A 400-Square-Foot Brooklyn Apartment Is Filled With Incredible Color and DIYs
If Stevie Nicks, Ram Dass, and Andy Warhol had a child this would be their apartment.
Mar 13, 2020
Before and After: Just $2,000 Turns This '90s Kitchen into a Scandi-Boho Dream
This DIY kitchen redo is full of smart savings.
Mar 14, 2020
This Custom Pillow Might Just Change Your Life—And AT Readers Get an Exclusive Discount
The hunt for the perfect pillow ends here.
Mar 14, 2020
Jumpstart Your Spring Garden By Planting These Colorful Blooming Perennials
16 different flowering perennials that will give your garden charm year after year.
Mar 14, 2020
Google Lets You Visit the World’s Most Famous Museums From the Comfort of Your Couch
You can virtually tour the top museums and galleries around the world! No ticket required.
Mar 14, 2020
All the Books the Apartment Therapy Team is Reading While We’re Staying Home
Time to finish all those books on your nightstand.
Mar 13, 2020
A Plain "Spec" House Has a Cute, Rustic Headboard Idea
They did a lot of DIYs to turn this spec house into their favorite home.
Mar 14, 2020
The One Kitchen Storage Spot You're Probably Overlooking
Style
Hint: It's by the window.
Mar 13, 2020
It’s Finished! Take a Full Tour of Rebekah & Graeme’s Remodeled Open Kitchen
Name: Graeme & Rebekah Molloy Type of Project: Kitchen Remodel Location: Chautauqua Park, Des Moines, Iowa Type of building: 1920 Tudor The Renovation Diaries are a collaboration with our community in which we feature your step by step renovation progress and provide monetary support towards getting it done in style. See all of our Reno Diaries here. Graeme and Rebekah crossed the finish line!
Mar 13, 2020
My Latest Obsession: The Hot Water Bottle
We’ve had freezing temperatures in San Francisco this week, which is way worse than getting them in, say, New York. Our windows are old and drafty and not insulated for this kind of weather. In fact, I’ve lived in two apartments with no heat at all. It’s not uncommon here, where temps don’t tend to dip below 50. But this season, my Chilean boyfriend turned me on to the hot water bottle. I hadn’t used one since I was a kid with the flu.
Mar 13, 2020
14 Inspiring Dresser Redo Ideas That Go Beyond Just Paint
You'll never pass up an old piece of furniture again after you see these makeovers.
Mar 13, 2020
This Once-Sad San Francisco Home is Now a Wallpaper Wonderland
CW Stockwell CEO Katy Polsby reinvigorated her apartment in this San Francisco house with lots of patterned wallpaper and color!
Mar 13, 2020
IKEA’s New Sustainable Collection Will Help Create the Indoor Garden of Your Dreams
Six artisans from around the world pitched in to make this sustainably driven collection come to life.
Mar 13, 2020
6 Home Decor Items Designers Always Get from Costco
Here's what to keep an eye out for!
Mar 13, 2020
This All-White A-Frame Cabin Mixes Rustic and Scandi-Modern and It's Dreamy
Casie and her husband have DIY renovated this A-frame cabin for eight months, COMPLETELY transforming the space.
Mar 13, 2020
How to (Finally!) Wash the Filthiest Thing in Your Bathroom
No one wants to step right back into their old dirt.
Mar 13, 2020
Stop Throwing Out Your Used Tea Bags
Here are some ways to re-use them post brew.
Mar 12, 2020
3 Ways to Recession-Proof Your Home, According to Experts
Here’s what you should be doing right now to protect your house.
Mar 12, 2020
Is Rose Gold Finally Over?
Don't give up on this pink-toned metal just yet!
Mar 12, 2020
Actress Janina Gavankar’s Los Angeles Home Is Bold, Artful—and Has Swings!
A lot of the art in the house was created by Janina herself, and she even tackled furniture DIY projects, too.
Mar 12, 2020
Don’t Move Into a New Apartment Until You’ve Asked These 9 Questions
Here's how to do a pre-rental inspection.
Mar 12, 2020
B&A: This Rental Was Transformed With Contact Paper, Paint, and Thrift Finds
Taylored DIY transformed this rental apartment with elements like faux marble counter covering, paint and supplies for painting cabinets, and thrifted/yard sale furniture finds.
