as much a character in the film as the two women and their relationship.Tonight we're attending the premiere of HBO's "Grey Gardens" starring Drew Barrymore and...
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Who Lives Here: Dehlia + girlfriend + Maine coon cat
Location: Brooklyn, New York City
Size: 540 square feet
What is your one favorite element in you...
We are always looking for sleek and inventive solutions to furnishing a small home. Anything that does a double duty, does its job in a minimum allotment of space, or converts into something else piqu...
Ballard Designs isn't a source we typically shop for our home decor but we recently stumbled across this relatively affordable damask area rug. There's something about it that we really like......
click thumbnails for larger picsThis collection of new releases in architecture (with a few focusing on small spaces) via Amazon includes titles brand new to us and others that are more familiar...
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Who Lives Here: Casey Marie + Rob + 3 small dogs
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Size: 565 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your sm...
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Who Lives Here: Two: My husband (artist - his piece is in the fireplace) & graphic designer), me and our dog, Coco.
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Size: 1...
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Who Lives Here: Hosien
Location: Bronx, New York City
Size: 665 square feet
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THIS WEEK
• Hayes Valley Block Party
• Flora Grubb at Design Within Reach
• Design Within Reach Sample Sale
• Amy Ruppel Art Sale
• Hiih Handmade Paper Lights at Metro Light...
The Midwest is getting warmer and to suck in some beautiful Spring air we added a few box fans to our windows. They get the job done, but don't look the greatest so we've been on the lookout for a b...
Traditionally, red, white and blue color combos inspire more of a preppy, nautical vibe but Ania has managed to combine the trio of colors in a way that is less patriotic and more vintage charm. More...
Name: Jessica Oreck
Location: Upper West Side, New York City
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Documentary filmmaker Jessica Oreck's first feature-length documentary, Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo is a ...
For anyone who has seen and loved Grey Gardens, the documentary following Jackie O's eccentric relatives Big and Little Edie, the upcoming HBO dramatic retelling will be quite an event. And while most...
THIS WEEK
• Todd Farm Antiques & Flea Market
• Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams sale
COMING UP
• Stark Warehouse Sale
• Twist 2.0 Craft Fair
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Who Lives There: Mike, Marie & their dog
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Size: 533 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool ho...
Spring has sprung and what better way to get in the mood than to attend one of the many garden events happening around the Baltimore. From plant sales and markets, to classes on rain barrel constru...
In preparation for this post, we conducted a little experiment: Instead of haunting our usual lunch spot, we ventured a little further out and parked ourselves at an outdoor table at a cafe in Eagle ...
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Who Lives Here: Antony
Location: Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York City
Size: 300 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool ho...
click thumbnails for larger picsWe've been fans of this Coffee Table/Factory Cart since its recent debut at Restoration Hardware. Now there's one available in Walnut Creek for half of the regula...
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Small groups of clustered artwork have been the big trend for a while now, but nothing anchors a room like a huge painting or photograph. Behind a sofa, above a ...
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Who Lives Here: Roger Schroeder + 1
Location: Buffalo, New York
Size: 630 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? Loft...
It was the grass green glass splash back that completely drew us in. Searching around architect Grant Amon’s website this St Kilda apartment caught our eye and boy are we glad it did. This apartmen...
These original floating Club Chairs were purchased from an estate sale of a former Herman Miller employee. They are in great vintage condition. See more picks below the jump!
More items and pi...
Most of you did NOT like the pink and purple painted house we showed you in Durham, North Carolina. But how do you feel about this narrow house in Georgetown? The Georgetown house is painted a deep...
Hi, I just moved into my new studio space and while I love the industrial feel, I don't love the overhead lighting. The other problem is that the place is pretty big and my living room area is right...
We often discuss our favorite houses published in magazines and featured in Apartment Therapy House Tours. We even vote for our favorites during Small Cool homes. But what's your favorite house of s...
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Who Lives Here: Kelly + cat Mio
Location: Washington, DC
Size: 850 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? The bright ...
THIS WEEK
• Jayson Home & Garden Flea Market
• Zella Brown Yard Sale
• Community Home Supply
• Architectural Artifacts Bazaar
• Haus
• Sean Tubridy Online Print Sale
&...
