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Rough Luxe Hotel

Hotels are an endless source of great design ideas. If you're looking for eclectic ideas for your home, check out the Rough Luxe Hotel in London. The place is oozing with quirky touches....

Unfortunate Trend: Half-Wall Bath Screens

I've stayed in several hotels lately that no longer use shower curtains in their bathrooms, but instead, have rotating sheets of glass to enclose the mere three feet of space closest to the showerhe...

Look! World's Largest Collection on Display

Remember my friend Rachel, who looked so cute posing next to all of the World's Largest Things? We marveled over her photos of the World's Largest landmarks, a collection of experiences rather than ob...

A Visit to the Free Spirit Spheres

This summer my husband and I took a trip to the Pacific Northwest, with stops in Seattle and Vancouver. But our final stop was the most anticipated and, in the end, by far the most restorative. We s...

Boathouse by Blustin Heath Design

The exterior of this barge dating back to 1900 looks unassuming enough, right? But step inside the redesign by London's Blustin Heath Design and you'll see that this is one innovative little boathou...

Escapes: Prague's Monastery Garden Hotel

It's the mix of old and new in these spaces that's really catching our attention. The Monastery Garden Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic is actually located in an old monastery. The vaulted ceilings a...

Escape Inspiration: Old-Time Sleeper Cars

We traveled the Eastern European sleeper car circuit quite heavily when we visited Europe and Russian years ago. The most adventurous journey? From St. Petersburg to Moscow. The sleeper car was repl...

Camping With the Comforts of Home: What's Your Style?

Backpacking, of course, has its own glories—the wonder and quiet of remote areas, the enjoyment of living as simply as possible for a short time—but car camping is a great way to escape for differ...

Staycation Planning: Three Sites for Cheap Local Fun

A few of the listings for this weekend on Fun Cheap SF (clockwise from top left): Watch stuff blow up on the set of the TV show "Trauma"; visit the Academy of Sciences for evening cocktails; put our s...

Juvet Landscape Hotel: Escape to the Norwegian Woods

Owner Knut Slinning envisioned a resort in the remote Norwegian woods that would leave no mark on its surroundings. He went to architect Jan Olav Jensen, who designed the Juvet to perch upon the ear...

Inspiration: Library Travel Journal

We love paper. Small, interesting bits of different papers, envelopes, patterns, cards--heck, we even save our Muni Fast Passes each month! This Library Travel Journal not only feeds our paper fetish,...

Vacation Collection: World's Largest Things

Some people collect souvenir shot glasses from their travels, or tribal masks, or maybe refrigerator magnets. Our friend Rachel's vacation collection consists of photos of her and her travel companion...

Revamping Vintage Suitcases

It is Escapes month here at Apartment Therapy, but we all know that one of the most daunting aspects of going on vacation--or anywhere by plane, for that matter--is the airport. Unfortunately, the gre...

Apartment Therapy On... Bad Vacation Rental Décor

Some choice selections from rental getaways Renting a vacation home is often a wonderful way to escape—you can cook your own food, explore a new area, maybe enjoy a new view, and usually for less t...

Walkabout California: Local Inn-to-Inn Hiking Escapes

The Little River Inn in Mendocino, photographed by Tom Courtney...imagine coming upon this sight at the end of a long day's hike! In our household we love to hike, but one of us (psst—it's my husba...

Flea Market Find: Vintage Classroom Posters

At a flea market on my recent trip to Beijing, I came across a surly gentleman with a big stack of old educational posters he claimed were from the 1950s. Some were pretty gross (I've saved the sea cr...

Vacation Care for Houseplants
The Oregonian

As we plan our fabulous summer vacations (or modest weekend getaways, as the case may be) it's all too easy to overlook potted members of our households. The Oregonian has some quick tips for keepin...

Great Escapes Locally: Lucia Lodge in Big Sur

This weekend we had a chance to get away and explore the beauty of Big Sur. Located 150 miles from San Francisco it's a popular destination for tourists, but also Bay Area residents looking to be surr...

Roundup: Apartment Therapy Goes Camping

Isn't camping the quintessential escape? Free of the conveniences of the indoors and the comforts of home, even short weekend camping trips can make you feel like you're conquering unchartered terri...

Great Escape: Costanoa, Duarte's, and the Elephant Seals

One of our favorite local escapes is the drive down Highway One to see the elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Reserve. This is the largest mainland breeding colony for these animals in the world, and ...

Survey: Where Do Your Guests Sleep?

Travel season can often mean hosting out-of-town guests in your home. After living in NYC, we're used to putting house guests up in our tiny apartment. It's taken some real patience on their parts a...

Confessions of a Souvenir Textile Addict

Silk saris from Mumbai, catching their first glimpseof the world outside the closet in over a year Some people collect postcards from their travels, or shot glasses, or kitchen tools, or tribal masks...

Travel Inspiration: Motels

It's the season for road trips. Which might mean a motel stop or two along the way. Here's a collection of a few motel images from around the web. A couple of these images are from classic motel bui...

Inspiration: Souvenir Plate Wall

At a loss when it comes to souvenirs once the vacation's over? What about a display that goes over the top with multiples? A little (or a lot of) inspiration can be found in this Richard Ginori disp...

Five Stylish Pet-Friendly Escapes

Weekend getaways are harder to pull off when you've got a dog. There's the added expense of a pet sitter or boarding facility, and then of course there's the matter of just how hard it is to leave his...

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