Mar 12, 2020
11 Simple Cleaning Habits That Are Obvious to Experts, But Maybe Not to You
These tips help make cleanliness part of the rhythm of daily life.
Mar 12, 2020
Worth the Effort: 10 DIY Skills to Finally Master This Year
To truly master all the skills of maintaining a home is an exhaustive list and frankly, out of reach for many people. But even if knowing everything about home repair and DIY is not on your list of life goals, there are still a few skills worth knowing. This year, consider finally mastering a few from this list of ten — they’re skills that will come in handy in just about any home and not that difficult to learn!
Mar 12, 2020
How To Propagate Cacti & Succulents
Gardening is one of my favorite hobbies, but it can also be expensive when you start buying lots of plants and pots. What if you could double, triple, even quadruple the number of plants you currently have without spending a dime? If you have a little bit of time on your hands, along with a lot of patience, you can do just that. Let’s dig into cacti and succulent propagation!
Mar 12, 2020
My Life Without a Dishwasher
My current flat has a dishwasher, which, after 5+ years of living in London without one, felt like a huge luxury when I moved in a year ago. In my naivety, I thought I’d become so used to and efficient at washing my own dishes that I’d barely use the thing. Yeah, you can guess how long that attitude lasted. The following statement pretty much sums up how my flatmate and I view doing the dishes: if something fits into the dishwasher, it’s going into the dishwasher.
Mar 12, 2020
Sweet & Simple Ways to Show Your Home You Love It This Valentine’s Day
Do you love where you live almost as much as you love your life partner? Are you single this year and looking for a hot date with an emotionally available living space? This year, forget the chocolates and corny Valentine’s Day cards and spend some time treating your home to a little lovin’ this February 14th. It’s not just about greeting your guests with a little bit of seasonal cheer. It’s about greeting yourself, too, after a long day at work or away from home.
Mar 12, 2020
Before &amp After: A Mid-C Modern Bathroom
Designer Gina De Pasquale renovated this Las Vegas residence that needed a little updating throughout. Her work is most impressive in the bathroom where she did a great a job of mixing high and low pieces, all while staying true to the mid-century aesthetic.
Mar 12, 2020
8 Excellent Ways to Make a Cheap Furniture Find Look More Expensive
Whether it’s a piece of furniture you found for free on the side of the road, a hand-me-down you’ve had for ages, something you found in a really affordable big-box store or just something that feels cheap looking to you, there are some successful things you can DIY to make a piece of furniture look a lot more expensive (and personal!) to you. Splurge on some seriously rad hardware like pulls or handles and remove the less impressive ones that the furniture piece came to you with.
Mar 12, 2020
Curb Future Cleaning Clashes: A Trick to Keeping Rooms Cleaner and Households Happier
Sharing a home with another person (or persons) isn’t always easy — and conflicts tend to occur, especially when it comes to cleaning chores. There’s a way you can cut down on disagreements over cleaning tasks in the future, though, and it’s actually a really easy step: Have everyone who lives in the home work together to officially decide when a room is considered “clean.
Mar 12, 2020
Accidentally On-Trend: My Rose Gold Pantry Shelves
I am giddy over my new pretty, pretty pantry shelves. Just days ago, they were a hodgepodge of mismatched boards and faux-wood stickers. It’s amazing what a little paint and the old switcharoo will do! When we started working on our new house, I was pleased to find a set of shelves in the pantry. They were nothing to write home about, but they would hold things and they were free and they were fine.
Mar 12, 2020
5 Tasks to Check Off Your Thanksgiving To-Do List a Week Early
If you’re preparing to host Thanksgiving dinner this year, you may be feeling like this week is the silence before the storm. Rather than let nerves build to a day-of crescendo, here are some things you can check off of that Thanksgiving to-do list a full week in advance, freeing up time on the holiday itself: Make a shopping list. Depending upon what’s on your list, you might be able to even get your shopping out of the way now, before stores are overcrowded.
Mar 12, 2020
2 Rooms, 2 Kids: Share a Bedroom & Gain a Playroom?
It seems that, increasingly, it’s becoming the norm for kids to have their own bedrooms, especially if there’s adequate space for it. But what if you have two rooms, two kids, and no playroom? Is it a better use of the space to have the kids share a bedroom? In my experience, young children don’t feel much of a need for a private bedroom. They would rather have ample space to play.
