apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

Funky cozy! Casa bonita.

I adore the paintings - I want all of them.

As slide show won't run too many photos to look at.

Incredible collection...and style.

I can't get any of the pictures to show up unless they are in the thumbnail view. Anyone else having this problem?

Warm, well-loved home with loads of personality. I'd love to be a dinner guest and get to enjoy that beautiful farm table and, I'm sure, interesting conversations. I like the artwork, too, especially the one with the typewriter. (of course, being a writer).

Also having problems with the slideshows. I usually have to keep pressing forward arrow key to enlarge each thumbnail.

Fantastic (in the full sense of the word). This is so up my alley, I can't tell you how happy this home makes me feel.

This is the best slideshow I've seen in a long time. The art is amazing. I'm jealous!

Lexo--we're not having that problem, has yours resolved?

incredible!! such a creative space.

every single pic has something interesting and beautiful. i need to come back and explore a little more. the paintings are amazing. thank you for sharing! :-D

going straight to the thumbnails is easier.

gorgeous...

i can only find prints for sale on your site...do you have any originals available?

again - gorgeous!

UNCLE! I've officially given up on the slideshows. :(

I can't seem to access the photos either. I can get all of the thumbnails but when I try to click on an individual photo, to see it larger, nothing happens.

This is my all-time favorite house tour. Amazing!!

Beautiful, beautiful! Too much cool stuff to single any one thing out.
Okay -- the "Grind" piece stands out...

You both obviously have a great eye and sense of style. This is one of the most authentic homes in this style I've seen here.

Got conversation pieces?!

I love it. This home looks lived in and I imagine it represents its inhabitants well. Makes me want to buy more art!

-http://www.blogazar.com

I think this is my favorite which is odd to me because it's really not my style. Go figure.

PS. ATLA: there are never too many pictures for house tours in my opinion. More is more!

Re: cblls

Anne's shows generally sell out before they open, so the artist has only a few selected originals on her site for sale here...

http://annefaithnicholls.com/?goto=paintings

And very affordable prints can be found here...
http://annefaithnicholls.com/?goto=shopafn

Jacob's Prints can be found here...
http://jacobardenmcclure.foliosnap.com/?goto=shop

Anne is working on a new body of work titled NEOFOLK, which will open in September at Billy Shire's La Luz de Jesus Gallery.

Contact the artists via their webpage to be notified when new work is available.

Re: lightspeed

The "Grind" piece was done by Florida Artist Frank Strunk III.

Artists site: http://www.industrialliving.com

BINGO! I love this home soooooooo much! Beautiful place you two; and you both make hotdamn awesome art. wow!

Can't believe it's only been four months since you moved in, it looks so lived in, in a good way! Love your stereo cabinet thing.

Slideshow note - I've given up on them too. When you click on slideshow it just takes you to the same static picture. Now you have to click on each picture to move forward, which can be a pain when there are a lot of pictures. I miss the old slideshow feature!

For the love of Blah, AT please go back to the old slideshow format. I think your contestants deserve better and your readers do, too! That said, love love love this home! Good to see more eclectic styles on AT.

HA!! Hi Neighbor!! So funny to see another unit on here from Pacific Electric Lofts. You did a great job in only 4 months!

This is like the American Hipster Control Centre.

Wow. I'm torn about this place. I agree that it's fabulous, but I don't think I would be able to relax if I lived here. I wouldn't call it cluttered, but there's a lot going on, and then you've got the art, which has a lot going on too. There's no breathing space. This isn't really a criticism; it's great, but not for me.

What I love about this house is that it has the spirit of a funky Victorian (lots of curios, artwork everywhere) but with a modernist eye.

It's so great to see the homes of interesting people.

oh WOW. this is amazing!!! the colors are wonderful, and i'm seeing some pieces that i've been coveting for a while! (the pillows in the bedroom, the gorgeous pendants... and that eat sign! oy! fantastic.

LOVE the big paintings.

Vast, vast pity I cannot spend 7,000. Perhaps if I forgo food and shelter for three months?



No, perhaps not. But lovely, lovely work.

I like the bathroom a lot and noticed some details that I'd like to know more about, if possible. Where did you buy the bathroom accessories (soap dish, tumbler, toothbrush holder) set on the sink ledge? And I really like the unusual round electric outlet cover. Where did you ever find that? Please advise. Thanks!

