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Oh this is so damn rotten sexy, I love it all. I have long lusted after this building, happy to see it's being enjoyed so.

every bit of it -- slap me on the ass fantastic.

This is gorgeous. I love it.
It kind of reminds me of that big place that was a house tour not so long ago, with all the stuff in it (including big old signs) and people were saying it was cluttered and looked like a museum or storehouse.
What I mean to say is, it reminds me of that, but done well.

Too contrived but I love your cat.

Jeebus the lighting is just freaking amazing. That is a sexy space!

Laura
http://www.grafxnerd.net

This is amazing. Had a friend live in a downtown LA loft (nothing nearly this fabulous) and it was pretty bare bones and I wondered how someone would make it work...now I see how!

Completely fantastic. My favorite element is the bathroom, but the whole place is great. I would absolutely love to live in it.

That floor lamp with the clock face in the post was truly an amazing and wonderful item. Overall, very creative and it looks like it must be a fun place to live. One distraction -- the mounted head and the taxidermy. OK, he's had the taxidermy since college days -- does he keep everything else from college days? I certainly don't still have my strings of beads that served as curtains. The mounted head; done to death.

I don't want to seem like I always focus on the negative. The positives of this apartment far outweigh my nit-picking, and I am glad to see someone devote himself to Art Deco rather MCM for a change. (Not that there's anything wrong with MCM.)

The whole thing is gorgeous but that bathroom floor...swoon!

Um... WHERE can I find the FrankenDucky???

What a great apartment. I love the shiny wallpaper, the bathroom floor, the lighting, and the signs above the doors especially. Thanks for sharing!

Major cool factor with a twist. Love it. You are one cool cat. Thanks for sharing. It all works together to create an ice cold vibe: the copulating possums, the Buster Brown rug, the clock/torchiere, the vintage signage.... I want to hang out, drink cocktails, smoke a few Marlboro Lights and listen to lots of Coltrane. Extra points for the kitty kat.

I worked in the building a zillion years ago, when Jantzen swimsuits still had an office there. It was never anything but offices and workrooms, (never a warehouse space turned into lofts) so when the building became condos, I wasn't very impressed with the renovation.

This place, however, is fabulous, and far nicer and more interesting that most of the cookie-cutter spaces in the rest of the building.

@ec05--your friend probably lived in a place that had always been a warehouse/manufacturing space, rather than offices.

Love this style! That bathroom floor is wicked cool and I love the old buster brown rug in the kitchen. There is so much to see and love about this place!

better photos please.

looks intriguing.

Is your apartment single? Because mine wants to date it.

Awesome.

And on the eighth day, God created this apartment, and He saw that it was OMG FANTASTIC.

Swoon! Wow. That places oozes sex appeal. Meow.

Thanks to Jeremy for sharing. This was one of my favorite house tours, plus I laughed about the litter box story.

Looks like a Blade Runner Apartment! YES.

By far, my favorite house tour. This is old Hollywood and freakin' fabulous. I'm in love with it.

I think I need a drink.

For a loft he has totally achieved a loungey feel. The lighting is fantastic. This place is fantastic! It's a perfect blend of modern, vintage and glam. I love the quirkiness of the vintage items. I also love how the whole thing flows from one room to the next. Just a really great job! Very inspiring! I'm posting it on my blog with a link back here! Thank you for this amazing tour! FeeFee
http://feefeern.wordpress.com/

really nice house !

regards
Home Interior Tips

I am jealous. This is a beautiful apartment. And I LOVE the Eastern Columbia Building. I saw it last year when I was in LA (from Australia). Truly beautiful - you ahve done everything justice.

Gots to give you props for the warmest loft I've ever seen. It's fabulous, no doubt, but it also says, Sink into me.

I really hate the period so it's hard for me to be fair to the furnishings themselves, but why is everything shunted off to the walls? Isn't it some sort of cardinal rule that you don't put every bit of furniture around the perimeter of a room? Bring some furniture into the space!

So close, but it's a bit cluttered to me. Maybe edit just a touch? I covet the Jewelry sign.

the lighting and shelving at the entrance to the bedroom are dramatic, but the space seems cave-like... it needs the illusion of separation that can be achieved by grouping furniture together, instead of placing it around the perimeter

Um... WHERE can I find the FrankenDucky???
posted by lydia242 on May 29th 2009 at 2:56pm

That would be the out of production Duckenstein from Rubba Ducks. They can be found on eBay, but you might be able to sweet talk Rubba Ducks into trying to find one for you.

Don't ask me why I know these things...

So wonderful to see a Deco-styled home on here, not that MCM isn't fab, but it's a welcome change.

I'm probably a bit biased, because I'm in the process of decorating my home in an Art Deco style, but it's fabulous. It's dark, dramatic, and welcoming at the same time.

this is deco heaven! so smart, so stylish, so sexy!

Mmmm. It's the Glambert of lofts.

I feel the need for a cigarette...and I don't smoke. Totally amazing...great lighting!

If I may coin a neologism, it's a little Deco Fabulous. The philosophy of deco is the very antithesis of decadence and ornamentation for ornamentation's sake, so it seems to be going against the grain to use it for such a camp interior.

There are a lot of lovely things, but collectively they're too much. I appreciate that the owner is going for a deliberately trashy aesthetic, but it would make me feel seedy over time.

Hmmm. This look's like a place, that David Lynch (or one of his characters) might reside?

that said....the bathroom floor is SOOO nice!

I love it as well and the bathroom floor I would take anyday.

Overall this is a great space and the furnishings and accessories work within it nicely. Lighting is amazing.

But I agree with the comment about furniture placement: Bring it out from the walls!

There's a remake of the Wizard of Gore?? I just watched the original the other night on TV - it's hilarious!

oh please tell me that the buster brown rug is a reproduction so I can get one.
I could do without the stuffed possums - creepy. Where is the built in litter box?

Very original and in good taste. Thanks for sharing!

This is mostly not my style, but so much fun! I really really covet the jewelry store sign and the art over the bed though... sigh.

You have done an absolutely magnificent job of decorating this beautifull loft. It is just as I would think a Hollywood loft would look like,thank you so much for sharing it. It is a dream.

Two things...
(1) Either that's one well behaved cat or it's declawed
(2) That vintage vibrator is a must have for me

Completely and totally fabulous!!!! What an incredible apartment, I LOVE it!!!

Fabulous...............Including the marsupials!

I totally LOVED it
and I couldn't live in it, I actually felt a little slimey looking at the pics- and I mean that as a compliment! -
it makes sense that your profession is film - you really captured a scene/feeling/place in time. You are really talented....

Lovies,

Here's a Buster Brown rug on eBay. Happy bidding.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Buster-Brown-Advertising-Dealers-Area-Carpet-Rug-4_W0QQitemZ220425508715QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item335262576b&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A570%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

Robustly deco, in a very good way - that bathroom floor is killer, I'd love to see how that was done. The whole place is amazing, and I agree with previous posters that it's nice to see some deco love on here as a contrast to all the MCM running around. Your place has the soul of old Hollywood.

this is the single most amaing place I have ever seen! Help me make mine look like this!
blythe

I am head over heels in love with this place.

I.

I looked and looked....where do you eat? At that teeny, tiny table with the big, round chairs? Seems like you have enough space for an actual table.

The bathroom is fabulous. I'd kill someone for that floor.

I am dying to know where you got the jeweler sign. That has to be the most interesting piece I've ever seen.

I love the wall color - want something similar for my kitchen. Would you mind sharing what paint you used?

love it love it.