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Who Lives There: Jenny and her boyfriend
Location: Portland, Oregon
Size: 740 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool hom...
Hey, can you help me identify these shelves? They're from the Ace Hotel in NYC. Thanks! Geoff
(Note: Include a pic of your problem and your question gets posted first. Email questions and pics with...
ATDC reader Jacki needs help choosing a pet-friendly rug: "After loving the Jackson Stripe rug since Crate and Barrel introduced it awhile ago, I finally bought one for my living room. Trouble is, ...
With Liora Manné, it's all about color, pattern and texture. Her vibrant designs now include upholstered furniture, rugs, lighting, pillows, wallpaper, textiles, home accessories and rugs......
I take my electric kettle very seriously. I use an electric kettle several times a day to heat water for any number of purposes. Many things, though — especially coffee and tea — require water tha...
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Last year we wallpapered a little bathroom, and the leftover strips and scraps have been stowed away in our garage ever since, awaiting some higher purpose. Fortunately, Better Homes and Gardens has p...
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Who Lives There: Scott
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Size: 475 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? My favorite eleme...
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Who Lives Here: Adam
Location: Houston, Texas
Size: 710 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? It is hard to choose...
• The Blessing of the Bikes
...Wonderful! It is the annual Blessing of the Bikes at St. John the Divine. 9:30 A.M. this Saturday morning....
• iGeekout, iWorkout:
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The possibilities for creating a well-designed room are endless, and never is that more apparent than when the same room is completely transformed through its decor. SF-based interior designer Gary Sp...
Last year, we moved a little over a mile west of our previous apartment. This year, we're moving back to our old neighborhood. There are lots of reasons for the move, but one key issue is access to ...
Oftentimes it is said that an all white room will look bigger than a darker one. That white walls will magnify how big a room feels. So it's often a good bet for small apartments that are lacking in...
click thumbnails for larger picsAgaves are one of our favorite plants for their beauty and strength. Since the plants thrive even when neglected, they are a perfect choice for gardens, patios, o...
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Who Lives There: Broc, Frank and Aliie the puppy
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Size: 860 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small,...
Since working from home is the norm nowadays, it's inspiring to see options of this reality put into action. Especially since most folks have to make one room function as the office (and something el...
We've long admired Anthropologie's creative storefronts and the innovative reuse ideas in their displays, but yesterday we noticed they might also be pushing (or capitalizing on) a more social agenda....
Today is the day, procrastinators. And we say that with a smirk, since we just finished filing our own Fed and states taxes online. We don't know how our parents did it the old fashioned way with pen,...
We think this is an excellent idea for a very busy household with a vast wall in the entryway. We have a number of items in our entryway awaiting some kind of scheduled disbursement, and since we ha...
Maybe we've been unduly influenced by the label "lovebird" but we do have a little crush on these papier-mache birdies, which are larger than they appear in the photo. We'd love to clump a whole s...
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Who Lives There: Praveen
Location: San Francisco, California
Size: 705 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? I fi...
We recently heard some great news out of the L.A. Mart...they are launching a brand new year-round program called the Buyer Services Program, a service that enables consumers an opportunity to shop th...
Last year you helped us give thousands of dollars to Habitat for Humanity, your non-profit of choice. This year we're asking you to help again. For three years Apartment Therapy has been teaming up wi...
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Who Lives Here: Engin
Location: Astoria, Queens, New York City
Size: 530 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? My M...
from the Lace in Translation series, Philadelphia's Design Center
Design inspiration for those of us who are "interested in decorative objects and those who find our engagement with them compelling."...
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Online shop Present & Correct is known for its hard-to-find office accessories. Browsing their site, we also found several out-of-the-ordinary ideas for organizi...
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Who Lives Here: AJ, Jenna + dog Luci
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Size: 448 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool...
Since we've been looking for ways to maximize the use of a small balcony or outdoor area (see here, here and here to catch up) we've run across a lot of the same kinds of ideas: tier plants, keep it c...
