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You did a great job on the horizontal stripes - definitely worth the extra 12 hours!

Where is the console table in the entry from?

I absolutely love your style. What a great balance of neutrals/colors/patterns/etc. I'm definitely bookmarking this tour to reference in the future.

I like your robots!

The yellow wall is really gorgeous -- and I love the partridge (?) on your dining table!

Do you have robot insurance? Love your place. It looks fun.

I want to take a nap in that delicious sunlight. Lovely place!

I love love love the robots. You did a great job.

You have an amazing eye for accessories and your staging is absolutely fabulous. I love how you've been able to mix patterns without it seeming too kitschy or ethnic or theme-y. To me, that is a really hard thing to do well, especially within the context of modern.

I think the birdcage needs to be amped up a bit because I love it but it's getting kind of lost for me...maybe mount a medallion or something bright on the wall behind it and mount the bracket to that, or put a bold frame around it? And a bigger rug under the dining table. Other than that, completely, utterly perfect.

Very nice! Love all the collections and how nicely they are displayed. Really digging the owl (cookie jar?) in the kitchen.

Awesome! love all the black and white, and the Robot collection in the kitchen!

great photos. what kind of camera do you have?

Who can identify the blanket in the middle of the sofa, I have seen it before in orange, Where can I get one?

robots... take me to your leader! :-) the plate display was very pretty. no boring colors there!

What is a "soft" loft? I've never heard that term before.

Gorgeous. Wow.

Lindsay your personality shines throughout your home; it's playful, whimsical and yet somehow it's also serene...I love how you've blended all the elements together in the every room, and the bedroom is simply wonderful. You've inspired me and given me some new ideas to turn my house from drab to fab! Thank you for sharing.

I'm digging that striped wall. What a lot of oomph for 4 short feet.

can i move in!?!?

i love this place! every picture i was ooohing and aaahing. lol.

Love the prints over the couch and TV, but they look too big to be pulled from books. Do tell!

PhillyLass:

I just had this term defined for me during my loft search in LA. As it turns out, there are 2 types of loft spaces: hard lofts and soft lofts.

A hard loft will be a pure industrial space likely with original concrete walls, floors, and industrial ceilings. These are usually converted factory/industrial buildings.

A soft loft will usually be in a residential setting, and will have more cozy features such as: wood/carpet flooring, stucco/drywall, crown moulding ect. You still get the open loft layout but a bit less of the industrial feel.

That said, I love Lindsay's space. I think she has done a fantastic job of blending old and new, and modern and traditional, to create a unique home.

i am puffy hearting this place hard!!!!

Divine Miss Linds -
Your apartment is as full of life as you are!

I love, well first of all I love the sheer size of your place and the view is nothing to sneeze at either, but I digress. The mixtures of pattern in the l/r give a great pop to the cool walls and couch, the plates are a wonderful antique-ish contrast to all the mod in the diningroom, your yellow wall in the b/r is just the Sha-Zam! we all need in the morning, and having spent 12 hours hand-stenciling my own foyer, I feel your pain re: the stripes, though they were well worth it!

I've been thinking about getting that same ikea bed and headboard for our bedroom because of the storage the bed has, are the drawers spacious? my husband and i would use for socks blankets ect. P.S. I'm loving that bird cage!!

oooh the Petrie Sofa. ALWAYS love it. And the sputnik chandelier. I'm jealous! I love how you make ikea look good, I'm glad I'm not the only one that rocks the ikea for all that it's worth.

Loves it!

Love everything about this home! It just seems happy and comfortable.

plastolux - the throw looks like it is the Jonathan Adler Richard Nixon. It does come in orange - http://www.jonathanadler.com/shop/product.php?productid=17091&cat=424&page=1#

Did anyone else notice the guy being stabbed by the knives in the kitchen? omg... I luv it!

Love your home! I want your dining set and the sputnik :)

Beautiful mix of styles and pieces!

