Tag: entertaining | Apartment Therapy

More Important to Keep a Party House or a Cozy Abode?

When you're laying out your furniture and television setup, do you think primarily about entertaining guests, or is your main focus on creating your own cozy movie nook?...

Underappreciated Home Tech: An Ode to the Kegerator

We spend a lot of time talking about the best televisions and grills and the other great home tech that can make a game-watching get-together into a serious party, but there's one great invention that...

The Hotspot Mini Tech Outdoor Table Heater

There's no denying Southern Californians like myself are prone to get the "chills" when the thermostat dips anywhere south of...oh say...70 degrees on any given day. Our year around Mediterranean clim...

Your Grill-Out Partner: The Talking Wireless Thermometer

Planning and hosting a patio party can be a challenge. With so much to do and so many different places to keep an eye on cooking and entertaining (not all of us have a slammin' stocked pollside kitche...

5 Electronic Wine Bottle Openers for the Oenophile

All last week we spent a most enjoyable time working, chatting and notably dining with our fellow Apartment Therapy managing editors. Of all the people we work with, we found ourselves the only non-dr...

Guitar Hero Cupcakes Are Less Geeky Looking Than You'd Imagine

Did you miss the post about iPhone cupcakes? If you did, go check it out now at this link—that is, unless you're starving because you haven't eaten lunch yet or your new year's resolution was to...

Cooking Grill does Double Duty as Table Centerpiece

Whether we're inviting two or twelve people over to our place for dinner, we always end up in the kitchen being the chef rather than in the dining room as the host. We'd rather miss our own party than...