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Allergy Luxe Bed Bug Barrier Bedding

Bed Bath & Beyond has started to market a "bed bug barrier" mattress and pillow protector. Regular readers of AT are familiar with some of the bed bug horror stories out there, but we're curious to ...

AT Survey: Have you been to IKEA Brooklyn?

We're curious to know if any AT readers in the New York area made the trek to IKEA Brooklyn over the weekend? It was the first weekend the store was open. Was it insane? Did you take the water taxi?...

BRATTBY Cowhide Rugs from IKEA

Though they've been selling Flokatis and sheep skin rugs for as long as we can remember, IKEA's BRATTBY cowhide rug is new to us — we spotted it on our tour of IKEA Brooklyn. Cowhide rugs are both...

Survey: Are Paint Edgers Worth It?
Boston

We first saw the Shur-line paint edger in action on a home improvement TV show and it looked like product placement too good to be true. But when we picked up our first gallon of paint for our new apa...

Survey: Best Trash Furniture Finds
Washington DC

We know you’ve done it too. You see something on the side of the street, a pile of trash - and you just can't help yourself. You have to go investigate. We have embarrassed many a friend with o...

DIY Sex and the City: Interior Design Notes
Email from 5.29.08

Carrie's bedroom So, Sex and the City is back.....with a vengeance. If you never knew what it was all about, chances are you will now. Let's move past the boys of summer (Iron Man and Indiana Jones)...

Survey: The NYTimes New "Home" Section

We're a little slow, be we realize that the NYTimes has been making dramatic changes to our favorite section, House & Home (or Home & Garden as it's called on the web), over the past few weeks and m...

Sex and the City: Carrie's Closet Clincher

Bogart 1942: "We'll always have Paris." Big 2008: "I can build you a better closet....Welcome home baby." At AT we all know that having a place to put your stuff is as important as your stuff its...

ATNY Survey: Moving?

Walking around this weekend, we witnessed a lot of people moving — it was the end/beginning of the month in the peak moving season. And in the East Village, there are even more movers because it's a...

Friday Survey: Women are Packrats, Men are Minimalists?

This hot topic came up over coffee and we feel it's time to blog it. It just seems as if, though both sexes have their strengths and weaknesses, as we struggle to cope with organization at home, the a...

Survey: How Bad Does Our Gallery Suck?

Okay, we know it's not great, but we wanted to make a few temporary changes while we awaited our final design next week (which you will love). However, we seemed to underestimate the effect the tempo...

Survey: To Escape In or Out?

With the first big long weekend of summer just hours away, we're curious how many of you are going to be heading out of town and where you go. We can already tell that many of you are not in front ...

AT Survey: Economic Stimulus Payments

Many of us will be receiving (if we haven't already) an "economic stimulus payment" from the federal government. Some friends of ours went to Aruba. Others are paying down debt. We're curious to see...

What Do You Do With Wire Hangers?

After reading that wire hangers have recently shot up in price, we're curious if our dry cleaner will start to re-use hangers. We've tried collecting them and returning them for re-use, but the dry ...

Balconies & Terraces
The New York Times 4.27.08

Are you lucky enough to have outdoor space in the city? The New York Times real estate feature, The High Life, looked at terraces and balconies across the city and found a large number of people don...

Hidden Commode: BenchToilet from Julien

This is an interesting — yet odd — idea. The Julien bathroom suite by Troy Adams Design features a toilet that is hidden within a bench. The bench design includes one or two storage drawers (per...

AT Survey: Are Smelly Bathrooms an Issue?

We're not ones to buy useless products, but have to admit that we've grown to appreciate the utility of a small bottle of air freshener in the bathroom. At both the place where we do yoga each morn...

PlantTherapy Survey: On Spring Planting

Magazines are pushing spring ideas, bulbs have hit the point of no return, warm weather is on our doorstep and Daylight Savings is tomorrow. For some it is time to get ready for the gardening season ...

AT Survey: How Do You Deal with Laundry?

As we're just beginning bathroom month, we're curious how our readers deal with dirty laundry. Washers and dryers are rare finds in individual apartments (especially in New York). Are you lucky enough...

AT Survey: Which Way Should Toilet Paper Roll?

Ok, we ran this survey a few years ago after a little tiff we had with our beloved. Now it's time to see if anything's changed: We just received a shocking dressing down on the homefront. We were to...

March is Bathroom Month!

Jamie Pup's Bathroom Redo from 2005 Bathroom makeover anyone? Last month we dealt with soft goods and a good night's sleep, and this month we're getting into the hardware, tile, mirrors and all those...

AT Reader's Survey 2008

Dear Readers, below the jump you'll find a Reader Survey - something we've never done before - that will help us get to know who all is out there. We'd love it if you'd take a few minutes to go throu...

AT Survey: What's Your Favorite Cordless Drill?

We find a good cordless drill an essential part of our home toolbox. Our first love was a slim Makita with the long battery that didn't last too long. Over the years we went through a few more and ...

AT Survey: Men's Pajama Habits 2008

Okay, guys, it's your turn (we did the women yesterday). Each year we ask our readers to tell us a few personal tidbits so that the rest of us can feel a little more normal or our own weird nocturnal...

Cohabitation in New York City
NYT 2.10.08

We saved this recent New York Times' real estate story for Valentine's Day. Love Me, Love My Apartment looks at the ties between real estate, love and cohabitation in New York City. With rents (and ...

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