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This Glam NYC Apartment Has the Best Bold Bedroom Ceiling

Name: Brittaney Elise Minton Location: Manhattan, New York Size: 900 square feet Years lived in: Almost 1 year, renting The celebrity interior designer and lifestyle expert who launched BE by Brittaney Elise Minton knows how to design a space that wows. She’s designed several of the new Bellami Beauty Bars and the Calabasas residence of Bellami Hair’s founder, Nikki Eslami (a house which was once owned by Kylie Jenner!

Adrienne Breaux

Jun 14, 2018

The 6 Things You Should Do in Your New Kitchen Before You Unpack a Single Thing

Packing up to move is the worst—and the kitchen just may be the trickiest space of your whole house because of all those small, fragile items you have to carefully wrap and contain. On the flip side of that: Unpacking in your new-to-you kitchen (as long as nothing’s broken) is just about the best. I know, because we just moved into a new house and we got to start all over—yay! Starting fresh in a new place is an opportunity to really make that space work for you.

Ayn-Monique Klahre

Jun 14, 2018

A 500-Square-Foot NYC Studio Has an Ingenious Room Divider

Interior designer and stylist Elaine Burns has taken a small studio apartment and turned it into a cozy, functional home.

Chinasa Cooper

Jun 14, 2018

This “Hogwarts” Like Home In Boston Can Be Yours, If You Can Accio $799K

Many of us have settled with the fact that the closest we’ll come to living in an enchanted, sprawling mansion is locating our respective Hogwarts houses on Pottermore (thanks, Sorting Hat). However, for would-be homeowners who are expeditiously piecing together a fairytale lifestyle in the real world, here’s a beautiful Boston home that certainly matches the grand vision.

Kenya Foy

Jun 14, 2018

The $10 Way to Tame Your Bedroom’s Biggest Trouble Spot

Every home has its trouble spots, and clothing piles are a big one in many bedrooms.

Dabney Frake

Jun 14, 2018

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Why Pink (Yes, Pink!) Is the Perfect Neutral

Think neutrals can only be white, grey or beige? Not so! It turns out that lots of you are using unexpected shades—like muted pinks, oranges, yellows, and even greens—as stage-setting neutrals in your spaces. Which inspired us to investigate further. In today’s edition of our New Neutrals Project , we visit Melina, a reader who was a little incredulous that adding pigment to a neutral would work out in her favor. Melina, founder of 5th Floor Walkup, lives in a small studio.

Tim Minerd

Jun 14, 2018

This Modern Dutch Home Is the Definition of Dreamy

Name: Ly Nguyen and her boyfriend Location: Amsterdam, Zuid Size: 850 square feet Years lived in: 5 months, owned This is the first house that I bought and actually live in it so I wanted to make it as cozy and as personal as possible. I travel a bit for work so when I return to Amsterdam, I want to be in a quiet area but still within 10-15 minutes cycling from good restaurants and social happenings. This house checked all the boxes.

Apartment Therapy Submissions

Jun 14, 2018

You Should Use a Screwdriver When You Clean the Bathroom—Here’s Why

Cleaning the toilet happens to be not only among the most odorous of chores, but also one that simply must get done to maintain any modicum of cleanliness in your house. But no matter how regularly you clean it and how much of a stickler you are for doing it the “right” way, you may not end up with a toilet that looks or—ahem—smells as fresh as you’d like.

Shifrah Combiths

Jun 14, 2018

These Plants Are Very Sensitive

Jun 14, 2018