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Name: Seth Boor and Elena DiMuzio
Location: Glen Park, San Francisco
Type of space: Backyard vegetable garden
Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: Our backyard is tiny with ...
We've tried our hand at paper bag luminarias in the past but, well, they never turned out like this. At $16 for a pack of four votive cuffs these seem like a wonderful budget-friendly splurge for a sp...
We are always looking out for new wallpaper designs. Yesterday we stumbled upon some great options from Intrade, a Swedish company. We tend to gravitate towards bold patterns, but we love some of...
A patio garden that's just starting out can look a little scraggly, but benefits of greenery, visual pleasure and sometimes food make it well worth it. And as this garden demonstrates, it doesn't ta...
We haven't often come across birdhouses on balconies. We would imagine they would only attract pigeons where we live. But the fairly sizable houses on this balcony from argoideon.com blog look right...
Name: Angel's Garden
Location: San Francisco
Type of space: Deck
Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: This was a deck that had nothing going for it and I decided to make...
Matthew sent in an email: I recently moved into a 3 story townhouse in Tacoma, WA. The developer included narrow planting strips between the driveways and walkways...but, before we moved in, filled th...
Walking along the street in Glen Park, we came upon this fantastic entryway to a house. Where there would normally be a gate there is instead a front door, painted this bold shade of yellow......
Even those of us who are hopeless when it comes to keeping plants alive won't kill these geraniums from Portland artist Chelsea Heffner. Stick them in a dark corner to brighten things up, and forget t...
Now that the weather is warming up and summer is almost officially here, many of us may be lamenting our lack of an outdoor space. If such is your predicament, perhaps a few pieces inspired by na...
Today in our classifieds we've got a Holger Strom IQ light available for $95. See this and more finds after the jump...
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The side tables that flank our living room couch aren't exactly the right scale; they're too short, topping off a good six inches below the sofa arm. But seeing as there's a recession on, new sid...
Brent Comber's alder tables are highly covetable, but at around $2000 a pop, not exactly affordable. PointClickHome editor Anne E. Collins decided to take matters into her own hands and create a side ...
Jeannette is a graphic designer and blogger. We immediately fell in lover with her home. It feels so open and inviting. The natural light looks gorgeous. We also adore her style. This is another ...
There are so many shelving options out there, from Ikea components to vintage systems, and on up the price and quality spectrum. But shelving is also notoriously (and bafflingly) difficult to get ju...
Nothing beats drying the laundry on the line. The fresh clean scent, warmth, thrift, and eco-friendliness add up to make clothesline drying a win-win practice. Plus, we just like the way it loo...
Andi sent us an email: My boyfriend and I are decorating our bedroom in our rented San Francisco apartment. The room is very boxy and white--white walls and white carpet. The elements that will...
Name: Third Nature Studio
Location: San Francisco
Type of space: Roof Deck
Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: This tiny roof deck was revamped with a small budget, and re...
The wooden fence is an interesting element to a home. Designed to provide privacy and division from the rest of the world, there is often a lot of room for aesthetic improvement--especially for older,...
Coffee table books, while sometimes frowned upon by the minimalist crowd, are one of our favorite means of decorative expression in our home. We think the coffee table books one chooses to display say...
Here's one way to make sure you'll always have soap on hand! This installation in the master suite bathroom of Metropolitan Home's Modern by Design show house had us smiling with its fanciful use of b...
A new in box white round dining table from West Elm is available in the Inner Sunset for $300 - not bad when you consider the added cost of tax and shipping. Check it out, plus more finds, after...
Item: Oregon Chaise Sectional
Store: Scandinavian Designs
Total Value: $695
Description: The Oregon Chaise Sectional has a low profile, clean lines and blend down cushions to create the ultimate in ...
We love the idea of wallpaper, and we usually find ourselves drawn to bold artistic prints, but when it comes to papering a whole wall with those prints, we find it hard to make the leap. It's ea...
The owners of this onetime RV park asked OSKA Architects to create a space for their guests that would be a step or two above camping while still maintaining the open feel of the natural Washington la...
Zee from Homebug posted a photo story of her garden makeover. With help from her husband the garden was completely transformed over the long weekend. The before picture of the 700 sq ft garden is...
Outdoor artwork is an intriguing idea to us; our inside artwork is often geared towards bringing the outside in, so what's the point if you're already outside? But if these shadow boxes are easy to ...
