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Plan Your Escape: World Map Wall Mural
Boston

Looking for graphic wallpaper with educational value? This world map wall mural will give your room a focal point and a convenient way to plan your next escape. Follow the jump to see a few creative...

Olympic Inspiration: Bring Home the Bird's Nest
Boston

The Bird's Nest—or the Beijing National Stadium designed by Pritzker Prize-winning Herzog & de Meuron—has quickly become the face of the 2008 Olympic Games. If you're lucky enough to be travelin...

How To: Make a Vulture Switchplate

Brooklyn wallpaper designer Katie Deedy has come up with a lightswitch cover that's sure to add a little atmosphere to your room. In this week's Time Out New York, she shares the step-by-step on how...

Tempaper: Self-Adhesive, Re-Positionable, Temporary Wallpaper

There's a new answer for renters who love the look of wallpaper - Tempaper. This self-adhesive wallpaper feels similar to Contact paper but is completely re-positionable. The samples we tried on our...

Good Questions: How To Hang Temporary Accent Wallpaper?

Dear AT, I'm about to move into grad school housing that doesn't allow me to do much of anything to the walls. I'm wondering if you have a trick to hang one or two strips of accent wallpaper withou...

NY Good Questions: How Should I Decorate This Elevator?

Dear AT, Okay, I know I haven't seen this request for help on Apartment Therapy before. I need help with the finish out of a residential elevator. My husband and I are building a townhouse in Dal...

Wall Drawings from Domestic
Paris

We have blogged about Domestic's vinyl wall stickers more times than the sticker-averse among you may appreciate. But these elaborate wall stickers designed by graphic artists, designers and artists s...

Look!: Frosted Glass House Numbers

Our friend etched his house number onto a window on the front of his home. It has a crisp, modern appearance and offers privacy at one of his front windows. He did this himself, and we can see why s...

How To: Paint a Tree Mural

Graphic DIY. As with most painting tasks, it's all about prep. Reader Telmen from the Netherlands, sent us his own How To, documenting his approach to painting a tree on a wall of his home. After lo...

NY Good Questions: Who Makes This Wallpaper?

Dear AT, I saw this wallpaper on TV and fell in love with it. Do any of the AT readers know who makes this wallpaper? Thanks! Sal...

Look!: Wallpaper In and On Closets
Washington DC

We like the use of wallpaper in unconventional places; in a closet, bookshelf or a cupboard. Both Martha and Domino have had some great examples in the past......

Sloophout: Scrap Wood Wallpaper
Boston

I don't know if its our New England sensibility, but we have always loved old barns and old painted wood. When Conrans made this display last year out of scrap wood, we swooned. We love the look b...

ICFF 2008: Trompe-l'œil Ghost Wallpaper

Ghost Wallpaper from Georgian design company Rooms combines the fun of trompe-l'œil with a do-it-yourself, hand-drawn aesthetic. Designers Nata Janberidze and Keti Toloraia have captured an elegan...

ICFF 2008: Mibo Tile Tattoos

These Tile Tattoos are a great solution for renters who need a quick, easy and inexpensive change in their bathroom or kitchen. Though not reusable, these patterned vinyl stickers can temporarily tr...

ICFF 2008: Offecct

We were easily drawn into the colorful collection from Swedish design company Offect. The entire range of products from furnishings, lighting and modular wall coverings straddled the line between sl...

ICFF 2008: Mio

Last year, Mio captured our interest with their Nomad cardboard room divider. This year, the Philadelphia-based company launched three new concepts at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair ...

NY Good Questions: Where Can I Buy Adhesive Vinyl in NYC?

Dear AT, I inherited an IKEA Malm bed in the birch finish and have been looking for a way to jazz it up. I saw this terrific credenza by Pieter Maes and was inspired to make my own DIY design with...

NY Good Questions: How Can We Alter Our Apt.?

Dear AT, My partner and I just switched up our jobs and we haven't got a lot of money to switch apartments to add the at-home office space and crib space we're going to need. Plus, we love where w...

NY Good Questions: How Can I Bring My Apt. To Life?

Dear AT, I am looking to give my apartment more life. Aside from art, what are some ways I can change the way things are set up. I would love to change the colors up, but painting the wall is not...

NY Good Questions: Where Can I Get This Wall Treatment?

Dear AT, Where can I get this beautiful wall treatment on top of the fireplace? The caption says that it’s a composite plaster wall treatment that comes in paintable sheets of 32”x32”. Do...

NY Good Questions: How Can I Spruce Up This Kitchen?

Dear AT, I am currently in need of some advice. Next week I'll be moving into my first post college home. It's adorable, and I'm so excited to begin fixing it up. However, I'm at a loss as to ...

Jim Lambie: A Great DIY Flooring Project at MoMA
Email from 4.21.08

TRY THIS AT HOME. If you go to the MoMA to see anything right now, you'll have to walk over Jim Lambie's work. You can't avoid it. In the entryway up to the crazy flying fan in the Marron atrium, ...

NY Good Questions: Where Can I Find These Wall Decals?

Dear AT, I saw this inspiring bedroom of Teresa's, a Small Cool entry, and noticed the beautiful pattern/decal on the wall. Does anyone know where to get those and do the walls you use them on have...

Good Questions: Creative Idea For This Wall?

Hello AT, I am moving into a newly developed condo in a month and I was shocked to find this thing (heating filter/panel) on the ONLY wall of my new apartment when I did a walk through. I have to h...

Good Questions: What Should We Do With This Wall?

Hello AT, We've been living in this apartment for almost 2 years and the whole time we've had this plain white wall with nothing on it. The wall is 14 feet high so we feel like we need something bi...

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