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I love your place Laure! I hope your new one is great too and I know you'll make it great.

I can't wait to see what you do with the new one. It would be interesting to see your move in progress and projects that you take on while making it feel like home.

thanks laura! you know I loved your place! how's the new one coming?

the landlord is going to be disappointed when she moves in and her stuff doesn't look as cute in the space

Ugh.. my new place is basically a room with my stuff in it. I was so disappointed about the flood that I just kinda gave up.
It's really depressing.

I'll just live vicariously through AT for now. :)

Laure: LOVE your place, what color is the blue paint on the wall w/the framed photos?

pbona--it's called Provincial Blue. I have to unpack a box to figure out who makes it though!

Laure: Your place is so pretty and home-y!
Love all little details!
Question: where did you get the blue stool (living room) and that awesome lamp (bedroom)?
And good luck with the packing and moving! =(

mimihu--the stool is from west elm but I just checked and they don't carry it anymore. It was dark 'wood' and I spraypainted it that color! The Eiffel lamp in the bedroom is from target, though the one they sell now is slightly different!

Love!

...and am totally excited to see the new place. this is awesome.

oh Laure, I'm so sorry you had to leave that little working nook behind! I would die to have something like that!

I hope we get to see you new place soon!

Laure: Thank you so much! Although there's no Target up here in Vancouver, I will make sure to visit one in my next trip to Seattle!

You have the gift, Laure! What a charming place but wherever you go, you'll bring your great colour sense and excellent taste. Can't wait to see your next home!

SO AWESOME. And by the way, who says cats are loners? I think their penchant for being in photos (sometimes every photo) speaks volumes about their need for companionship, and the importance of committing to a cat if you get one.

(Just a little Humane Society plug there)

Ooh, so pretty. I love all the old family photos and the blue upholstery on the sofa and chair. And the working nook. And the gold thrift store flowers. I even think the broken mirror is sort of a fun quirky touch (as long as you're not superstitious). Gorgeous kitty too. Can't wait to see how all your things are remixed in the new space!

looks great, Laure :)

my favorite photo was the one of the Eiffel lamp and the peonies-- just perfect. can't wait to see photos of the new place!

this gallery really inspired me to take risks. I am in the middle of a kitchen renovation and a complete apartment overhaul and all the anxiety of decision making has even brought me to tears a few times. your place is a reminder to have fun and surround yourselves with things you love and make you feel home, rather than the "hot trend item" that will have your guests drooling. thank you for this, and I am sure your next place will be just as special!

Yeah, I was curious about the blue too. Seems that its manufacturer is Benjamin Moore.

Just delightful. I love the blue fabric on your MCM living room couch and matching chairs. You certainly have a knack for creating visual vignettes.

So many beautiful touches. I bet your new place will also be fantastic, with a bit of time and shifting things around.
Actually I thought the broken mirror was on purpose - I thought it was an interesting variation.

amazing house! I love the kitchen and, of course, the cat! so beautiful, so cute!

Hi Laure -- I love your style! Where did you find that bedside table with the shelf underneath? Best of luck in the new place...

love your house!
the blue sofa set is amazing, and your writing nook makes me so jealous!
i hoe you have an easy move!
i moved from venice to Culver city and i love it!

The house is gorgeous...and so is your Mom. Kudos!!

Looking forward to seeing a tour of your next digs.

wow! so beautiful and I love all the light!
I'd love to know where your bed frame and side tables are from. We are about to buy the Anders from Room and Board and this bed looks similar.
can't wait to see the new place!

Laure where ever you go I am sure you will make it as special as this apt. You have a good eye and Coco is a beauty. Best of luck.

Hey frontierperson and pbona, I actually unpacked the right box and found the paint: it is a behr premium paint in Provincial Blue. I got it as a matte paint.

and oboista--the bed is the case study bed from modernica and the side tables are vintage.

