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Design Question: Decorating My Room – Need Ideas and Advice!
Hi everyone, I’m in the process of decorating my room and could really use some help and inspiration. I’m not entirely sure which direction to go in, and I’d love some suggestions from the community! Here are a few details about the space and what I’m looking for: 1. Large Room: I have a spacious, open-concept room (20x25…
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Choosing a rug/rug color for bedroom
Hello!! I moved into a new apartment a few months ago and have been trying my best to decorate and to have it feel homey. I recently put up mauve (faux) velvet curtains. The room has touches of pink and purple, red, and other colors. My issue is trying to figure out an area rug that can tie the whole place together and…
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Firns
How to maintain
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under stairs
decorate under stairs
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What color to reupholster a bedroom chair?
I scored an awesome chair at goodwill for $3. I just need to reupholster it but I have zero clue what color. I’m going to put it in my bedroom and add a little table beside it. Here is a painting that I’d like to use a color from.
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Wall art help 🩷
I recently redid my living room wall with family heirloom pictures and some of my favorites. I’m just not sure if it looks well put together. Thoughts? Constructive criticism/ feedback welcome 🩷
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Making a Temporary Furnished Sublet Look Like a Home
Hello, design enthusiasts! I am subletting a furnished bedroom + dressing room in a cozy Brooklyn townhouse for the next six months while I take time to look for my own apartment in a new neighborhood. I don’t have any personal furniture, but I added inexpensive curtains, bedding, decor, and a rug (all from Amazon!) along…
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Where do you source fabric?
I'm working on a project that requires making a custom headboard and doing some reupholstery. Where do you all like to source your fabric from? I can get lost on Etsy for days. Do you have any favorite textile designers/vendors?
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Renter looking to bring color to the kitchen nook!
Hi! Since I rent and where I am I can't find nice peel and stick backsplash solutions, I would love to paint the kitchen "nook" all one color to divide the area. For reference, the colors I have throughout the house are greens, terracotta/pinks, yellow, orange, pops of blue. I was leaning towards maybe a juicy color, but…
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Holiday (mood) board sharing 🎁
I'm starting to get in the holiday spirit over here, and I wanted to share a board I made on Apartment Therapy in case you all wanted to get one of your own started! Here's my holiday decor and gifting idea board ⭐ I needed a place to save my inspiration. Here's how you can make one: When browsing the AT site, you'll…
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Where to find coordinated colors online?
I used to find these in all the paint stores, but I could only find this one out of the 3 local paint stores I stopped by today. Where online can I find three-color paint combination suggestions like these?
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Thank you for inviting me
My name is Kerry and I live in a townhouse in Australia just 15 minutes out from Adelaide. I read post from someone who had taken the brave step to use the chaos decluttering method to organise her things and then read more and now I am hooked. I am the queen of clutter to the point that most rooms are multi purpose…
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BEFORE & AFTER / SOUTH OF FRANCE APARTMENT
BEFORE & AFTER / FRANCE APARTMENT: I wanted to share our home renovations over the last few years that started with our little apartment (527 s.f.) in the South of France. We purchased it just before COVID and it proved to be very challenging since it was our first renovation. We hired a contractor just before the…
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Before and after Dining Room Table
I just bought this new dinning room table. I wanted to take a more eclectic approach so I chose all different chairs. I would love to know what you think? Before After
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Plants, how many is too many?
I think I have overdone plants in my house, in your opinion how many plants per room is too many? I was listening to a podcast about Feng Shui and the host said that 3 plants per room is enough. Thoughts?
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Bottle Brush Tree Embellishments
I just snagged these bottle brush trees at Anthropologie a few weeks back for $4 each (they're definitely left over from last year but match my holiday decor perfectly). I was thinking about embellishing them… taking votes. Would you do little bows like this, pearls or gold mini balls, something else entirely?
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Dreaming of an Apartment Therapy home feature? Drop your questions here! 🏠
Ever wondered what it takes to get your home featured in a House Call or House Tour on Apartment Therapy? This post is for you! Whether you're in the middle of a home project or have already completed one, read on for some of our top FAQs and best tips on standing out and getting featured. Frequently asked questions:…
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Re-designing my childhood bedroom, NEED IDEAS!!!
