Shelving and Storage Solutions for Apartments Large and Small
If you’re like us (and, probably, at least half of all New York City apartment dwellers), one of your resolutions this year involves finally cleaning up and organizing your closet / office space / kids’ room,  and those piles of books and papers and toys and everything else in the entire universe that somehow always […]

Cool Holiday Gift Guides 2010: Home Design Edition
Every design blogger and "shelter" publication in town throws out a Holiday Gift Guide these days, and, browsed too early in the season, they can all seem kind of general ("yes, these are pretty things"), and/or more than a little overwhelming. But now that we have only a couple of people remaining on our list, […]

NYC Green Apartments: Green Power in Glenwood Buildings
New York City living is already relatively energy efficient and eco-friendly (think: mass transit, lots of walking, smaller living spaces to heat and power than similarly-priced houses in subrurban and rural areas), but Glenwood Management is committed to going even further to create NYC green apartments. As of right now, 25% off all the energy […]

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle Tips and Tricks for NYC Dwellers
  Reduce    Is it possible to reduce your carbon footprint to zero? Even if you live, not on some farm somewhere, but here in New York City? Well, yes, if you're Colin Beavan, aka No Impact Man, who in 2007 embarked on a year-long experiment to see if he and his family–wife Michelle Conlin, […]

Family Friendly Apartments in New York City
  There are many things that make for a family friendly apartment in New York City, from a building's amenities to its neighborhood and nearby services to the attitude and lifestyle of your fellow tenants. First and foremost, however, the one feature that families with young children covet most of all, is the on-site play […]

Rooftop Gardens and Urban Farms in NYC
It’s more than a little ironic than us city-slicking New Yorkers, via the abundance of greenmarket farmers markets that have taken root all over town in the past decade or so–from the massive, wonderful Union Square farmers market to the seasonal spaces such as the Saturday-only greenmarket on 82nd and York–actually have easier access to […]

New York City Architecture: What are the City’s Best Buildings?
  New Yorkers are famous for their opinions, usually expressed at high volume, with zero chance of being convinced otherwise. In fact, just about every aspect of New York City living can quickly turn into a lively debate, and New York City architecture is no different… even (or, perhaps, especially) among non-architects. Which makes perfect sense: […]

Luxury Apartment Amenities in NYC
With NYC luxury rental apartments fighting to attract the best, most qualified residents–and even steal wary buyers from the luxury condo market–developers all over town have significantly upped the ante in recent years in terms of rental apartment amenities, both in a building's common areas and within individual homes themselves. These days, in fact, contemporary […]

New York City Home Tours THIS WEEKEND
  We love poking around people's homes–how do THEY deal with the challenges of New York City apartment living?–but short of embarking on a new b-and-e career, there are only so many open houses we can get to in a weekend, or friends who will tolerate our home design/real estate obsession. Enter New York City […]

Apartment Therapy’s Eight-Step Home Cure Spring 2010
  Our friends over at the great Apartment Therapy are just heading into Week Two of what has become an twice-a-year tradition, the wonderfully communal and always instructive and inspiring Eight-Step Home Cure. So far more than 1,200 people from all over the country–a hefty share of those from right here in New York City–have […]