Name: violetmarsh
Location: Manchester, New Hampshire
I think my apt is creatively and thoughtfully decorated with beloved items I have collected from around the world. Much of the furniture has been picked up from street corners in Boston and New York and refinished by hand. My style is colorful & textural, modern & feminine. The colors are vivid and energized but the overall feeling is very soft and peaceful. I am into the tactility of things — the shag rug in the living room, the kitchen utensils hanging in the kitchen, the downy duvet cover on my bed. The structure of the apartment itself is nice too. It's in one of the first Victorian estates built on the west side of Manchester and has curved walls in all rooms, a turret, built in book cases and glass hutches and beautiful hard wood floors.
Thanks violetmarsh!
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Comments (51)
Ooh, pretty! More!
very cute!
love it! adorable!
I agree gswiszcza—more!
I'm really digging this place, there's a ton of simple, great ideas for "white wall" apartment renters everywhere to add some color, comfort and splash to their place.
Awesome job.
I also can't believe how much those Ikea curtains make the kitchen.
*waving from Nashua* I love it! I used to live on the West Side myself. I miss the character of my old apartment, despite all of its other downfalls. Your place is gorgeous and you are lucky to be living in such a great old home that looks like it has been taken well care of.
I never thought of ManchVegas as bright and cheery, but this most definitely is. Love it!
Love it! So bright and cheery!
What is the creamy paint color in the living room? Love the contrast with the white trim...
More, please. I love the colors and the way she's gathered it all and arranged it so well.
Great place - love that coffee table
House Tour, please. It's lovely!
Violet,
I love what you've done. Its clean, cheery, and welcoming. I also love seeing another ManchVegas resident represented. Maybe we need a NH- AT meetup!
I agree, and I especially love the Ikea curtains in the kitchen. Makes me want to get them!
Wonderful!
beautiful violetmarsh! On this dreary, icy day, you have picked me up with your colors (especially the use of bold pink), and light, textural, eclectic style. I also love your photography and the angles. You have a great eye. Thanks SO much for sharing!!
Oh, one more thing I wanted to mention was that I love how you used height in your decor. My eye was constantly drawn upwards in all of your rooms, with your creative use of lighting, (several different kinds, including the fun upside-down parasol and hanging string lights, and with your curtains and branch sculpture. Ok, I really need to get back to work now :)
I love this so much it makes my heart want to bust!
oooooh i love this. love how bright it is. the perfect combination of pretty, feminine, chic and eclectic. definitely worthy of a house tour - would love to see more pics and read more details.
very lovely!
Very nice!
Waving from Hollis! What a pretty, cheerful space!
How beautiful! This is just the kind of space I wish I could make out of my apartment... It's tough, though, with low ceilings, and carpeting everywhere to make such an open and free-moving space. Let's be friends so you can teach me everything you know!
Emily
I've never seen before a bed near the curved walls of a Victorian house. It looks like a princess day bed! Lovely.
Yes, I also love your bed and apt in general. We definitely need a house tour!
love the sense of color, drama and romance!!!
Very pretty and romantic. Love the white, airy openness, and the beautiful use of color that livens it up. I am a scavenger and reviver of dead and injured furniture. I really appreciate all your hard work and talent that went into making this place fit together. Wonderful!
loooove
five pictures isn't cutting it. where's the full-out house tour? this is beautiful
Beautiful. So open and airy.
I definitely want to see more of it ! It's a really, really lovely place, I love how you played with white and gave so much brightness to the rooms.
House Tour please !
Gorgeous! Another vote for a full house tour. Yes, really the thing to pick one up on a cold, January day… (I would love it in August, too!).
Wow..I would love to see more. Really well done. Such a feeling of warm and cozy is given off just in the photos, I am loving it.
One more vote for a house tour. Wonderful apartment and beautifully composed photographs.
I would love to know what the wall paint is. It's hard to find an ivory white that contrasts enough with trim but doesn't have a peachy or muddy undertone. This looks so pretty with the yellow bed! I have a similar bed, so pretty. Also love the coffee table. Lovely!!!
hello everyone- thank you so much for all of your lovely comments. the ikea curtains in the kitchen are a wonderful bargain at $60 a pair...and they are lined! the paint used throughout the house is star shine by behr. it's the perfect bright, just-barely-yellow, white. the natural light is wonderful- there are 10 windows throughout and the house sits on a corner on a hill with south west exposure. my plants love that. and thank you for the photo comments.. i am a photog, so i appreciate that. ;)
This house is positively a slice of heaven. Please, please, can you reveal the source of that wonderful whitewashed antique bed?
Another vote for a full house tour!
Very pretty - I especially like the coffee table.
puhleese, another vote for full house tour!
hello again. the bed is from the concord antique gallery in concord, nh. there is a dealer who specializes in white-washed, aged furniture.
I LOVE this! You have such unique and elegant taste- the architecture complements your choice in style perfectly! The white walls add to the sunshine in every room- thanks for sharing!
ditto ... wonderful
Wow!
Lovely!
i luv all the bright colors!
Effervescent use of colors. Love to see a confident and original personality reflected in the environment.
aw, that's so cute!
kindly,
vintagedressblog.blogspot.com
Lovely! A full tour is definitely needed. :-)
I feel so expansive, like a fresh breath, after seeing your home.
lovely and dreamy
so pretty and romantic, but yet crisp and contemporary at the same time. good job! :)
kindly,
vintagedress
http://www.vintagedress.etsy.com
This is very pretty! I'm not sure if there is a full tour, but I certainly wish there was!
where did you get the hanging circle chandelier over the bed? i'm searching for that!