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I've been looking for similar style floor lamps. Does anyone have any recommendations of where a mid-westerner could find such a thing below $200?

Question: if you float your sofa in the room, how do you plug in side table lamps or floor lamps (like in the first picture)?

Thanks!

Is it really 1,900 sq ft? Seems smaller in the pics. Nice place though.

Oh I really enjoyed this living space!! I'm a big fan of contemporary design and I just found it so well done. If only I could find a condo with such a sweet kitchen layout...

That landing strip built into the wall at the beg'g is GOLD. Was that custom?

I love the built-ins and the lighting. Really top notch.

Amazing place! Can the owners comment as to why they went with such a dark color for the ceiling accent?

I love the metro map in the bathroom! I had a special edition one from July 4th from a few years ago and I've been trying to figure out what to do with it. If only I had a big enough bathroom! Great space!

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Very nice! Love the floor lamps in the living room.

cool! i love the warm colors and the pod-like tables. the wavy ottoman is killer.

@AT - David's name is misspelled in the second line & the word should be "important" in the 5th.

it only took "years" to save up? not bad.

thanks, creative*type! AT readers rock.

The cabinetry and flooring are beautiful. I definitely could live in this apartment. I love it.

anything bought in dc in 1994 is worth about a billion times more now. must be nice.

three cheers for gentrification!

oh, the laundry in the master closet. I think that would be life changing.
my fantasy, though, would be an entire laundry room with a door directly into the closet.
the rest of the space is lovely as well. congrats.

Sorry, but I don't see the appeal. I see anonymous, brand new furniture in an anonymous, brand new apartment. There's no hint of the fact that it's in a century old building, and also no hint of the owners' personalities.

I think it's gorgeous... but I could never bear to rip out period details in the Wyoming. I live in a nearby but more modest co-op from the same period and fantasize about filling apartments in the neighborhood's shmancier buildings with modern furniture to contrast old with new and ornate with simple. I'd likely kill for a fraction of the period ornamentation these guys must have removed, but it wouldn't be authentic in my more humble space.

This home exudes quality of workmanship and attention to detail. As for it's furniture, paint, and art choices: I want it to be either edgier or more comfortable/lived-in... The in between is just-- contemporary.

i love the idea of using office chairs as dining chairs. my dining nook is carpeted, though. it's 8'x8' and that's probably about how much space four office chairs and a round table would take up. the largest office floor mats i'm seeing online are about 4'x4' which means i'd need to buy four of them. has anyone dealt with this before?

I love this apartment. I was recently in a roof-top bar with an opening in the ceiling similarly shaped to David's & Ra'ed's. The effect in their apartment is the same, that is, it feels that it opens up to infinity. This apartment is definitely lived-in. The kitchen is used extensively and many a good party has been had. Lived-in doesn't mean messy or filled with tchotchkes.

I like the ceiling accent. I really does add height visually.

Loves it. And love Apartment Zero, which really should open a satellite shop in Baltimore, yes?

Ditto Lparker's comments: the workmanship is great, and but the look is a bit "contemporary" than modernist for my personal tastes. The general decor and finishes reminds me of a well-done, tasteful corporate office (and I am not referring to just the office chairs). But to each his/her own!

Wow. Great use of space and it's definitely expensive and everything but it's far too chilly. It looks like a hotel room and I'm not sure that's a good thing in this case. I hate the office tables at the dinner table. I like contemporary but not in this case and I can't decide why. Nice use of space, though, especially in that office.

It looks very "commercial" to me. Lots of elements of the home are borrowed from hotels or offices. I almost think that they used a commercial interior designer. It's not cold, but feels off.

I'm gonna have to jump on the blandwagon for this one.
Though I love the ceiling accent in the living room.

Ditto @Blandwagon... When was this done, seems achingly 90's? I appreciate the appeal of juxtaposition, but this architect had a very heavy hand. I love the long rolled steel built in entry table, so, there's that...

This place is just absolutely stunning

What’s up, AT? David here, an owner. Awesome website, awesome comments. Thought I’d respond to a few.
Plugging in lamps beside a floating sofa: you need outlets in the floor, beneath the sofa. Then cut a slit in the carpet beneath the sofa, and thread the cord through the hole and into the plug.
Is it really 1900 square feet? That’s what our realtor said, so it’d better be!
“Landing strip” in the entry: that was custom, by the architect. Steel, painted glossy black.
Why such a dark color for the ceiling accent? The color is midnight blue. The white drywall forms a lip around the ellipse, and inside this lip (out of sight) is a string of soft lighting. At night, this “cove lighting” creates ambience against the “night” sky. It’s great for movies and/or romance, because the lighting is so indirect and soft. That being said, the room is indeed a little dark during the daytime and I’m sure the midnight blue is partly to blame for that. Everything has a plus and a minus, right?
Office chairs as dining chairs? Maybe they’re just being nice, but I swear that our guests love to roll around in them. Another “hit” with guests has been that the arm chairs in the living room swivel.
“Far too chilly”? You should see my last apartment! It was similarly modern (OK, fine: con-temporary), but was a very light monochromatic neutral color throughout with very angular furniture. I thought its vibe was cool and not comfortable. So our approach in this apartment was: how to be contemporary without sacrificing warmth and comfort? The solution was to mix up the colors and materials extensively to create warmth (e.g., we used three types of wood throughout, instead of one), and to buy comfortable furniture for comfort (e.g., comfy couch, swivel arm chairs, office chairs in the dining room). Who knew that it takes comfortable furni-ture to be comfortable?! (We finally do.)
Anyway, it’s fun to get honest feedback through AT. Cause you always feel like guests have to say “love your place,” even though we know that D.C. tends to prefer traditional interiors.

Everything is gorgeous but I think the part I love most is the blown up metro map in the guest bathroom. Very very clever!

It's lovely, but it always makes me sad to see the seating facing away from the windows, towards what is obviously a TV cabinet. Whenever I'm in that type of living room, I always feel the host would much rather be watching TV that talking to guests.

I love most of the elements individually but collectively I get a feeling of a very nice hotel room or conference center. A little too impersonal for me

Extremely bland. Awful artwork!

Love, love, love what you've done with the place.

I'm one DC person who can't stand traditional or kitsch! so this is so refreshing!

Great work!

Ooh - question - what is the wall housing your television in your bedroom made of? Is it steel?

thanks, visual! yep, it's a steel panel.

I love it - I think its gorgeous and am very envious! Would love to be a guest at your house!! Question - where did you get the metro map in the bathroom from?

thanks! metro map is from gallery 2000 in dupont circle. houseguests love it!

I remember this building back in the early 1970's. It was always a grand building but had become a bit shabby. It is so nice to see it updated and faithful to it's original good bones.

I like what should I call ? TV Stand .. nice
tks