Apartment Therapy: interior designers

Eye Candy: New Coco + Kelley Website

Coco + Kelley, the blog of Seattle-based designer Cassandra LaValle, has long been one of our favorite reads. Cassandra has a fabulous eye for color, and her style is glamorous without being inaccessi...

Vibrant Bay Area Before & Afters From Lotus Bleu

A visit to Lotus Bleu boutique in Hayes Valley is perfect on a gray, foggy day, when you need a pick-me-up cocktail of bright color and vibrant pattern. We only just recently found out that Lotus Bleu...

Before & After: Liz's Apartment by Furbish Design

As much as we love to peruse the portfolios of interior designers, the idea of actually hiring a decorator has never been on the table. It's always seemed like an option meant only for those equipped ...

A Designer's First Project: Master Bedroom

Brian Paquette started a design firm, BP Interiors, this year in Portland. He was kind enough to send us a link to photos and info on his first completed project.......

8 Interiors by the Decorator Showcase Designers

click thumbnails for larger picsHaven't yet decided whether to drop the $30 for a ticket to this year's Decorator Showcase? Well, hopefully we can help. Check out Lily's post for links to some previe...

The Many Faces of Kelly Hoppen

click thumbnails for larger pics London designer Kelly Hoppen's website includes a portfolio of her interior design work. Its format walks us through a few different project types, from The Loft to T...

Inspiration: Norwegian Stylists Kråkvik & D’Orazio

click thumbnails for larger picsSometimes looking at stylists' web sites can be depressing—everything arranged so perfectly that it feels inaccessible, like a cake so pretty you don't really want t...

Color Inspiration: A Muted Palette from Retrouvius

When we spotted these interiors on the aptly named Desire to Inspire, we were so taken with their lovely muted color palette. The colors are soft but still distinctive, the furnishings faded without s...

Living Big in a Small Space: Timothy Mather

Toronto's 2009 Interior Design Show is coming up. One of the seminars being held there for design professionals is called "Living Big in a Small Space", and it's led by Toronto interior designer, Ti...

The Design Process at the Dwell Home

AT:SF contributor Sally Kuchar was the designer of this years Dwell Home: Silicon Valley. One of the sources she used for the home was Kohler and, as part of the project, they did a series of intervie...

Beach House Style

We grew up by the beach, so it's a given that we're drawn to Marin's Beach House Style. Their website says, We’re all about a casual, affordable & happy-go-lucky lifestyle -- well, we'd like to t...

Lunaria

We were intrigued when we received an email from Alia Meyer that said: i have this cool store in Marin that is so out of the beaten track that people can't seem to find us... but when they do they hav...

Re:modern

With the proclamation "Design with Integrity," Bay Area-based Re:Modern announces their mission on their home page. Sustainability and good design are the driving forces behind everything they do, fro...