What is that gray paint color? It's fantastic...very nice space too!

I'm sorry, but I don't see any photos.
You're a strong man, taking it all in stride, making the best of a new and sudden situation and seeing that the future is yours. I know you'll get loads of support here, you've come to the right place. This must be cathartic, too, in a way. I hope it all has a happy outcome for you! My thoughts are with you as you plunge forward.

Sorry about the breakup, Jason. But, you are totally on the track with this place. Amazingly done! I would've never imagined any apartment in Tenderloin has such potential. Great job!!!

I love how open everything feels. Is that a projection on the wall? What a great way to get a "Big Screen" in to a small space! So clever... I also love the Polaroids on the wall. Inexpensive I assume, but very cool.
Melissa

Love the photographs? Is the B&W one to the conspirators? Did you take the color photo with the man walking in the outdoor corridor? Is your work for sale somewhere?

Love it, love it, love it!

This is a really nice pad, like it! The tenderloin gets a bad rap but there are some nice apartments such as your for a fraction of the cost and you are near some really great cheap ethnic eats.

They're so much cooler than me.

The glimpse of the kitchen, that wall color above the white is lovely.

what's wrong with the tenderloin area? (ignorant canadian here :D)

Love your place Jason! Sorry about your break-up. Time heals all wounds. Love the paint colors and your photography, especially the one in the entrance. How are you doing the movie on the wall? I'm a book and movie fanatic too, and my son is a videographer. Keep up the good work, and hang in there!!!

love the Lewis Powell photo

formosagirl - The Tenderloin is an area of San Francisco located near downtown, with many lower-income and SRO apartment buildings. For many years it's been an area with a high crime rate and a number of homeless or druggie residents.

This is only one face of the neighborhood, other facets include a thriving inner city life, diverse ethnic groups, social services to aid people in need, and a growing movement within the area to provide a safer space for the not-insignificant number of families and children living in the neighborhood.

Jason, your home is lovely, and I wish you much enjoyment of the space.

Seriously, do you even know how cool you are? This is an amazing space. It's so open and fresh, perfect for a new beginning.

By the way, I'm fascinated with image #2. Is that a photo on the wall next to the bed? Or a mirror? whatever it is, I like it. And that light coming from the closet? It's like a scene from Being John Malkovich. What's going on in there? I love it!

The green in the kitchen is surprisingly inviting.

nice space... i often wonder what it would be like to start from scratch again (but hope i never do). kudos for the bounce-back.

fwiw: you might think to check with your insurance agent and have a few of your pieces "listed" on your renter's insurance policy with specific values attached (especially if you use them for your work... and get the gadget-toy/business-tool straight with the agent, else you'll get hosed come settlement time). looking around your place, i'm seeing a 4X5 and rangefinder (and i'm guessing a digiprojector connected to a laptop) that wouldn't be too hard to carry down that fire escape... the tenderloin is still the tenderloin.

Jason, did you enlarge the Lewis Payne photo yourself? It's amazing.

And a toast to your new life in the 'Loin!

Times are though when you loose your SO and your home...
Contrats to your new pad! Looks great, I love the avocado green in the kitchen.

More please!

Yeah, more photos please! I like what i see so far.

I love this. Congrats on making a beautiful fresh start out of a bad break!

Congratulations! What a great space!

Love your place... And strangely I had just finished searching for a studio. I'm also in the same predicament and turned to A.T. for some inspiration/take my mind off the situation when - I stumbled on your House Call! Thank you for that.

Congrat's & much luck to you in your new place!

Well done; very nice place. Better luck in your upcoming romantic adventures!

FLIPPING GENIUS!

Sorry for your break-up! I admire you for channeling all of those emotions into creating such a fantastic and clear-sighted space! You clearly have a great eye for design and beauty- I love the print in the front hall - and that you placed it there; I love the little 'montage'? of photos on the living room wall next to the fire escape and the huge photo behind the bed. I like the way the rug demarcates the bedroom space and that it's a comfy and inviting looking space too. I'd love to see more of your place - like where your guests sit and the kitchen (which looks very clean and inviting). Also I was painting a room a lighter gray and have stopped work hoping you will share those colors! Grays are challenging to get right - and you did it! good luck to you, thanks for linking to your work...

Hi everyone, first and foremost, thank you so much for your encouraging comments. I really, really appreciate it. I have been following AT for years and this experience has kind of blown my mind. I have to give props to my ex though, he has/had incredible style and some of the design cues were lifted directly from our old place.

To answer a few questions. I chose three shades of gray. The wall in the first image is the lightest. A door (which can can only be seen slightly in the second image) is a medium gray and the baseboard of the main room is the darkest gray. I will post the colors tonight. (I can't remember the exact names right now but I purchased the paint at Home Depot. The colors are in the Behr Premium Plus line.)

