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10 Things You Need to Know About Apartment Therapy
Part 2: Your Home is a Path, Not a Place

10 Things You Need to Know About Apartment Therapy
With all of my talk about Terence Conran’s impact on home design, I hope you can begin to see that it’s the activity of “home design” or even “home making” that is of the greatest importance, not simply arranging stuff in it. Arranging stuff is what I call “decorating.”
 
Stuff comes and goes, as do styles, but the creation of home is something that we develop over time. Those skills stay with us. Which is to say that your home is a path, not a place. It’s something that you do with aspiration, it's an activity that never stops. It will help you learn, grow and change over the course of your life.


 
Today's Hot House Tour
House Tour
Name: Penny, Mark, Minnie & Charlie Leaver Green
Location: Kingsdown — Bristol, UK
Size: 1500 square feet
Years lived in: 3 — owned
 
Textile artist Penny Leaver Green knows how to make the most of her historic 1850 home. She's graciously kept the many of the home's distinguished elements while adding a touch of sophistication.


 
Maxwell's Daily Find
Daily Find
I met Richard Ciacco, the fellow who started this company, at the Gift Show. Struck by the idea of eco-concrete, I got into a great conversation about his new planters, learning a lot in the process.
 
One of a number of companies that are pioneering new ways of working with concrete, these planters outperform plastic, metal, ceramic and clay due to their lightness, strength and drainage properties.


 
Shopper's Guide
Shopper's Guide
A good barstool is hard to find — often made for commercial use, barstools can lack the smaller scale and warm materials of home furniture.
 
Here are 10 that range from inexpensive industrial metal models to painted wood to upholstered seating, at price points between $100 and $1,000.


 
Apartment Therapy Design Evenings
 


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