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What a warm, friendly looking home lived in by warm, friendly looking people!

What a cheerful place! I love the colors.

I love the soothing pale blue and butter yellow living room. So tranquil and relaxing.

OK, so this is a great-looking home inhabited by great-looking people.
But maybe I'm just grumpy today, but I'm put off by "too lazy to measure". Square footage matters to AT readers. And it's one of the actual rules for contests, and is a normal protocol for tours.
They have obviously put tremendous effort into making their home beautiful, but couldn't be bothered with a little effort to make their contribution here complete.
So I found the whole tour a bit sour. It seems like a commercial for her design business.
Sorry if I'm off base. I'm just responding from the gut.

Very inviting! I like the colors.

It's very well put together, but overall it's just... meh. There is not one thing about it that is rather interesting or novel. It's very safe, very "accessible," and very, very neutral.

Love that salvation army chair!!! And happy to see another owner of that great Hold Everything wastebin (mine's in my office too!) Man, I miss that store ;-(

Looks very open and inviting, I'm really charmed. Not the colors that I'd personally go with, but they look nice all the same.

I especially like the desk areas. All throughout the house I get the sense that it must be easy to get things done, whether it's reading a book or putting something together for work. Overall just feels very versatile and comfortable.

the living room color is dreamy.. i.heart.it. just lovely

Very nice. And I don't care about the square footage. Thanks for sharing.

that is an insanely gorgeous place!!!!. one of my all time favorites i think.

I don't think the square footage is crucial unless it's a Small Cool entry. It's very nicely done. I don't usually like yellow walls, but these work for me. I really like the office set-up.

Hmm, I thought the tree painting on the wall with all the mini canvases hung on it was interesting and novel. As are all the cool fabrics, especially given that Jessica designed some of them herself.

Very pretty home.

Honestly, after we cleaned for the photo shoot, we were too tired to run around with a tape measure doing math. I didn't realize it was important, and the real estate listing when we bought the place only included the number of bedrooms, not the square footage.

AT, thanks for asking to do a home tour of our place. We were very honored (though we did have a moment of panic, wondering if we could quickly move into a better house to photograph?!). And we love Evan the photographer. It was great fun.

It's a great space, but it leads me to my usual quandry when I see the homes of design-y people. Is it so trendy because they were setting the trends that have now caught on, or are they just following trends? It shouldn't make a difference -- the place is lovely -- but somehow it does.

How about orange is one of the blogs I visit. Fun to see a few more pics of their place, thanks!

LOVE LOVE your baby blue sofa!! I love how the back of the sofa is high and tufted. Where did you buy it?

Good is Green - found the sofa while browsing the Dania site:

http://www.daniafurniture.com/?page=shop/flypage&page_back=shop/category_items&offset=0&product_id=1022&category_id=a10b5d1d7c7745585411b442dc5aa934

I would never have picked any of the wall colors out myself, especially the peach in the office, and yet I love how cheerful they are! I'm inspired to try something new!

For the record, I couldn't care less about square footage. Why does it matter, unless you're planning to buy the place?

How I can vote ???

thanks suziegoombs! should have noticed it listed under "resources".

It's a house tour, not an entry in some contest! There's no voting. I was surprised that AT sent a photographer.

Square footage matters because we like to know how much space we are actually seeing. Scale is an improtant consideration in design--and it helps to put the space into perspective, that's all. I'd like House Tours to include floor plans, but then, I'm a floor plan junkie.

You have a lovely home. Thanks for sharing it with us.

I really like the color choices and combos. I'm not sure I'd call most of this "modern" though really.

What color paint is the wonderful orange used for the computer monitor bases?
Thanks!

I'm a big fan of How about Orange, so I enjoyed seeing this tour. I think it's a very livable space, although I was expecting a little more quirkiness, a little more individuality. And more orange! Love the living room set, love the wall colors, love all the blond wood. In fact, it looks a lot like our place, just without the mess and no Heywood Wakefield. They did a fantastic job with a limited budget.

BTW, I was surprised to see the living room paint was "khaki," when it comes across as a neutral, sophisticated yellow on my screen. Is it more beige or khaki-brownish in person, or more yellow? I like yellow a lot and want to use it in our new home, I'm just afraid of painting a room and feeling like I'm living in an Easter egg.

I like the whole place, and the couple looks adorable. Literally everything looks great. But I think there's something about the home office that I really find ultra-fantastic, which is strange for me, because it's kind of a lot of stuff to have out in the open, and yet they've managed to make it all work together so beautifully that I can't remember ever seeing a nicer one.

I really like your home... fun, bright and welcoming... no pretension. I would love to sit on your couch with a cup of tea and chat. Thanks for sharing. :)

I love her blog and so happy to see her apartment. She always shows bits and pieces of her place but this tour is awesome..

thanks for sharing your beautiful home.

I love seeing the homes of bloggers whom I admire! What a happy, comfortable place.

But again, AT, I notice no photos of the kitchen & bathrooms. I want to see how these creative folks handle those difficult spaces!