Yes, that is a projection on the wall. I have a small closet directly across from the projection (to the left of the kitchen) which I have converted into a workstation (I can remove the door very easily.) I placed one of these (http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40103727) inside of the closet after seeing it featured here on AT (fits perfectly). It provides a standing desk/workstation for when I am scanning negatives, projecting movies, or just dancing around and need a home for my laptop. The projector is an Epson Powerlite 705HD projector. It's incredibly bright and has a short throw (which means a big image in small spaces) and the quality is quite amazing.

The big image is of Lewis Powell. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Powell_(assassin)) I actually used the jpeg provided via wikipedia. A little photoshop knowledge (play with the contrast a bit to make the edges appear sharper on lower res images) and some friends at Kinkos seems to go a long way. I took the rest of the photographs in the house (except for the polaroids. Those were made by a friend of mine.) @RunyonStyle Yes, my photographs are for sale through my gallery: http://www.krisgravesprojects.com/. If you want to see a larger selection of my work: www.jasonhanasik.com.

@creative license I hate the overhead light in the main room, so, I set up two smaller lights in the closet. One that you can see and the other one is, unfortunately, not in any of the images. Because the space is so small I wanted to open the closet up to make it feel larger. A third light, which is pictured, sits next to my bed on the toppled speaker. btw, thank you so much for your super kind comment. I will have to revisit Being John Malkovich. I haven't seen that movie in years and remember loving it!

@E.I.F. good luck. it will get easier. give Francis in the Lights (a new band I recently found via modern tonic) a listen. might help, might not.

@momafan I was really nervous about seating with guests. I just had my first party a few weeks ago. I had about 20 people over for a screening. A friend of mine brought various pillows. I hide chairs in a lot of places (For example, the kitchen has the four chairs for the kitchen table plus two more stashed away in various nooks. I also have two out on the fire escape. (those are folded up and strapped down for safety reasons) After the party, I realized that I loved the way the pillows made people who had never met sit closer together, etc, so, I am having a few pillows made for my next screening. I think I am going to go the route of gingham. Maybe something like this or in black and white: http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?pid=749995012&tid=gosz1r&kwid=1&ap=7

@redneckmodern, thanks, yeah, I just acquired the projector and a bluray player. The renter's insurance was immediately updated. The tenderloin is a crazy and wonderful place which never ceases to amaze me; however, the reality is that petty theft happens all the time. Thankfully, that fire escape only connects four other apartments and the alley it drops into is relatively secure. still, one never knows.

Thank you again for all of the comments!!!

and yes, the green was a stretch for me. I love it now but believe me, I wasn't convinced when the paint was drying that's for sure.

What a beautiful focus on essential nurturing. I love the choices in this space.

Full house tour, please?

FULL HOUSE TOUR PLEASE!

the tenderloin is going to be the hip place to be. stunning apartment. your talent inspires me!! hang in there jason.
*****
i stayed at the phoenix in the tenderloin a couple months ago!

I love your amazing and inspiring apartment. As a Phoenix, you rose and will continue to rise, with your talent. I, too, have a similar backstory, after 25 years, we split and I took whatever I could pack and left. It was her house, not mine. Anyway, I'm about to be featured in an upcoming House Tour and hope that you will like it. If you're in LA - maybe we can meet and discuss. Stay on your path.

Finally! A real, honest to goodness, SF apartment. This looks real, and a place to live. Thank you for sharing.

Really beautiful place! It is so cool how you've been able to create the feeling of an open artist loft in a rental. By the way, not to be a creeper or anything, but I viewed your photos and recognized a couple pictures. You teach at ASUC Art Studio! I took a lighting class there with Carmen and really loved it. Your photographs are so quietly beautiful - I'm a huge fan :)

Amazing what you have done here. I've always had a soft spot for the 'Loin since living on Mason during grad school. :)

Can you give details on the black low bookshelf+bench? I love it and want to do something like it.

Great artwork.

Thanks again for all of the really sweet and endearing comments! Sorry for the delay with the paint colors.

Here they are:
lightest gray Sparrow 780F-4
medium gray Anonymous 780F-5
darkest gray Dark Granite 780F-6
(All Behr Premium Plus)

I should be in LA at the start of September hattyinla. send me a note and maybe we can meet up. Looking forward to seeing your house tour!

@Cayce I do teach at the ASUC art Studio at UC Berkeley. So glad to hear you enjoyed Carmen's class. She is a good friend of mine. Really amazing artist. I actually have four of her pieces in my kitchen!

@SweetCommunist: The bench is an Ikea Expedit bookshelf. I have had four people on it at one time without issue. (fingers crossed)

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/90116275