My GOD, I love that candle holder! (Could it be considered a candlelabra?)

wow

Your home is gorgous and perfectly put together. Please do not be offended but it looks like a a preschool to me. This is coming from a mom who may be in that frame of mind!!!!

I think your place is spectacular! It's so perfect I feel I need to tell you there are a few crumbs on your dining room table. Thanks for posting your wonderful home - I really mean it!

I adore/covet the pottery

I love the Markus Linnenbrink paintings!

The Red bench in the bedroom - where the heck is that from? Amazing.

awesome space! where did you get the credenza?

insiprational.

too bad there is no picture of the roofdeck.

and the website for your artspace is http://deveningprojects.com/ (it doesn't seem to be working)

okay, dan's overall killer style is what i'd try to replicate if i had an endless budget! it really is amazing. the pops of color, the shapes, the lines, the angles in the art, furniture, and decorative elements keep the eye active, and the energy up. thanks for sharing your home.

Fantastic!

Wowowowowowowow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I. LOVE. THIS. HOUSE.

And...@am0neta - I wanna be your kid, if this is what your kid's preschool looks like!

I wouldn't mind detergent boxes if they all looked like this inside.

This is gorgeous. It looks almost like a sculpture gallery, everything is so well chosen.

Devastatingly gorgeous. I'm sick, just sick, with jealousy. You know what would help? Sending me that candelabra, stat. Or your black pottery collection. Or any of the art. Got an old sock? Because I bet that would be pitch-perfectly curated, too.

Most of the pieces of furniture I've ever coveted seem to be in your beautiful home. Thank you for sharing it!

i just love that desk with the box on wheels underneath. very cool. plus all the light and windows - it's great.

Dan, if you're single...call me.

I love your taste in ceramics. I live in the neighborhood, too, but don't have all that light. Jealous, jealous, jealous.

I love this home. Colorful without being in-your-face about the use of color. Totally jealous of art collection and owner's talent for displaying that collection.

I really like the clean lines and simplicity of modern decor.
You have avoided the cold a sterile look that I see in a lot of modern decor by adding warm colors in your art and accessories.

I like snuggling up in my furniture and modern furniture just doesn't look comfortable to me. Is it comfortable??

Great pictures and beautiful apartment!

Hi Dan, I love the light in your apartment and I'm curious about the layout. Is there a floorplan?

This is a nice apartment. It looks like a museum, or museum-store, however.

I like the light airy feeling

my kids wish they had it this good...it's the primary colors surrounded by white and the wood floors...don't get me wrong, it is beautifully done!

This place is nice and all, but what happened to house tours of apartments and small spaces? The website is called "Apartment Therapy" for a reason....

I have similar candlesticks which I don't use because I can't find candles for them. Where do you get candles?

Holy moly, is this beautiful. I'm actually feeling a fair amount of texture here already--the rugs, ceramics, the gorgeous fireplace--but I've no doubt your plan to integrate some older, non-MCM pieces and more pattern will be executed perfectly. Just, well, wow.

Really lovely. I'll echo the praise for the ceramics and the candlesticks/candelabra.

Out of curiosity, where did you get that desk?

Beautiful!! Love all the pieces. Yes, Dan, like you said, bring in a few old pieces and a few pieces with texture just to warm up a bit. Stunning home...you have all the pieces I love!!

Oh and PLEASE tell where the candelabra is from!!!!

back in '05, I took a seminar with Dan at Northwestern. I can't remember the exact name, but it was along the lines of Defining the Creative Process. It was an awesome class that really opened my eyes to art. This home is amazing, so glad to be able to see it.

Hi Everyone…this is Dan the homeowner. I’ve been really enjoying the comments; thanks for all the feedback…and edgardo60 was right, there was no excuse for the crumbs on table; not sure how I missed that.

