At Apartment Therapy we've always felt that the web's greatest asset was in creating community and that it should mirrored offline as well. Inspired by Scott Heiferman's NY Tech Meetup, which we've been going to lately, we've started a NY Design Meetup for product and furniture designers, architects, entrepreneurs, students and hackers. Our goal is to provide a unique, efficient and entertaining forum for designers - both professional and amateur - to offer solutions to our biggest problems and …

Looking for thrift store shoppers! Do you enjoy digging for treasure? Hate to pay retail when you know somewhere its hanging around like new at a thrift store or consignment store? Do you like yard sale shopping, or "junkin" as some say? Do do you like flea markets and auction houses? Do you believe that one man's (or woman's trash) is another woman's treasure? Do you recycle or donate stuff to Goodwill or the Veterans? Maybe you like craigslist. Maybe you have heard or know about these gigantic …

A group for people with a "use what you have" mentality. We all want beautiful homes and have seen lots of creative ideas on pintrest, facebook, etc. I upcycle/paint furniture and home decor items. I'm starting this group to get other DIY'ers together to inspire and be inspired.