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Who Lives Here: Dana + husband + dog Sophie
Location: Upper West Side, New York City
Size: 700 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your ...
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Who Lives There: Rhiannon, Victor and their dog, Mayo
Location: San Francisco, California
Size: 501 square feet
What is your one favorite element i...
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Who Lives There: Azaleasmoke, "the eventual husband" and Gryffin (aka G, aka Gryffers McGee)
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Size: 800 square feet
What...
Nothing says small living quarters quite like a dorm room. And when it comes to storing your belongings, you have to get pretty creative.
We spotted this photo on the Container Store's web site and ...
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The second Tokyo Fiber exhibition is being held in Milan, Italy and the theme is Senseware. Senseware is used as an attempt to inspire designers to create innov...
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Who Lives Here: Me and my dog "Mouse".
Location: Los Angeles, California
Size: 395 square feet
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Last month I had the pleasure of visiting architects Juan and Sara Matiz at home in Chelsea, where they live in a remarkable small loft with their two children (which we photographed for our next bo...
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We talk a lot about repurposing around here, but it can be a bit difficult to look at the same old things in new ways, no matter how motivated we are to save mo...
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Denim is so well-loved when we dress ourselves, so what about using it when we dress our homes? Here are a few looks at denim used in decor. A few of these are f...
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Who Lives Here: Nathan Andrew
Location: Midtown East, New York City
Size: 296 square feet
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While on vacation in Georgia last week, we were enchanted by the gorgeous wraparound porches of the plantation style homes. We noticed, early on, that many of the ceilings had been painted various sha...
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Who Lives Here: 2
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Size: 699 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? The high ceilings are ...
This "unique garage transformation" in Athens, Greece was originally published in Maison & Decoration; it (especially the kitchen) has us swooning! Owner Andreas Manolioudakis worked with architect Ki...
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Who Lives Here: Tami Hills + 14 y.o. son + dog
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Size: 530 square feet
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Who Lives Here: Myself and my papillon puppy, Isobel
Location: Sydney, Australia
Size: 258 square feet
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This colorful Japanese masking tape has been causing a huge uproar in the blogosphere. It has been a little difficult to find... For a short while, the tape coul...
click thumbnails for larger picsCongratulations on having (almost) made it through another tax day! Now that you've filed with the IRS, it's time to file your own copies of all those forms and r...
New aerosol paints are hitting the craft market intended for use on fabric. They are marketed at car upholstery, furniture and home decor items such as linens and drapery. We've spotted them at loc...
We're a big fan of taking a closet and transforming it into a work space. Not only does this suggestion make great use of a teeny space, it also evokes a cozy vibe that we're attached to......
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Who Lives Here: tiffanyH + 1 + cat
Location: Morristown, New Jersey
Size: 780 square feet
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click thumbnails for larger picsWe guarantee that no animals were harmed in the making of this post, nor for any of the items contained herein. Yes, we love looking and learning about animals, b...
Architect Noel Clarke had a neglected attic space in his Somerville, MasÂsachusetts home. He set out to renovate the space in his old Victorian house and now it's a modern, light-filled work space....
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Who Lives There: West Loop Modern & Wife
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Size: 790 square feet
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Last year you helped us give thousands of dollars to Habitat for Humanity, your non-profit of choice. This year we're asking you to help again. For three years Apartment Therapy has been teaming up wi...
"I don’t have the kind of Martha Stewart eye where I know how to turn vintage drapes into flat sheets and pair them with some cool pillow from the Fairfax flea market or whatever; and voilà , I have...
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Who Lives Here: gregnewyorkcity
Location: Park Avenue South, New York City
Size: 270 square feet
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click thumbnails for larger picsIn Oakland, a white marble-topped Saarinen side table is available for $475 (retails for over $800 with tax). See this and other Scavenger finds after the jump......
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All white can sometimes get a little boring, but when almost every room has a view of the Amalfi Coast, it's less of a problem. Casa Angelina is a hotel in the I...
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Who Lives Here: RojahnFamily (2 + 1 cat + 1 dog)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Size: 450 square feet
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We're no stranger at trying to make the earth a better place here at AT. Any search will produce many "green" idea posts, from gardening, to recycling to cleaning products and even green home decor. ...
