shop therapy

Day 3 of All Things Apartment Therapy. Did you know that the Apartment Therapy blog has it's own Marketplace? No? Well peeps, I'll break it to you gently. It's mind-blowingly (is that even a word?) ENORMOUS. Over 2500 stores and counting. It's superbly well done - leave it to Apartment Therapy to put it all together meticulously.  

You can browse by Style, Location, Category, or do a search. The Marketplace homepage has a running banner of sample stores to pique your interest, as well as thumbnails of 30 diverse stores being highlighted. The 4 photos you see here are samples from those 30 stores. When you click on a store, not only do you get more information about that store, you receive comments from customers and their experience with that store (similar to Amazon). If that wasn't enough, in the side bar you will find suggestions of similar stores that may interest you. Nice!

The majority of Marketplace stores are internet only. Some stores also have brick-and-mortar locations as well, or will ship to your location. Either way, Marketplace makes sure you know this and will label the store for you. You may have a really cool store right in your vicinity and don't even know it (I had several!). With all this Marketplace efficiency, I have to admit, I was sold. And like yesterday's post, I could be lost in the internet for days on end. I guess after that kind of build up I should post the link, eh? Hehehe ------------> Apartment Therapy Marketplace 

(Photo Credits: Image 1.Solio, 2.Smiling Planet, 3.Tin Toy Arcade, 4.Wall Sticker Shop)