Mar 12, 2020
Day 1: Complete the Style Cure Interview
Day 1: Thursday, August 1 Assignment: Complete the Style Cure interview Welcome to the start of the Style Cure! This is the first day of our inaugural month-long group decorating project. Step-by-step, day-by-day, we’ll work together to makeover a room in each of our homes. Whether you choose your living room, bedroom, kitchen, entryway or bath, by the end of the month it will have a fresh, renewed look for you to show off and enjoy.
Mar 12, 2020
Before & After: Blank Slate Hallway
When my husband and I moved into our renovated row home in 2011, this second-floor hallway was pretty much a blank slate. Almost two years later, we’ve made one major change and brought needed personality into the space.Neither of us liked the carpet; after living with it for a year and a half, we impulsively removed it in April. Our home is over a hundred years old, and we knew the original heart pine was mostly intact underneath.
Mar 12, 2020
How To Make a 2 Ingredient Home Electronics Cleaner
If you had the choice between paying $13.00 or $1.50 for the exact same product, I don’t think there would be any hesitation, you’d opt for the cheaper option. That’s what got me inspired to make my very own household cleaner for electronics after my name brand cleaner finally ran out this weekend…It was really my better half who got me wondering about a no-chemical, affordable DIY cleaning solution to replace the more expensive store bought option.
Mar 11, 2020
Resources & Recommendations: Setting Up Your Own Backyard Cinema
Is there any finer excuse to have friends over than dining together al fresco under the stars? Yes…sending out invites for dinner and a movie, screened in your very own backyard (tip: match the movie to the meal)!
Mar 11, 2020
Before & After: Upcycled Fire Truck Lamp
You’ve gotta have some vision to see the potential for an old plastic fire truck to become a special piece of decor. And that’s exactly what Jasmine brought to this toy when when she turned it into a modern, artful lamp.Jasmine from Jasmine Orchard Styling was inspired on a recent trip to Amsterdam by a large industrial crane. When she found a large, well-loved old toy fire truck with a moving ladder, she saw its potential as the foundation for a unique table lamp.
Mar 11, 2020
Color, Chromophobia, and Colonialism: Some Historical Thoughts
Piet Mondrian used reds, yellows, blues, and blacks. Donald Judd’s palette has included green, pink, and orange. Carl Andre relied on the colors of specific materials like wood and metals. And yet somehow, the term “minimalism” today calls to mind an image of a pure, clean, and orderly space with white as the dominant color. Why, despite seeing color everywhere, do we still tend to associate the minimal and the modern with whiteness?
Mar 11, 2020
These Stylish Prefab Homes Start at 388 Square Feet and $86,000
Modernist company KitHAUS recently debuted a new line of prefab homes.
Mar 11, 2020
Party City Will Close 45 Stores This Year, so Stock Up for Your Summer BBQs Now
It appears that the balloon bubble is indeed popping.
Mar 11, 2020
5 Apartment Therapy Tips I Use All the Time (and 5 I’ve Had Bookmarked for Years That I’m Just Never Going to Do)
I’m in my fourth year of writing for Apartment Therapy, and I’ve been an Apartment Therapy/The Kitchn reader for even longer. Like all of you longtime folks, I’ve definitely found many tips from our sites that have changed the way I operate, while others that I was so gung-ho on—projects and tips that I was sure I’d get right to work on—have been languishing on the island of I’m-never-going-to-actually-do-this for years.
Mar 11, 2020
9 DIY Ways to Make a Chair Look Totally Different
Update the look of any chair in your home to make it look different and make the room the chair lives in look fresh and upgraded, too! Peruse this comprehensive list of nine ways you can make a chair look totally different. If your chair has any cushioning at all, chances are it has some sort of fabric material on it. Give it a new look by upholstering it!
Mar 11, 2020
7 Outrageous (But Worth It!) Design Ideas for Your Bedroom
Many of us probably have an idea of what will be in anyone’s bedroom. A bed, nightstands, some clothes storage. Maybe a lamp for reading. But sometimes the most amazing bedrooms are the ones with unexpected elements! Consider including some of these (admittedly outrageous, but totally worth the effort) design ideas for your bedroom. You don’t just have to use a plain old table as a nightstand.
Mar 11, 2020