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Thanksgiving Day Parade: Part of Your Holiday Tradition?

It seems like every weekend part of the city — or at least a major street — is shut down for a parade. The biggest parade of the year happens tomorrow. Do you attend or watch the Thanksg...

Hot or Not? Suitcase Furniture by Erik De Nijs

With the busiest travel time approaching (Thanksgiving), we wanted to show these suitcases that also function as sofas. While waiting in lines or delayed you can use your bags as comfortable seats. ...

Trestle Tables from The Conran Shop
Best of 3

Trestle tables are all the rage right now — they're everywhere and the styles vary from petite and delicate to thick and bulky. Here are 3 very different designs available from The Conran Shop...

"Rear Window" Moments in the City?

Living in New York city, we're all too aware that people can see in to our apartment. We've developed a new appreciation for Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 movie Rear Window, in which an injured photograp...

Reupholster or Leave It?
Good Questions

Q: I found these chairs at a garage sale for $20. I was thinking about reupholstering them but this week I had a decorator over to give me ideas and she told me to leave them — that they looked ...

IKEA as Status Symbol?

Last week we discussed the Billy Bookcase Index — where Bloomberg compares prices of IKEA's Billy Bookcase to show foreign exchange rates. In the comments, readers abroad mentioned that IKEA ...

Chairs For My DIY Dining Table?
Good Questions

Q: Hi, I am looking for chairs to go with my dining table. I made the table myself using the Vika Moliden underframe from IKEA — I wanted this white and metal look as a contrast to the parquet...

Outdoor Furniture... Indoors?

It's rainy and cold in NYC and it feels like fall has arrived. For those lucky to have an outdoor space in the city, what do you do with your outdoor furniture? Do you bring it inside this time of ...

Collections: Are Some Better for the City or Country?

As the summer ends and the city is filling up again, we're wondering whether people have brought a bit of their summer vacation into their homes. Do you use beach shells or other souvenirs to decora...

Concrete Walls: Cold or Inviting?

Walls and what to do with them — you can paint, wallpaper, stencil or cover them with hundreds of slices of Kraft Singles. But when a home is blessed with exposed cement or concrete, why not j...

Do You Hand-Choose the End Book?
Survey

Lots of bookshelves are open on the ends, providing you with an opportunity to showcase some of your favorite book covers......

Design Meetup Idea
Survey

New York Members: 1,088 and growing Having breakfast with Scott Heiferman yesterday, he gave us the idea of having a design meetup like this: folks submit rooms they need help with ahead of time and...

30 Years of IKEA's KLIPPAN Sofa: 1979 - 2009

Yesterday, I attended an IKEA event designed to kick off the 2010 IKEA Catalog and showcase the Swedish retailer's newest offerings. Part of the message was the 30th Birthday of the KLIPPAN sofa &md...

Survey: Choose Your Tablescapes from Sunday Suppers

Sunday Suppers is a "class-cooking-dining experience" held in Brooklyn where the focus is on creating fresh seasonal meals together. Our focus has been on the fantastic tablescapes designed each wee...

Survey: What's Your Furniture Life-Expectancy?

When we posted on the relationship between sustainability, quality, and cost of IKEA furniture, many Apartment Therapy readers responded saying they have IKEA pieces that have lasted three, five, te...

Survey: Would You Sleep in Human Nest?

Here on Apartment Therapy, we talk a lot about ways to make your bedroom a serene and comfortable place. But July is Escapes Month and this would definitely be an escape from anyone's everyday life!...

Cavour 220: Armani Designed Residences in Rome

Last week we posted the vibrant interiors of Edinburgh's Hotel Missoni — on the other end of the Italian fashion spectrum, designer Giorgio Armani announced his Cavour 220 apartment complex in...

Survey: Are You Traveling This Summer?

The recession has put a damper on many a travel plan this year and we're wondering what Apartment Therapy readers are doing? "Staycation" has become quite a popular term in this economy - are you va...

July is Escapes Month!

During hot seasons around the world, it has long been a tradition that people would travel or decamp to whatever cooler places they could find, whether it was the mountains, the lakes or the sea. The...

White Furniture in a Dirty City
The New York Times

The New York Times looks into the New York City problem of dirty air and white apartments — and they talk to some designers and architects who have battled gritty soot-filled air with their cl...

Well-Preserved Dated Decor
The New York Times

If you like the Guess The Decade features on Apartment Therapy Chicago, you'll this story and slide show from The New York Times: homes that are caught in a decor time warp. This collection of homes ...

Survey: Do You Sleep Outside In The Summer?

It still hasn't quite felt like summer here in New York, but come August we sure wouldn't mind a place to sleep outdoors. Sleeping porches are a southern tradition. Do you move the bedroom outdoors...

Good Questions: Sideboard or Dresser?

Hi, We found this piece at a garage sale. End of day price: FREE! Now my husband and I are having a standoff. He says it's a dresser and therefore belongs in the bedroom. I think it makes a perfectl...

Would You Decorate With Fake Food?

The fake food in these images can be found in the Restaurant District of Tokyo in Kappabashi Market — the Asakusa neighborhood of Tokyo has an entire street dedicated to restaurant and cooking...

Discuss: Are You Generation Ikea?

Recent Comment in this post: "Generation Ikea... give it to me now, give it to me for a buck, I don't care how well it's made or how long it will last." ~ jacksonlalonde...

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