Names: Kim & Scott
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Just over 2 years ago, we purchased our first "home" in Chicago. (Read: move-in ready condominium). With less than 650 square feet to play with, we knew we had a challenge on our hands, but we were ready. Being color lovers, our first project was to tackle those khaki walls with bright splashes of cool mints, punchy greens, and my favorite color for the bedroom - orange.
Some of our favorite pieces in the home include finds from Craigslist, flea markets, and thrift stores, whereas some of our practical apartment-sized pieces are from CB2, Target, and retailers within reach. We love mixing and matching antique lamps with sleek retail coffee tables, and we balance it all out with art we've made or received as gifts.
Of course the biggest obstacle we deal with is space, as most city dwellers can understand. The inner handyman in us has installed wall shelving to free up floor space and storage cubes for overflow bed linens, among other things. Our open concept floor plan means that our kitchen and living room share one space, so we've installed ceiling curtain tracks to create an airy, textured room division. Although the curtains are usually pulled taught, it's nice to section off the rooms if we have a sink full of dishes. We actually prefer the size, as the clean-nut in me just couldn't imagine tidying up anything much bigger. As a result, we live with what we need, and display only our most treasured items.
Most recently, together we've started our blog, Yellow Brick Home (.com), to track our home adventures in DIY, design dilemmas, and lucky finds at the flea market. If anything else, the blog gives us a new sense of our own accomplishments, as well as hopefully giving our readers helpful tips and ideas (as I'm sure you understand).
Thanks Kim & Scott!
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Comments (13)
I like everything except for that green color on that wall. That shade of green just really bothers me. I find it too distracting ( and personally a shade I have never liked)
love the colors!
nice color !!!
Beautiful, colours really well used. I wouldn't have thought such strong shades could produce such a dream-like effect, it's so well done.
Show us more!!!!!
I LOVE the light blue color on the wall next to the couch! Could you tell me what that is? It really looks great with the orange throw and floor lamp!
Never saw a bear with ten legs, cute!!
I agree with Aster on the green... just too much of a primary/crayola color...
Hi Ta, that color is Behr's "wintergreen." It's such a subtle peaceful color, but when the sun is shining directly on to those walls, it bursts into a more vibrant hue.
And to ablevin5, we just gave a much more detailed house tour over at our blog, http://www.yellowbrickhome.com/. You can see more details here:
http://www.yellowbrickhome.com/get-to-know-us/
Thanks, everyone! (Kim & Scott)
yeah I'd like to see more of this place, as well as a floorplan.
kudos on getting your doggie in one of the shots--funny how on AT home tours/calls the cats are generally posed or sleeping, the dogs are running away.
where did you find your entertainment/record cabinet??
I love that framed art by the front door that says "I have always known it was you." Where did that come from?
Hi Stephanie, the entertainment center is an IKEA find. It's similar to the expedit system, but it's made of solid pine (sadly, I don't believe they sell it anymore). We bought two 4-cube units, took the divider out of one, then used IKEA legs to lift it off the floor. We also used deck stain to give it a durable, subtle gray finish.
To stephy1024: It's one of my favorite prints in the home, and it came from Seattle Show Posters:
http://seattleshowposters.com/ihavealwaysknown.html
hi, could you tell me where the bear print is from above the bed? I am pretty much in love with it. Thanks!
Hi Loretherine,
We purchased that print the second we laid eyes on it at the Chicago Renegade Craft Fair. We were so excited with our purchase, we forgot to grab a business card, and the signature in the bottom right corner is unreadable. I've tried too many times to count. I wish I could give you more details, but we're still kicking ourselves for forgetting to scoop up the artist card. And wouldn't you know, we get a lot of questions about that print!
I can at least tell you we framed it using a Ribba frame from Ikea, our favorite source for clean, crisp frames.
Although I can't pinpoint the artist for you, I hope this link may inspire some other art-love:
http://www.renegadehandmade.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=37