I love all the red accents. A hint of Asian influence.

The place is really cute but that coffee table is comically small.

@Scoot, how big are your coffee cups?

The crystal hanging on the red string should be hung in a corner of a room that has no light and not on a door knob.
As much I hate to clean grout, I love the kitchen and bathroom. I too think all the red is wonderful.
Very nice job indeed.

A Buddha overlooking the hide of a slaughtered cow.

Don't you get it?

I love the kitchen and the bathroom. I also like the coffee table but perhaps two of them would look more balanced.

Perfect blend of personal touches without looking cluttered or overly curated. Thank you for sharing with us.

Now THIS is the type of house tour I hope we see more of on AT. I love the mix of furniture styles, mix of vibrant and cool colors on the walls, and all of the great art and trinkets you've collected over the years. Definitely looks personalized to your taste and not overly designed, great work!

Ooh, I love the large-scale camera art!

PAPA. BEAR. CHAIR!!!

I love that bubble chandlier, but it's out of my price range. This one is actually pretty close: http://www.lampsplus.com/products/possini-euro-planetarium-energy-saving-pendant-chandelier__98832.html It's a lot cheaper, too.

This is the most beautiful apartment I have ever seen. This is where I want to hang out...

@PI, that bubble lamp is the famous Nelson Saucers Lamp designed by George Nelson and it comes in a wide range of prices based on it's size and shape.

I've got the Saucer Criss Cross Lamp and love it. Modernica is producing his lamps and they aren't that expensive:

http://modernica.net/lighting/

There is not one thing about this house that isn't completely awesome.

@Duane - Yes, I saw the source and looked it up on Modernica. Anything bigger than the "small" size is pretty much out of my price range.

Hi all, The buddha overlooking the hide comment is really funny! I had a flokati in there at first, but Sunny mistook it for grass, so it had to go. I felt weird about bringing in the hide, but it was very reasonable, and very flat, so that's what I went with.
I haven't found a coffee table I really like, so that small table usually sits beside the sofa, or in front of it when I am using it.
The Nelson lamp is from Modernica.
Thanks for all the kind words :)

I got my 1950s O'Keefe & Merritt stove (with a periscope!) from SAVON Appliance too!

I'd like to expand on what ULTRADEB said. There is not one thing about this house keeping me from yawning due to my post lunch food coma.

The bold colors seem so carefully chosen. I think they're very effective. I wish I was so good at choosing colors.

Great paint colors, nice mix of furnings. I love the goofiness of the bath and the elegance of the rest of the place. I totally agree with Rural and Rueful, and don't think it's "really funny ! " Nice artwork as well.

furnishings.

I thought Rural was making a joke, I wasn't trying to be glib. All my tithing goes to organizations for animals, and I was conflicted about purchasing the hide. Although one could make the argument that all the items we purchase from corporations like Pottery Barn, CB2 and the like are causing their own share of misery in a work force somewhere. This is one of the primary reasons I like to buy as much vintage as possible.

I want to live in the guest room.

LOVE this space. Too many great things to count, fearless use of color,very personal accessories, the range, the Fabulous art, and of course the adorable bichon.

So nicely done! Posts like this make me wish my landlord wasn't a complete stickler about painting walls (will only let us do it if we pay her professionals that she has pre-approved, and they did a terrible job on the original paint so...)

love the light gray couch and the two black chairs.. can i have them? ;)

You have an amazing eye for colour! Love all the well-framed artwork, and the bathroom is gorgeous!

At first I thought Papa Bear was ugly, but the more I see them the more it grows on me and now I want one!

The orange armchair is particularly awesome. Love it. Also the large camera picture is really great. Love the house, it's really personal.

Not sure I understand the "Buddha-slaughtered-cow" comment. Not all Buddhists are vegetarians, and as far as sacred cows go, it's Hinduism that is concerned? I mean, if there was a poster advocating Veganism above the rug, I'd get the irony, but I'm a bit puzzled by that one?

Oh people, stop being so so critical about home owners personal design choices. It is their house and they can do what they want.

Hi Thorndale, the piece I have next to the stove is a very inexpensive poster, and I had it framed inexpensively as well (in plexiglass). Having a framed print next to a stove is not as potentially damaging as having one in a bathroom that gets really steamy. Mine has been fine, but I'm not a heavy duty cook, either. Let's put it this way, inexpensive posters and prints next to a stove are ok...anything of real value is best left out of the kitchen. :)

Ooo, a daybed, sweet!

Dina, everything is lovely, and there is absolutely no reason for you to have to explain yourself to the usual rogue gallery of AT drama queens and sticks-in-the-mud. I'd seriously want to see what their homes look like if they're so high and mighty. Thank you for opening up your beautiful home and sharing.

Love your place and the red, but not the red wall.

There are about a hundred things in this apartment I would never buy/do, yet I think it's exquisite and I could live there. One of the most mysterious things about good design.

