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35 Boho Living Room Ideas You'll Swoon OverDecorating
Poufs, plants, and non matchy-matchy furniture are the keys to nailing this style.
Melissa Epifano
Sep 6, 2023
10 Signs You Might Be a MaximalistDecorating
“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.
Nancy Mitchell
Oct 16, 2022
A Transformed 1955 Cinderblock California Ranch House Is Dreamy Inside and OutTours
A warm-colored bedroom mural, thrifted parquet flooring repurposed in a fresh way in the kitchen, and absolutely incredible outdoor spaces... this modern farmstead has a little bit of everything.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Jul 28, 2021
The Dining Room is an Office and a Closet is a Woodshop in This ApartmentTours
Katie's home's style is: "Grandmillennial maximalism with a touch of Scandinavian minimalism."
Amanda Archibald
Jul 15, 2021
This Incredibly Cool and Colorful Chicago Condo is an Attack on NeutralsTours
Vintage fashion and home decor seller Barbie Roadkill says her Chicago condo's style is: "Golden Girls' meets Lydia’s house in 'Beetlejuice' meets a box of crayons."
Adrienne Breaux
Jul 9, 2021
A 100-Year-Old Spanish Revival NOLA Home Has the Dreamiest Tropical BackyardTours
Before Diogo moved in, the 100-year-old Spanish Revival home looked like a frat house. There were couches everywhere, different colors on the walls in every room, and the yard was a wreck.
Jacqueline Marque
Jun 30, 2021
This Raleigh Ranch House Has a Hip Home Gym, Bold Backyard, and More Tours
Though this ranch house was in rough shape when Marie bought it a few years ago, she had fallen in love with its bones, the big backyard, and the potential she saw in it. She's redone almost every room in the house!
Adrienne Breaux
Jun 29, 2021
A Family Shares a Kid-Friendly French Quarter Rental ApartmentTours
Courtyards, curved staircases, and stunning balcony views... this French Quarter rental apartment is a dreamy New Orleans home for a family of four.
Laura Steffan
Jun 24, 2021
This Condo Has Hand-Painted Walls and Serious Rock 'n' Roll VibesTours
Arabella and Ben's unit was all beige and cheap brass fixtures when they moved in, so they updated light fixtures, demoed the bathroom, and painted the walls by hand to create the home of their dreams.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Jun 20, 2021
This 1940s House Has the Cutest Closet Turned Adorable Reading NookTours
Karen Sawyer's Washington state house's style is like an "estate sale in a greenhouse."
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Jun 17, 2021
A Small Brooklyn Apartment Is Like a Colorful, Vintage, Eclectic JungleTours
Alexx and Rob joke that they styled their living room so that their cat, Meoweh, would look good anywhere in it.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Jun 12, 2021
A Small 1920s-Era Apartment's Style Is 'Delightful Accumulation of Things'Tours
The building Rosie's apartment is located in was constructed in 1929 and her apartment retains some of the charming original architecture features,
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Jun 5, 2021
A 1800s Philadelphia House Has Some of the Best Exposed BeamsTours
Zach and Hugh are “interior design enthusiasts, home renovation-attempters, and backyard chicken dads” and run the popular blog and Instagram account This Yunky House.
Carina Romano
Jun 3, 2021
A 600-Square-Foot Home Has Gorgeous Emerald Green ColorsTours
Alicia went for plush furnishings (like velvet), deep, dark colors (like dark green walls), and unique artwork including custom neon lighting in her small UK terraced house.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
May 5, 2021
This Barcelona Home Has One of the Dreamiest Terraces We've Ever Seen Tours
90% of the furniture and decor elements in this small Barcelona rental apartment are vintage or secondhand, and the stained glass transom windows and beautiful bedroom bay window are a must-see!