Big box home improvement store, Lowe's, gets hands-on and shares with us a how-to on making a trellis moss garden. The vertical garden uses moss and drought-tolerant succulents, requiring only an oc...
Cece is looking for some feedback from the Apartment Therapy readers. She says: Has anyone had experience with the Humanscale Saddle Seat? I am writing a dissertation and in need of a solid office ch...
Name: Neil
Location: Benecia, California
Type of space: Deck/Garden
Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: I wanted to make something that reminded my wife and I of our ho...
We love catching glimpses into people's home while walking down the street. Catching little peeks into someone's life through the window is such a treat, and occasionally we find little treasures, lik...
A while back, in my post about the public garden next door, I remarked that the flat of poppies I'd planted were just on the verge of blooming. I had picked out a few unusual varieties without re...
After checking out Met Home's Modern by Design house we took a walk through the surrounding Pacific Heights neighborhood. If you're not familiar with the area, it can be summed up in a word - wow. Th...
Two 50" x 96" Pottery Barn silk dupioni curtains in ivory are available for less than half the retail cost, and they're still in the package. Check them out, plus more finds, after the jump...
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Leah Ball Steen, who owns the Revival Home and Garden shop in Seattle, didn't even know she wanted a garden until she lived in an apartment. Without any outdoor space to speak of, she found herse...
There were so many interesting details in the master suite at Met Home's Modern by Design show house that we don't think we can fit it all in one post. We'll save the bathroom for another time, ...
We have seen Sarah's art before in one of our house tours. This time around we explored her portfolio in much more detail. We collect vintage blankets for their fun designs and unusual color com...
"Stained glass" is a bit of a misnomer for this window project, one of more than a few neat ideas in an eco-friedly renovated loft in Milan. Rows of jars filled with dyed water in a deep window fram...
This is practically one of the wonders of the world. This particular hanging garden isn't just decorative, though - it's a vegetable garden......
Penelope sent in a good question: What wall color will bring out the gray (and tone down the blue) of this couch? I thought this couch was more gray when I bought it. I took it home to my rental with ...
One of the most easily dreary outdoor presences is often the large apartment building. Designed to hold hundreds, if not thousands, of families as efficiently as possible, beautiful design often takes...
Recently, as you may have noticed, we've had willow branch structures on the brain. Last week we wrote about The Willow Farm's beautiful fences and tunnels, and then we featured willow play structures...
Since it is Outdoors Month here at Apartment Therapy we thought we'd kick off our coverage of Metropolitan Home's Modern by Design show house with Surfacedesign's sunny rooftop deck......
This 5'x8' Thomas Paul rug sells for $798 from Anthropologie, but is available now in the Marina for half the price. See this and more deals after the jump...
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Another studio for the inspiring workspace files... this one belongs to Paola Panelli of Atelier Pompadour, whose fabulous cartographic pillows Beth discovered a few weeks ago. The quiet energy a...
There was a swarm of busy bees inside Metropolitan Home's new Modern by Design show house today, as final preparations are underway for the big opening this week. We had the pleasure to step inside th...
Haskell Harris is the Associate Editor of Garden & Gun. She used to work for Cottage Living Magazine so it doesn't surprise us that her cottage is so beautifully decorated. The country style home...
These days we've been combing the internet for examples of people who have used apartment patios to create outdoor living spaces and gardens. But this picture reminds us that not even a patio is nee...
We've spent more than enough time flipping through the entire volume of Taschen's New Paris Interiors online. Despite the title, the book doesn't just include gorgeous shots of Paris interiors, it f...
How does your home interact with the landscape around it? Living in San Francisco means, often, that you get less space than many other areas, but it is amazing how homes are integrated into the topog...
Name: Magpie Vintage Finds
Location: Menlo Park
Type of space: Front Porch
Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: It's an outdoor room of sorts with seating and tables. A ...
Have you clicked over to Artstream Studios yet to check out the Incredible Print Show? We're a bit late in posting this, since the show has been going on since the beginning of May, but there's s...
The home and blog of Dottie Angel (alter ego of Tif Fussell) offers beautiful inspiration at every turn, not least of all in her spacious studio. We were particularly taken with the edited and orderly...
In Lower Pac Heights, two original Knoll Bertoia chairs are available in black with the seat cushions for $150 each. Check them out, plus more finds, after the jump...
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