To answer some of your questions, the candelabra is made up of a bunch of individual Nagel candle holders that I found in a flea market in Cologne. They’re modular and can be stacked and arranged in an endless number of configurations. I’ve even seen them stacked high and wide enough to use as a Xmas tree. It’s pretty easy to find them on Ebay, but as they were originally manufactured in Germany, they’re more available and so way cheaper there! I found the dripless candles at A New Leaf in Chicago, but I think that size is pretty common.

The dresser in the bedroom is a Paul McCobb and I found that during a recent trip to Detroit. It’s missing the original pulls and I’d love to replace those if anyone has a source.

The red bench in the bedroom and the pink typewriter were both pulled from the trash when I was teaching at Northwestern University. I also found a handful of Eames Shell and Arm Chairs in the same haul. The bench was originally an ugly blue vinyl that I had beautifully upohlstered by Mark Roe at The Furniture Shop. The teak desk in the big space and the rolling record album carrier underneath come from David Carter at Pegboard Modern. The credenza in the living room is Modernica.

Unfortunately I don’t have a floor plan to post and the roof isn’t so attractive right now with several inches of piled snow. Come back in the summer and you’ll see what I’m talking about!

Thanks again everyone.

This is my favorite house tour ever - his home is curated, but it also looks lived-in. I think it also had to do with the fun I had trying to spot whether any of my artist friends were pictured in the shots of the gallery.

I love that the house is in Humboldt Park, too. The actual park itself is one of my favorite places in Chicago, and I was just lamenting yesterday that it's still months until I can ride my bike there to feed the ducks...

Well done, gorgeous and amazing, and I do agree that you need some textiles to warm it up. Then it'll be gorgeous, amazing and perfect!

I love how balanced it is - how it looks more like a museum than an upscale vintage shop. Organized well, and the art pieces reflect the owner.

Definitely a new inspiration house tour.

What a beautiful home! Everything is so crisp and clean without feeling stark. Clearly an incredible amount of work went into this place. The art collection, framing and placement is really inspirational!

This is a home of a true collector with excellent taste. The furnishings and art are chosen with care and it's obvious that he follows with living with what you really love. Eye candy all around! Fabulous!

Really, fabulous all around :)) a very lovely, warmly and friendly home! Open, to invite beautiful people, to have nice dialogues and to be treated too. Great, Dan! Thank you for the good inspiration, Dagmar.

WAYHEY! I love it! Congratulations on a fabulous home. This is up there with my top 3 AT homes of ALL TIME (and i have been an avid AT-er for a while). Love the colours, the artwork and the balance. Well done. Beautiful taste.

devening projects editions. i get it. no need to mention it three times.

truly inspiring mmc-home. i love the nagel, i love the feel and space and especially the light, which takes my breath away.

art on the wall are also well chosen!

Wow, what a great space! I have to say that the roller coaster print by the desk really caught my eye. My fiancé would pee his pans if I were able to find him something similar. Care to share your source, Dan? Thanks so much for sharing your home with us!

gorgeous space. love alot of the furniture.

wow. wow. and,,,,,did i say, WOW!!!! Dan. wow. you certainly have an eye. and great taste. no wonder being a gallerist and all. i am an artist, (and fellow at home tour), and when i saw this place, my heart leapt out of my chest and began boomeranging ALL over your house. i could immediately feel the light and space. and your attention to detail....ahhh. reallllly wonderful. thanks for sharing!!
sincerely, rene' n.

your pottery collection...oh, I DIE! Every piece is gorgeous.

Thanks for sharing your home, Dan. Humboldt Park never looked so appealing...

Hi, it's Dan the homeowner again...I really appreciate everyone's very positive comments about my place. It's a little strange to so nakedly open one's home up for scrutiny, but it's been a real joy to hear all that's been said. For islek, the roller coaster image that you mentioned is by Michael Pfisterer, an artist who lives in Hamburg, Germany and shows in my gallery. You can see more of his work on my website. If you'd like more information about that piece or others like it, feel free to contact me.
Dan

Lovely home. All of it is beautiful.

WOW! I really need to get that guy's number in Detroit.