Without a doubt this is one of my favourite house tours I've seen on AT. I love all Dina's stuff and she has put it all together beautifully. Especially love the mirrored nightstands and the grey sofa.

It's lovely, airy and uncluttered, great colours.

I like the vintage orange chair with the toy bunny (or is it a lamb?) on it but that's about it.
I cannot even look at the photo of the red bedroom and I suspect I would feel even worse about it in real life.

The rug in the bedroom is making me cry. The colours! It's so beautiful.

I love the dog so much I clicked to the house tour. Then I also fell in love with the apartment! I love the way it's fearlessly girly but not girly girly.

I like the gray and black pallet. It's cool and not too optimistic. The art is great, well you are an art dealer so one would imagine that it would be. Art makes all the difference. Cute, really really cute, nice aesthetic.

Fabulous kitchen!

your dog is too cute!! Like Magzeen, I admit I clicked through because of that opening shot BUT your home is amazing! I'm loving the bathroom--so fun.

Oooooooooooooh how I LOVE and WANT your stove!

The sofa... the mirror (pic # 17)...the kitchen... I'm drooling...

This is not meant to be judgemental at all, but I find it interesting that so many Los Angeles homes featured have vintage (1940's-ish?) stoves. I wonder how and why this happens to be so common in that area and pretty much unheard of elsewhere in the USA. I find this to be true of my LA friends' homes as well - most of them have vintage stoves. A very interesting regionality to my eyes!

Hi Dina - your place is stunning! You've inspired me and now I'm finding myself shopping on roomservicestore.com. May I ask what model is your couch and can you describe a little the comfort level (comfy enough to lounge and watch tv)? I am considering the "Audrey" and your feedback would be very helpful in making my decision. Thanks again :)

Love the kitchen and bathroom and also love your comment to the haters....as someone mentioned, you don't have to explain your choices, it's your home and decorated to your tastes. Personally I find your home lovely.....all of it, cowhide and buddah.

Hi Cionita,
Thanks for your kind words. The sofa is called the Kensington:
http://www.roomservicestore.com/product/SOFA125/Kensington-Sofa/
I had them customize it for me to 8 feet (instead of 9), and changed the base to the chrome legs. I also asked for down wrapped foam cushions, which makes the comfort level of any chair or sofa so much better. This sofa is tremendously comfortable, for two reasons: 1, it's deep enough to snuggle with a partner or dog, and 2, the high back.
After having a Modernica Split Rail Sofa for 9 years, I welcomed a sofa I could "kick it" in & could flip the cushions easily. Also, if you can do it, I recommend getting a second set of cushion covers made to store away, in case something horrendous spills on the sofa.

Thanks so much, Dina! You've been very helpful and informative. Now I am pretty much sold on getting one and will certainly use your tips!
Cheers!
Carolyn

Love the vintage kitchen and bath, double love the John Lurie print!

If anyone ever suggests you "modernize" or "update" or in any other way make any significant changes to that bathroom, please shoot him.

Great tour, lovely home,

Everything looks great. I love your bedroom and dining room color chocies and the Papa Bear chair, mirrored night stand/dresser, lucite lamp, and kitchen.

How did you decide on the Martha Stewart Anvit color. Did you just see it on a paint chip and then decide to put it on your wall or did you pick several colors in grey and buy test paint pots of all three and put them all on your wall and decide which one you liked best?

You have wonderful taste, Dina -- I love every inch of your place.

nice mix of styles and colors, but that bathroom is a hot mess!

Hi House Voyeur. What I like about using Martha Stewart paints is that her paint chips are very large. I will tape several chips to a wall and look at them for several days, to see how they look at different times of day. Usually one will start to emerge as the best choice. The dining room was a deep avocado green before the Anvil, and the Beet colored wall in the bedroom was lavender before that, and a blue prior to that. I get bored after a few years with any color, and for a gallon of paint & a few hours work, it makes me feel like I've remade a room. Even though I didn't get a quart to test, you always can! Best, Dina

This is a great mix of vintage and asian. I love the pop of color on the walls, especially in the bedroom. I am going to tag this one.

Eclectic, fun, comfortable...with smatterings of feng shui. Very nice.

I will not look at another tour of a house with a dead animal on the floor. I don't care for leather couches either, obviously. But dead animal on the floor? I hate this trend. It seems to be going hand in hand with the revival of fur apparel. Bring back the red paint chuckers, I say.

Thumbs down.

LOVE this space - totally the type of spot I could see myself in! I love your color selections and all the little details. And your artwork is fantastic! The boyf and I also have a Blow Up print in our apartment, but I'm superbly envious of the giant camera piece!

Thumbs UP!

I am surprised that anyone would give a thumbs down. How petty and ridiculous to judge a space that is so gorgeously maintained and so obviously adored. If something isn't your cup of tea, don't drink it and certainly have enough class to keep it to yourself. I loved everything and am stealing some ideas for myself! Thank you for opening up your home Dina!