Your place is beautiful! I love it. I really like your odd items strewn about the great design pieces. That mirror is great, too! I have been in love with a similar one from World Market for some time now...I should just get it already!

Which antique shops did you hit up in Gurnee? I visit the area pretty frequently (i grew up 10 miles away from gurnee) and I'm always looking for new places to check out.

So much awesome!

Your home is lovely. But I would like to come up there and style your balcony. What a tremendous opportunity you have! I'm envious.

Love love love love love. Thanks for sharing your beautiful home and your great taste and aesthetic. You have a lovely sense of humor and a great sense of style. Very unique and interesting. I am going to totally rip off some of your ideas! Yup. Shameless plagiarism. My favorites: the black and white stripe wall (of course), the plates juxtaposed with the sputnik, the couch scaping, and the yellow wall. Simple but so beautiful. Kudos Lindsay.

Wow, gorgeous. So many things to like: the collection of plates next to the dinner table, which echoes the shapes of the light fixture; the robots over the kitchen sink; the way the corner lamp in the bedroom is so unassuming; the headboard. Nice job.

the only time it's acceptable to be pointed at is when you're standing in front of a lichtenstein.

Oh my. I absolutely LOVE this place. Every single element is just perfect and awesome. Please come decorate my house!!! Oh how I would love a place like this. I am inspired to do the black and white stripes in the entry. So cool! The robot collection is so cute.

I'm going to quit now because I'll just go on gushing all night about how I love it.

i used to have that lichtenstein print...don't remember what happened to it. not sure if you've noticed it, but the finger points at you no matter where you're standing - an interesting optical illusion!

Thanks for all the great feedback!

Susang: The console is from Room & Board.

Splatgirl: Thanks for that advice- I have been thinking about adding a splash of color to a vintage frame and framing the bird cage!

SerialSquares: The camera I used to photograph is a Leica V-Lux 1. It is amazing!

Plastolux: The throw is the NIXON throw from Jonathan Adler. Very comfortable!

StephM: The art over my couch is from Art.com. It is a Lichtenstein print. The piece over my TV is a vintage print I bought at Edgewater Antiques from 1970. These are my few exceptions to pulling pictures from books!

Puddin Pop: I use the 4 drawers for socks/towels/linens. It is a perfect amount of storage for these items.

Erin Lang Norris: My favorite shop is the Gurnee Antique Market- it's huge!

Wendy J: I would love to style your home! Check out my website for my contact info.

Well done! Modern can be so easy and person-less but you dear Lindsay made it wonderful and warm. Congrats.

I love it too! you have a knack for hanging clustered art pieces. NOT EASY!

Where did you get your cool silver ball. And I like the hand collection too!

Great apartment Lindsay. Wondered where you got the coffee table ... been looking for something glass & wood like that for a while but can't seem to find anything. I'm in the UK and so far not found anything that fits the bill.

Fab place. Especially love the plate grouping the modern tea cart/bar - where's that from? Congrats on a super job!

Eclectic and BEAUTIFUL!!! This is one of two homes I've seen on AT (and I've been reading this blog for years), that blends modern, mid-century, antique, basic colors and brights SOOOO SUCCESSFULLY. Well done!!

Love that this is a clean space but has lots of eclectic stuff from lots of different periods in it. Something I can aspire to. And I'm sure your balcony will be lovely once you find what it needs.

I love the fat bird!

oh man, this is amazing! that striped wall, the knife holder (where did you get that??!), the picture above the couch.. i love the different collections. thanks for sharing!

I love that simple gray/blue color of paint behind your TV! Do you happen to know the name of it and where you got it? I keep ending up with baby blue!

where on eath did the finger pointing poster come from? I really like it.

Lyndsay,

From where is that wonderful print? I'm referring the large one in the first pic. THANKS!

