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You know the "AT Survey", where Apartment Therapy asks all House Tour participants to answer a few questions about their home? We wanted to ask one of the questions of you about your home......
If you're not going out of town, three day weekends are the perfect time to get going on all those pesky little projects on your to-do list. After all, you've got a little extra time on your hands and...
click thumbnails for larger picsWe have seen a few examples of Richard Powers's photography before. Some of his work was previously featured on Apartment Therapy as well. Today we wanted to dive...
This is just the kind of list we're always putting together in our head, but Canadian House & Home beat us to actually writing it down. There are a few things we always beeline for in the thrift sto...
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With homes like these in his repertoire, would you guess that Victoria architect Bruce Wilkin's own home is purely contemporary in style? See it after the jump.....
Nicole sent in a good question: I've been looking for a mirror for my apartment and found this one from photographer Hotze Eisma's portfolio. I was wondering if anyone knew where I could find one like...
During the last Cure, we got rid of about two-thirds of our clothes. Since then we have never dressed better in our lives. Part of the problem was that we had clothes in so many different places: a ...
It is hard to find someone that will doesn't agree that the terrain of our fair city is one of the most interesting in the world. As the most densely populated in the state, we have crammed ourselves ...
"Accidents often produce the best solutions… only you can recognize the difference between an accident and your original intent." -Jennifer Morla
Jennifer Morla until recently, was the Chief ...
click thumbnails for larger picsEven if you open your mail every day (which we highly recommend) there's still bound to be a little bit of pile-up of bills to be sent, outgoing letters, and maga...
click thumbnails for larger picsWe like the beveled drawers of these Jackson dressers from Crate and Barrel, available now in the Marina. Check them out, plus more finds, after the jump...
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We write lists for just about everything. And as it turns out, many of those things have one thing or another to do with the home. The list goes on. And on......
Ideally, within the first month you move into a place you've done all the painting you need to do and have at least started on more time-consuming tasks. That's in an ideal world. In truth, we still h...
We love having parties at our home. It can be a small dinner, birthday celebration that involves fried chicken and biscuit taste-off, or a casual movie night. Email or Evite is the route that we usual...
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We love the look and feel of linen. While we've ventured no further than a tablecloth and napkins, there are plenty of other ways to incorporate lovely linen int...
Penny writes: My guy really wants mason jar drinking glasses. I love the idea, but there are some issues: 1. I use all our mason jars for canning our CSA produce.
2. We rent the 2nd floor of a 1920s ...
We've made a few of these string pendant lamps over the last few months, but we've had a few technical difficulties with the process. They were a bit messier and more fragile than we had expected an...
We love the color palette of cloudy gray, crisp white and rust in this modern, relaxing guestroom at the Hotel Max in Seattle. A few other aspects we really enjoy about this room after the jump......
We sat on this picture for a while, fully expecting and dreading a chorus of "but it's not good design!" But it reminds us of our grandmother's house. And we felt wonderful there. And isn't that the...
click thumbnails for larger picsMade of aluminum and frosted glass, the Deneb table from DWR is as sleek as it gets. We've also got lots of goodies from our classified section after the jump...
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Automobiles aren't such a hot commodity right now, given the struggling economy and efforts turned toward living less car-dependent lifestyles. Seems even Car an...
The awkward thing about Ikea furniture is that it is so instantly recognizable; guests know immediately where you purchased your sofa or table and no doubt have seen it in several other houses too. Th...
click thumbnails for larger picsUXUA Casa Hotel is located in a small village of Trancoso on the northeastern side of the Brazilian coast. It is surrounded by tropical forests and it has some am...
We envy people who have the patience and creativity to properly showcase their memories and the little, precious scraps of life. Luckily, Pam Garrison's got patience and creativity in spades, and ha...
Using what you've got, making something from nothing, reducing, reusing, recycling - these are all reasons we here at Apartment Therapy love a good repurposing. Which brings us to London design stud...
Amy sent in a good question: I found this photo of this metal wall shelf unit, but have been unable to find anything like it. I'm on somewhat of a budget, but do you or any readers have any ideas wher...