These Gubi Chairs (which we wrote about here) are brand new, just recently shipped from Denmark. Designed by Komplot in 2003, the Gubi chair collection was the first industrial product based o...
This concept green bathroom by industrial design student Thomas Nicodeme was designed for Veolia. The urban bathroom is designed to save water and help with waste management.
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Giatta writes: I have been on the hunt for a unique, pretty twin bed for months. Department stores and mainstream furniture stores have turned up nothing, and Craigslist and ebay have been dead ends....
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Who Lives There: JasonSF
Location: San Francisco, California
Size: 445 square feet
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Architect couple Solveig Fernlund and Neil Logan have made a pristine home out of this once-industrial space in Chinatown......
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Who Lives Here: Theresa
Location: Washington, DC
Size: 560 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? The oriental rug l...
click thumbnails for larger picsThe new webstore from Sthlm plans to feature a different Swedish designer every month and they are kicking things off with Lotta Kühlhorn. Her simple happy-m...
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Who Lives Here: Catherine
Location: London, United Kingdom
Size: 522 square feet
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Good morning! I'm moving into this bright (but tiny!) apartment within a few weeks, and I trying to find a sofa to fit the space. I don't have the measurements of the room yet (will hopefully break ...
This week on Craigslist we found this Mid-Century Modern Dresser shown at left, which is selling for $100 in Glover Park. We don't see anything wrong with the dresser... Is the price too good to be ...
We first met Jeremy Pyles of Niche Modern at the 2005 Brooklyn Designs, and it has been wonderful to watch him expand his line of unique glass lighting over the last few years......
Have you ever cooked in a truly mobile kitchen? Maybe one in a boat, or in a bus? How about an offroad survival vehicle?
We noticed that there were at least two mobile entries in this year's Small C...
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click thumbnails for larger picsLately we're seeing a lot of floral prints layered with stripes. It's a classic pairing, partly because it can work for so many different styles, from bohemian an...
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Who Lives There: Nick (and his cat)
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Size: 600 square feet
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Who Lives Here: One, just me
Location: Temple City, California
Size: 865 square feet
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The loss of so many great shelter magazines in the last year has got us seriously hurtin' for our monthly glossy fix. Elle Decor helps, but those pricey interiors can only hold our attention for so lo...
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As we celebrate Small Cool month on Apartment Therapy, we're looking into space-saving solutions for apartment dwellers. One of the best ways to maximize your sq...
One of the nicest things about living in Venice was getting to have a little garden all to myself. Only problem is that the next door neighbors added on to their house and ended up putting a second s...
click thumbnails for larger picsWith our Small Cool contest going on this month, we got inspired by all the small beautiful homes. One thing lead to another and we started looking at tree houses...
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Who Lives There: Everyeskimo, her fiance and their 3 dogs
Location: Royal Oak, Michigan
Size: 913 square feet
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While some may think skunks are cute and fuzzy, their smell surely is not. Our first experience with a skunk lingered long after we encountered its smell (driving around Los Angeles on our first visi...
Last year you helped us give thousands of dollars to Habitat for Humanity, your non-profit of choice. This year we're asking you to help again. For three years Apartment Therapy has been teaming up wi...
Using discarded keyboard elements removed from laptops, designer Dante Bonuccelli took the keys and fashioned the aptly named Texte-ile, a lounge chair that incorporates keys as both material and patt...
We stumbled across these amazing cabinets of curiosities by French artist Maissa Toulet on Poetic Home. We're intrigued by the concept of curiosity cabinets as a way to corral unusual collections i...
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Who Lives There: Lucas and his wife
Location: San Francisco, California
Size: 520 square feet
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Last year you helped us give thousands of dollars to Habitat for Humanity, your non-profit of choice. This year we're asking you to help again. For three years Apartment Therapy has been teaming up wi...
We spotted this neat decal design in Manhattan Beach over the weekend. The shiny circles definitely caught our eye and we thought using decals or stickers are a great way to add design and detail to y...