Obviously there are lots of fans of your style, Lindsay. I must say that I like it so much, I had to do a little post on it myself right here. http://www.curbly.com/ModHomeEcTeacher/posts/6316-2-easy-diy-wall-decorating-ideas.

It's not so busy that it makes me nuts and it's eclectic enough to be interesting. NICE job!

Lindsay, I love your apartment!

I painted horizontal stripes in my living room and received a great tip that cut the work time in half.

If you put your tape up and paint the base color (in your case white?) over the tape, then allow that to dry. This will seal the tape edges and you come out with crisper and cleaner lines after you paint the stripe color in!

Im hooked to this comment list, waiting for any information on the man-stabbed-w-knives holder! It's a hilarious item and I also would love to know where can one get this???

Thanks for this absolutely fun inspiration. :)
(my first AT comment ever--YAY!)

I adore it all! Such a fantastic mix of witty, upbeat items. The striped wall makes a great impact.

Muddygrrl, here's the knife holder: http://www.amazon.com/5-Piece-Stainless-Steel-Knife-Unique-Holder/dp/B000IXINLC

WOW LOVE IT!!!!!!

love the pillows where are they from?

I ADORE your place Lyndsay! Whimsical but not cute, polished yet not pretentious. The birdcage is awesome!

I have the same pink robot! He looks great with buddies; reminds me of the animated film "Robots" that came out in 2004/05. Have you seen it?
In terms of lovely, related but varying elements, though, I have to comment on your plate collection hung alongside the dining area's mod light fixture. How bold and brilliant to mix similar shapes (the round plates and spherical light orbs) with asymmetrical presentation and totally opposite styles (bohemian grandmother vs space-age modern). Well photographed!

Love your place!!

Especially love the plate wall -- very fun!

(Only little criticism: the rug under your dining table it too small.)

I love your place! Nicely put together! Really love the black and white striped wall!

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Thanks again for the feedback! I am so thrilled about all the positive comments!

Lillybell: All my pillows are from Jonathan Adler.

Muddygrrl/ picstyx: My knife holder is from Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/5-Piece-Stainless-Steel-Knife-Unique-Holder/dp/B000IXINLC

Nicki620: Thanks for the tip! I actually just learned that tip the other day at work and I was so excited I wouldn't have to spend so much time on my next stripe endeavor.

Modhomecteacher: Thanks for the link in your site! I appreciate the press!

Sassifrass/ moregritts: The picture above the couch is from art.com. It is a Roy Lichtenstein.

BlondinBrooklyn: The tea cart is by Alvar Aalto. It is a piece from around 20 years ago that I took from my mom's house!!

UKGuy: The coffee table is Isamu Noguchi.

Chilly: The silver orb is from CB2

Thanks again and please let me know if there are any more questions I can answer for you!

this is perfect in every way. Thanks for sharing!

lovely!

Where is the bird on the table from? He's so fat and cute:) I'm doing my guest bedroom in a birdcage theme with red yellow black and white. Also- did you paper maiche your own bird? That has potential for me, but not sure how I'd get a bird shape- I'm not too talented:)

A little trick I read for painting stripes. Tape off the areas you want to remain as they are, then paint across the edges of the tape with the ORIGINAL color. That seals the edges, so the new color doesn't seep under. :-)

Ohmygoodness - love your place.
I was completely surprised to see the little statue of a lady in Panamanian Traditional Dress in your bathroom. How ever did you find such a thing?

I love that you have so many knick-knacks without your place looking cluttered. Tell me your secret.

Hi, I really like your place. Did you take apart a Nelson bench for your headboard, or has someone else made something like that? I'm not sure I'd have the heart to do it, but I do love it.

I keep coming back to this post over and over, I'm totally in love with this place.

lovely. what is the colour in the bedroom? it's tough to find the perfect green.

I keep coming back to this post too. It's inspired me more than just about any other house tour on AT. I totally bought those Jonathan Adler pillows, and they made my living room make sense (finally). Thank you Lindsay!