Sandra Regalado
May 4, 2021
A Bright Apartment Sports Brick Walls and a Closet-Turned-Music StudioTours
Podcast host Latoya Coleman and violinist Jordan Waré love their LA rental. "Overall this apartment has a very New York City feel, in LA, which is perfect for us two native New Yorkers escaping winter in search of sunshine."
Jordana Longo
Apr 20, 2021
This Artist's Memphis House Has Hand-Painted Patterned WallsTours
Artist Meredith Olinger has used her Memphis house as a gorgeous canvas for her colorful and patterned style.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Apr 1, 2021
A Gorgeous Home Has an Amazing Mural and a DIY Ping-Pong Dining TableTours
Since the pandemic began, photographer Margaret Wright has been able to: Build a fluted dowel coffee table; paint fireplace tiles; build a DIY ping-pong table; color block the hallway; install the hallway light fixture; build and upholster a guest room headboard; and remove the screens and paint the old wood windows.
Margaret Wright
Mar 2, 2021
A Renovated Australian Home Is Light and Bright Thanks to Huge WindowsTours
When clinical nutritionist, cook, and educator Angel Munro and her family first moved in to this home, the original house was very dark, and so their renovation’s aim was to make it as “white, airy, and light as possible.”
Natalie Jeffcott
Feb 18, 2021
A Playfully Eclectic Rental Townhome Shows How to Decorate on a BudgetTours
Designer and children's book author September Scott describes her style as playful. "I’ve always loved incorporating old pieces with new and find that doing this adds much more personality and character to a space."
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Feb 12, 2021
A Street Artist's Bristol Home Features an Incredibly Colorful Exterior MuralTours
Alex Lucas's home has a gorgeous mural inside on the kitchen cabinets, too!
Viv Yapp
Feb 8, 2021
A New Orleans Shotgun Has a Backyard Inspired by Mexico and MarfaTours
KV Harper, the principal and founder of Kex Design + Build, lives in a renovated 7th Ward double shotgun camelback that's filled with interesting historical objects, but doesn’t feel like a museum thanks to good design and a mix of modern features.
Jacqueline Marque
Dec 1, 2020
A 550-Square-Foot Moscow Home Shows How to Use Decor to Make a Space Feel LargerTours
This apartment's design was inspired by New Orleans. The main bedroom resembles the cozy style of Southern bed and breakfasts. And the kitchen is in the color of boiled crawfish.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Nov 26, 2020
Plaster & Brick Walls Are Just One Stunning Detail in a New Orleans CottageTours
Filled with crumbling brick walls, an eclectic array of furnishings, and lots of character, the creative couple's home is not only one-of-a-kind, but steeped in history, too.
Jacqueline Marque
Nov 20, 2020
This Home Shows How to Add Color and Pattern to a Rental With TextilesTours
Erin Blank is an ethical, sustainable designer of her own label, and the Brooklyn home she shares with her husband is colorful and patterned thanks to lots of handmade textiles!
Erin Derby
Nov 18, 2020
An Old UK Victorian Is an Explosion of Colorful, Dramatic MaximalismTours
Artist Marta Hutt and her husband DIYed a lot in their Victorian, from replacing the "ugly '70s fireplace" to stripping walls and learning how to plaster, to replacing the flooring.
Viv Yapp
Nov 17, 2020
The Winner of "Interior Design Masters" Lives in an Utterly Stunning VictorianTours
The winner of the first season of "Interior Design Masters" Cassie Nicholas shares this antique-filled Victorian terrace with her husband Edd and their dog Beecher.
Viv Yapp
Nov 11, 2020
This Lived-In Rental Features a Gorgeous Mural & Expert Textile LayeringTours
Interior decorator Sarah Montgomery moved into her West Bucktown 800-square-foot rental apartment and wanted to make it her own.
Lauren Jones
Nov 10, 2020
A Sunny Seattle Home Has an Enviable Pink Sofa and Over 60 Plant Babies Tours
The furniture, art, and views in this Seattle house are so gorgeous!