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Who Lives Here: Alec & Magdalena
Location: Midtown East, New York City
Size: 375 square feet
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Have you run into the phenomenon of paying higher prices on products made for small space living? From small appliances to furniture to the price per square foot of apartments themselves, it seems t...
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French company Pierre Frey specializes in high-end upholstery fabrics with diverse influences. Collections range from modern neutrals to ornate 18-century Europe...
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Who Lives Here: Amanda + 1
Location: Washington, DC
Size: 515 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? My favorite ele...
In our tiny bedroom we just don't have the option of putting our bed against a plain wall; every single wall has a window, a door, a couple of windows or a closet. And the whole thing is already bare...
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Who Lives Here: mfleininger + 1
Location: Upper East Side, New York City
Size: 800 square feet
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Who Lives There: Elizabeth, her fiance, their two cats and a corn snake
Location: Ashland, Oregon
Size: 350 square feet
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Just came across these nice clocks by designer Mike Reynolds, made from found parts and pieces. We're particularly fond of the time pieces created using old metal drawers and boxes......
For those instances when your child's nursery also happens to be the guest room, the daybed can be a godsend. The eight beds seen here not only provide somewhere for your guests to sleep, they can als...
Reading a biography on the 1920s lacquer artist, designer and architect Eileen Gray inspired us to look at lacquer in a whole new way — accessories painted with this material are now one of ou...
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Who Lives Here: Two: My partner Jade and I (and our two kitties).
Location: Los Angeles, California
Size: 715 square feet
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This is the real thing and I love it - an Eames LCW from Herman Miller
Lately, I've been seeing more not-so-bad knock offs of some classic designs. This is not to say that I prefer these to the real...
Shelves that let the light through, either with spare construction or translucent materials, can add needed storage to a small space without limiting sight lines or making the space feel too heavy. ...
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Thai architect, Rachaporn Choochuey, stumbled upon this house on the edge of the largest garbage disposal site in Bangkok. Talk about making something from nothing......
Despite how we may live now, we all carry around in our heads a picture of our dream home, often based on someplace from childhood that made a big impact on us. For me, it was a loft apartment carved...
A question about painted stairs: I love the look of the painted stairs and the stained runner that people have posted before, however, I question the durability. One friend recommended porch paint o...
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Who Lives Here: Garrett + 2 cats
Location: East Village, New York City
Size: 290 square feet
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Yesterday we wrote about closet solutions for those with little or no closet space. It got us thinking about how to best utilize the space that we do have. One problem we always seem to encounter is t...
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Who Lives Here: Lauren Zaner
Location: Burlington, Vermont
Size: 650 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? The turre...
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What: Floor tiles
Where: Schilo's Deli in San Antonio, Texas
When: Thursday, April 9, 2009, 1 pm
Why: The old German institution (since 1917) boasts dark woods, ...
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Who Lives Here: Katie Beck + 1
Location: Washington, DC
Size: 600 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? I love all o...
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Who Lives Here: Two: me and my cat Marina
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Size: 300 square feet
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Every project from Jenny of Little Green Notebook is more impressive than the last. There were the window shades that she made from mini blinds, and the fabric paint that transformed little upholste...
click thumbnails for larger picsJordan Ferney's blog, Oh Happy Day!, is one of our absolute favorite sources for entertaining inspiration. Seems like she's always either planning or hosting an a...
click thumbnails for larger pics We'll be the first one's to admit that our German is a little rusty. And by rusty, we really mean it only goes as far as saying Volkswagen and Wienerschnitzel. ...
My roommate and I had a similar dilemma--two bikes that needed a home (only we had no extra room to spare). We love Ryan's DIY solution to make the most out of a hallway......
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Who Lives Here: Dahlush
Location: Kips Bay, New York City
Size: 415 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? Most elem...
So often extra storage options are of the bland, utilitarian, and possibly plastic variety. This is especially the case in the bathroom, where floor space is at a minimum and most apartment-friendly w...
Last year you helped us give thousands of dollars to Habitat for Humanity, your non-profit of choice. This year we're asking you to help again. For three years Apartment Therapy has been teaming up wi...
