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What is that space next to the bathroom? A dressing room? Seems a waste to take that much footage away from the living area.

I do like the layout though.

It looks to me like a lovely way to suit your purposes. Some better lighted photos would probably enhance your entry.

I'm guessing that the reason for so many no votes is that it's not a primary residence?

i'm surprised you didn't mention the huge mirror in your entry. it definitely makes the apartment look much bigger.

Hate it. It looks like a tacky suburban couple with some cash to spare and no style dudded up their "second home" (I can hear it now during party conversation). A solid no from me.

Wow, tuck. I completely disagree. I think it's a very efficient and stylish urban pied-a-terre.

I'm with Enrique on stylishness, but yes, my vote was affected by the reality that it's essentially a long-term hotel room.

Having lived with the husband in hotel suites when he was on long-term (multi-month) assignments, I can testify that it's a different challenge than having your primary home in a small(ish) space. If you inadvertantly buy one thing too many in the "remote" city, you figure you can always ship it to the "real" home and find space for it. You hope. Some North Carolina acquisitions are still going begging for space in SF.

(Our hotel suite in North Carolina didn't look one quarter so good, of course, but that may have had something to do with my bright idea of building a dollhouse on the largest flat space other than the bed. The hotel staff had never seen anything like it.)

ooo, you're downgraded from "that's nice" to "no way" because it's the place to leave your dog.

Which makes sense of my first impression...
400 sq ft in Boulder?!
Digging the olive daybed/sofa tho.

I'm not sure if the bottom of the murphy bed lays flush with the ground, but a mirror on the bottom-side (Wall when it is up) would really open up the room. -t

I'd like to know what the dog thinks of his apartment.

When they say they are commuters what does that mean? How far are they commuting? Many people commute great distances in Colorado and do to the climate/snow an in town place may be very useful in the winter. This may not be frivolous but a new lifestyle pattern seen in a place other than an urban center.

I suspect these photos do not do this place any justice at all.

Hey, are we also voting on the morality and/or social utility of the spaces? If so, count me out, I'm too busy teaching my slaves the proper way to peel a grape.

I like the murphy bed and the shelves on either side of it. I would suggest adding something to the underside of the bed (a swatch of fabric/poster/a graffiti-type mural/etc.) because it looks a bit odd when the bed is up and the desk is there - too blank. The olive green day bed is very cool as are the dark cabinets in the bathroom. Interesting, well-designed space.

The photos are unflattering, but a pied-a-terre doesn't qualify in my mind. Not morality, but simply perspective. It's a hotel room. Live there 80%+ of the time? I don't think this is about playthings, but about homes.

I think this is definitely one of the better entries so far. And I think it can be judged on the basis of design. If they can afford to have a pied a terre, good for them. Do I hear a note of jealousy in some of the posts?

Beautiful woodwork/cabinetry. I love the sofa (!!!) your murphy bed, and the layout. But it all looks so dull. The really needs to be some dramatic injections of color, and art work on the walls. I really like your apartment, it is very much my taste, you just need to focus on more details... you could even place a canvas in the murphy bed wall. You have lots of opportunity to make this a truly spectacular apartment.

Photos are unflattering. I LOVE the mirror though, and the use of black (my fave color). However, I don't like this entry at all now that I know it's basically the dog's apartment. No jealousy, but I think it's tacky.

murphy beds rock!