...or, of course, a window surrounded by custom bookcases, but we prefer to see it the other way. This design really evokes a moment in time for us — when we've just finished a book and are looki...
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We came across these collage prints and were stricken with the beauty of the vintage imagery used. We've loved peacocks for quite a while, and were immediately ...
Yesterday over at Ohdeedoh we shared some great kid-friendly uses for this reflective spray paint, but after more consideration we think there's a few more places it could be put to use other than o...
click thumbnails for larger pics Perfect for a petite nightstand, these small lamps promise not to sacrifice space for style (or vice versa)......
click thumbnails for larger picsIf you've got the space, this West Elm canopy bed located in the Marina is just $200 and could make a dramatic statement in your bedroom. If you need something sm...
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Vancouver interior (and exterior) designer April Tidey creates these spaces that are at once highly considered and lived-in. Each interior feels like a vignette ...
Oakland-based designers Tolya and Otto Stonorov quit their day jobs at architectural firms to take on the daunting task of renovating a 100 year-old, 400 square foot barn into a home for their budding...
Recently a friend of ours rented a one bedroom apartment in Oakland. The 1960s apartment complex is located in a good neighborhood, near shops and public transportation. It has some nice original feat...
Canadian inventor John Hutchison has had to deal with a few complaints about the state of his New Westminster, British Columbia apartment over the years. But the complaints aren't the usual for this...
Andrea sent us an email: I have a good question for you all. I have three side tables and one coffee table (all wood/veneer) that I like the shapes of, but they have some wear-and-tear. I am consid...
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We're not above living in a garage, and certainly not if it's been designed by these folks. Shed is a Seattle-based architecture and design firm with a clean, m...
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We get a kick out of the argument of whether or not to organize your books by color. While we admit to doing it rather obsessively, there are those that make the point...
There's nothing more appealing to us than functional design. We ran across these downspout gardens in Seattle that had us wishing we had the ability to transform the side of our own living space! N...
Name: Scott, Marie & Wainwright
Profession: Entrepreneur/Journalist/Shiba Inu
Location: Castro
Owned/Rented: Owned
Size: 2600 sq ft
Type: 3 bedroom house built in 1900
Years lived in: 5
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click thumbnails for larger pics Who doesn't love the work of Angela Adams? This 5 x 8' "Islands" rug by Adams was originally purchased from DWR for $900 and is now available in Palo Alto for $3...
We just came across this utilitarian outdoor dining table at NapaStyle and had to share it with you here. The folding zinc table is like an antique out of a Paris garden......
click thumbnails for larger picsYou might say Vancouver-based ceramicist Gailan Ngan has clay in her blood - her father Wayne Ngan is also a noted ceramicist, and she started her career working ...
click thumbnails for larger picsJuju's Delivery started out in Berlin in 2004. We like their wall drawings. They are fun, clever, and add so much character to each of the interiors. We always th...
We definitely have a soft spot for pendant lighting of all kinds, and these are pleasingly, colorfully, definitely different. The light they cast is soft, more like mood lighting, but would make a b...
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We've never been big IKEA furniture shoppers, but we often go and peruse their smaller objects for great finds. Over the years, we've accumulated three particula...
Liz is looking for some suggestions: My husband and I are planning a move (escape) from NYC to the West Coast and we have selected SF as our destination. I was hoping the AT community would have some...
The Oregonian published a great article yesterday about a problem many homes face, no matter how big or small: the dead spot. Awkward, narrow nooks and walls between disparate spaces can baffle even...
We've always struggled to find a happy medium between our modern, minimalist aesthetic, and our love for ornate, vintage details. It's resulted, for us, in a happy hybrid between contemporary and anti...
We blame our love of watering cans on our Grandmother, who used one nearly every day. We've since learned that although they are quite handy, they can be a small pain to store. Their long spouts al...
click thumbnails for larger picsLast weekend's unseasonably warm weather got us itching to get outdoors and garden. No, we don't have a yard for planting, but that hasn't stopped us and it shoul...
click thumbnails for larger picsPick up a Room & Board red Eames plywood chair in SOMA for $500. See this and other finds after the jump...
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