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NY Good Questions: Paint Color To Compliment My Furniture?

Dear AT, So I'm moving to a new place and decided to go clean, bright white for most of my living room furniture. The living room is in an open space shared with the kitchen. The floors are darke...

NY Good Questions: How Can I Brighten Up This Apt.?

Dear AT, Just signed a 2-year lease for a basement-level apartment in Spanish Harlem and I need help and advice on how to make the space brighter and less claustrophobic. It's a railroad layout with...

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...

NY Good Questions: Should I Paint and Mount This Branch?

Dear AT, The other month I came home to find this giant branch in the middle of my patio. It's pretty huge and my ceilings are quite tall. I had an idea to paint it and mount it to my wall as a c...

NY Good Questions: What Color Yellow Should I Paint The Walls With?

Dear AT, I am closing on my very first townhouse in a few weeks and I'd like to paint the living room navy blue and the kitchen yellow. I love the KWID's Imperial Trellis wallpaper, but it isn't v...

Frager´s Hardware
Washington DC

We love a good neighborhood hardware store. With superstores like Home Depot and Lowe's, the local hardware store can easily be overlooked. Honestly, when you have a question or if you aren't reall...

NY Good Questions: Can I Sand and Re-stain This Chair?

Dear AT, I found this chair at an estate sale. The cushions were horrible so they got tossed. It needs a general cleaning and the straps need replacing. What I'm wondering about is, can I s...

Georgetown Refinishing (Furniture Repair)
Washington, DC

This U.S. post office cubby cabinet was recently picked up at the Raleigh, NC flea market in excellent condition, but suffered damage during the journey to DC. The cabinet was made in 1930 and used t...

NY Good Questions: How Should I Set This Room Up?

Dear AT, I just moved into my boyfriend Paul's house and I'm in a redecorating frenzy. Only problem is, the living room is giving me trouble. I'm stuck! We have a bunch of different styles of furn...

Good Questions: How Can I Liven Up My Hallway?

Hello AT, Please help enliven my Hallway of Despair. Blah. Narrow. Gray. Window-less. It leads from our main stairs to the guest room and the back staircase (to the left of the guest room door). ...

NY Good Questions: Paint Color For The Kitchen Cabinets?

Hello AT, I need kitchen help! My boyfriend and I recently moved into a great new rental apartment. We love it and plan to stay for a long time. The landlord put down a new floor in the kitchen...

NY Good Questions: What Color Should I Paint My Bed?

Hello AT, I am just in the process of decorating my bedroom and just got the Mandal bed with storage from IKEA. As much as I like the shape, I don't like the pine look. I have two gorgeous rosewoo...

Janovic Plaza

If you're ever painted your apartment and you live in NYC, you've probably heard of - if not been to - Janovic Plaza. They are a major supplier of Benjamin Moore Paints here in the city, with 10 loc...

Emery & Cie

We heard about Emery & Cie from Jess, who showed off her Parisian Perch for us a few weeks back, but we had no idea how deep this river ran. Today Jeannie told us how much she loved the color on the...

BioShield: Eco-Friendly Paints, Stains & Finishes

The Right Thing. Consider: There are more than 10,000 chemicals that can be used in conventional paints; many of which are newly created chemical components with little research conducted regarding...

Wood-O-Rama!

Wood-O-Rama has closed on the upper west side! However, they are still in New Jersey at: Contact Us 60 Herbert Ave Closter, NJ 07624 Phone 201-768-1180 212-222-2555 800-244-6653 (Re-Edited on ...