And thanks to everyone and your kind words, I'm glad you like it as much as I did. And I am every bit as excited as you are to see what will happen to the new place.

hi laure, your apartment is adorable. not too matchy-matchy, warm, and filled with your favorite things. i remember when you entered smallest coolest, i was so envious!

you mentioned that target is selling the eiffel tower lamp now, only slightly different. have you seen it recently? i've been searching FOREVER and can't seem to find it. however, i'm on the east coast. maybe that has something to do with it.

Love your cat and your home.

Love this tour , and that we got to see two different furniture arrangements in the living room. Question: is that pale grey/green in the kitchen the same as in the bedroom? What color is/are it/they? Good luck with your new place. No doubt you will bring the same vision, warmth and charm to it.

Nice! I love your use of color. Very light and airy. WIll you come over and pick the colors for my place? I am color blind! :)

I also like the your loveseat and chair. DId you have new cushions made for them or are those orginal. I have two chairs that are similar and I need to have new cushions made for them and I need a source. I especially love the buttons on the back cushion (nice touch).

Good luck with your next place and let us know how it looks!

one of the most tasteful apartments i have ever seen, so inspiring. don't worry about never finishing it, an apartment should always be a work in progress. great hand in finding furniture, new and used.

Your home is beautiful. It looks warm and inviting.
Favorite pic: Kitty on top of Danish chair.

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Tara--the greens in the living room, the bedroom and the kitchen are all different I'll have to look them up, I know that the green in the kitchen was an exterior paint that I just fell in love with and that the color in the living room is called mountain mist.

And steven--yes I had the cushions made (the old ones were SUPER old). I bought the fabric from F&S on Pico in West LA and had the cushions made at sofas and more. I had a good experience with them though they made the back cushions an inch thicker than they were supposed to...

hey Laure, thanks for the heads up about the blue paint. Looking to move away from American Tradition/Lowes' "Smoke" and into something more dramatic... :)

i love your apartment. it's inspiring. where did you find the vine window privacy films? i would love to find something like that for my bedroom - function, protective and stylish.

Wow! nice ensemble.
For "like" ever--- Priceless..

Happily, the style in the apartment is all about your furnishings, which you can take with you.

I've known people who moved from architecturally unique spaces and mourned for years. In a few months, you'll undoubtedly have a wonderful new space that's just as homey and chic.

I love the fact that photos of your family are displayed; I feel like a lot of the AT house tours either skip over family photos or feature people who don't display them. I inherited a bunch of photos from my grandparents when they sold their house, and I'm always interested to see how people display theirs in ways that aren't stodgy...

The beautiful apartment will be a loss, but your good eye will see you through in even the ugliest new building. The white plastic chair, the stool at the writing nook, the artworks, the vintage mirrors, even the "F that S" coaster... all superb.

Do you actually have TWO "for like ever" posters or did you just move it?

wow I just love everything about your home :) It's so uncluttered compared to my apartment, ahhhh...

And I have the same cat well not literally, but like, a carbon copy... she is currently climbing on my shoulder and rubbing her nose against my ear :) Crazy Aby's!!!

leanne,

i saw the eiffel tower lamp at a target in maryland.

i just moved to LA and i'm trying to find a good couch. where'd you find that MCM one? i see above you said you had the cushions made...

Laure---

Don't know if you'll see this comment, but just wanted to say that your place is both so sweet and stylish. Can totally tell how much importance you put on your surroundings and that you must get a lot of satisfaction from having put such a place together.

Saw on the slideshow captions that you got the zebra rug inexpensively. Can I ask where you got it? I'm thinking one might look good in my covered patio area, but don't want to spend a lot.

Thx!

---lala

Addjames--it was my grandmother's but you can find similar ones at ocmodern or french 50's and 60's or craigslist!

lala--I found it at an estate sale!

--Laure

I just searched for the pain on the Behr website and no such name/color was found for Provincial Blue. Are you sure about the manufacturer? It would be great if you could double check. Thanks.