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Decorating your new apartment with your pet in mind
If you think your dog or cat is a part of the family, it seems only fair to include its needs in your apartment redecorating plans as well. Here are a few items to bring into your home’s decor, to make it pet-friendly and uniquely attractive in the same time. Cat trees are absolutely fantastic [...]
Design for your rented apartment: What not to do
Home is sweet no matter the status, location, or square footage. You have to love where you live as that is the fuel that gets you going every day. In order to do so it’s vital that you are able to express your design ideas keeping in mind that, at some point, you will have [...]
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Recycling flip flops and making neato furniture in the process
Dutch designer Diederik Schneemann is doing his best to make a green difference with a line of products made from upcycled rubber flip flops. Surely you have old flip flops lying around. Maybe you’ve even thought: “I’d love to find these flip flops a nice new home.” Well, here’s the answer. The flip flops are [...]
Clothing \ design \ fashion \ Los Angeles
LA’s citywide fashion emergency
I feel the need to raise the alarm about an alarming condition that I have noticed lately at malls around the greater Los Angeles area. Our fashion choices are looking pretty darn dismal, Angelenos. Apparently, women in this town can survive on a wardrobe built entirely of jeans and cotton t-shirts. Men need nothing more [...]
design \ Modern architecture \ Philadelphia
Modern home tours comes to Philadelphia
If you want to be truly inspired to find great style and design for your Philadelphia apartment, taking an upcoming Modern Home Tour might be the perfect way to get ideas for your place. Offered one day only in Philly on July 28, Modern Home Tours focus on houses that are unique and modern, with [...]
Apartment \ design \ Interior design
4 things you don’t know about home design… but should
If you have a well-designed home or apartment, it’s probably the case that you have at least a little bit of innate design sense – the kind that comes naturally. Maybe it is just a feeling you have about how things should look or a strong personal preference for some items over others. If this [...]
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Dial in the style at your Philadelphia apartment
Extreme makeover isn’t just a reality show on TV. How about ratcheting up your personal style factor with some budget-friendly updates to your Philadelphia apartment? These area shops are among your best bets for new style-forward items that will give your home a fresh new look. We’ve paired them with some of the latest trends [...]
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Take another look at your Philly apartment décor
Does your place need a fresh new look? Get your Philadelphia apartment looking slick with these random design ideas we found by searching the internet. Yes, we could try to pretend that there was a careful strategy behind what we’ve come up with here, but let’s be honest, we were looking for ideas for our [...]
Apartment \ design \ San Francisco
Best San Francisco design blogs
Get your ideas for great new apartment design in the homegrown, organic way – from designers who actually live, breathe and work in San Francisco every day. Here are a few of our favorite hyper-local design blogs. These are from local bloggers or local designers that really understand San Francisco style and are on the [...]
design \ Do it yourself \ Interior design
Home décor from the runway to your apartment
Transfer high-fashion ideas from your favorite designers into stellar styles for your home. Spring is all about eyelets, those adorable little peek-a-boo holes that we are seeing in dresses, skirts, and blouses everywhere. The design is dainty, ultra-feminine, and tons of fun. Increase the fun factor with bright colors and neons when possible. Eyelet lace [...]
architecture \ design \ Fishtown \ Northern Liberties \ Philadelphia
Inspiring Philadelphia architecture
The innovative architecture and design team called Onion Flats is making waves in Philadelphia with their trendy design concepts that could help reshape how the city looks. The McDonald brothers, who are the principals of Onion Flats, are also pioneering green building in the city. Known for their work in the Northern Liberties and Fishtown, [...]
Chicago \ Consignment \ design \ Furniture \ Shopping
Chicago’s treasure hunt furniture finds
We stole the name of this post from one of our favorite Chicago consigned furniture stores, The Treasure Hunt. Because when it comes right down to it, pursuing apartment design style opportunities in Chicago is really like a treasure hunt. You have to take the best of your personal style, some pivotal new furnishings (beds [...]
Bookcase \ design \ Furniture \ Home and Garden \ Living room
Small ideas for a bigger apartment
You’ve got a small apartment – space is in short supply and your lease limits what you can do to create a look that is comfortable & appealing. Time to get creative: here are some design & decoration tips that can help you get more from less. Open furnishings, open floor plan. Armless furniture creates [...]
apartment design \ design \ home decor \ Philadelphia
Philly’s off-the-beaten track design shops
Where do you go when you want to look for a home design piece that no one else has? There are great shops for eclectic and repurposed furnishings all around Philadelphia. Here are a few that you might not have heard about. Upscale Consignment, at 2601 Pennsylvania Avenue, is a good spot to look for [...]
Arts \ design \ fashion \ San Francisco \ Street fashion
San Francisco style blogs are all dressed up
If you love people watching, but feel like sometimes it takes a lot of effort to look cute and trendy enough to be seen on the streets of San Francisco, here’s an idea – you can check out the stylish folks on SF streets without even leaving the comfort of your own apartment. And no, [...]
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Philadelphia interior design ideas – borrow from the best
If you won the lottery tomorrow, and had a multi-million dollar budget to play with, how would you change the space you live in? This is the sort of puzzle we like to explore after we get tired of thinking about what we’d buy for our family and friends and what kind of car we’d [...]
Antiques and Collectibles \ Apartment \ apartment decor \ Bali \ Dallas \ design \ Furniture \ IKEA \ Mid-Century modern \ Shopping
Dallas design finds, part two
In our last Dallas design find post, we started our short list of places where you can find some of the most inspiring, kitschy and cool home design furniture and accessories in the Big D. We’re focusing on pieces and places that will give your apartment a unique sense of personal style, rather than a [...]
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Eye-catching displays for holiday cards for your apartment
This is the time of year when you might actually get mail that you want. Somewhere in the middle of the credit card offers and sales papers, you may find a few holiday cards from family and friends. Show off the best and the brightest with these fun card displays. Cards are more elaborate than [...]
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