Name: Annie
Location: Chicago
Size: 564 sf
Rent/Own: Rent
What is the advantage of SMALL? Small forces editing. And editing, I find, is the most difficult yet most satisfying work. I like to see a conversation emerge between pieces in a room as each form, each texture, each wash or pool of light creates a dynamic play - a small space especially encourages this.









Love, love the built in bookshelves in the living room!
view gwalabu's profile
I'm loving this place. From beginning to end, top to bottom. Great colours, great style and I'm seriously NEEDING those red velvet armchairs!
view darcidoodle's profile
Lovely space. I especially like the chest of drawers in the bedroom.
view amanni's profile
Love those chairs!
view harmonyfrance's profile
Very, very nice. The colour suits my eye perfectly - not too much, not too little. Just the right amount of "stuff" to make it feel personal and lived in.
view Gallivant's profile
The subtle painted design on the bedroom wall is beautiful! At first I thought it was a shadow. Love the low-contrast colors there.
view farmhousemoderne's profile
Love it! Esp. the red drawers in the bedroom! Care to share where you bought/found them?
view pau2x's profile
three pictures of the living room furniture? Overall, it seems cozy and warm (which I love love love), but this was one of the few homes I wish I could have seen more of.
view jenniejenjen's profile
I really don't like the kitchen. The red wall on one side? I hated it! Uck! What an eyesore.
view Nevis's profile
Love it! This is the first entry that has compelled me to comment. Seems very comfortable and beautiful to live in! I love the moldings, doors and built-ins!
view jarobinson1's profile
love the painting (?) in the living room...looks like wood grain.
who's the artist?
view hazel8's profile
I love how warm and calm this place is! Not super cool, but superbly done. My one comment would be regarding the odd vibration between the circular table top with the squared off base.
view Modfan's profile
I loved the colors in this home, it seemed so warm and inviting. Nice job with the decor.
view ggsnaps's profile
great painting in the living room. Who is it?
Nice job with color.
view denverdigs's profile
Simply lovely.
view nazrd's profile
Digging the red chairs. I also like the red in the kitchen area. You made some really nice color choices for the walls too. Well done!
view suzy8track's profile
love it! may i ask the paint color in your living room? we have wood trim everywhere as well, and that yellow looks like a great complement.
view selena's profile
i also really like the red in the kitchen. however, i was bothered by the clash between the kitchen red and the living room red in the one picture (especially since they are similar in brightness while being rather different in hue). maybe it's less jarring in person.
view le_sacre's profile
Love it.
view MCW's profile
I love all the red in this. Esp the chest of drawers.
view juliaonhamilton's profile
I think this space is super cool for sure... especially the warm tones and lack of clutter - Annie walks her talk.
Where did you find the fab coffee table?
view anablackburn's profile
Love the tv size for that room, perfect...are those orange cabinets? I hope so I love those too
and the placemats on the kitchen window...love them too!!
view Ana's profile
i love color but find the usage in here all wrong. red and yellow are my least favorite combo on earth, the red wall in the kitchen is weird, and the pale colors in the bedroom, while cool, are all wrong with the rest of the bright, saturated palate.
view buyersremorse's profile
Yeah, the coffee table is GREAT! Where's it from?
view lbcsquirrel's profile
annie here---to answer some questions:
the paint color in the living room is called "bagel" by behr. it changes gorgeously throughout the day (my windows face south).
the coffee table: i used to work at a stone company and they were throwing the marble top out so i snagged it and then i had my extremely generous and skilled friend weld me the table base to go with.
the red chest of drawers in the bedroom: my mother bought that in san francisco in 1968.
the "painting" in the living room: it's actually a piece of weathered plywood that i stole from a construction site.
thanks for all the comments, everyone!
view kitkatkasha's profile
Love those windows. Your place has a lot of character. That weathered plywood is such a cool find and even cooler that you saw "art" upon finding it!
view martita's profile
the rest of the place is just ok, but i was really drawn to the bedroom. i love the mix of colors and what you have done in there. is that purple or pink walls and red furniture piece and blue on the bed? whatever it is it looks great. nice.
view bmorebent's profile
Love it! I find it warm&witty classic&cozy vibrant yet restful Great job.
view mareau's profile
I love how it's got such a modern meets traditional vibe about it, and the dark wood trim is beautiful. I want to move right in!
view Stepha's profile
homey and cozy
view SD913's profile
Rich and restful. Very elegant.
view Kate (NC)'s profile
I'm interested in the fact that several people are commenting on the built-ins - bookcases, moldings, doors, etc. That, to me, while lovely, has very little to do with the person living there - unless she built the place, she just got lucky in finding it.
Though there are other pieces I like (the red chest of drawers, like everyone else), the built-ins don't count into my opinion of the place overall for that reason.
view theseboots's profile
very nicely done!
view dutchess327's profile
Wow.
really worth a second look.
Interesting style meet-up going on here.
And it all works.
Maybe lower the black) silk wall hanging to the same height (or lower) of the other upper parallel lines around it.
view paulmuscat's profile
I covet your coffee table!!! You have a great eye...
view canadian_ginger's profile
Lovely place! I like the window treatment on your kitchen window.
view junklover's profile
Great color combinations. Unusual and brave.
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