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Nov 10, 2020
This Stylist's Atlanta Home Has THE Dreamiest KitchenTours
Prop stylist and cookbook author Annette Joseph lives in one of the DREAMIEST homes in Atlanta.
Tanya Lacourse
Oct 30, 2020
This Mentalist's Small Brooklyn Studio Apartment Is a 'Curated Mind Museum' Tours
Mentalist and performer Vinny DePonto's shelves are filled with endless old books on magic, mind-reading, the occult, design, and psychology.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Oct 28, 2020
A New Orleans Rental Shotgun Is Dripping in Charm and Dried FloralsTours
This home's style could best be described as Laura Ashley meets Georgia O’Keefe.
Laura Steffan
Oct 26, 2020
Justina Blakeney’s Punchy, Pattern-Filled Los Angeles HomeTours
If ever there were a place where pattern-on-pattern…on-pattern were a design mandate, Justina Blakeney would surely be the high ruler. Her blog, The Jungalow, celebrates cozy, plant-filled homes exploding with charisma, and showcases the designer’s array of lust-worthy wallpapers, fabrics, stationery and furniture.
Arlyn Hernandez
Oct 13, 2020
This Historic House Has Wood Beams, French Doors... and a Ship in the BackyardTours
Well, technically it's the bridge of a large ship, currently being used for storage, but there are plans to turn it into an Airbnb!
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Oct 11, 2020
A New Orleans Shotgun Home Is Lovely and the Deck Is a Little Jungle ParadiseTours
Luke Layfield and his dog Chewy Bear live in a shotgun house in the Bayou St. John neighborhood of New Orleans. Luke's style is best described as... "not minimalist."
Jacqueline Marque
Oct 9, 2020
Each Room in this Victorian's Lovely, Notably the Plant-Filled Kitchen & BalconyTours
Interior designer Michelle Martel remodeled this 1904 Victorian fixer-upper, and it's gorgeous!
Lauren Kolyn
Oct 6, 2020
A Cozy California House Has an Absolutely WILD Living Room BookcaseTours
A local cabinetmaker built the bookshelves (based on a picture from Pinterest) and Sarah and her partner have FILLED them with lots of books.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Oct 5, 2020
This Apartment's Small Balcony Has a Cute Mini Herb Garden Thanks to IKEATours
"My partner is Indian and it is common in Indian tradition to name one's home. Ours is named Ekyalya, 'Home of Harmony.'"
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Oct 1, 2020
This Dark and Daring UK Home Has a DIY Gilded StaircaseTours
With hardly any features, the hallway never felt like it stood up to the rest of the house. And then one day Rachel Edmonds gilded the staircase. "Now it has the wow factor that for 23 years escaped me."
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Sep 25, 2020
This Plant Lover Turned a Room in Her Home into an Indoor GreenhouseTours
Kate Scanlon has converted an office space into her very own indoor greenhouse in the middle of her home!
Natalie Jeffcott
Sep 22, 2020
A 92-Square-Foot Converted Van Proves Homes Don't Have to Be Big to Be ComfyTours
Married couple Abigail and Natalie travel and work full-time in their 2004 Sprinter van they converted into a home on wheels.
Adrienne Breaux
Sep 2, 2020
When a Gallery Director and Stylist Live Together, Design Magic HappensTours
Together they've amassed a very large and eclectic collection of art and furniture.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Aug 28, 2020
'Brownstone of Dreams' Is the Name 2 Thespians Gave Their Colorful NYC ApartmentTours
These thespians made a cozy home in Harlem dedicated to a love of theatre.
Darragh Dandurand
Aug 25, 2020
A Seattle Apartment Shows How to Make a Rental a Personality-Packed HomeTours
This photographer used temporary wallpaper, a stick-on backsplash, and more decor ideas to turn this rental apartment into her cozy home.
Mackenzie Schieck
Aug 18, 2020
A Brooklyn Rental Features Cute Ways to Store Things (Both In AND Out of Sight)Tours
From a table skirt in the entryway to a pile of pillows in the living room corner, this apartment has storage ideas for any size home.
