apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

i love everything about the second photo.

J'adore!!!

But, yes....perfectly.

I love that table! and the colors of course! i almost bought that very table, but have only seen it on line and worried how it really holds up. is it just pretty? or pretty and useable?

I'm sorry but two chairs, a blue wall, a hanging and some color coordinated accessories does not constitute a color design. Where's the rest of the room?

I second Jim's comment.

i love it! i really love the second pic. the chair is great, as is the art on the wall. is it a painting?

i love it. simplicity at its finest. and the truth is, most of us don't have a lot of money to spend on lots of furniture and decor. the rooms shown make me think that the owner is of the same mindset (and wallet size!) and makes every piece and every corner count. genius.

Em & Kurt,

I just absolutley adore that blue on the walls. It is the most perfect shade of vintage blue. Could you please tell me about it? Could you talk about the interesting art you are showcasing in your pics? I really love everything that you've done here.

Thanks,
Kim

i love it too! I think it's great that this entry shows that you can bring color into a room's design with simple things like dishes and the interesting vintage wall hangings.
but, the blinds should be hidden!

I LOVE how they've used multiple color and mad striking living spaces without making it look like an untouchable magazine spread. I think this is an excellent, honnest use of color... with great taste in furnishings.

Would be great to see a house tour.

What a beauty.

Am I seeing the colors correctly in photo 2 - is your rug really the exact shade of green found in the painting hanging above? If so, very impressive achievement!

I admire how you play out your dominant color in the details of your photos (although I would assume those place settings aren't always on your dining table!)

lovely. very smart and sophisticated.

I like this entry even though it isn't a traditional "room shot" like Jim complained, because it shows a remarkable personal style, and great use of color, (which is ultimately what we are voting for). I love the blue in the first shot and the pairing of the red chair and vibrant art. I like seeing color in the actual items of a room rather than just the wall. Plus it's one of only a handful of apartments in the contest that achieve the "collected" look of a lived-in, eclectic home that is designed stylishly, instead of just "bought" at a store with stylish things. Of course, now I really want to see more--House tour please!

good job!

I really like the 2nd shot, the rug, chair and art and coffee tabe are fantastic together.

Okay, now my boyfriend is drooling over the color of the wall as well. We must know about the paint in the kitchen. Puhleeeease! We are obsessed now at this point and he rarely agrees on paint color with me.

Oh and do tell about the artwork. We live in the LA Area and love to support our local artists. Too bad we miss the art crawl last month in Silverlake. Boo.

I third jim. This may be a really cool space, it may also be an ok space with of cool areas (like mine). I really think people need to show at least one photo of a full room.

Yes ... the blue is beautiful. Please share the paint color!

LA mid-century hipster cliche. (thinking of shauna, and the silver lake couple, from the smallest coolest who did the same thing with real flair)

It's colorful, but not a cohesive design.

Thank you everyone for the kind AND honest words! For now, here some answers to the questions..

Round white table- from the Thomas O’Brien collection at Target which yes has been criticized as a knock off of a Jean Prouve coffee table from the 1950’s, but more importantly is now available to the masses! Worth every penny and more.

No one asked, but the silver thing in the middle of the table is the Tangle Toy by sculptor Richard X. Zawitz. I make anyone visiting change its shape. (tangletoys.com)

“Frisky Puppy” Painting- by my good friend, artist Robin Szidak who super-sized the Paint-By-Number and reversed the colors making it a far cry from the original.

Orange Chair- vintage Dux rocker by Bruno Matheson recently reupholstered to my former favorite color orange.

Green rug- House Pet Frog color from Interface FLOR and yes, it happens to be the same color as the green in the painting.

In the dining room the wall hanging is mine! I am a textile artist.

Tea pot and rice pot from my mother-in-law, yellow melamine bowls Super Home Mart purchase in Chinatown, little mugs from a thift shop in Palm Springs, chopsticks from Bodum in NY, choc brown napkins from Ikea and “Mano” plates from Crate and Barrel. All, except the napkins which I save for guests, are things that I use on a daily basis.

The big wall color answer for Kim– “Hot Springs #8273” from the Martha Stewart Collection at Sherman Williams. There is also Trellis 8237 and Vintage Kitchen 8226 which were my other choices.

Em - You rock! Thank you! And I adore the art you made. Are those like little leaf shaped fabrics strung together? Very very creative. I would love to see more of your work. I vote Insta-finalists for sure. GOOD LUCK!!

You folks who don't see any "design" in the second room are not seeing:
-- the harmonious and equivalent color saturations, even in the books and magazine boxes
-- the way the golden brown wood & rattan sets off the brighter colors and his featured in the art
-- the concinnity of shapes, and how each is set off by its' color.
And the tiffany blue in the first photo (and also picked up in the second) is wonderful!

exactly. I don't see it.

i enjoy the tight focus (camera shot and design) of the first photo. VERY nice. very disciplined

in the second photo, in reference to angela, i DO see that you are picking up colors around the place and are possibly matching shapes/outlines/textures. however i feel it's more “diffused” than your first photo. perhaps it's the busy-ness. i'm still trying to put my finger on it.

either way, i do love the textures your playing with in photo 2. perhaps the color-play is taking away from the “tight focus” on the texture-play or vice-versa.

What are you hiding? Skill?

your color palatte is fantastic! i feel lucky that i've seen the the whole place. if every one who visits this site could tour your home, you'd win immediately! the blue is simultaneously calming and creates a space which is lively and vibrant. the wall hanging is beautiful--there should be one in every home.

This is my favorite entry I really, really love it.
Where is the tapsestry in the first photo from?
And I love the edamame. Attention to detail...so pretty.

This is the first entry I've seen that I actually love.

I really like this. It isn't cut and paste brand name stylized. It isn't contrived. I love that!

I agree with Angela. This is also a geat way to use color if you live in an apartment. Em just proved that you do not have to paint your walls with bold colors to make a statement.