apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

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thanks, masik - it's fixed now

This new slideshow format still isn't working for me (I'm on Windows/IE at the moment). I have to continually go back one and reclick to the next photo to see anything and it's just not worth the work. What's the prob?

apologies for the slideshow issues - improvements/fixes are in the works

I LOVE this loft. I could do without all the antlers and the spider. I love the colors as well. I probably would have added more punches of bright colors like orange, turquoise or red. Not sure what's going on with the white appliances. I think stainless steel would have been so much better.

Great space!

I especially like the dining room.

What kind of sink did you use in your bathroom?

Can we (that is you, AT) go back to linking to the "All Thumbnails" or something, I hate the auto-slideshow.

randomname - i added the thumbnails link

Very nice! I loved the little dog in the photo. I wondered why the kitchen appliances were white too.

Thank you!

Pictures not working for me :(

so gorgeous.... this is so inspiring! and is exactly what we're trying to achieve, maculine and sciencey with interesting things everywhere.

well done!

I LOVE!

I've looked at nearly every house tour for the past 2 yrs and this is in my top 3. WOW. What a great collection that really flows together. Kudos also for the IMMACULATE place. I know it must take a lot of effort to have it looking spotless.

Wood burning fireplace . . . sigh.
I want one.

Extremely polished....neat space. The dining room with the wood deer head and bowl is like an illustration.

janel - thanks. Looking forward to the fix.

Awesome, although I hope the dead-animal-head party will be over sometime soon.

I love this loft, did Alan make the prints about the couch in the living room? I would love details on how to make these, they look fantastic! Really great apartment!

the white appliances are so bad. throughout the space, he has punches of white. i love how there are books all over the place incorporated into the design. this is my fav.

i meant to say....the white applicance ARENT so bad.

I love the medicine cabinet and the use of a canopy bed in a space that it really works!

Lots to love here -- but in particular the Fornasetti plates and the Rorsarch blots as art are outstanding examples of great style... bravo!

Oh My!! This is fabuuuuu!!! I love it, commercial meets sleek!! The dog photos personal fave!!!

jodie, i think those prints are old-school rorschach tests. i never thought of using them as art, but they look really stunning clustered as a group. while this is style is not my daily life taste (a little too severe and symmetric), it's really well done and balanced throughout. i love love LOVE the pairing of grey and orange in the dining room. the art collection as a whole creeps me out a little...the gilded piglet, pinhole camera looking photo, spider, etc. cool to encounter in a friend's home, but i think they'd spook me out to encounter during a midnight snack attack.

as a follow-up to my last post: for anyone with more money than me, you can find some rorschach blots on sale on ebay (albeit color ones): http://cgi.ebay.com/Rorschach-Test-psychodiagnostics-plates-blank-forms_W0QQitemZ150253552844QQihZ005QQcategoryZ29223QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I love the strong masculinity of the loft, which comes through in everything from the overall colour scheme to the dead-grass-as-floral-arrangement. And that leather upholstery on the fireplace needs to be brought up every single time we have one of those "How can I cover up my ugly fireplace?" questions. It's a work of genius.

The only thing ruining the look is the inclusion of The World's Gayest Little Dog. Sorry, but imagine how much more coherent the design philosophy would have been with an alsatian or a boxer ;)

How did you do the fireplace? And were the kitchen cabinets there or did you re-do those?

This is cool. Saw your bedroom space on HGTV RMS, nice to see the rest of your home. Beautiful!

Amazing space! As others have mentioned, the colors, materials, and aesthetic is very masculine and industrial, yet several well thought out touches manage to make the place as a whole seem warm and inviting, IMO. As for the slightly "creepy" accessories, I think they sort of go along nicely with the sense of humor that has been woven throughout. I wish my loft looked like this, thanks for the inspiration.

Oh, and that cross medicine cabinet...brilliant!

Thanks littlebunnyfoofoo!

It's one thing to pick on a pet as being a bit of a cheap shot in a home tour [because pets are always cute!], but The World's Gayest Little Dog? How unfair! I think the fact that the dog doesn't quite match what you perceive to be Alan's design philosophy makes him more of a real-life pet. This home is beautiful but, in a sense, everything is just so spotless and perfect that a funky little dog helps to humanize the home a bit.

I love this place - looks so much larger than 1400 sq ft. And I love the dog! (I'm an owner of two chis).

I love the architecture of this space! I've loved the barrel truss ceilings w/ the skylights and everytime I see a store or building like that I wish I could find one to make into a home. I guess there are a few out there...

Thanks everyone for the compliments! I agree about the white appliances (hideous)--just got around to replacing the oven, and planning to replace the fridge soon. I painted the Rorschach prints myself.

Suzygirl-For the fire place, I just built the surround with 2' X 4''s, painted them. Inside I put plywood panels wrapped with leather and then added the nail heads. Also, I redid the cabinets with paint and new hardware (they were horrible white laminate when I moved in)

WOW. just, wow! creative and yet controlled. amazing.

and where in the world are people getting these thrift store deals? alan, can you reveal where you found that sideboard for a screaming deal?

Beautiful.
This home is such a great inspiration for all of us in the process of decorating

I dream of living in a loft. Nice to know that some of us can actually live the dream; and what a beautiful space. Some of the accessories wouldn't be my choice, and it is a little too masculine for me but overall nicely done. I'm loving the leather treatment on the fireplace and the canopy bed is great too.

An amazing place, I am sooo jealous. Can you tell me where you get that black wallclock? Thank you Allen for sharing your home with us.

Nicely done for what it is.

Like the 'art' hanging behind the orchid.

when oh when is the slideshow/thumbnail issue going to be fixed? you've (the royal you) have been promising to fix this atrocious "improvement" for weeks now. Still no slideshow capability, and there's no way I'm going to click "next", click click click arrow down, click click click arrow back up to hit "next" again...sorry if that sounds peevish, but there's only so much time one can devote to this, so bravo on getting the tours sponsored but the advertisers are losing multiple eyeballs because people are simply choosing not to view the tours because you've made them impossibly clunky and awful to use.

*climbs back off soapbox*

You can click the photo to progress to the next, thisissofrustrating.

Regarding the dead animals, everyone has either read or made a complaint or two about them for the past six months or so... that as a trend they're over, etc. While it's true that anyone can buy a rack of antlers or an animal skull from a retailer for style points, occasionally those dead animals hold meaning for the home owner. Maybe it was a rack a beloved grandfather shot just before he died in a tragic car accident; you never know, right?

I have a small raccoon skull in my apartment at the moment, the relic of a childhood home. I found it (and others) during a spring thaw on the banks of a nearby stream. It is one of the few items I own with a direct connection to my childhood. No photographs, but I've got this skull. The rack in Alan's super-cool dining room looks fabricated, but it (and the other formerly living trophies) might have some small significance for him. Complaints about someone's personal items is SO last year.

great space. what kind of carpet is that? i am in the carpet buying mode for a concrete floor in our loft and it looks nice!