Apartment Therapy

With sleepovers and campouts and friends who crash at your place for the night and need a place to sleep on the floor, there’s one thing that gets an awful lot of use in the summer months — and is probably so much dirtier than you realize — and that’s your kids’ sleeping bags.

We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing. If you’re looking for a top-of-the-line blender you’ll use for years to come, you simply can’t go wrong with a Vitamix. Unsurprisingly, Vitamix blenders are regularly editor-favorites around here, thanks to their long-lasting, powerful motors and strong airplane-grade stainless steel blades. One of our favorite blenders from our Best Blender list even happens to be the Vitamix 5200 Blender. But as anyone who has shopped for a Vitamix before knows, these appliances can cost a pretty penny. That’s why we suggest you buy one when it’s on sale — just like this special deal on Vitamix blenders happening right now at QVC!

We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing. Although the Fourth of July is definitely all about the hot dogs, fireworks, parades, and other summertime diversions, there should be an equal amount of enthusiasm for all the amazing sales going on this time of year. Here we were thinking that Black Friday or New Year’s Day were the big holidays for sales — as it turns out, summer is a pretty awesome time to be stocking up on those big-ticket but discounted items, like furniture.

We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing. There are still a few days to before the start of July, but Walmart is getting the long weekend excitement revved up by rolling out savings for the 4th of July, and it includes some of the best deals you can score right now. There are tons of great home and kitchen discounts (excuse me, “Rollbacks”!) on essentials from brands including Shark, Keurig, Drew Barrymore Flower Home, iRobot, and more; making this an excellent chance to save on summertime essentials. Some of the best steals are on time-saving cleaning essentials like robovacs and steam mops as well as amazingly chic furniture and cooling bedding to get your space ready for the sunny summer days ahead. There are thousands of items to choose from, so to get you started, here are 10 of the best items you can buy from Walmart’s 4th of July sale through the weekend. Happy shopping!

We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing. You know where there’s a long weekend, there are huge sales happening, too! July 4th is a few days away, but some AT-editor-favorite brands have already kicked off sales on home decor, bedding, and lots of furniture. One in particular is Albany Park, a Black-owned business known for high-quality sofas that ship quickly. The brand has launched their 4th of July blowout, and it’s one you don’t want to miss.

While yellow might be a color associated with happiness — well, except in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” — the wall color simply had to go in a recent Atlanta-area home staging project. Sylvia Gholston, senior designer at Showhomes of Cobb, knew...

If you’re looking for a hobby this summer but you’re inclined to stay indoors, revisit your bookshelf. A quiet, welcoming environment helps you to settle down with a good book, but that can’t be achieved without putting some TLC in your book nook. Depending on your interest and level of comfort, a reading corner can be an exciting investment to creating a relaxing corner in your home.

We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing. When having trouble falling asleep, your instinct might be to reach for some melatonin. Or, you might reassess your pre-bed routine. Are you exposed to too much blue light? Unable to calm anxious thoughts? We’ve all been there, but something you might be forgetting to consider is the comfort of your bed. With record-breaking temperatures making their way through many states, it could be time to switch out that heavy comforter for something more weather-appropriate. Or perhaps your pillows aren’t as soft (or firm) as you’d like them to be.

About a year and a half ago, deep into Covid isolation and the reassessing of, well, everything, my husband and I realized with surprisingly sudden and surprisingly deep conviction that we needed to move. We’d had zero thought of uprooting and in fact had recently completed a major addition on...

We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing. If there’s one thing I’m passionate about, it’s cooling bedding. As someone who’s been a hot sleeper since childhood, I know that if the bed I’m in gets too hot, I won’t be getting a good night’s sleep — and this is something that always plagues me when I visit my parents. While they have a lovely guest room, there’s a slight problem with it: it’s the hottest room in the house. Facing the front of their Florida home, the guest room sits on the side of the house that gets the most sun, thus making it a hot zone. Top that off with the fact that (much to my dismay) they don’t like to crank up the A/C, and it can get pretty toasty in there. With a month long trip on the horizon, I went digging for a solution that could help make my stay (and anyone’s stay) a bit more comfortable. The answer? A cooling mattress. But not just any cooling mattress: the Brooklyn Aurora Hybrid Mattress.

