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Gold Leaf River Rocks

These gold leaf emblazoned river rocks make for seasonal decor without being overtly Halloween-y, Thanksgiving-y or Christmas-y. And a straightforward how-to is brought to us by Claire Chauvin of Po...

How To: Repurpose Photos & Make Pretty Paper Pads

I have lots of random photos and postcards that are tucked away, lying dormant in my home. I also happen to have plenty of miscellaneous paper that has yet to find a purpose. I can't wait to make one ...

Gilded Halloween Decor

Ever since we saw Martha Stewart's glittered pumpkins a few years back, we've adored all Halloween decor that glimmers and shines. Some gilded inspiration for a more pretty than spooky Halloween......

How To: Pumpkin Carving with Nikki McClure
Sunset

Paper-cut artist Nikki McClure has created a beautiful template and step by step instructions to help you create the jack-o-lantern of your nightmares! Bwaa ha ha ha. Now, you too can have an amazing...

Making Your Home Earthquake Safe

Obviously it's never a bad time to ensure you are prepared for the next big shake, but sometimes an event like the 20th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake is what we need to get us to stop and...

How To: Spooky Packing Tape Transfers

Here is a super simple project for those with access to a laser printer and clear packing tape. Maybe on your lunch break at work? Although this tutorial is geared towards our fast approaching Hallo...

How To: Paint Over a Chalkboard Wall

When we talk chalkboard paint here at Apartment Therapy, there are invariably those who voice that the trend has run its course. Do you agree?... ...

How To: Take Care of Velvet Upholstery

Many of you love velvet, especially the blue kind, but either have a hard time keeping it clean or just haven't given in (to avoid such velvety dilemmas). You want it to retain its luster for years, y...

How To: Make a Maple Leaf Wreath

Because today is the first day of Fall and many trees are already changing color, at least in some parts of the country, we wanted to share with you this great DIY project on how to make a maple leaf ...

How To: Hang Artwork Easily & Precisely
Apartment Therapy Reader Project

During our annual DIY event (held in February of this year), Rainer shared this tutorial on how to hang artwork in a grid "easily and precisely". We thought his info was excellent and worth taking an...

How To: Build a Children's Bed On a Budget

Over the weekend a friend of ours built a bed for her son. We love the fact that she chose to do it herself vs. buying it from a store. It makes it so much more special. It also allowed her to choose ...

Window Seating for Small Spaces

Besides creating a nice spot for gazing out onto the world, a window seat adds unobtrusive seating for guests and room for storage. Best of all, you can easily replicate this look on the cheap......

How To: Turn Old Books into Wall Folders
Gingerbread Snowflakes

Buying stuff to help us organize the stuff we already have always seems not only wasteful, but counterproductive. That's why we love re-use projects that aid in organization, like this nice hanging st...

How To: Create a Thomas Wold-Like Shelving Unit

Ever since we took in Thomas Wold's exhibit at The Curiosity Shoppe a while back, we've had a healthy obsession with the artist's collaged furniture. His column in Readymade Magazine, Solid Wold, is a...

How To: Create a Welcoming Entryway

Most of us spend a lot of time worrying about keeping our entryways organized, because a neat landing strip can lead to a more organized home in general. But it's equally important to create an entry ...

How To: Open Up a Kitchen
(Without Knocking Down a Wall)

Tiny kitchens are the plight of many city dwellers, but a lower square footage doesn't necessarily equal a claustrophobic room. Borrow a few ideas from the kitchen shown here to open yours up and crea...

How To: Fix Up a Vintage Patio Chair
Shelterrific

Looking to get a few more weeks out of that fabulous vintage outdoor chaise you found on ebay for ten bucks? Shelterrific, source of all things practical and helpful for the home, has a fantastic tuto...

How To: Create Vertical Wine Racks

Readers David and Jeanette moved to San Francisco from DC a few years ago and started developing a problem to which many Bay Area residents can no doubt relate; the couple's frequent trips to Napa and...

Embroidered Curtain DIY
Design Sponge

We just rediscovered this DIY project in the Design Sponge archives: A pretty, late-summer project for a light window covering with an embroidered twist......

How to Revamp Fira Chest of Drawers

Benita at Chez Larsson has inspired many posts here on Apartment Therapy. She is the master of keeping things organized around the home and she does it in style. Her amazing ideas have inspired many s...

Setting Up Home: How to Keep Your Artwork Safe
The Storque

A photograph suffering the effects of mat-less framing Setting up a new home, whether it's your first or fourteenth, often involves framing and re-framing art to fit it into new spaces. And professio...

How To: Find a First Apartment — For Men

Here at Apartment Therapy this month we have been talking about moving and first apartments. We recently discovered a fantastic resource---a blog devoted to "the lost art of being a man," with an arti...

How To...Clean a Paintbrush

We've been the instigators of many painting projects. But, even with the large number of painting parties that we've hosted, we have yet to find a really efficient way of cleaning our brushes......

How To: Make a Block Print

We did a unit on printing in our high school art class, but relying on our fuzzy memory to employ those techniques today would no doubt lead to crafting disaster. Luckily, Urban Outfitters has paired ...

Wood Cabinets 10 Ways
Do It Yourself Magazine

Bored to tears with your wood cabinets? We hear you. If you're not a renter or you have some stand-alones that you'd like to embellish, DIY Magazine has ten clever and inexpensive projects for adding ...

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