Very calming and inviting space! Nice work. Is the artwork in the bathroom by "Yellena"?

I love the painting above the little side table by the couch.

I like your use of art to add color, especially in the little groupings.

The tiny red lamp on your bedside table is adorable, I love it!

This is one of those homes where I look at it and just want to go be Psymonetta for a couple days. I'd want to go back to being me eventually, but it'd be fun to try being the person who lives in this environment.

I find this to be one of the most genuine entries so far. It is a lovely space, with nice use of colour, yet it also feels "real". There's a definite personality, not merely a decorated feel to the rooms. I think it's this sense of the person behind the rooms, and subtle use of colour, rather than just some bright paint, that really makes this entry stand out.

I LOVE a non-white ceiling.

Hi everyone,

Thanks for all the kind comments.

Sporky, the art in the bathroom is from Yellena. As soon as I saw her prints, I was drawn to them in a familiar sort of way. Maybe it's because I grew up on the Oregon Coast and she's living there right now. I remember making similar sea form doodles as a kid. Of course, her's are much more skillfully executed.

Life in Vector, the painting above my couch is an Ebay find. I like to call her Margaret. I have a few more members in my "fake family" as well. What I like about Margaret is that she's just so...butterscotch and painterly.

Brittanykate, my little groupings just evolved, the two larger works in the master bedroom are originals that I bought years apart but they just like to live together. The two bright works are both by the same artist, and I've always liked to show them as a diptych even though that wasn't the original intent. I think using the suggestions generator on Etsy is a quick way to come up with a lot of similar but not matchy-matchy prints.

Kaelyo, I found that lamp at IKEA. It's blown glass and when I saw it I squealed. Really...it scared my husband.

And Wende, you're welcome to be me for a couple of days as long as my cat will have you.

Angorian, thanks for seeing what I tried to accomplish. I guess I do tend toward the subtle. My friends say I'm subversive (boldly subtle?), but subtle is a little more flattering. :)

Circlebloom, I too love a non-white ceiling. With the exception of my kitchen, which hasn't been repainted yet, none of my ceilings are lighter than "shell" most of them are at least the same value as the walls or darker. My favorite is the master bedroom, it's like a ceiling blanket.

So glad you entered, Psymonetta, as I recognize your home from a certain lj community ;)
These few pictures don't do your home justice, it is truly a lovely space.

I agree with circlebloom in that I LOVE non-white ceilings too! I seem to recall Thom from Queer Eye recommending that you paint your ceiling the same color as your walls and I have always liked most of the rooms he designed on the show.

I'm getting ready to paint a bunch of rooms in my house and I was planning on painting the ceilings the same as the walls and a few of my friends looked perplexed when I told them what I was going to do. It's good to know other folks have the same ideas that I do!

Super job Psymonetta!

I'm sorry, perhaps it's just my mood today; but this place makes me sad.

Sleek, I kind of know what you mean - I think it might be the way the photographs have been taken, or the lighting - it's all very muted? I don't know the technical term for it!

Nice work though Psymonetta, I love every single piece of your furniture!

Sleek and Tallulah...the light where I live is very blue, so even when diffused it tends to lend that cast to everything. It's much like the light you see in the Netherlands, like old dutch landscape paintings.

I love your vintage feel its scrumptous