Very lovely! This is now one of my favorite home tours!

Is anyone else noticing a new format in the slideshow? There seems to have been a design change, and now all the apt. therapy headings go on top, and you can't see a show without constantly readjusting your screen to see the full image. Impossible to use! What's going on, AT?

I know that building! I use to live in a loft, not the converted kind around the corner when I was in college way back...I love your building.
Your space is so perfect for your style and art, looks great. You guys have such a nack for not making it all look so contrived which is really its own art.

Trying to close that tag for italics.

Looks wonderful. I love the artwork. What a creative space.

absolutely love love the apartment! artwork, decor, doggies, everything!

the only thing that makes me sad is the view. maybe you feel the same way and it helps contribute to the melancholy of some of your art work? :-)

heather leaf - my thoughts exactly. There's a Hopperesque loneliness about the view. But that can be inspiring.

The loft is a little cluttered for my taste, but the dining table is to die for.

Beautiful place, and I love the art, but there is just too much of it...it is a bit overwhelming for me.

What a fantastic home!! I love it. Great artwork, too! This is definitely one of my favorite AT tours. Plus, I see a Smiths album (and a VU one, too) leaning against the back of the sofa, which earns extra bonus points from me.

(AT, are you listening?? The new slideshow format is AWFUL!!!!!! What was the point of running that poll and getting feedback if you're not going to fix it? It would take about 5 minutes, tops, to move that enormous navigation panel and the ad to the side of the main image instead of the top, and then everything would be fine!)

I think that whimsical cabinet with the "collect my thoughts" sign really says it all--this space is truly an archive of its inhabitants' personalities. I love that every bit of it feels staged in a theatrical, pre-adolescent, wouldn't it be awesome to live in the museum kind of way (as opposed to the more commonly seen dream of living in a box store catalogue). This is such an invigorating creation of a style, rather than a dutiful re-creation of one. Wow!

I love your apartment. It reminds me of an Anthorpologie catalog.

I adore their place, but lets talk about what I am really drooling over their ART WORK! OMG!!!!!!!!!!

Very attractive - there are so many interesting pieces I wouldn't be able to find it restful. I would be more comfortable putting stuff in storage, or loaning to my friends, and then periodically rotating stuff in. But I guess if you live with it, a lot fades into the background.
The stereo is beautiful. The sitting area next to the farm table is sweet - Nice idea.

This is a nice space, beautifully appointed with some quirky touches. However, I notice (on AT and sometimes elsewhere with these home tours, or DIY examples or whatnot) that these features sometimes really turn into advertorials for the homeowner's business. Now, I know it's a fine line and, if you're showing your home or some other aspect of your life, it only makes sense to share a bit about yourself (and people, including me, tend to be curious anyway). In this case, though, even before the slideshow, there are the portfolio URLs, then the numerous photos of their own work (sometimes just their work, not in their home), plus them in their home (they are attractive, but it seems a bit self-indulgent). Am I alone in this? I hate to criticize self-promotion, and it's not like I mind checking out the work some talented artists, but this particular post seems like a bit much.

That reminds me -- one of the bloggers who tried out for the Boston spot used her own home for the tour. Of course, I would expect that all of you bloggers have cool homes, and it's fun to see, but that, too, seemed a bit overly self-promotional and self-indulgent (IIRC, that tour seemed like an ad for her decorating business). Sorry for griping, but this is something that bugs me about AT every once in a while.

no, ClaireW, you're not alone! i'm not a fan of business-promotion posts either. major turn off. i think the blog you're talking about was 'why not orange' or something like that - a blog i used to love and read UNTIL the house tour and all the promotion. i stopped checking out that blog immediately after. one, for the self-promotion, and the other because i couldn't get inspired any more by a blog whose writer had such a boring, cataloguey house. oh, well!

If this was, like, the home of someone affiliated with DWR and it looked like a DWR showroom, I'd agree with you, ClaireW. And I admittedly haven't seen the previous post by the would-be Boston blogger. But in this case, I'm not sure what the harm is in linking to or showcasing the artwork on display. Every post on AT is implicitly "promoting" (or at least promoting the discussion of) something, and AT blogs about artists and prints for sale all the time--is it really that bad if interesting artwork, as featured in an interesting home, is promoted on this site? Unless you're suggesting that this home and artwork aren't of interest to the AT community, and/or that this is a paid advertisement, I'm not sure I see the problem.