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Who Lives There: Dave, Amy and "a terrier mix with giganto ears".
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Size: 960 square feet
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Who Lives Here: Lynda Andrews-Barry + the mister + black lab Oto
Location: Kensington, Maryland
Size: 1,100 square feet
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Who Lives Here: Moo & Ju
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Size: 384 square feet
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click thumbnails for larger picsA Design Within Reach Bantam sofa is available in the Inner Sunset for $980. See this and other deals after the jump...
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Do you have a hard time motivating yourself to do the dishes, laundry, sweeping, and mopping? So do I. Right now, my dog is in his biannual shedding cycle, when he transforms from a mild-mannered gr...
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Who Lives Here: katemtsui + 1
Location: Lowell, Massachusetts
Size: 798 square feet
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Brisbane based Bespoke Press have just released their latest range of letterpressed prints. Using their antique 1893 printing press these vintage chair prints are available in signed and numbered limi...
Check out this set of six Rosewood Dining Chairs made in Denmark by Koefoeds Hornslet. It's rare to find a Koefoeds set in rosewood, and the model (the Ingrid) is also a more unusual version th...
A design-lovers dream in downtown DC, Apartment Zero offers the latest in high-end home furnishings. Offering more than just eye-candy, the staff is friendly and helpful. Prices are high but so is ...
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In Naperville, a Room & Board Duncan Sofa upholstered in "Coffee Day" fabric for $650. Jump below for links to this and more good finds:
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We have a minor problem that is causing me and my partner serious stress — hopefully the AT crowd can give us some ideas so we can keep our sanity. Our fitted sheet(s) will not stay put! We've t...
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Name: London Clay 244, Railings 31, Hardwick White 5, Mahogany 36 over Shaded White 201
Brand: Farrow & Ball
This week, I’m taking last week’s zig zag idea one step...
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Who Lives Here: Joel & Maria Pirela and 4 y.o. daughter Isabella
Location: Miami, Florida
Size: 988 square feet
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Kateri is looking for some suggestions: Right out of college, I had the very expensive urge to purchase my very first sofa. The sofa in my head was white, and I knew I wouldn't be happy with anything ...
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Who Lives There: Chris
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Size: 300 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? I love my light u...
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Who Lives Here: 2
Location: Brighton, Massachusetts
Size: 1,020 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? My favorite ...
I just moved into a new apartment. My previous one had built-in bookshelves. I had a lot of books, and really loved that they were a significant part of my living room. In the new apartment, I need ...
ATDC reader Robin needs help setting up her new home: Hi! I'm moving from a 600-some square foot one bedroom to a 600-some square foot studio. I've never been great at arranging furniture unless a...
What if you opened an online modern homestore in Las Vegas and offered every cool design manufacturer under the sun, along with products for children and pets as well as soap, watches and artwork? ...
Ready for more Small Cool kitchens? Here's a look at ten more kitchens from recent entries in this year's Small Cool contest. Some are small as a shoebox; others are larger, and some even take up most...
Painting the steps and cooking steak - that's what's been going on with my Cure! And if you want more cooking, check out Sara Kate's Kitchen Cure which starts this week.
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..I've never taken a spin class before but it seems that everyone I talk to is ga-ga over spin. So I thought I'd give it a shot--I mean, how hard could ...
click thumbnails for larger picsAt the farmers’ market this weekend, we couldn’t resist gathering up a bunch of these gorgeous flowering branches for our Easter table. Murmured oohs and aahs...
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Who Lives There: Design Debutante
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Size: 770 square feet
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Hi! I would love to post a question for the AT readers. I'm designing an office and I'm looking to find someone in Los Angeles who can do furniture reproduction at a reasonable price. I'm looking for...
Plywood is usually the sign of a work in progress, but as this living room proves, it doesn't have to be. For an inexpensive way to cover your walls, you could consider using the material as an off-be...
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Need a vacation? Maybe you're fantasizing about a European getaway, but the funds just aren't there. The Internet is admittedly a poor substitute, but it does of...
You heeded the call! Last week we featured the shipping pallet furniture that a reader diy'ed and we asked you to share what inds of projects you've been up to. Today another reader showed us how th...