Erin Derby
Aug 14, 2020
A Small Seattle Rental Shows How to Successfully Lay Out a Studio ApartmentTours
When Lucy decorates apartments, they like to use the space to tell a story about where they've been and what they love.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Aug 10, 2020
A 40-Square-Foot Van Is a Home Away from Home for a Couple, Their Baby, & DogTours
It's tiny, but eclectic, minimal, bohemian, and warm inside.
Adrienne Breaux
Aug 5, 2020
A Formerly Beige UK Home Is Brimming with Bold and Beautiful Shades of Blue Tours
This home is an absolute FEAST of shades of blue.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Jul 31, 2020
Every Room of This London House Is an Explosion of Envy-Inducing Color & PattenTours
Lily Sawyer has transformed this original Victorian property built in 1896 into colorful patterned design playground.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Jul 27, 2020
A Beautiful Belfast Home's Original Details Get a Boost from Bold ColorTours
Tall ceilings, original architectural details, and an incredibly bold & colorful palette... this recently renovated home is stunning!
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Jul 21, 2020
A 500-Square Foot Apartment Shows How to Mix Dumpster Finds & Upcycled TreasuredTours
The secret to creating a home you love is filling it with things you love--objects, people, pets, experiences... it’s as simple as that.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Jul 18, 2020
This Artist's Incredibly Colorful Rental Will Inspire You To Add Color to YoursTours
Hand-painted wallpaper, colorful art, and a rainbow array of cute home decor... Anna Jacobs' UK home is STUNNING.
Adrienne Breaux
Jul 14, 2020
This Colorful House Has One of the Cutest (and Easiest) DIY Tape Walls We’ve SeenTours
There's also a gorgeous rainbow goblet collection!
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Jul 10, 2020
This Designer’s Brooklyn Home Has A Seriously Envy-Inducing Walk-Through ClosetTours
Interior designer Gunnar Larson (one of the participating designers for Apartment Therapy's Small/Cool Experience) and his equally stylish wife Sara Larson share this small Brooklyn apartment with their kids, Ihlen and Royal.
Adrienne Breaux
Jun 29, 2020
This Home's Gorgeous Entryway Isn't the Only Room With Envy-Inducing TilesTours
Lesley Robb, graphic designer and founder of Swell Made Co. and her partner put an offer on this house over FaceTime—sight unseen in real life.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Jun 23, 2020
A Small Sunny Condo Shows How to Create an Airy Respite from the Real WorldTours
These two pathologists like big books, plants, natural light, Harry Potter, and more, and their home is like a museum--but the fun, "please touch" kind of museum.
Apartment Therapy Submissions
Jun 19, 2020
A Small and Cute St. Louis Rental Shows How to Mix Secondhand Finds with EaseTours
Apartment Therapy photographer Jessica Rapp shares this cute apartment with her partner Iain and their two cats, Pigeon and Jonjon.
Jessica Rapp
Jun 18, 2020
This Eclectic, Maximalist House Mixes All the Colors and Patterns… and It WorksTours
Kayla is a “more is more” kinda girl, so she's filled her South Carolina home to the brim with things that make her happy.
Adrienne Breaux
Jun 11, 2020
HuffPost Senior Culture Writer Zeba Blay’s Afro-Boho HomeTours
"Aesthetic goals are cute but a home filled with good energy and things you genuinely love is even cuter."
Elaine Musiwa
Jun 3, 2020
A Gorgeous Charleston Townhouse's Even More Charming After a Modern Kitchen RenoTours
Over time this townhouse has taken on a well-traveled, layered, and “internationally eclectic” feel.
Adrienne Breaux
May 22, 2020
An Artist's Colorful Scottish Home Has Lots of Paint InspirationTours
The master bathroom is pretty dreamy, too!
Adrienne Breaux
May 12, 2020