Not trying to be contrary, but I really enjoyed this house tour and the art, and the appearance of neither one seemed to me self-indulgent.

I Drooled when I saw your home! Good Golly Miss molly! I absolutely love your work!! I wish that I could afford to purchase some, but as a fellow artist I'm sure you know how that goes...or at some point you did. heh heh. I'll have to start a savings account for your paintings and prints alone! I looked through your photos and thought I was looking at the home I have come up with in my dreams.. Seriously,I have quite a few identical home goods that I noticed in your photos in my own place or have said "yeah I would benefit from a farm table and a stuffed bear" how curious. Anyways, that's enough cool weirdness for one day. Wishing your both continued success with your art and lives.. thank you sincerely for showing your home.

I wanted to add, as an artist it is often that I walk into other artists homes and see ALOT of their own work hanging or displayed everywhere, I do the same thing. It is something that comes along with making alot of art and either A) not having your own gallery to hang it all, and or B) simply enjoying it in your home. I would much prefer a "full" home or "cluttered" home filled with things I've made then a "clean" home where all my work is stuffed in a closet. And why wouldn't you take great photos of your work and show them off if they represent part of your main design element in your home?? Sure it may end up looking like self promotion, but is that any worse than promoting someone elses designer furniture everytime you take a photo of it and describe your deep love for eames or someone else? It's nice to have personal ties to the art displayed in your home. To each his own.

~cheers

I was referring to this home tour. It's a great apartment, but it's also an advertisement for this person's business. And yet, it's not a post about her business per se; it's just her way of taking an opportunity to promote it. In a similar way, the self-promotional aspects of this tour bother me. AT has posts about artists all the time, but this feels more like an advertorial to me, because it's ostensibly about something else (the home).

Look, I like this home, and I like that Boston home as well. I guess it's the approach that bugs me more than the content. I'm not saying that the art or interiors are not of interest to the AT community. I just see a tour as being a peek into someone's home and, with this one, I feel like they've said, "Well, now that you're here, and your ride isn't coming for another 15 minutes, mind if I show you this new Amway product I'm selling?" It's not what I signed up for.

You must trip on all those pairs of chairs. I love it though.

ClaireW, it's a complete assumption on your part that the motive for providing the business links was for self-promotion or "self-indulgence". You probably shouldn't badmouth people (as being "self-serving") based only on your assumptions.. it's unfair and frankly obnoxious on your part.

I think the links simply provide readers a bit more insight, in the same way that the typical write-up includes information about the homeowners' inspiration, challenges, favorite element, etc.
Nobody forces you to click on the links either.

All of you nitpicky complainers should reconsider the sense of entitlement you evidently have about these house tours. These people invited us into their homes and shared their hard work with us. Please be a bit more gracious about what you say. To that end, I hope posts like yours don't turn others off who may be considering showing us their homes.

jeez ClaireW, get over yourself. are you just looking for something to be complaining about? that miserable of an existence? also all the people crying because they have to, oh my god, click through the photos, get over it.

the house is awesome guys, great job! love all the colors and the artwork is amazing. i too share a chair fetish so very jealous of what you've got in your place!

I think ClaireW presented her argument in a polite, well thought out fashion, you don't have to jump on her back so harshly.
In the case of this apartment, I think it's a great, and definitely an AT-worthy tour. However, I've seen some house tours here of artists, as if to show us what amazing spaces they live in, that are totally uninspired and make my apartment look worthy of being on here. I'm not even sure that it's self-promotion on their part, but rather I feel like AT specifically chooses artists they admire, even if their spaces shouldn't be here, and plenty of others' should be.
I don't mean to be accusatory at all, just felt like adding my own thoughts.

wow, I could spend hours in this place exploring. thanks for such a fascinating tour!

ClaireW said "It's not what I signed up for." The nice thing about this site, like every other site, is nobody forces you to read any particular post. These people opened their home to us and provided many of us with some creative ideas. If they mange to sell a few paintings in the process, good for them.

Most of AT's content, including the home tours, is in some way promotional. I think the issue here is more about intention and transparency. It's a bit like when people were up in arms about AT's experiments with sponsored posts. It's one thing to click on a post knowing that it's promoting something (a sponsor or an artist's work or what have you). In this case, you could say that what seemed like a home tour is really an ad for the art practices. I think it would be different if someone inquired about the art made by these people, and then the answer were given in the form of a portfolio link. Putting all that information front and center, with the photos of just the art without the context of the home in the slideshow (which doesn't work for me, BTW), does feel like self-promotion.