Inspired by the tillandsia wall garden at the Bardessono Hotel that we featured recently on Apartment Therapy, we have been trying to figure out how we could do something similar on our balcony. The s...
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Who Lives There: James V and his black pug named Floyd
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Size: 790 square feet
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When we came across Penny, an artist that creates pictures sewn from fabric and thread, we expected a house as delightful as her craft. And Penny delivers--her home is a mix of eclectic vintage finds ...
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Who Lives Here: Rachel and Ernie
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Size: 500 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? I love ...
We never tire of seeing creative ways to store bikes, especially since we gave up on our own after failing to find a good place for them in our tiny apartment. Dusty_pen isn't stopped so easily....
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It seems that spring cleaning fever has everyone in its grasp and we just stumbled across a super simple bedroom facelift that added life and softness to a previ...
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Who Lives There: Kaycia, her husband and two "furry friends"
Location: Portland, Oregon
Size: 925 square feet
What is your one favorite element in ...
We often talk about small space solutions and sharing a space at Apartment Therapy. When we caught an episode of The Office last week, the Michael Scott Paper Company set up shop in a mere 165 sq ft,...
We're guessing if you feel like you're working in paradise, work somehow becomes paradise. We can't really attest if that's really true ourselves (our walls are a nice dark cream color that reminds us...
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Who Lives Here: Josh in NYC
Location: Greenwich Village, New York City
Size: 622 square feet
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Pssst. We love living in our small apartment. We're constantly driven by the challenge of making the most of our small space. However, we do have one big house dream......
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Found on Irish design blog Homebug, bedrooms at the 94dr Hotel in Edinburgh combine muted grays with bright spots of color. Details like fur throws and tweed uph...
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Who Lives Here: Lana
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Size: 592 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? The unusua...
As apartment dwellers and renters we don't often want to invest a lot in the outdoor space we've got. Adding those lovely (but expensive) pebbles, doing any real hardscaping, etc just isn't practical...
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Last weekend we decided to do a project out of our new favorite book, A Guide to Green Housekeeping. We used a wire hanger from the dry cleaner, an old T-shirt,...
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Who Lives There: Alisa, her husband, 4-month-old baby Olivia and two dogs, Mister and Max.
Location: Portland, Oregon
Size: 1000 square feet
What i...
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Who Lives Here: Lisa Sarma & Jeremie Roux
Location: Paris, France
Size: 580 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool ho...
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Who Lives Here: My husband and I
Location: Dallas, Texas
Size: 750 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? That it...
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Who Lives Here: vlproducer + husband
Location: Greenwich Village, New York City
Size: 950 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small...
Left: the Vancouver loft. Right: the Sunshine Coast cabin.
Even though owning a country retreat isn't necessarily the norm for us city-dwellers, we love seeing how people who do have that privilege ...
An exterior view of a modern dormer via livemodern.
Dormers eek a little extra space out of upper stories and bring a little added light, too. They're small space friends and here we're taking a loo...
Given our druthers we prefer a wood floor over carpet, linoleum or painted floors. But whether you go dark or light, wood flooring tends to come in a range of wood, i.e. brown tones, and the exciteme...
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Who Lives Here: Kevin
Location: Upper West Side, New York City
Size: 210 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? That...
Living in a small space presents a multitude of storage and organization solutions. One prevalent obstacle is little to no closet space. In a room that boasts a teeny tiny space for your clothing or ...
We bookmarked this captivating shelter a while ago but finally felt inspired to post it today. This bamboo house prototype was designed by Ming Tang for Urban Re:Visions Re:Construct Design Contest...
Sharing is always good: zip cars, bicycles, houses, food...
Now we know about tool sharing, too. Some cities have organized "Tool Libraries" (libraries unto themselves; others may be part of a regula...
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Who Lives Here: memerika
Location: Cluj Napoca, Romania
Size: 485 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? I love my d...
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Who Lives Here: Two, together with my wife
Location: Singapore
Size: 968 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? "Th...
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The hanging chair was designed by Nanna Ditzel for R. Wengler, Denmark. 1957, but it's obviously a design with lasting power. And lately we've been a little obse...
