apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

Love, love the built in bookshelves in the living room!

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!

Lovely space. I especially like the chest of drawers in the bedroom.

Love those chairs!

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.

The subtle painted design on the bedroom wall is beautiful! At first I thought it was a shadow. Love the low-contrast colors there.

Love it! Esp. the red drawers in the bedroom! Care to share where you bought/found them?

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.

I really don't like the kitchen. The red wall on one side? I hated it! Uck! What an eyesore.

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!

love the painting (?) in the living room...looks like wood grain.
who's the artist?

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.

I loved the colors in this home, it seemed so warm and inviting. Nice job with the decor.

great painting in the living room. Who is it?

Nice job with color.

Simply lovely.

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!

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.

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.

Love it.

I love all the red in this. Esp the chest of drawers.

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?

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!!

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.

Yeah, the coffee table is GREAT! Where's it from?

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!

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!

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.

Love it! I find it warm&witty classic&cozy vibrant yet restful Great job.

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!

homey and cozy

Rich and restful. Very elegant.

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.

very nicely done!

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.

I covet your coffee table!!! You have a great eye...

Lovely place! I like the window treatment on your kitchen window.

Great color combinations. Unusual and brave.