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I have a pretty good imagination and I think this is lovely and will be even better when your patio is finished.

i think it is very pretty, i would like to see something on the walls but brick is tricky. what a sweet little labor of love!! i would be thrilled to live here.

I like where she's going with it, but it's not ready for this contest.

I second gretchen.

I enjoyed it until I saw the unfinished deck.

Very nice.

I like this place (don't like the sofa fabric but that's personal) I am sure the deck will look great when it's finished.

Where did you get that lovely bedspread & yellow pillow? Love both.

As others have said, good potential, but unfinished.

No comment.

How do you cook on the stove with the dryer right next to it? Love your white brick walls, though.

I can't wait to see how it looks all finished. I am also wondering why people are entering this contest with incomplete designs and admitting so with the hope it won't matter. I realize this renovation is going on 7 months (8?) and the entrant is pleased with the progress. It sounds like it will be nice, but how could we be expected to vote?

There are other entrants who claim to be in the middle of waiting for things that would have made their apartment a little cooler than they are showing (or at least they think so). Of this subcategory, this apartment is my favorite, but that unfortunately doesn't count for a lot.

agree with all that it's unfinished and really dislike seeing pics of kitchens, etc. where the person has done nothing. howEVER, lovely white walls and it looks like nice taste. this apartment has promise.

Good start but not contest ready.

I want to see this place in a year. It looks like you're off to a good start of your remodel and redesign. good luck.

If you finish the deck what's going to happen to Kitty's outside litter box?

This has great potential and i really love the painted brickwork. We should be seeing this again next year.

I don't get it...

i wish the brick were exposed - that would be hot

The tiny stove is cool. Other than that, it's nice but noticeably unfinished.

1 to what everyone else said: good start, but not ready for this contest.
Also, I'm not liking the couch for some reason. It's kind of the generic, boxy, micro-fiber look, I guess.
I think this place might be really cool next year though, so enter again then!

I meant plus 1. I guess plus signs don't show up.

I love white painted brick actually, esp. when paired with a dark slate or wooden floor. Reminds me of some Danish homes.
Unless it's in a good combination, exposed brick seems so 80s loft to me sometimes.

Like the bedroom, white kitchen, but the living room lost me.

I love the pops of yellow - my personal favorite color - against the blues of your furnishings.

Yeah...I'd love to see it next year, too.

I also would like to see something on the walls, but I love the white brick and the yellow accents.

Hi AT'ers,
For those of you that were encouraging, thank you. I'm hoping to finish my deck this weekend and then get started on deep cleaning and finally getting out my art work, etc.

My bedding is from Garnet Hill and the pillow is from Z gallerie. I made the landingstrip table from an IKEA kitchen door and just added legs and then covered it with material. My walls are painted light pink - Scented Candle. Please ask any questions that you have.

For those of you that were discouraging, that really goes against the spirit of this community. Keep in mind that there is a real live person displaying their hard work, and heart and soul for you to see and perhaps learn from. Think about it, are any of us really FINISHED with our homes?

Hi Karen, I love what you've done with the place so far! I just have one tiny suggestion regarding your landing strip. I think you could take it from "nice" to "super awesome" if you played with the fabric a little bit. Right now it looks a little haphazard looking, as if the fabric was just wrapped on and pinned (i.e. its not laying right). Do you sew or know anyone that sews? I think it would look really classy if you sewed pleats into the fabric at the top and then ironed them into the bottom (lots of starch!). Sort of skirted but more clean. You could then either hot glue the fabric to the table, pin it with row of decorative nail studs or sew a strip of velcro to it, attach the other half of the velcro to the table and voila, easily removable.

I like the textured of the brick - it wont need much to make it really pop. What does bug me is the bed against the wardrobe. I'd scootch it over so it is centered on the brick wall. I also agree with Caitlin about the couch. I think you could get a couch thats a little bigger, but can seem more expansive - something up off the ground with legs, and maybe a padded ottoman/coffee table so you dont lost space with the chaise.

This has TONS of potential -- would love to see some art on the walls, the desk finished with some plants, etc. Re-enter next year!

I think the white color of brick on the walls is really unique and pretty - as a result, I would do something different for a sofa, in my opinion. I think the sofa isn't the right choice for the room. I think with the white wall, it's begging for more color in the sofa like a teal or some other unexpected splash of color to contrast with the white, or maybe instead of color just solid white or black. But I don't think the brown does that room and the white brick justice. Also, a piece of art or a mirror up there on the brick would look nice, as well. But great place! I like your kitty.

i voted super cool for many reasons. 1) we have the same brand oven, (only mine has gas burners , 2) i liked ur cat, and, 3) i liked your vanity and mirror.

If this place has gotten this many "Cool" votes, it's obviously fairly ready to have entered this contest. Maybe next year it could be ready to win? It's obviously on its way to something very nice.