apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

It's so late and I am w o r k e d. I don't go to movies very often, but tonight a friend talked me into going to see The Dark Knight. OMG. It gave me heart palpitations. With all due respect to the movie makers, this is not the kind of movie I need more of in my life. Though, I do have to admit to liking the interior design of Bruce Wayne's digs...

Here's this week's pick of the litter that will inspire you with hundreds of cool design ideas and resources. These three house tours are faves of mine for totally different reasons. The top one, AB Chao, is actually in Louisiana, but wanted to be posted to ATSF and fits in well the the vibe. It's a stunner that has a particularly nice indoor/outdoor feel. Todd and Nicole are industrial chic and you have to check out how thoroughly they've worked Army & Navy castoffs into their home. Finally, Monique and Richard's place has the best artwork, and I love the rough walls. Enjoy!

Today it's a Wednesday, time to go into what we do best and pull out the tastiest, most interesting house tours for your enjoyment. These are hand picked from the Bay Area (and one from New Orleans of all places...)....

Stay on the pulse with a double shot: blog + email. If you're not signed up, go for it right now (on the upper left nav). Click here & below for full archive...

Dear Readers,

For the next hour we'd like to ask you to help us by trying out our new gallery, which we've totally redesigned.

You can click to any gallery in any post or house tour to see the new version or you can simply click here to see it in this current post: House Tour: Julie and Andrew's Art-Filled San Francisco Abode

Please let us know what you think and if there are any problems by commenting HERE.

Thank you!

You chose 'em, now click on any pic above to see the full post. We want to thank all of our contestants and congratulate the Final Four in the East above. Now, we invite you to handicap the winners in the thread below. These finalists will be showing off brand new, enriched entries in two weeks for the judges to pick the winners, but we'd like to invite you to indulge in a little fantasy league of your own. All links and comments below......

Hello, house and home junkies.

We ran this world premier video from CB2 yesterday, but you can check it out today and avoid work for at least another three minutes....

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 through and ask a number of questions by clicking on a bunch of buttons. In return for taking the time, you'll be entered into a $100 giveaway. Interested? Click below for more...

Do you have expertise in o n l i n e ad sales?

We'd like to talk to you...

Name: Alglatiotis
Location: Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Time: It was a One Weekend Project completed on saturday and sunday
Cost: inspired by a chair that was very similar but $1700, we seeked out our chair at local thrift store, Value Village for $9.99 + we lucked upon a 50% off sale and got fabric and batting for $40.00 + stain we found bought for $13 and sandpaper for $5 = Grand Total $68

This is remarkable. Algy took a super super cheap chair and totally transformed it. This is a total DIY redesign. Head below the jump for all her pics, tools, and instructions and VOTING...

BEAT THE SHOE! (Vote Pool Today) • 60,000 New Yorkers came down, cooled off and swam laps in a spectacular setting during the inaugural season of the Floating Pool: a dramatic, 260-foot... Click here for more. (Advertisement)

Connect with Color. This weekend we put together a small promotional film for our Fall Colors Contest. It's called Got Color? and stars The Blind Cotton Theater Company, with special help from Mzungu Kichaa Productions. Enjoy, pass it on and connect with color!