Apartment Therapy: outdoor

Keeping Decor Neutral to Enhance the View

While flipping through the latest issue of Tribeza, a local Austin magazine, we came across a home built by the architecture firm Andersson and Wise. Nicknamed the "Tower House," we were struck the m...

RAD'S Cool and Clever Furniture Designs!
Austin

Last week we mentioned local Austin furniture company Ryan Anderson Design in the post about Aviary's new in-store wine bar. Sleek and with a sense of humor, RAD's furniture pieces are a statement in...

Outdoor Living On The AIA/LA Fall Home Tour

We had the pleasure of attending AIA/LA's Fall Home Tour this weekend in the coastal town of Manhattan Beach. The four featured homes were modern in style and built using many green materials, makin...

Using Found Objects in The Garden

Old wine bottles, chipped glass stones, broken windows and torn chinese lanterns often get cast-away with the trash (if not recycled). But we're loving Barbara's lovely sentiment to reuse these item...

LA Times Home & Garden Roundup 09.26.09
Los Angeles

With our temperate climate the phrase "winter garden" is less of an oxymoron in southern California than in might be in other places. This week's Los Angeles Times Home & Garden section takes a look ...

10 Inspiring Small Space Balcony Gardens

A small balcony can be the best little hideaway as long as it isn't just a forgotten chair and a dead plant or two. Yes even a really tiny outdoor space has the potential to be a refuge from the re...

The DIY Modern Outdoor Succulent Planter #2

Inspired by Annette's Modern DIY Outdoor Planter post, Apartment Therapy reader Chris shows us all how easy of a project this is to all mimic......

Curb Appeal: Before & After
Candian House and Home

Even though we know the power of the paintbrush, we're still amazed by what it can do. Like this home for example. The after, as well as some suggestions for making your home look better, after the ...

The DIY Balcony "Flower Bed"

Apartment Therapy reader Jackie Honikman sent us her whimsical and imaginative DIY project that puts a cheap canopy bed frame to reuse in a whole new light as a balcony garden flower bed. We could als...

A Stylish and Family-Friendly Backyard!
Austin

Elizabeth and her husband just recently finished fixing up their backyard in Central Austin, which has had to grow to accommodate three young kids and two energetic dogs! Their solutions were simple ...

Afternoon Escape: A Luxury Hotel

Looking for a great escape in your own city that offers some fabulous design style and a chance to unwind for under $10? Consider checking out and enjoying... ...

Driving on Vacation: Your Experiences
Austin

While it's lovely to travel to a big city and walk around to see the sights, it's more likely that at some point you'll have to take a car around. Whether it's your own car or a rental, trying to rea...

Insider Austin City Limits Travel Tips!
Austin

Though it's still a couple of months away (October, to be exact), people around the world are already gearing up for this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival. In honor of this month's travel the...

Beverly Hills Bike Tour

Since it's travel month at Apartment Therapy, I wanted to share a little bike tour I recently took around my current neighborhood, Beverly Hills, and how it inspired my design style at home. After t...

The Most Beautiful Storage Barn

From afar, this storage barn which houses a selection of lumber, stones and other building materials looks like a modernist home. But upon closer inspection, the mosaic of colour and texture reveals...

Question: Tourist Spots or Local Dives?
Austin

It's not exactly local to Austin, but while on a trip to visit the boyfriend's parents over the weekend we found ourselves in the position to enjoy a few visits to nearby New Orleans, Louisiana. Thou...

Sarabi Studio
Austin

As we transition from one month's theme here on Apartment Therapy to next month's theme (escapes and travel, if you were curious), we thought it fitting that we focus today on a local creative compan...

Inspiration: Wildseed Farms
Austin

With June's Outdoors month coming to a close here on Apartment Therapy, we'd like to share one last spot to gain inspiration from for your own outdoor spaces. Wildseed Farms isn't in Austin (it's loc...

Enjoying Your Own City Parks

We are loving all of the My Great Outdoor posts throughout the Apartment Therapy site and it's inspired us to walk around our neighborhood and see what our neighbors have been up to. As we check out o...

Sandra's Layered Porch

When our goal is a cozy, inviting space, it's good to think about layering items. Sandra incorporates the layered look on her back patio which makes us feel right at home....

Mow Down Air Pollution: Trade-In for an Electric Lawn Mower

Almost missed this bit of news mentioned in last month's Westways magazine: the South Coast Air Quality Management District is sponsoring a program called "Mow Down Air Pollution", offering LA, Orang...

Your Favorite Outdoor Memories
Austin

For many of us, the outdoors has been a place of excitement, adventure and refuge for most of our lives. While we've all grown up in different places around the world, with different climates and dif...

Share Your Resources for Building Gates, Walls and Fences

Last week when we posted our garden tour we got a lot of comments asking what the fence was made of. Because it's made with fiberglass sheets it affords privacy without blocking out the light. We're...

Roundup: 9 Inspiring Vertical Gardens

click for more picsAfter posting about Intelligentsia's vertical garden we felt compelled to dig a bit deeper and find some other way cool gardens that make good use of vertical space. Not only are t...

Before & After: Torie Jayne's Transformed Shed

Torie Jayne shows us that the decorating department can extend to the often-overlooked outdoor shed. With a few simple steps, she takes a passable wood shed and makes it quite attractive... ...

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