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Spoonflower: Design It Yourself Fabric

It seems too good to be true, but we just discovered a new company that custom prints anything you design onto premium cotton or upholstery fabric. So you can start you own line of quilts, curtains, ...

End of Prefabs?

Flatpak is a modern prefab system that can be customized to create a variety of homes. They work with a base 8' wall that is one story high and then build using those modular walls, eight feet at a t...

Preview: East Austin Studio Tour Part 2
Austin

We're back with some more previews of the awesome creative spirit you'll be able to witness this weekend if you happen to be in Austin. If you won't be one of the lucky art lovers in Austin this week...

Preview: East Austin Studio Tour Part 1
Austin

Austin, while known for being 'weird', is also overwhelmingly considered a hub of creative thinkers and artistic souls. You can find great art in Austin any day, but there's one weekend a year that's...

Gift Cards: Things To Keep In Mind Before You Buy

We were listening to NPR this morning and overheard that some gift cards given this season might not be valid by the time they're used by the recipient. Because of the current economic crisis, compan...

News To Us: Pet Chickens

Earlier this year the kitchn spotlighted urban agriculture and specifically people raising chickens in Brooklyn. Yesterday we noticed a forum for people keeping chickens in their backyards right here...

Casting for Dress My Nest With Thom Filicia

We have a confession to make. A while back we were channel surfing and came across Thom Filicia's show Dress My Nest and we became insta-fans. His enthusiasm and fun attitude were infectious and the...

Being Organized: It Helps You Live Longer

We always knew being organized left us a little more stress free than our unorganized friends. Lost checks, lost keys, lost sunglasses--searching for items leaves you frustrated and tired. Which app...

Change Your Clocks This Weekend!
Time to Fall Back

Because last weekend we had a minor freakout at about 6pm on Sunday thinking maybe we were supposed to have changed our clocks, we wanted to remind everyone that this Sunday we fall back an hour. Thi...

Stay In the City vs. Moving to the Burbs

The complaint that we've heard the most from LA outsiders is that our city feels like a patchwork of suburban neighborhoods that just extends from the beach to the mountains. "There's no central CITY,...

For Better or Worse: The Gentrification of Neighborhoods

The Sunset Silver Lake 4111 Condos : sign of the gentrifying times. One of our favorite neighborhoods to visit up in San Francisco is the Mission: back in the day, we used to work at 17th and Shotwel...

Hey, Big Spender...Or Not?

Gregory's mythical Black AMEX: It's real, and it's fabulous! (Just kidding).MSN Money posted an interesting article over the weekend reflecting on our current economic crisis and how its affecting Am...

New Line of Home Products from Orla Kiely

It's no secret that designer Orla Kiely tops our list of favorites. Well she's expanded her line of home products from just lamps and wallpaper to mid-century tinged sofas, chairs, rugs and things to...

New Austin Home Stores!
Austin

We've already shown you a number of great Austin home decor and furniture stores on Apartment Therapy (like Loft, Finch, Area, Mercury, Sanctuary, Bella Home, Homegirls and Aviary, just to name a few...

Heath Ceramics Coming to LA

We got a tip from LAist that Heath Ceramics is planning to open a showroom in LA. We couldn't be more excited about having the classic ceramics so close to home:...

Small Space Garden Inspiration: Park[ing] Day LA

If you have a chance today, check out Parking Day LA happening all over our fine city. Architects, activists and garden lovers are turning metered parking spaces into small space gardens. Jump below...

Yard Sign Controversy?

No matter who you are voting for this election, what do you think about political yard signs? The reason why we're asking is because the other day, one of our friends in Virginia was telling us how s...

What Do You Think: Should City Officials Tell You What Color to Paint Your House?

With plenty of colors to choose from we find it interesting that folks are willing to take risks with paint colors indoors but when it comes to painting the house structure, most tend to keep it simpl...

CB2 To Open In LA?

We reported way back in November that CB2 was looking for a space in LA. Well, it looks like we might be one step towards getting a CB2 all to ourselves:...

New Water Restrictions
Los Angeles

The Mayor announced some new water restrictions today that might compromise the state of your lawn (maybe it's time to consider removing it). Jump below for all the restrictions:...

Dinosaur Designs
Melbourne

Dinosaur Designs are a long time favourite jewellery and home wares design company here in Australia and are most likely familiar to readers of AT. There is a great interview here with Liane Rossler, ...

Goodbye LA Times Thursday Home Section

One disappointed reader sent us a picture of the last ever LA Times Thursday Home Section. Although the Times will be publishing a revamped Home Section on saturdays, but for a lot of us a thursday m...

Modern Farm at West Elm: Get it Without Buying It

Modern Farm. Sounds like an oxymoron along the lines of plastic glasses and jumbo shrimp, doesn't it? Well that's what West Elm is calling one of their new collections and we'd be lying if we said w...

Storage Solution Trends During Renovations

We found this article in House To Home that discussed some of the recent trends in storage solutions that homeowners have been putting in to their smaller apartments and homes. From kitchen storage t...

Vintage Taxidermy: Yay or Nay?

This is probably a hot button to push, but after going through a few magazines and blogs lately, we've started to pick up on a vintage taxidermy décor trend. In fact, we recently visited a home for a...

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