FEATURES & REPORTING
Sarah Everett
Staff Writer, Apartment Therapy Media
Writer. Reader. Lover of the AP Style Guide.
See my writing and editing samples below. View my resume by clicking on "CV."
Writer. Reader. Lover of the AP Style Guide.
See my writing and editing samples below. View my resume by clicking on "CV."
FEATURES & REPORTING
If you live in an apartment building, it’s very possible your upstairs or downstairs neighbor walks into a space that looks almost exactly like yours, just with different furniture and art hanging on the walls.
We’re living in a retro renaissance right now, which is why it’s as good a time as ever to return to one of the boldest living room trends of the past: conversation pits.
It's official: The little white cart toting fake desserts that has been in the corner of my grandmother's dining room for as long as I can remember (and updated with corresponding desserts for different holidays, of course) is TRENDY.
Sensi editor-in-chief Stephanie Wilson's apartment is "maximalism to the max" and FULL of wild decor ideas, like contact paper-covered doors, neon-painted door jambs, and a carefully curated bar cart-turned-bong cart.
The secondhand market is projected to double in the next five years and become a $77 billion industry. Here's what this means for your home.
The best kind of scrolling.
Eny Lee Parker is best known for her Instagram-famous ceramic lamps, which feature chunky, clay bases out of which globe lightbulbs seem to sprout.
Scroll through author and influencer Paula Sutton’s Instagram feed, @hillhousevintage, and you’ll notice a pattern (or three or four!). Plaid, tweed, and chintz, plus pretty pastels and lots of 19050s-style frocks are all integral to Sutton’s English country style.
YOWIE founder Shannon Maldonado might be the consummate multi-hyphenate: fashion designer/curator/shop owner/decorator/hotelier.
Here are the questions you need to ask before signing on a 500-square-foot space or smaller, according to the pros.
Homeowner Jenn Laskey is almost certain she was an interior designer or an architect in a past life, probably from the 1920s or 1930s. She loves ornate, showstopper vintage sconces and chandeliers — in every room. She loves a vintage stove, a pedestal sink, a wallpapered bathroom, and a rich-toned vintage Persian rug. She “can’t get enough of anything tufted, velvet, or mirrored.”
Green Week at Apartment Therapy calls for a reminder that online no-buy groups are a great, sustainable, and community-oriented way to furnish your home.
It's easy to pinpoint the most iconic mid-century architectural and decor elements (think: wide-low, mass-produced homes, thanks to an economic boom and housing shortage post-WWII), but what about landscaping trends from the '50s through the '70s?
Squares, scallops, stars, or zellige?
When it comes to buying, selling, and even renting, a kitchen can make or break a decision. The kitchen is the spot house hunters want to scope out first for obvious reasons: It's put to use almost all of the time, it's where everybody tends to gather, and it's a room with tons of storage. Although it may seem secondary to, say, appliances, cabinetry is often the first thing a potential homebuyer notices in a kitchen.
QUICK-TURN POSTS
I write one Before & After post every day for Apartment Therapy that quickly summarizes a reader's project submission. These UGC posts are our highest traffic earners.
Another Before & After example. Our readers love an IKEA hack!
I love Michael Cera. I have, in the past, said that I would marry Michael Cera, except for then my name would be Sarah Cera, and also he is already married. Peep this entire bathroom dedicated to him.
It’s one giant leap for laundry, etc.
Dreaming of warmer weather and days spent on the water with friends? You'll definitely want to add this retro limo float to your summer mood board.
Wes Anderson's film "The Royal Tenenbaums" is about ambitious siblings fallen from grace when they return to the home they grew up in - which, in pure Wes Anderson fashion, is as eccentric and layered as its characters.
By trying this trick from one of our house tours, you'll create an interesting silhouette that's almost artwork in itself.
"No thoughts just pig ottoman" is Twitter user @2Saddington's quarantine mood - and it's a relatable one at that. This cute little footstool from Target went viral on March 3 with over 100,000 retweets.
Build a bridge to the next day.
HGTV MAGAZINE INTERNSHIP
As an editorial intern, I pitched the envelope, cactus, hot pavement and fireworks questions for HGTV Magazine's "How bad is it?" department, which provides straight answers to your head-scratching questions. Writing by Julianne Pepitone.
Working with senior editors and home editors at HGTV Magazine, I pitched and researched ideas for this roundup. I sourced several of the images and helped prepare a presentation for the executive editor and editor in chief.
Test your decorating smarts with the best-looking pop quiz ever! Just pair each object with its name. As an editorial intern, I pitched ideas for quiz questions and researched each item in the quiz to clarify the differences.
One of my first tasks as an intern at HGTV Magazine was to help brainstorm ideas for this A to Z list. Writing by Colleen Sullivan. Art by Alessandra Olanow.
As an editorial intern, I helped brainstorm ideas for this list with senior editors and the executive editor. I pitched the spray tan question. Written by Maria Masters. Art by Sydney Van Dyke
CITY MAGS
We put together this magazine from home. As editor in chief, I helped lead a team of 18 editorial staffers to meet our print deadline as we transitioned to remote work.
This annual special issue focuses on my favorite weekend in Columbia: the True/False documentary film festival.
This issue is service journalism-centric, with ten stories about debt, how to manage it and how to get out of it. The issue took second place in the category Single Issue of an Ongoing Magazine—Editorial in the 2020 AEJMC Student Magazine Contest. The debt feature took second place in the Service category of the same contest.
I pitched and wrote the assigning memo for this story, then collaborated with the writer on edits and conducted all fact checking and photo sourcing.
As department editor on this page, I worked with the writer to add in sourcing and specifics. I combed through audio and transcripts for quotes. I sourced the images and collaborated with designers on the guitar sidebar. I also fact checked this story.
I pitched this story about a well-known radio host. I met with the writer to cut the word count from 1,200 to 600. I fact checked the story, sourced archive photos and scheduled original photography. I wrote the headline, subheads and photo captions.
Logboat Brewing Co.'s cider offshoot, Waves Cider Co., is hopeful to open this summer, though there is no official opening date yet. Vox spoke with Judson Ball, Logboat's co-founder and director of marketing, about plans for the new spot, located at 604 Nebraska Ave.
Sunday, July 20, 1969. One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. One significant problem for the Columbia Missourian, which 50 years ago didn't usually publish a Monday paper.
Tchoupitoulas is a film about the nighttime and the dreams we have after the sun sets; it's an important film in the Ross brothers' collection of work.
What starts as a workplace comedy where Americans are mocked for their lazy tendencies and “fat fingers” quickly becomes a film about power, manipulation, dangerous working conditions, fair pay and the reconciliation, or lack thereof, of Chinese and American culture.
The film is about resilience, self-realization and empowerment. Lears, who lived in Columbia as a child, began working on the film as a new mother. She says she set out to tell a story about hope.
Each month, Vox curates a list of can’t-miss shops, eats, reads and experiences in and around Columbia. We highlight the new, trending or criminally underrated — so you’re always informed of the best our city has to offer.
Most townies can remember when Cool Stuff was on Broadway, when the downtown Shakespeare's was the only Shakespeare's, and when the tallest building in Columbia wasn't a parking garage.
Chefs from each restaurant visit the table when the tour sits down. They might share about their background, the restaurant’s community involvement, and introduce the gooey butter chocolate peanut butter cake or the quinoa fritter they’ve prepared for the tour.
The exhibit’s title, Constellation, is a tribute to the collaboration of works from 15 different artists – each inspired by the wonders of nature: starry skies, vast bodies of water, man, and animal.