Hi Jessica, I think you have a very good sense of where every single thing looks best and ultimately should be placed. Could you please tell me where you bought the white vase that's on top of your sideboard?

thank you for sharing your home!

I love the casual simplicity of every room, but it's certainly not boring. I think adding personal touches to plain curtains or walls is a great way to add a bit of color without spending a lot of money or going too crazy. The office reminds me of an orange creamsicle.

The white vase is from Ikea. And the living room walls don't look khaki at all, even though that's the paint name, but more of a tannish mustard. The orange paint on the computer stands is Behr, but I didn't save the paint chip, sorry!

what a lovely, warm house! love the work station.

GREAT house tour! It looks like a fun, vibrant home, and one really well suited to its occupants. I like everything about the apartment.

It's so nice to see a house tour that isn't some million dollar loft with high ceilings and skyliner views that's tastefully decorated in a neutral palette with pricey iconic designer pieces, high-end lighting, and big "important" art. I see enough design porn in shelter mags. More tours like this, please.

It's overall a lovely, light space. Not surprising, considering the professions of the owners. Great use of color. My favorite is the office space, that has some extra liveliness to it. I was happy to see the Apple Pro Speakers, the cutest computer speakers ever designed. Be warned, if you upgrade to a new computer, the speakers won't be compatible! I'm also wondering where you got the little stand that lifts the iMac off the desk, as I'm looking for something similar to use on my desk.

Very cute fabric on the chair!

Cheerful colors and clean lines does describe it perfectly! The wall art is absolutely fantastic, well done.

too me it's kind of a funky pottery barn photo shoot.

i guess i want more interesting choices in color and furnishings from someone who designs such interesting fabrics. and your blog on the photographers search for knickknacks is telling. this place seems staged (as in real estate, not artifice).

i'd agree that your office is the highlight as it is uniquely you and has detail. cover one of your couches in one of your fabrics please.

Obviously this is a tasteful and well thought out apartment. However, it looks a bit like every "store of the moment" puked in there...boooring! The art is good, although rather decorative. I hate to criticize art.

What a great space! I feel inspired to clean my office area. And paint it!

Greer, we built the orange stands out of scrap wood from Home Depot and painted them orange.

Where did you get the desks from? We're looking for something simple like that for our place.

Nice impression created when you enter this space.
The subtle, yet odd color palette really works too.

The bedroom photo bugs me:
wall art looks so lonely compared to all the stuff crammed together on the adjacent wall.
Why not pull the TV set-up out from the wall and nestle it under, and to the right of the wall art?
You left so much space under it anyways.
Plus, moving things out, 'floating' them really does make your space look bigger as more wall space is revealed. It won't make it look like you just moved in or don't know where to store things.

'Lisa H' commented about following or setting trends:
I think everyone is on a different part of the 'design journey'; an evolution, to be sure.
But overall it might be that it's a mass-conscious movement where some are just in different 'places' than others.
Just go with it.

Love the idea of painting on the target curtains...great job!

The yellow walls are fantastic!

Where did you get the piece of furniture you've used as a TV stand in your bedroom?

The office desks are actually small dining tables. They're mismatched—one used to be our dining table in our old apartment and came from a furniture store in Madison, WI (forgot the name). The other is from good ol' Ikea, as is the TV stand.

paulmuscat, thanks for the tips. That room is 10'x13' (some info I do happen to remember that should make the square footage people happy), so it's quite cozy. We had tried the TV there, but we were afraid the radiator would cook it, and also we'd have to turn our heads sideways to watch it from the futon. But we welcome ideas! I'm not too great at figuring out where to put furniture.

so nice,i like this room very much !!!

Fantastic color schemes all the way through. Kudos!!

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Hello Jessica and Alex!
I enjoyed your simplicity and the colour choices. Very perky! Question- is the 2x4 cube bookshelf in the guest room(?)/TV room from Target? I have been eyeing a bookshelf that looks exactly like that one, only in white, at target for my studio/office. If it is not, would you kindly share your source? Are you happy with it and its quality? Thanks! :)

...or is it Ikea Expedit??

I don't know which canvas art she is referring to as being her own paintings, but one piece shown is actually fabric from Ikea and the abstracted tree canvas is, I believe, Urban Outfitters.

This is very lovely and warm!

Wonderful place. Cute couple. Thanks for sharing.

I enjoy this overall; it seems inviting. I would go for something dramatic for the windows, without hiding their size and natural lighting abilities. The sofa/chair selection is iffy in the living room, too: too much of the same thing. Variety and complementing items/colors works wonders.

Love the strong colors and wall art design in the bedroom. Great job.

I love all the wall colors, awesome job. The one thing i would change is the matchy matchy living room furniture - the 3 pieces that are the same. I love your custom made fabrics, lots of color and very vibrant.

I love your orange desk organizers...did you make them?
If not, where are they from!? :)

LOVE IT!!! What is the wood flooring?

Totally awesome!!

I love the organized office area! Where are the moniter bases from? I'm actually looking for some for my office right now!