wowsers, you have a lot of stuff! love the colours and textures. feels very lively, but homely.

Gorgeous contrast and layering of patterns! I'd love to see a full tour.

Love everything but the dead cat (fake?) on the table.

Overall, I really like it, though I'm just not sure what the mental process was behind intentionally stacking dishes on the stove as a vignette...and the tea towel on the stove itself is a no-no, even if the stove isn't on at the time.

And get ready for people to freak out about the cheetah pelt on the table. I don't have a problem with it, except it seems kind of a hassle to take it off every time you want to use the table.

I don't have a sense of this space, it's just a collection of vignettes to me

It has some beautiful moments but overall if feels more staged than livable.

@CJMCRAE - The dining area and kitchen are extremely staged.

Cool and interesting, but lot of animal skins. Big game hunters and cow haters?

A kitsch/animal cruelty/fire hazard/overly staged mashup.

Totally impressive and unique. You've got my vote.

Yeah, this is a cool photo shoot, but not a great example of a lived in space. I will say, this is incredibly impressive for a first apartment out of college! I would love to see photos from a regular day in your apartment, since I am pretty sure you don't keep all that stuff where you photographed it- I would stub my toe on that elephant under the table, and you have so many strange items around your sink/stove that I can't imagine you could really make any food like that. But final verdict- beautiful space, but don't be afraid to show it's lived in!

This is eccentric and eclectic alright.
I do love the first picture, the painted brick with the baby blue walls and the fake deer head is awesome. The rest has me confused, looks like pictures from a bunch of different apartments.

oh Alexis, I can't thank you enough! This is a dream of color and texture and artifacts. Lovely. My fiance and I are moving in together and he thinks my ideas are a bit wild or too feminine (hot pink? nooo!). I'm going to use your apartment as an example of interior design done right as I ease him out of all leather, no rugs into my world of pattern! Thank you.

The red pillow in photo #1 is beautiful. Where did you get it?

Don't you just love being taken to task for daring to stack dishes on your own stove? Or for having the temerity to present your home at it's best when sharing it with the world; for a competition no less? You've got some nerve Alexis!

I really love this. Mix of colors, textures, and random elements is really fun to me and right up my alley. Love the hands in the fireplace and the eclectic, quirky and graphic touches.. :)

This is a real showstopper. I love the mix of textures and those baby blue walls are gorgeous.

eeek- i love it!!

Like the pops of color
are those flowers or vegetables on the table/counter?

Very fun and bold. Always stay true to what you love and you will always be happy to come home!

Your place.... just turns me on. haha

I hate crayon box book shelves. =/

Love, love, LOVE! I live in San Francisco, too...is your leopard pelt for sale??

VERY cool vignettes!
Did you guys paint the fireplace? If so, what's the name of that paint? I finally found a color I'd love to slap on your outdated fireplace thanks to you!

Love the bedspread!

Ian here - Most of the animal elements are fake, Haha. @masikfromcalifornia - the fireplace paint was custom mixed at benjamin moore, Alexis just asked them to go as black as possible. This prompted me to make several Spinal Tap jokes.

What is the white tall thing on the fireplace hearth?

@senseandsense that's a "sculpture" Alexis found. It's actually the byproduct of a fiberglass chair manufacturer in TX. They throw several of those away!

yum

Thank you for answering! I agree, I love the "sculpture"! And I love the hands and candles in the fireplace.

What a lovely space with tons of personality.

Creative, elegant, stylish and comfortable!! Love the space!!

Love the Cabinet of Curiosities. Especially love the dining room with the colors flowing from one painting to another. Want to know more about the painting of the cowboy.

@schmese
thank you for your reply! What is the finish? Is it gloss? I LOVE IT so much and have BM near, so I'll go and challenge them, too. In fact, I saved the first photo and will show them as my inspiration.

I adore your bedroom. Could you tell me what paint color that is and where the bedding is from (particularly the black and white throw or the fabric on the headboard). I adore it all!

As usual everything looks amazing, this space is SO you and Ian, and I absolutely LOVE it. I cannot wait to start on my nursery!! You have my vote and totally deserve to win! Xo

This isn't exactly typical, but I like it! However, I'd have a hard time sitting down for dinner with a beady-eyed hide of a gargantuan feline peeking up at me from the tabletop...

Love it love it LOVE IT! House tour, pretty please.

@masikfromcalifornia It's a semigloss.
@cpurnell It's Benjamin Moore's Baby Seal Black, the bedspread is from Dwell and the fabrics are unknown fabrics found at flea markets.
@calldoctorbison We picked those up at the Alameda flea market, there's a rug dealer there that sews damaged rugs into pillows and such. He's usually set-up at the point where I start begging Alexis to leave (midway through)

i think we're related. or at least the best friend that i haven't met yet.

There's alot goin' on here but in the best way possible.

The use of rugs and textiles is very sophisticated, and the Art Deco vanity mirror above the cabinets in the kitchen is genius.

very eclectic and shows someone not afraid to break out of the mold-kudos!

It may be small but it sure is grand!

I LOVE this place! I know Alexis and I've seen this apt. and it really is beautiful. It's eclectic and funky and everything works together really well, spatially speaking. I love that each room has it's own personality and that so much work went into making this apartment a HOME.

Wow! Now this is that "bohemian" kind of look that so many people like ... but you've done it right, and I know how hard that is to achieve. Truly awesome and inspiring!!

this house is just beautiful-amazing, eclectic, wonderful!

I love LOVE LOVE how eclectic the rooms are.... so many awesome pieces that WORK well together! Such great work! This is my fav.

love the black walls in the bedroom. the mid century modern dinette, the bar...the fireplace. love love love

Sheesh, people are so judgmental... Please do tell me where you got the giant cutlery you have on display in the kitchen. It's so whimsical, I love it! :)

Hi all. Alexis here, thanks so much for the feedback!

@DAN'L LINEHAN Yes! I love your apartment!

@JAN FROM LA CANADA The cowboy painting was done by our friend, Erick Maybury from Denton, TX. It was actually chosen as the cover of New American Paintings #90 soon after we got it.

@JAETEA Haha, you and Ian have something in common. The very first day we moved in together, in our first apartment, Ian came home from work as I was in the process of reorganizing his extensive (and apparently, meticulously organized) cd collection by color. I thought he was going to have an aneurism.

@TESS09 The giant fork and spoon were found at Lula B's in Dallas, TX. We have seen similar pairs at a few other vintage shops, however. We painted them blue, typically the wood is similar to teak in color.

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