Okay, we’re going to be honest. It’s a chilly, gray October day here in New York. The post we originally had planned for today had to be postponed due to a couple of setbacks. But we couldn’t let you go into the weekend without seeing some pretty pictures! So we pulled ourselves together and turned… Read More Friday Favorites: 10 More Instagram Accounts You Should be Following
The interior design world lost a legend last week with the passing of Mario Buatta. Affectionately known as the “Prince of Chintz” Buatta passed away October 15th from complications of pneumonia. Mr. Buatta’s career spanned more than five decades, and he worked with numerous celebrities designing their homes. The list of his famous clients include… Read More A Farewell to the Prince of Chintz: Remembering Mario Buatta
Congratulations, you bought a piece of leather furniture! A leather sofa or chair may be an investment, but it’s a wise one since leather only gets better with age. While regular fabric wears out, leather just wears in and gains a natural patina that allows your furniture to look even more beautiful over time. Though… Read More Weathering Leather: How to Care for Your Leather Furniture
Though functional objects, maps have also always been decorative. Mapmakers would add details like sea monsters and made antique maps into works of art. Maps can bring a sense of adventure to a space and spark memories of travel. Vintage maps can also bring a feeling of nostalgia to the decor. The colors, patterns, shapes,… Read More All Around the World: Five Ways to Decorate with Maps
Halloween is a few weeks away and we’re in the mood for some spooky inspiration. There are plenty of ways to decorate for Halloween, but what if you want something a little more subtle, or something that can stick around all year? Sometimes you don’t have to look any further than what Mother Nature’s provided… Read More Haunting Houseplants: Thirteen Black Plants to Celebrate Halloween Year-round
When you offer as many products as we do, it’s easy for pieces to get pushed aside and lost before anyone really gets a chance to see them. To help counter that we wanted to spotlight some unique finds that may have been missed when perusing our website. So Astrid chose 10 products that will… Read More Astrid’s Unique Finds for October: 10 Pieces You Won’t Want to Miss
Today we’re bringing you a new house tour. It also happens to be our first international house tour! Located in the Sion region of Mumbai this space was designed by friends of the blog Huzefa Rangwala and Jasem Pirani of MuseLAB. The home is a large four bedroom apartment that the owners wanted reconfigured to… Read More House Tour: Living Library in Mumbai
It’s October, the first full month of fall, and Halloween month. That means you’re going to be seeing orange everywhere. Both nature and decor are going to be taken over by warm orange hues. To help set the scene we combed Pinterest for some stylish decor featuring orange. Let’s see what kind of orange interiors… Read More Pin-spiration: Orange Interiors
As fans of the television show Grimm, when Apartment Therapy posted a tour of David Giuntoli and Bitsie Tulloch’s home we were thrilled to see the stars again. We were even more thrilled (though not surprised!) to see that their home is stunning. Mid-century modern influences perfectly complement the Spanish architecture of the house, creating… Read More Get the Look For Less: Grimm Stars’ Hollywood Hills Home
Astrid’s back at it again, making predictions about what’s going to be hot in interior design. This time she’s not looking at a specific piece of furniture, but something that spans across furniture, walls, and even exteriors. That’s right, Astrid’s figured out another wood finish you’re going to start seeing in homes everywhere. Last time… Read More Astrid Predicts: Shou Sugi Ban
