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Roundup: Best Throw Pillows 2008

Thomas Paul, Unison & Loolo During Fall Colors Month (see all our entries here), many readers are learning that one of the best ways to experiment and add color without painting or spending a lot mon...

Oxford Bedding from Williams-Sonoma Home

We're loving the simplicity and neatness of Williams-Sonoma Home's Oxford bedding collection. Inspired by classic men's woven shirting, the 100% cotton collection offers a more masculine approach to...

Magniflex Gold Mattress: With 22 Carat Gold Yarn

We considered doing this as a Hot or Not? and then decided to get a little more in depth. This is a remarkable product that we had never heard of. Magniflex is an Italian mattress company with a b...

Best of Three: Simple, Legged Side Tables
Email from 8.24.08

• With a three additional contributions from readers! After finally finding and buying a sofa for the living room, Sara Kate now would like me to get working on side tables in the bedroom. My ...

A Mini-Bedroom That Doesn't Skimp On Style
Gascony, France

This miniature bedroom is lifted from the mundane by a pretty turn-of-the-last-century bed and a clever window (the effect of which could be replicated with a light box)......

How To: Build Your Own Headboard

Time: One day Price: @ $75 Tricky Bit: Getting the brackets to mount on the wall Headboards can be so expensive and so heinous that we avoid them, even though we want one. However, we attempted ...

Treehouse Bed by Michelle Ivankovic
Email from 7.14.08

I was out in Los Angeles last month and stopped into Kelly van Patter's Kellygreen Design in Silverlake. Kellygreen is a green design store that has some very creative, cool and attractive home hom...

Illustrations of 1911 Interiors

These are three favorites from a series of illustrations of 1911 interiors. In the dining room drawing above we like the cool mix of blues and greens with ivory highlights. That curtained door in th...

Platform Beds at Target

There are quite a few inexpensive platform beds available at Target these days. Some even have storage drawers built into them. Check out lots more of them after the jump......

NY Good Questions: Should I Add Molding To My Bedroom?

Dear AT, I have recently been very inspired by some posts where molding/paneling is incorporated into a largely modern design. This made me curious about adding molding to my bedroom to create some...

Woodland Organic Duvet at Pottery Barn

This duvet from Pottery Barn is almost as good as outdoor living. With such a dense garden print, the Woodland Organic duvet is almost as natural as the great outdoors, too......

AT Europe Close-Up: Le Corbusier as Bench Press
Paris, France

Our recent house tour of Patrick and Julian's Montmartre loft showed a home full of high design that wasn't just for show. Like this adjustable Le Corbusier classic that the men use as a home gym in t...

Lava Lamp Night Light

Okay, if you've gotta have a lava lamp, just keep it small. This lava lamp night light just might be the solution for couples who spat over getting rid of one or the other's tacky decor......

LILLESAND Tall Bed Frame from IKEA

Only one more day to go! IKEA Brooklyn opens tomorrow morning and those first thrity-five people in line will collect their free EKTORP sofa. On our recent preveiw-visit to the store, the Apartment ...

Walk on the Moon Rug from Atypyk
Paris, France

New from witty online French design retailer Atypyk, the beguiling 100% wool Walk on the Moon rug is decadent, whimsical and 3,000 euros. But they also sell plenty of clever, inexpensive products for ...

Broke-ass Decorating
Time Out New York 6.5.08

Earlier today, we posted Michele Spadaro's Cheap Chair Rehab from The New York Times. The new issue of Time Out New York is The Cheap Issue and features a bedroom makeover for under $50......

Legnomobile Storage Systems by Alfredo Haberli

We have admitted our weakness for storage! Designer Alfredo Haberli has expanded upon his designs for LegnoLetto Modular Beds and is offering an entire range of complimentary storage options. The Le...

Two Kithaus Bedroom Ensembles at Design Within Reach

Though we won't be purchasing an entire room of Design Within Reach furniture anytime soon, it is fun to see what is possible in a Kithaus. Following their office and pool house collections, DWR has...

Bedding by Sami Hayek for Target

Target has started to post the bedding from their new back-to-school collection from Sami Hayek. While we'll have to wait to see the full collection (which includes everything from notebooks to furn...

How To: Mirror a Dresser

AFTER Time: 2 weekends Cost: $400 Ever wanted a mirrored dresser and looked into how much they cost? Very fashionable in the last few years and VERY expensive, this is an awesome DIY project by Sha...

Organic Cotton Pleated Bedding from West Elm

We just spotted this Good Question on the LA site about an inexpensive version of Anthropologie's Cirrus duvet and we have the perfect alternative — West Elm's Organic Cotton Pleated Bedding. Mad...

Best Water/Wine Carafes of 2008
Email from 5.5.08

I opened up the new T Style magazine yesterday and thought it was thin. Design & Living is my bag, and I was totally ready for some good shelter porn, but I was left wanting. I guess if you pay ...

A Greener Mattress: Simmons Natural Care by Danny Seo

By using a combination of natural latex, Tencel, soy-based foam, recycled steel and wood from accredited and sustainably managed forests, Danny Seo has helped create a greener, affordable mattress f...

Crazy Linen Laundry Hamper from CB2

We made sure to swing by CB2 last night on our way to the Design Meetup — we were on a mission to check out their Crazy Linen Hamper in person. First off, it's definitely not crazy. It's about as ...

Shimna Furniture: Strong, Modern and Crunchy - Email from 4.15.08

Meanwhile, I wanted to share with you yesterday this great relatively new furniture company, Shimna, which has done a great job pairing natural materials (read crunchy, organic) with strong modern fo...