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thejoyofbooking's review
5.0
What a GREAT source for inspiration! Apartment Therapy the book is just like Apartment Therapy the website, but more portable and easier to peer at closely. I had to read this with a notepad in hand for all the ideas that were popping out of the pages.
I especially appreciate that while AT tends to focus on apartments, they do include small houses, and that all of their examples are of real people instead of the Anthropologie photoshoot I often feel like I’ve stumbled upon on Pinterest.
At any rate, I highly recommend this for a source of design ideas and inspiration, especially regarding what can be done on an IKEA budget.
I especially appreciate that while AT tends to focus on apartments, they do include small houses, and that all of their examples are of real people instead of the Anthropologie photoshoot I often feel like I’ve stumbled upon on Pinterest.
At any rate, I highly recommend this for a source of design ideas and inspiration, especially regarding what can be done on an IKEA budget.
antidietleah's review
2.0
Definitely not my style aesthetic. There was maybe only one that I halfway liked. :/
showlola's review
4.0
A lot of this book consisted of the same gorgeous apartments and homes that have been covered on the blog of the same name, but I still found this worthwhile. There's something about pouring over the pages that makes all of the spaces look fresh again.
If you don't read the blog, but are a fan of clean design for small spaces this will be a double treat for you. Long live Apartment Therapy!
If you don't read the blog, but are a fan of clean design for small spaces this will be a double treat for you. Long live Apartment Therapy!
ejdecoster's review
2.0
Heavy on photographs and shopping resources, but a little light on actual design suggestions.
coldinaugust's review
3.0
Inspiring in a good way (I wonder how those colors would look in my home...I wonder if that DIY idea would work for me...I wonder what my house would look like if I were more intentional in decorating it) and inspiring in a bad way (I want want want and I suck for not being able to make my home look as perfectly manicured as these photos). So yeah.
sarahsponda's review
3.0
Despite the claim at the beginning that the book was not all about high-budget "Capital D" design, there were way too many Eames chairs, etc. for my liking. It would have been nice to have more NON-mid-century modern places.
I really enjoyed reading the owner/renter interviews.
A design book should have no blurry or exceedingly grainy photos. I also didn't understand why duplicate images were used in some of the spreads.
I really enjoyed reading the owner/renter interviews.
A design book should have no blurry or exceedingly grainy photos. I also didn't understand why duplicate images were used in some of the spreads.
alesia_charles's review
4.0
The big takeaway from this book, I think, is that it's a great idea to actually pay attention and try to make your home an attractive, pleasant place. It's not easy to do on a limited time and money budget, the editors try to say, but it *can* be done, with a little patience and persistence. That's the inspiring part.
On the other hand, since my style preferences stopped being popular at around 1950, this book - with its prevalence of post-1950s "retro" and "vintage" stuff, or actual current modern stuff - is not all that helpful. So many of the places are small apartments with open plans, also, that many of the furniture-arranging ideas are not helpful for an actual house that can't be made open-plan.
Still, I enjoyed reading it and looking at the pictures (including pictures of rooms that made me go, OMG, how can anyone *live* in that?). Fun, and has helped motivate me to take an active hand in trying to make myself happier with my own house. That's a win.
On the other hand, since my style preferences stopped being popular at around 1950, this book - with its prevalence of post-1950s "retro" and "vintage" stuff, or actual current modern stuff - is not all that helpful. So many of the places are small apartments with open plans, also, that many of the furniture-arranging ideas are not helpful for an actual house that can't be made open-plan.
Still, I enjoyed reading it and looking at the pictures (including pictures of rooms that made me go, OMG, how can anyone *live* in that?). Fun, and has helped motivate me to take an active hand in trying to make myself happier with my own house. That's a win.