Name: Lyssa
Location: Oakland
Type: Rented one bedroom railroad apartment
Why I use color:
After living in my apartment for a year and going through several major life changes (including marriage and pregnancy), I needed to reclaim and reinvent my home. Adding color to the walls transformed my bland rental apartment into a personalized home in a cost-effective, reversible way.
I chose each room's color palette to set the mood, maximize the light and unify the decor. In some cases the wall colors determined the furnishings, in others the accents determined the wall colors. Since my apartment has only three rooms, I gave each one its own color, defining each space and diversifying my home's palette.
2 Good color tips:
Make the extra effort and go for the two tone room. Don't get so attached to one idea that you choose an imperfect shade. If the color patches aren't working out like you imagined, try a totally different color.
Favorite type and brand of paint:
Benjamin Moore Aura
Veronica & Keith's Handmade Chic 
The World's Ugliest Condo: The Big Bathroom Reveal 
Good Food to Share 
The Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces 
Apartment Therapy Presents 
The Eight-Step Home Cure 
Hunslet Dinner Plate
A Beginner's Guide to Superb Stir-Fry: Quick, Healthy Meals from a Wok
Homesteaders' Cocktail Recipe: Lovage Simple Syrup
Comments (20)
way to make this space your own.
That chair in your living room is amazing
I like most of this. Some of this is just terrible to me but other things are fantastic.
I love your kitchen!
It seems like we're seeing a lot of green kitchens this year. Interesting. Anyway, this is a lovely space, because it shows off your individuality.
lovely!
Congrats on making it your own...your definately on to something here. I could see your kitchen improving by introducing another (contrasting) color to give it some depth. It seems a little too matchy-matchy, its needs to be broken up a bit, even with something small. How about a robin's blue le creuset set?
Love the shot from one room to another. the colors go so well together.
I absolutely adore that kitchen. It looks so calm and the plant fits it so perfectly.
love the light green color in the kitchen!
Really, really lovely. I love how all the colors are unique, and yet subtle enough to blend when you're able to see multiple rooms at once. And it's really nice that the kitchen is a bolder, as a counterpoint to the rest of the place. Well done!
I like how the two greens play off of each other in the kitchen area.
something went colorful wrong here!!!!
silver radiator? oh pray tell how did you do that! we have 3 radiators (4, really, but one is behind the shoe closet in the entry) and they are all exposed.
I love the circular chair by the window and the lavender wall color.
Unfortunately, the paint on the radiator is lead based, it came with the apartment, along with strict instructions to keep the baby away from it.
Love the chair and the window. Good Luck!!
That rocking horse (?) is adorable.
you've got some nice pieces of furniture with lots of character.
Loving the yellows in the living room, would you share the color names? Assuming they are BM...