In any case, I think these issues fundamentally touch on standards of journalistic integrity and, this being a blog, I'm not sure those rules apply. A blog seems a different beast.

Back on topic... This home is way cluttered for my taste, but I do love all those sexy chairs and the way they're mixed in with eclectic pieces.

Whoops! It looks like I italicized everyone! Don't know how I did that (I'm a rookie). Don't know how to fix either! Sorry!

Aaaand we're back!

Love that old farm table!

And I also do think that ClaireW has a point. I still enjoy the house tours though, so if being able to advertise their own business convinces people to submit their photos... then so be it I guess.

(Rebecca, you forgot to close your tag, that's what happened!)

That should have said, your italics tag.

Why can I no longer see the slideshows? Would AP please give an explaination/instructions about what is wrong/how to fix it?

sometimes mixing works, sometimes it doesn't.

it doesn't work here. such a cluttered mess!

ClaireW, you criticized "the numerous photos of their own work (sometimes just their work, not in their home), plus them in their home (they are attractive, but it seems a bit self-indulgent)." As indicated at the end of the post, the photos were taken by the AT editor, so you shouldn't blame the inhabitants for being "self-indulgent." Since this is the home of two artists, I think it's interesting and wonderful to see their work and how their aesthetic is mirrored in their living space.

Chiffonade, point taken. I was criticizing the self-indulgent "feel" of the post, but it isn't fair to point the finger at the homeowners. In any case, I think my "advertorial" comment still stands, though I like these tours regardless.

Great place. I love all of your stuff and how you have made it work.
I HAVE to know the paint color you used behind the bear. I need it for my kitchen.

i can never get the slideshows to work past the first photo ...

A particularly painful slideshow to have to see only partially due to I don't know why. oh well.

ClaireW: when doing a house tour, we talk extensively with the owners of the home to get a feel for their own passions within it. Designers will often want to discuss their creations or decor choices. Artists will often like us to take notice of their artwork. Collectors will make it a point to talk about their collections. Whatever they're passionate about in life is often reflected in their interiors, and the house tours reflect that. We also give all house tour participants freedom to share what they want to share in the survey. If they want to mention their collection of vintage ash trays, we let them espouse the virtues of it. If they want to mention their artwork, the opportunity will always be there.

I don't think we've consciously ever tried to overly promote anyone's business via House Tours, but we do try to give them an opportunity to share their personal endevours because most of the people we profile are small local business owners or creatives. Whether it be a design business, an eBay hobby, or an artist's creation, we try to balance the content we've captured to share and the information the house tour participants want to communicate.

In this case, an artist couple whose interior is primarily dictated by their life goals (creating artwork), it seemed fair and obvious to highlight the centerpiece of their interior. All the images photographed were there in their loft studio...nothing extraneous outside their home was added. If there's a lot of personal artwork shown, it's because the home was filled with artwork which we believe is a glowing example of how art can liven up and personalize an interior.

The truth is that the people who are most willing to let us into their homes for house tours tend to be ones possibly looking for exposure. We work hard hunting down interiors of every day people from all walks of life, but a good deal of offers for home tours come from people who have worked hard to create a space they're proud of and are willing to share. Hopefully more readers open their doors so we can expand the scope of these home tours to include the type of interiors and people you might prefer. But we can't force ourselves in...that would be so rude :)

To everyone: slideshow issues are a big pain in the posterior for all of us. We apologize one thousand and one times, and can only promise it is ontop of our to-do list fixes. A completely revised version is in the works that will fix all the problems many are experiencing. Thank you for your patience, as always.

where are those hand sculptures from?

gregory - i'm really interested in how you get these photos to look the way they do. is it the exposure or the vibrancy? something about it is amazing and i want to try and make some too!

Gregory, thanks for your feedback. Really, I didn't mean to start a big argument. I can understand why people with something to promote and a beautiful home to show off would be willing candidates for the tour. I can also understand that it's the "creatives" who tend to want to show off their decor work (although I wish there were more people to debunk our non-creative stereotypes). In this case, for me, this other "sell" became distracting, not because I don't appreciate the art or how it's an integral part of their home, but simply because it seemed a bit much in the context of a tour. In any case, it's always helpful to hear the behind-the-scenes commentary on all the work that goes into creating this content for us. Thanks for that!

