Design

Pink sinks, a life-sized terrarium, and more!

For all of 2020!

How many do you already have?

From Lil’ Kim’s “Hard Core” to The Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine."

Experts say these themes are on the way out.

Thou shalt not buy something that doesn't fit your room or lifestyle.

Revisit the beloved "Mary Tyler Moore Show" apartment ahead of the sitcom's 50th anniversary.

Pressing play on these stylish series.

Sputnik chandeliers, orb sconces—could we love you anymore?

Meet the modern day quilt, and you don't have to use it on a bed.

Move over, shelfies; there’s a new trend in town. At Apartment Therapy, we spend a lot of our time talking about how to make your kitchen a more beautiful place. How to make a statement with your backsplash. How to spruce up your kitchen floors with a runner. But how to beautify your pantry? Not so much. When it comes to design, the pantry is really a forgotten spot. Sure, there are plenty of pantries organized to perfection, but a beautiful design has never been a huge priority.

Tight corners, the space under your stairs, the tops of cabinets—these awkward spaces are the great equalizers of design. We all deal with some or all of these things in our homes no matter what our budgets look like. Money may certainly give you more decorating options, but sometimes ingenuity is really all it takes to conquer these tricky areas. Here are some ideas to help you tackle your “dead zones”.

Your home is your haven, and you deserve to be happy in it, no matter how much money you make, how big your space is, or how much you know or don’t know about decorating. The good news is there are tiny tweaks you can make to boost your mood in your house, and none of them cost a fortune. Some of them are scientific, so you might not even understand how or why the happy hits you. Just go with it—and the rest of these strategies for feeling your best in your nest.

With the resurgence of ’80s style in the past few years, pastels have been having quite a moment at home. And while light colors will always have a place in our palettes, Pinterest is noticing that some bolder hues have been gaining in popularity recently. In the company’s 2018 Home Report released this week, bolder, deeper shades were gaining traction.

As anyone reading this site knows, design is about a lot more than just having a pretty room. There are many different elements that go into the experience of a space, and they can all have a significant impact on the way that we relate to our surroundings. In Environmental Interiors, authors Mary Jo Weale, James W. Croake, and W. Bruce Weale argue that human beings experience their environments in five ways: Through the senses—sight, touch, taste, hearing, and smell.

When your home is also your office and gym, you could use a change of scenery.

Yes, they have a new book out, and yes, it's good!

It's making us totally rethink leather.

In order to make it happen, you just have to get creative and try carving out a workspace in one of these clever ways.

Sixteen well-known, beloved furnishings face off against one another to be crowned the most iconic home item. Winner takes all!

Some furnishings really earn their keep in your home.

Just because you're decorating with hand-me-downs, doesn't mean your place has to look like a hodgepodge of random castoffs.

It’s 2019, and yet, “modern farmhouse” style is still crushing it. These colors will help you bring the style home.

When I was growing up our family used blankets and quilts on our beds in the winter so when I was introduced to the concept of a duvet in my twenties it seemed so civilized (and, fancy). You know the basics: a duvet is a fabric sack typically filled with down or feathers, often encased in a removable cover, but if you’re the inquisitive type, these ten tidbits may intrigue you: 1. ‘Duvet’ comes from the French word for ‘down’.

The iconic Eames rocker is a well-loved addition to many nurseries that we have featured here. Most nursery rockers and gliders tend towards enormity, but this little workhorse is a stylish small space wonder that’s great for nursing, reading, or just hanging out.Designed in 1948, the Eames’ borrowed techniques for molding plastic from World War II research to create a plastic chair with a more organic, body-contoured form.

My search for the perfect coffee table is endless. Not because of a lack of variety, just the opposite. There are tables in so many sizes, shapes and materials that, as often happens to me while decorating, I’m paralyzed by choice.There are so many beautiful options that each new, amazing find just reinforces my idea that committing to one table will, through the evil influence of Murphy’s Law, lead me down a path to an even more perfect choice.Then there are the rules.

It’s the beginning of the holiday season (Happy Hanukkah!), and for design lovers, today there’s a special reason to celebrate. Today, Pantone announces its Color of the Year 2019. It’s the 20th anniversary of the announcement, and last year, the global color authority went with Ultra Violet, a grape-like purple that reminded people of Monica’s apartment on “Friends” and others thought might have a deeper societal meaning.

There's a lamp that looks like an Edison bulb and a vintage fan had a baby.

Feel like a queen bee in this floral throne.

Breaking the rules isn't just fun when it comes to design, it can actually pay off in the final product.

From swing-arm sconces to statement mirrors, these foolproof ideas will make decorating your bathroom a breeze.

It's not as easy as it looks on "Fixer Upper." Well, unless you have a stockpile of vintage treasures, your own line at Target, and a partner in crime like Chip.

It's totally possible to make a living room work—and work well—without a large-scale sofa. You just have to be down for a not quite traditional layout.

And the kid has some critiques.

To help take the guesswork out of giving your space a quick and easy refresh, we rounded up our favorite no-fail shades.

It may not be for everyone, but it looks like this trend is here to stay, at least for the foreseeable future.

When you're on the 'gram regularly, you start noticing certain items popping up time and time again.

What if I told you there was an alternative out there to those kind of finicky, often expensive overlapping wood boards Joanna Gaines made so popular?

New decade, new design rules.

New year, new look.

If you’re familiar with our Instagram, you know we love to fill our feed with jaw-dropping spaces that aim to inspire—whether it’s regrammed from a follower or photographed in one of our House Tours. Since we feel that our audience truly have a great eye for design, we wanted give some of our top liked posts from February a little extra lovin’. To narrow it down, we decided to focus on living rooms that we’ve featured over the past 28 days.

It may seem counterintuitive, but it works!

Without breaking the bank.

The color might have the reputation of being gloomy and moody, but when done right it's anything but depressing.

We're all about breaking the rules for the sake of putting your own touch on a space, but these five design credos are non-negotiable.

It immediately adds personality to the space.

I thought it would be fun to poll a few designers and study a few lookbooks to see what vintage trends might make their way to the forefront again in 2019.

It requires elaborate planning well in advance, wandering through thrift stores all-year round to find that special spooky something, and spending hours editing to make that Frankenstein mask topper look juuuust right.

Welcome to Scandi Week—Apartment Therapy’s seven-day focus on all-things Scandinavia (often defined as the countries of Sweden, Denmark, and Norway). Sometimes it seems like the whole world is obsessed with trying to copy this corner of the globe, from its timeless style aesthetic to its now-famous coziness rituals. For the next week, we’ll take a look at all of it—cleaning, pop culture, and of course tons of eye-popping design inspiration.

Plus, an exclusive behind the scenes clip of the making of Villanelle's apartment.

As obsessed as Villanelle is with Eve on "Killing Eve," I am more obsessed with her apartment.

If you’ve always felt like something was a little off, it might be one of these things. And the good news is it’s totally fixable.

Did someone say hygge?

You can't always get what you want, but you can use your design chops to hack your way to your dream house.

Trends come and go—and these four fads have already had their 15 minutes of design fame.

Plus, five fresh ways to bring this viral design trend to your home.