Shifrah Combiths With five children, Shifrah is learning a thing or two about how to keep a fairly organized and pretty clean house with a grateful heart in a way that leaves plenty of time for the people who matter most. Shifrah grew up in San Francisco, but has come to appreciate smaller town life … Read more
Heather Bien Heather Bien is a Washington, D.C.-based freelance writer whose work has appeared on MyDomaine, The Knot, Martha Stewart Weddings, HelloGiggles, and more. You’ll often find her making pitstops for roadside antique shops, drooling over original hardwood floors, or perfecting her latte recipe.
Megan BakerHome Projects Editor Megan is a writer and editor who specializes in home upgrades, DIY projects, hacks, and design. Before Apartment Therapy, she was an editor at HGTV Magazine and This Old House Magazine. Megan has a degree in Magazine Journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. She is a self-taught weighted blanket … Read more
Sunday scaries never hit me hard until I was working my first corporate job — when the cycle of dread began following me every night. I would wake up in the middle of the night freaking out over missing an important meeting with a client. My anxiety was through the roof. As TikTok users would … Read more
Blair DonovanShopping Editor, Style Blair is Apartment Therapy’s Style Shopping Editor, where she covers the latest brand launches, need-to-buys, and anything related to her two unofficial beats — cane and rattan. Whenever she’s not perusing for the latest home finds (a rarity), you’ll probably find her reading, watching a horror film, or on the hunt … Read more
For more content like this follow Real Estate Rachael Grochowski, founder and principal architect of RHG A+D in Montclair, New Jersey, explains adaptive reuse pretty simply: It’s “any project where you’re finding new ways to make an underutilized building or space vibrant and active again.” Adaptive reuse projects take buildings that have served their original … Read more
I initially moved back home to the suburbs with a time limit. I planned on staying with my parents for a year to make a sizable dent in paying off my debt, then hoped to promptly return to the city — a built-in escape plan. But as I crept up on the one-year mark, I … Read more
I’ve tried everything. I charge my phone in another room. I delete the Instagram app for days. I put my phone on airplane mode before taking a walk through the park. But some nights, when the sun is setting outside my velvet chartreuse curtains and the day feels like an entire week, nothing sings quite … Read more
Shifrah Combiths With five children, Shifrah is learning a thing or two about how to keep a fairly organized and pretty clean house with a grateful heart in a way that leaves plenty of time for the people who matter most. Shifrah grew up in San Francisco, but has come to appreciate smaller town life … Read more
For more content like this follow DesignBefore & After An inspiring workplace can support well-being and productivity, so it’s always worth investing some time and energy into its function and look. That’s exactly why New Orleans-based interior designer Nomita Joshi-Gupta, who is also the owner of multi-line wallpaper and fabric showroom, Spruce, was tapped by … Read more