WOW this post got a lot of comments!!
i came back to just look at all the beautiful photos again but i didn't expect to see chatter about this one seeming promotional. i didn't see it that way. if this were my home i would be so proud to have photos of every angle posted on AT. these artists are inpirational to me not only with their artwork but also because of the way they make use of their space. it doesn't seem cluttered to me even with all their art pieces everywhere. it seems like a very loving and inviting home. I'm so glad they shared their home on AT. BEEEEEEYOOOOOOTIFUL

Anne & Jacob,

I love this place, the furniture, the art...

The airline chairs at photo 0892.

The vintage stereo system at 0913 is one of the nicest I've ever seen.

And at photo 0980, you have a boomerang ashtray sitting on Billy Idol and Steve Jones' faces (I have that copy of "Swindle", too).

...the bedside-table luggage.

Great job, you two. Great job.

quite stylish, though I couldn't take living with the snarling bear and the fearful woman underneath - not exactly homey.

Great bear / ominously-themed painting placement! (IE, I find the combo. darkly amusing...)

Gregory states:

"The truth is that the people who are most willing to let us into their homes for house tours tend to be ones possibly looking for exposure."

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Is that what you want for AT?

I suppose there are two kinds, ones who want to win something and ones who want to sell something. Maybe also people who enjoy the spotlight.

But the ones I get the greatest kick from seem to be people who are thrilled with their living space.

People that aren't professional designers or architects or artists. People that are not promoting themselves or hoping to win a prize. People that would have the same great spaces, whether or not they were featured on a website, in a newspaper, or in a magazine.

The place in this house tour reminds me of a thrift store. It looks kind of junky to me. There is a big difference though, in that the thrift stores don't make the same kind of money:
http://www.amarillo.com/stories/090906/bus_5448705.shtml

I don't care for the art. And call me silly, but I'm just not getting the stack-of-paper-as-decor-accessory here:
http://gallery.apartmenttherapy.com/photo/060608annejacobHT/DSC_0976

It looks like it's stinky, mildewy, and probably infested with bugs. Mostly because that's the experience I have witnessed in other stacks of wet paper.

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I remember viewing a photo of a lovely curving staircase in an entry. Everything was beautiful. Except there was a stack of fruit crates there.

I'm thinking "What? They couldn't move the produce before photographing?"

Turns out that it's some Warhol piece, as I read the article accompanying the photo.

Mentioned here:
http://edu.warhol.org/aract_brillo.html

"In the mid-1960s Warhol carried his consumer-product imagery into the realm of sculpture. Calling to mind a factory assembly line, Warhol employed carpenters to construct numerous plywood boxes identical in size and shape to supermarket cartons. Then, with assistance from Gerard Malanga and Billy Linich, he painted and silkscreened the boxes with logos of the different consumer products: Kellogg's corn flakes, Brillo soap pads, Mott's apple juice, Del Monte peaches, and Heinz ketchup."

And a Warhol quote:
"Art is what you can get away with."

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We all decide what we do and don't like which can change over time, evolve...

It is hard to set aside bias from personal experience, so that I can look upon homes from a non-judgmental standpoint.

As someone else said here awhile back, I think it was Curtis, I put myself into the spaces. I think about how I would feel visiting or living there. I would not be comfortable visiting or living there.

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Shannon 10, do a search for "glove forms" and you'll find lots of hands.

The homes of artists are the ones I like best, especially when it links to a gallery. I don't understand the criticism at all. The more I know about everyone's home and what they do and what their taste are, the richer this site is for me.

LOVE it! thanks for sharing :)

TRUE BLUE: You may not be comfortable visiting here but there is a whole segment of the population that would be entralled in this home, myself included.

And I bet these two are absolutely thrilled with their home. They may not have your taste, but this is their version of a dream home and that's what shows.

The best homes are ones that show a life well lived. That just means different things to different people.

Wow! Your place is amazing! I really love some of those paintings. Are they ones either of you did yourselves? Any places to purchase? :)

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me where you bought your bed. I have been on a desperate quest for one just like it and have had absolutely no luck.

We found our bed at a flea market for $40. It was ugly light walnut, but we knew it had potential, and we also knew it was old and well made, so we refinished it in High Gloss Lacquer Spray Paint, and it came out great. It was a fun project. Thanks!