Frank (aka The Irish Samurai) shares his guest room wall treatment
Summer in San Francisco tends to bring on the houseguests, and so we've been thinking a lot recently about sprucing up the guest roo...
We've started a new routine of taking 10 minutes each night, to tackle 5 things that have since made a world of difference in the overall upkeep of our home. It makes our mornings easier and our nig...
We have our own version of the idea pictured above--a simple shell decorated with a plant inside. We love the beach vibe ours gives off (hanging in the window over the kitchen sink). With summer day...
Ok, so I was surfing around yesterday and I found this super cool site, Radical Cartography, through a link on The LuLu Bird's blog......
We've seen some of Portland-based furniture designer Michael Arras' work on here before, but we just had to show you a few of his new pieces that we're loving......
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Who Lives Here: Laura
Location: Washington, DC
Size: 425 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? I wasn't too crazy ...
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Who Lives There: Gingerpop and Kinsey kitten
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Size: 425 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, coo...
Check out these electrical cords enhanced by Nathalie Costes with large wooden beads — adding a decorative element to functional necessity in many homes...
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Now that Easter weekend has officially ended, we're dutifully locking ourselves up for another tough work week ahead. On that note, we've collected a few examples of black-and-white striped decor that...
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Who Lives Here: Delilah + ridiculously small dog
Location: Upper East Side, New York City
Size: 250 square feet
What is your one favorite element in...
click thumbnails for larger picsIn SOMA, three West Elm cube side tables used for staging are available for $49 a piece. See this and more Scavenger finds after the jump...
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Sometimes you just need to slow down. When you're overloaded with work or other obligations, your home is hopefully a place where you can relax. For those who need some time to unwind, we've compile...
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Who Lives Here: Maureen & Lui
Location: Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Size: 780 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool...
Last week AT readers weighed in on their opinions of fake plants versus real ones inside the home. While some people are okay with fake flowers if they don't have a green thumb, what's a homeowner to ...
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Who Lives Here: 2 kateheffernan + Andrew
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Size: 950 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool hom...
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Who Lives Here: Braham & Frikkie
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Size: 850 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, co...
click thumbnails for larger picsIn Wicker Park, a CB2 Zoom Sofa in orange for $200. Jump below for links to this and more good finds:
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Hey AT! I love the look of upholstered platform beds but I can't help wondering about the dust situation. Does anyone own an upholstered bed frame that could give me some insight on how frequently it ...
We first came across an all-purpose shampoo when traveling several years ago. In the bed and breakfast's shower we were surprised to find a single pump containing an all-purpose cleanser for hair an...
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Who Lives Here: Suzanne
Location: Washington, DC
Size: 502 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? Decorating a smal...
Chair Frame - another photo below Rachel send in an email: I am wondering if anyone can identify this amazing rolly lounger-it's been reupholstered with brocade and I want to restore it to its origina...
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Who Lives Here: Jay
Location: Sebastopol, California
Size: 89 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? I love my coz...
What the... a gold Macbook? We're not suggesting anyone buy it, but we'd never even heard of one. A post that Sonia at Unpluggd wrote here talks about a company called Computer Choppers, which app...
Hello Apartment Therapy, I just picked up a pair of these chairs and would like some more information from your readers. They were labeled as 70's wool chairs at the store but there is no marking o...
The Obamas have a new puppy, whom Sasha and Malia named Bo. Senator Kennedy, who has three Portugese water dogs, gave the Obamas the black-and-white 6-month-old Portuguese water dog. Neither Michelle...
From the Source offers an eclectic mix of antique, rustic and contemporary pieces made from plantation-grown and reclaimed wood — much of it teak — shipped in from its Indonesian warehou...
Do you have deep kitchen drawers? We have a couple, and they are always getting jumbled up; it's so easy to throw a lot of stuff in there! Well, we are smitten by these in-drawer organizers from Studi...
Happy Easter everyone! Hope you're enjoying your Sunday and that you take the time to peruse our selection of week's favourite posts. A great deal of this past week's best posts were from our Smallest...
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