My room is pretty messy right now and I have no motivation to clean, so I used an app to render my room into 3D and it's pretty accurate in terms of my layout and the room itself. None of the furniture is accurate but rather used as placeholders for my real furniture, though my real furniture is all white. If you're…
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Help with choosing chairs
Hello community. I need some help with choosing the right chairs for my new table. It is quite high, so one challenge I have is that the back is often too low and same for seating. I want something interesting with clean lines. Some pictures of my actual dining room. As well, my new table from CB2! I can make some changes…
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I wallpapered my ceiling 😮
… and it completely changed the feel of my tiny guest bedroom! I just had to share because I love it so much Here's the before: Has anyone else wallpapered their ceiling? I'd love to see how it turned out (and commiserate about the neck pain from install 😂)
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Kitchen ventilation and airflow
Hello . I recently came across this forum and found it helpful. I have posted some pictures of my kitchen. I reside in an apartment which has a small kitchen . It is surrounded by walls from all 4 sides with an entrance door as the only opening. Ventilation and air flow is the main problem. It gets very hot and humid…
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Me on November 1st
Now that Halloween is over, is anyone else jumping straight ahead to new holiday decorations? 😂 (cue All I Want For Christmas Is You) In all seriousness, what's on your holiday decorating list? Let's share ideas down below 👇
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How do you find furniture alternatives/dupes?
How do you find furniture alternatives/dupes?
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family room the size of two small spaces
I no longer live in a small space, but many of the apartment-sized suggestions are appropriate for my large family room. It's actually the size of TWO family rooms. There's a large sectional (12 feet) that we bought along with the house in front of a large (12 feet) bay window, but the other half of the room has almost…
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Small entryway
looking to make my entry way more stylish and functional
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New duplex apartment in Spain
After almost 2 years since reservation its almost ready. Living/dining/kitchen approx 400sq m with 120 sq m balcony overlooking River and sunset. Looking for design ideas. Existing orange L shaped sofa only. Thinking natural hues an dark blue . . . Ideas v v welcome
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Kitchen update in a rental
We just finished an update to our rental kitchen that hasn't been updated since the building was built in 2007 and quite honestly even then there were no design decisions. It felt like it was whatever was least expensive was picked. We took down the cabinets to sand, prime, and paint with a beautiful Sherwin Williams…
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Banquette
to build a little banquette seating into my kitchen corner and was wondering if anyone had any ideas. My kitchen is very small.
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organization
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Thoughts on Fandeliers?
I would love to know what you all think of fandeliers — are they yay or nay in your book? And if you are a fan (lol), do you have any you love?
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Where to buy quality Faux Plants?
I have several real plants…but there's a few spots in our space that don't receive natural light (like the storage nook under our stairs) that would still benefit from a leafy green accent 🌿 I've tried a few options available online but wasn't happy with the quality. Anyone know of a website to purchase quality faux…
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Dried fruit garland tips?
A couple years ago, I DIYed a dried fruit garland, and it took FOREVER. (Like, 4 or 5 hours.) Does anyone have any tips for speeding up the process or simplifying? Or any tips for how to mix it up/make it look better this year? I used lemon, grapefruit, and orange the first time around.
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Etsy Roman Shades?
Has anyone had success buying Roman shades from Etsy? My three bedroom windows are 72" inches long so I have to go custom because I can't find anything longer than 64." I want something that looks nice but isn't $1,000+ and I'm STRUGGLING. Etsy has a lot of pretty options (I like this one), but most are non-returnable so…
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Help needed - furniture and design ideas please
I’m hitting a wall deciding on a theme/vibe I want to go with for my new place and hoping you all can help with some inspo - things like rug ideas, dining room table styles, aesthetic but functional wardrobes/storage, coffee tables, anything to make it cozy and homey. I will definitely be painting over the green walls with…
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Marketplace
Does apartment therapy host a marketplace to buy and sell furniture and other related items?
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Painting Apartment cabinets
has anyone painted their cheap mass produced rental apartment kitchen cabinets?
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Breakfast nook decor
Need help with this breakfast nook corner as well ❤️
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Living room mantle styling- advice
I have waaay too much on this mantle, advice on what should stay /go? Or a whole new look is welcomed as well
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Is their a faux holiday garland brand you swear by?
I'm looking to add more faux garland to our holiday decor scheme this year. Sometimes the ones I see recommended online can arrive looking pretty thin. I know the trick is to sometimes buy two and wrap them together, but has anyone been pleasantly surprised with faux holiday garland they've purchased online recently?…
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Tiny NYC Rental Kitchen Inspo (Share Yours!)
Sometimes design challenges inspire the most creativity, and these tiny NYC rental kitchens are proof. 👏 Are you dealing with a small footprint? Lack of storage? Outdated fixtures? Get inspo from some of these previous house tours — and thread your own to keep adding to this list! 1. Lisa covered the backsplash with peel…