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Inside Designer Manish Arora's Colourful Paris Apartment

These Ikea Halloween Decorations Are Frightfully Cheap

The 15 Cutest Home Buys From The 2017 Ikea Catalogue

10 Things People With Clean Flats Always Do

What is a "homemaker" anymore, anyway? In most cases, you're not keeping house; rather, you're taking care of a little slice of an apartment. Maybe you've

by Sean Santiago

10 Things We Never Knew About Ikea

Who could say no to a tour of Ikea HQ? Not I, for one. So when the company asked if I might tag along for its Democratic Design Days conference, I found

by Sean Santiago

The (Crazy) True Cost Of Living Like The Olsen Twins

If there's anything the Olsen twins do well, it's living la vida cash flow. With a stable of successful brands under their teeny-tiny belts and a

by Sean Santiago

8 Decorating Mistakes People Make In Their First Flat

First apartments are exciting, exhausting, and more often than not, tinged with defeat. You love the bedroom, but the kitchen sink is in the living room.

by Sean Santiago

Before & After: A Stunning Transformation We're Pinning Like Crazy

This story was originally published September 1, 2015. Camille Eddera is a jeweller by trade and an aesthete at heart, a combination that proved useful

by Sean Santiago

Here's Everything Reality TV Has Taught Us About Being Super Rich

Remember the days before reality TV? No? Neither do we. It's hard to imagine a time before the silver screen was dominated by the outsized personalities

by Sean Santiago