Shelter magazines, the Style Channel, the homes of wealthier and/or luckier friends...What doesn't make me feel as though everything I own is cheap and shabby? AT, with its DIY pluckiness, i...

I love to cook and bake but I've never made a pie crust to my satisfaction. So my favorite summer pie is a trip to Betty's Pies on the North Shore of Lake Superior:

Uncomfortable-looking chair Ugly sweater = No thanks

Hate to diss my hometown's hottest furniture designers but this is One. Ugly. Sofa.

Like the apple trivet/basket "discovery" of a week or two ago (http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/look/look-transforming-apple-trivet-and-basket-049904), this post is more proof that your contribut...

I can second the endorsement of coolknobsandpulls.com--great selection and speedy delivery. I've also purchased casters from their sister site, coolcasters.com and they're just as comprehensive, ju...

I vote Minneapolis/St Paul and I nominate my very favorite local design writer: http://aleciastevens.com/

Patrick, even so, a $1200 expenditure is a significant one in my tax bracket--and a $1200 customer deserves to be treated better than I was. But that strays from my original point. If I'd gone with...

Buy local! I purchased our six dining room chairs (upholstered Parsons chairs with slipcovers) for more than $1200 from a reputable catalog merchant (rhymes with "mallard") with which I'd had a pre...

The top photo (blonde with doxies) doesn't even look vintage to my eyes (and I'm old enough to have a firsthand recollection of what the sixties looked like.) The dress, the hair, the decor could b...

These photos have inspired some serious yearning here at Casa Greyhound. Can't wait for this color to trickle down to our price point.

Another "yes" vote from sunny Sao Paulo, Minnesota. At HG in Har Mar, I found my Chantal sugar & creamer set for $10: a pair of chunky, round-bellied ceramics in bright grass green.

On the stove right now, a simmering pot of this: Mahogany Beef Stew with Red Wine and Hoisin.