There's many nice things in his home and it's put together well but the amount of items just makes the home look cluttered.

Cluttered? Really?

Love the space/art/furniture/light.

I know he mentions West Germany, but the black pottery collection looks like Santa Clara Pueblo pottery, no? Acoma pottery would look great with all the geometrical patterns as well..

How come none of these people who have these killer pads seem to have a TV or even a radio/stereo system to speak of. They had TV's and Stereos back in the 50's and 60's people. You can have them in your retro replicas too.

I knew from the photo in Maxwell's email that this would be phenomenal!

Why were 1/4 of the photos of his studio rather than his home? I could see doing that if the home was mediocre, but not with this beauty!

I want money....uh, uh, uh, that's what I want...oh, oh, oh, oh, oh....that's what I want.
If I had it, I could do this...

Absolutely beautiful and very tastefully done.

Hi Dan,

Your place is just spectacular. I was wondering what color white you painted the walls. I am in that wonderful stage of looking through 50 whites, trying to decipher the right one. Your white looks just warm enough, but not yellow or dirty.
Would you mind parting with the name? ;)

thanks!

the light is really something in this house, I love all the danish look of the house, all that pottery everywhere looks gorgeous. Congratulations you and your girlfriend did a great job

I think the range of art collected is great. But as a lover of Farnsworth, et al., I'm surprised you would like anything from a Wright auction. Personally, Craig Ellwood was a genius.

And yes, I do think, along with Phillip Johnson, that Wright was the best architect of the, uh, 19th century...

Thanks, wearaddiction, but as Dan's girlfriend, I can take no credit for his amazing home. It's all him! The only parts I have touched are behind closed doors -- organization in closets and cabinets. ;)

And, minimalist1, you misunderstand. Richard Wright, as in wright20.com (check it out); not Frank.

I was hoping someone had already asked but ... what about the white cabinet with the yellow doors? I really like that! I've been hoping to find something similar to fit some of my dishes. If someone could give me a lead, I would really appreciate it. :)

I, too, find this home very appealing. It's full of sunlight and beautiful things! But something about it seems a little...bland to me. I guess I was raised in white walls, because my parents never considered painting a wall in their life. So it's always hard for me to understand why anyone would want so much whiteness. It seems to be the thing, though.

I love the white walls. During a Chicago winter, it can really feel like the walls are closing in on you. We painted most of the rooms in our house deep, warm colors, and it's truly driving me nuts.

Like melAc, I'm currently looking at about a trillion whites to find the right one to replace all of the colors.

For heather77 and melAc, the paint in my place is Timid White from Benjamin Moore. And for songchilde, I found the white cabinet with the yellow doors at a thrift store in Chicago. There were no markings so I can't help you with the maker.

I'm not a big fan of MCM, but this is very well done, and I agree with the other posters that the color makes it less cold than a lot of MCM interiors. And the bedroom looks very cozy.

Dan, you mentioned you are looking for the original pulls for the bedroom dresser. does that mean you purchased the ones shown? because I love them and want to know where they came from>?

I know this comment is trickling in a little late, but can you please share where in the world you found the orange stacking cubes next to the fireplace? I have tried every sort of wording/phrasing to describe them and cannot locate them on either AT or in google. I crave them ravenously.

where is this? i'd swing by and steal all the artworks...

I pine for this home!
I love the crisp white walls and gorgeous works of art. So bright and cheery!

Any idea where the rug in the living room came from?

Very nice. I think the art collection and pottery make it original and unique and really show your personality, without those it might be a little bit too much one note. Anyway, if I am ever in Chicago, can I sit in the womb chair too? :-)

unreal. you have the nicest things.

Beautiful selection of West German pottery and really well displayed. I also love the metal, interlocking candlestick. We keep seeing those in Germany too, but have failed to buy any yet. Must get some! Emma :)

Adopt me. Please.

I would also love to know where I could find the rounded orange storage cubes - beautiful place!