Name: Hakarl and Jili
Home then: Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 550 square feet
Home now: same home but with a revamped bedroom
Hakarl and Jili have been busy transforming their bedroom since we photographed the apartment for our latest book--Apartment Therapy Presents: Real Homes, Real People, Hundreds of Design Solutions
Hakarl's desire for an organic creative process means that he is necessarily extremely patient. Pieces for his and Jili's home are sourced anywhere from the street to DWR, while the adaptations/installations that Hakarl thinks up often take a while to implement.
So enduring a learning process, and being in search of the unknown are not barriers for Hakarl, but rather welcome challenges. His latest update includes a subtle framing of the bedroom wall and bedroom windows via the ever useful tool known as painter's tape. In fact, in order to ensure a straight edge, Hakarl decided to make the white lines out of tape that remain part of the permanent design.
And, rather than a simple bedside lamp, Hakarl took it up a notch, literally, and hung a beautiful glass pendant (from Home Depot of all places!), from the ceiling. The original lamp had a green bulb inside which Hakarl easily replaced.
You'll recognize these framed posters from Hakarl and Jili's Small Cool 2006 contest entry of their previous apartment. Their layered arrangement on an Ikea cabinet, with a mixed but same colored set of pottery, lends an exquisite, clean-lined, and calming vignette.
Here Hakarl moved the mirror panels formerly used as a headboard to become a 'backsplash' for the office and another opportunity to create the illusion of expanded space. The new headboard is another labor of love. Hakarl found some beautiful fabric and brown ribbon and layered it over batting and some plywood.
LINKS to Hakarl and Jili's home:
• Inside Out: Hakarl and Jili Make A New Home
• Close-Up: It's a Bird! It's a Plane! No, its a tree in the living room!
LINKS to Hakarl and Jili's old home:
• Finalist #8: Hakarl and Jili's Bold Bright Moves
• Look! Masking Tape Stripes at H & J's
100 DIY Ideas for the 3-Day Weekend
Danielle's Charming, Classic Walk-Up
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The Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces 
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Perfect Summer Cocktail Recipe: Honey Bourbon Lemonade
Ahhh! That back bed wall is beautiful!
I will SO be copying that at home.
LOVE IT! figured they would come up with a nice solution for the bedroom over time and i'm not disappointed!
Love this bedroom!
i like it- much more cohesive style, very stunning without being snotty.
A dramatic improvement over the "Before"!
I was a bit worried about using the mirrors as a headboard.
That paint technique is awesome, as is that glass pendant.
This is so beautiful.
I worship this couple. Hope AT keeps featuring their home projects.
Looks great.
Where is the super cool flower image used over the bed previously? I think they found it on the street in front of GAP.
where was the lamp hanging beside your bed from?
-- reshma
the hanging lamp is from home depot. some stores feature a collection of lamps that are not in stock but have to be ordered. i found this one on 59/3rd in manhattan. it came with a hideous green glass insert that can easily be removed. hope that helps.
Hi Hakarl, I really enjoy the pictures of your apartment. I was wondering if you could tell me where the bedroom blinds are from. Thanks!
hi lu'lu
the bedroom blinds are from pearl river mart. hope that helps ;)