apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

ErinEliz, is that the Room & Board Andre sofa? Looks great. How is it holding up? Considering one myself.

Great sofa!

I have the same string light (by Patrick Townsend) and LOVE it. It's quirky and casts the most beautiful glow. Lovely, home!

cute space

This feels so much more spacious than 450 sft. great job!

Nice color balance!

thumbs up for the barcode in the dining area!

Great use of color! And the barcode looks better than it has any right to.

Serene and well-edited, but with a sense of humor too (that barcode!) Thumbs up from me.

Thumbs up! except for the butterflies on the wall. that's kind of...eeek. unless they were real, then illegal two thumbs up!

you should try putting the couch in the middle of the room facing the windows. i had my couch in front of the windows like that and doorways on either side of the middle room too--moving the couch really helped avoid a big space in the middle of the room and the "movie theater syndrome." Plus during spring i can see lots of flowers outside.

i agree with with adetoth--you have a LOT of plants on the floor

Very cute!

I love the color - what paint color is that?

The coffee table is great! Where did you find it?

I love what you've done with your place and I love your art - did you create some or all of it yourself? That barcode looks like a mural - I've seen barcodes as wall deco before and I've always felt they looked a bit creepy, but this one is great because of the handwritten look of the multi-coloured numbers. I also love how you've used fairy lights, you've managed to avoid it looking too girly-girly and I thought that was impossible with more than one string of fairy lights!

Erineliz,

You have talent! You should be a professional designer to help out people like me : ) Love the barcode - it looks cutting edge but cute. Great job.

Cool place; I love that barcode too!

I also love that barcode!--Everything else is nice too, but that barcode...!

I bought some of those same lights you have under the counter in the kitchen. What a great way to use them! Thanks for the inspiration. I really love your unique art work.

I love that it looks like you used those hardware-store numerals on your barcode art (painted fun colors, of course!).

The apartment looks spacious and open, you show how to really use a black shag rug.

i love it all (plus i'm a butterfly fanatic!) badass is my confiscated word for the day - the barcode is Bad. Ass.

Sofa: Yes, it is the Andre. I love the firm seat and fairly straight back and the style is timeless. If you like a squishy sofa, this is probably not for you.

Paint color: I have no idea, the entire building is painted that color.

Coffee table: Thrift shop find. I had a piece of glass cut to fit inside the tray to create a smooth and polished top surface.

Bar code: The numbers are indeed painted house or mail box numerals

Art: I created all the art except the series of 3 panels with the photo of the couple holding hands. Those are from an old Kate Spade fragrance ad campaign.

I have experienced this space first hand and it is. . amazing.

thumbs up for helping me convince my boyfriend to go with a shaggier rug!

really diggin the barcode- what a great place Erin!