We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing. “We found our apartment the way any New Yorker finds their apartment: scouring StreetEasy and Naked Apartments and Craigslist for weeks, looking at sad, overpriced, run-down apartments with no storage, or no windows, or child-sized ovens, then losing hope and saying ‘let’s look at just one more…’ and then… the right place magically finds you,” describes Grant Griglak, Director of Marketplace and Consumer Insights at Penguin Random House, of the apartment hunt he underwent with his fiancé, Gray Holubar, the Director of People Business Partnership at Artsy.

It’s nearly impossible for me to go a weekday without screens — mostly because I work from home, from a computer, typing all day. But also because my phone is my main method of communication with loved ones: My partner lives across the city, my family lives across the country.

Plant parents know coming up with space-saving, creative ways to display a growing greenery collection can get difficult. You need to provide your plants with enough sunlight, space to grow, and, of course, water to live. If you’re looking for more functional and unique places to display your plants though, it may be time to consult an expert — or let me introduce you to one for a little bit of free plant styling advice.

The competition is officially over halfway completed on “Battle on the Beach.” The hit HGTV series, which is currently in its second season, charts the progress of three teams of aspiring home renovators as they make over houses in Surfside Beach, Texas. Network stars Taniya Nayak (“Build It Forward”), Ty Pennington (“Ty Breaker”), and Alison Victoria (“Windy City Rehab”) each provide guidance and design expertise to one of the teams on a weekly basis.

I like to think I’m pretty organized. I’ve been this way since I was a kid, and I have one person in particular to thank for it: my mom. She’s been setting the example for running an organized household since I was in diapers. I remember the giant paper calendar she hung in our kitchen, with each member of the family’s obligations and appointments highlighted in a different color. I also remember spending rainy Saturdays organizing our board game closet together — an activity I enjoyed (!) — and marveling at how she thought to stack the games vertically, like books on a bookshelf, rather than in sloppy piles.

We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing. July 4th is finally on the horizon, and with the promise of a long weekend comes tons of sales. We’ve already pulled together a list of the mattress deals you shouldn’t miss, and now it’s time to unveil our complete, comprehensive guide to all the early home sales that are happening now. Whether you’re shopping for furniture, rugs, bedding, decor, or kitchen accessories, there’s something here for everyone. We’ll be updating this list as more sales go live, so keep checking back for more!

Name: Sydney Beach Zester, my husband, and our dog. Location: Carolina Place — Wilmington, North Carolina. Tell us a little (or a lot) about your home and the people who live there: My husband and I bought our beach bungalow, who we lovingly call “The Bishop House” after the original owner, Ms. Ida Bishop, in July 2021. Like so many others, we had a real “what the heck do we want out of life” kind of reckoning during the pandemic, which ultimately had us packing up our things in the Blue Ridge Mountains and heading across the state to our little historic, coastal town. I work full time in public health and as an artist and my husband works for a tech startup. We both went remote during the pandemic, which gave us the flexibility to really live wherever we wanted. I’ve always dreamed of owning a historic home and so we ended up buying our little bungalow in the Historic Carolina Place neighborhood in Wilmington, NC. She turns 100 years old this year! We’re going to throw her a birthday party.

I love to read about different decluttering strategies. Because it’s such a subjective and psychologically fraught cleaning task for so many people, it takes trying on many methods to find something that penetrates all the guilt and waffling that’s so often involved in letting things go. I’ve found...

We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing. If you’re a plant lover and want to add a few more leafy greens to your space, look no further than these nine nature-inspired projects that bring the outdoors in. A tenth to add to your list? This moody, plant-infused bathroom redo from Carrie Kline (@honeydohoney_home).

These days, you probably see all sorts of dream travel destinations every time you open up TikTok, and the latest viral sensation is no exception. TikTok user @anastasiajant recently shared a stunning video of a complete treehouse village, and when you see the video, you’ll understand why it’s racked up nearly 7.5 million views on the app alone.