Nice home with lovely items that you've acquired. Just wish I could get a better since of the house. So many close-ups and not enough "room views" - -

Agree with lenabug in that I'd also like to see more room views. On the other hand I'd really like some clearer pix of that dining room table - because I have one of those desk ends!

I was so excited for an Andersonville tour but instead just had to glance at the thumbnails instead of looking at the whole tour. Why all close-ups? A house tour this is not.

I'm sorry, I have to disagree, there are not all close ups. Can you clarify which rooms you did not see a view of? This is a small space and I captured the rooms as best as I could (including having to use a wide-angle lens), but what makes this space special IS what's inside it - not the shape of the rooms.

I agree, It just seems like most of the tours on here feature a lot of close up of the subject's "stuff", not so much the overall design style. However I have to say this one was better than most in that regard.

Regarding the home, it's totally Chicago and I love it... that fireplace! Gorgeous. Andersonville is a great source of inspiration when it comes to decorating, great neighborhood:)

Juliabren - with all do respect, I wouldn't apply for a job with AT because I'm not so sure I could photograph a space well. It's difficult, especially in a small room. So, I give you props for making the attempt.

However, remember that we only see what photos are provided (whereas, because you've been in the home, it's obvious to you when looking at your photographs how everything is displayed in the space). I agree with the others. I didn't get a real sense of how the rooms flow. And, in my opinion, it isn't just what's inside. It's how it all works together.

A perfect example of a tour with a great sense of space would be this recent one: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/scubas-open-house-house-tour-183583

Not only did we get to see the wonderful items inside the home, but the home itself.

But thanks to Liz & Will for sharing. From what I can tell, it's a cozy home filled with many unique items.

I like the interesting pieces and warm colors but I agree that it is difficult to get an overall sense of the place.

I agree its really difficult to get a sense of the "vivid vintage greystone" when we only see tiny vingettes. Show us the rooms AT! Then feel free to zoom in on some interesting tidbits with in the room. Otherwise, don't lure us in with broad term that make us expect a proper greystone tour.

I usually do not comment on tours, but I had to on this one. I was so excited about this tour because I thought I was going to see some really pretty and vivid/colorful interesting rooms. And I like everyone else was dissapointed. I kept clicking through thinking the next picture would show me more of the room but no. This tour was so frustrating because it looks like it would have been a great tour had it not so many close-ups. When I saw a picture of an open drawer I thought really?!

See, I have to disagree with those commenters who feel like they don't have a sense of the space. I feel like I get a sense of the space from these shots. For me, the beauty is how the space is utilized. The layout can be familiar in Chicago, but it feels anything but. I get a sense of these two people from these details.

I think the art is amazing and color palettes are all really well thought out. the walls are a nice base to let the color through. I think seeing the details gives you a sense of what makes this space. This isn't a cavernous space like the tour that Mary E. references. I think there's an intimacy in the way this was shot. Great pad, Liz and Will!

I would have loved to see the front of the couch and in fact the layout of the furniture in the rooms is what I like to see. I agree about zooming in on "stuff". It's nice to see some of the personnel items, but I like more of an overall view of each home. I don't get it from this tour and I want it. This looks like a place I want to see more of.

I LOVE this. One of my favorite homes featured on AT. As a fellow Texan (who's now in Portland) and vintage lover, I am on board with all of it! The colors, decor, layout - you have great, unique style. I especially like the china cabinet, the vignette with the typewriter, the bedroom and the Día de los Muertos skeletons! This tour made my day, thanks for opening up your home. :)

No complaints here! I thought it was a fantastic tour of a great home. I love this couple's sense of style and saved this tour to my favorite places so I can revisit it.

The things that were shown are interesting and often beautiful and they made me want to see how they fit into the rooms and into the whole. It was frustrating that we couldn't see more. I do understand that it might have been difficult to photograph this space. In cases like that it would be helpful to include a floor plan.

I agree with most of the comments. It's difficult to visualize the place as an entirety and to judge the rooms as complete environments. Frequently a problem with AT tours.

Maybe the issue is aesthetically pleasing photos versus somewhat boring but informative photos? Getting an angle that will let us see the entire room, and tracking from one room to another may produce static images that look generic. But interspersed with shots of interesting details can make for an enjoyable house tour.

As a fellow displaced Texan (just up the road in Wisconsin!), I was excited to see this tour! What we see of this home is awfully lovely -- but I agree with many of the comments that it's too bad we don't see more full room shots.

Of the 38 photos, fewer than 10 would qualify (IMHO) as room shots. Lots of interesting vignettes, but my preference is too see how a person has used their whole space, including furniture layout and creative uses of unique/small spaces. I would have loved more (full room) views of the living room, in particular!

At least the tour editorial did not include the word "curated," so over-and-inappropriately used at AT to describe interiors. I got a feel for the space from these shots, and from them, I sense an energetic vibe, and great ingenuity. I don't need a floor plan to get oriented to the space. Well done.

I don't expect these tours to have magazine-worthy photos, but the photography on this one isn't up to the normal AT standards. I think that might be some of the issue people seem to be having here.
The photo of the homeowner squinting into the sun is just a really, really bad shot. :(

I also agree on the photo-comments. There were fewer than 10 images of the over-30 that informed us viewers of the layout of the apartment. While I *love* seeing things "up close" and as vignettes, it's really helpful to show rooms where two or more walls are visible (and some floor and/or ceiling) ...THEN we will all welcome the vignette-type images, to be duly charmed by the details of Liz and Will's home. Clearly there is much to be charmed by, but I have no idea how their place is laid out floorplan-wise, based on these photos.

I don't know Liz but I should -- considering how many printmakers/book artists we seem to know/collect in common (you were a CPBA grad, weren't you?). Nice to see Woolly Mammoth get a shout out, too! Great shop!!

I am sorry, but I find the negative comments on this post to be a bit much. I am all for fetishes, but demanding full room views as if it were the stone that held the metaphorical wall together is a bit much. If Ms. Brenner had done full room views, I fear these mildly disgruntled picture fetishists would then be demanding 'more detail'. I also feel that these comments reflect a complete lack of vision or imagination when viewing a house tour. There are distinct themes that run through this series of images, namely: re-purposing, cultural history and decorating in a historical context. I am sorry that people are unable to absorb information in non-simplistic ways. Maybe it's the educational system, or maybe it's our collective sense of entitlement, but I feel the subtlety and essence of this charming apartment has been lost on the vast majority of you unhappy key clickers and mouse movers. I would think it also beneficial to understand that these tours are fundamentally about joy. Joy as something that can be expressed in creativity, use of space, and the imaginative spirit. It makes me sad, that so many joyless people can find the energy to waddle up to their mac books and type bile when there is so much joy to be passed around. Waddle on picture fetishists, waddle on. To Liz and Will, I find your whimsical use of common items for everyday function inspiring, and your use of meaningful historical and cultural objects creative and well conceived. To the whiners, I would recommend a diaper tour, I fear yours are completely filled.

Seriously, you people are miserable. Go to target and get a Michael Graves cat box and bury your soulless thoughts in its deplorable depths. The 'home owner' is a lovely woman, and the shot of her basking in the sun of her lovely apartment is a lovely shot. If you want pictures that take your breath away go rent an Andreas Gursky book from the library...then go hit yourselves in the head with it. You people are the reason people don't like people. I'd rather live in a card board box decorated by Kim Kardashian than allow you crab apples the chance to help me make design decisions. Who has time for so much misery? Kathy Bates? Even she has moved on to more charming roles. I suggest you wrinkled prunes do the same.

OKaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, Somebody needs a nap and I think it is thou.

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What a well versed response. I love it when people spell out an ellipsis. Actually it makes me sad. Not as sad as an Andrew Bird song about metaphorical phantasmagorical situations, but almost as much.It does beg the question, "do you type only using your thumbs?" I can picture it, but again, it makes me sad.

Yeesssssssssssssssssss... and dot, dot, dot, Crazy much? You did not take that nap. Put down the cooking sherry and walk away. LOL

Really like all the interesting nature items in this home-Flowers,shells and pieces of wood. However, like so many I would have liked to have seen more whole room shots. I loved the table with drawers stacked underneath it. Would have loved to have seen its placement in the room. Loved the touches of vintage elegance with all the flowers in this home.