Love the bathroom art!

Picture #4 made moan. I desperately want to grow Euphorbia triucallii in Ontario but it is too cold for it here (it would not survive winters).

nice diggs, but c'mon-- garvanza? If you're specifying neighborhoods, it's Highland Park. gotta give hlp the proper love. (hlp since '86 and garvanza elem grad :))

Michael Chop is the best food scientist name EVER.

A bit sparse for my own personal taste, but it flows really well, and definitely very airy and cozy. I like!

I love seeing an apartment where the small details pull me into a personality. I love more when I actually am convinced that the art was chosen because it was compelling--you know--art and not just a pretty thing to make the place feel full of stuff. There are details I would change, but I am convinced that he is happy with his choices. And there are more details I need to change in my own place than I see here. Beautiful place, and I would love to share a cocktail while trying on one of those incredible masks.

It pains me when I see something I would love to have, go to the source list, and find that it was purchased on Craigslist. That living room rug is amazing!

The armoire, oh the armoire. With a tie drawer too. Wonderful.

I'm a New Yorker in Los Angeles and boy do I love it here. This house reminds me of why I love Southern Cali, the succulents, the trees, the balcony, Spanish architecture...beautiful!

I just bought the same dresser (so fantastic in that orange/red) in a three drawer model off of Craig's List. Mine was painted navy, but has all the same lines and hardware. Any idea when it was made and who made it? Mine has some brand markings in the drawers but it's too scuffed up to tell what they say. It' my new favorite thing.

I want that dog!!!

The neutral walls, clean lines of the furnishings, and minimalist style really sets off the art and other colorful items (including Michael's outfit) - I love it! Also appreciate his sense of history and tradition with the vintage and family pieces.

Beautiful, beautiful home. I hate to burst your bubble though but hospitals (and my ob-gyn's office) still use trashcans that look exactly like your "vintage" one.

I like where the chandelier is. It seems well placed in its room/foyer. And being off-center relative to the table, I find interesting.

Great apartment!

This is a neat, sweet home. I especially like the living room, and the many plants and flowers. Of course, the dog steals the show even without being mentioned in the text. Is the dog a cross? A poodle? I looked up food science since I didn't know what it was--sounds like a rewarding field. Thanks for the tour!

Born, raised and lived in LA for 35 years and I've NEVER heard of Garvanza. Bizzare...Sweet pad though!!

Ok, I have a question. When did we start talking about "curating" a home? Not so long ago, curators worked in museums, now people are curating their children's rooms. It feels like people are making their lives into installation art, and that doesn't seem like a good thing.

This is a very nice home indeed, but I wouldn't say it was curated, I'd say it was the home of a person of good taste.

I would love to see this as a video house tour, so I could hear the stories behind the stuff. This is one of those homes that I do not want to emulate so much as learn about. Why are the masks there? Why a 1920s hospital trash can? (besides the obvious; it's cool) What's that little picture on the fridge? Why that particular rug? This tour has made me very interested in the person who lives in this home, and it would be a fascinating study of why people put the things they do in their homes.

@Girl Jen - Perhaps, AT should always include captions, like the Leah Moss house tour.

wow, that watch is absolutely gorgeous.

I'm OK with calling it Garvanza if it's in Garvanza. It might be a little weird that it's a sub-neighborhood of Highland Park but it has always felt distinctly different than the rest of HP to me. The people that I know who live in Garvanza say they live in Garvanza, so I'll defer to them. I've never written Garvanza so many times in my life.

The dog and masks drew me in and I laughed to see Michael modeling the blue one Reminds me of a great science fiction movie, The Fly.

This guy is on my linked-in page. I've no idea how he got on there or who he is. But he does have a nice place. I love the sofa.

People who live in Garvanza call it Garvanza, even if no one outside does. It's a sub-neighborhood of Highland Park in the same way that Angelino Heights is a sub-neighborhood of Echo Park.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garvanza,_Los_Angeles

Love. Is the dog a Wheaten/Poodle X (embarrassingly, they are called Whoodles)? Mine is and they look identical.We don't tell her she is a whoodle to her face though - she'd be mortified.

Stanley (the dog) is a Tibetan Terrier, his hair is short now, but will grow long like a sheep dog. Thank you everyone for the positive feedback. :)

I absolutely love the orange piece and that rug in the living room. Can I have those?
The bedroom color looks so great in the natural light, but seems to change to more saturated in the picture with the door. Which one is it mostly like?

Need pup now!!!!

Bookcase in pic 19 - from where?

Bookcase is from Ikea (3 yrs ago), I think it was around $50.

Muesli,
The color looks saturated most of the time except when the curtains are open during the day then the color looks lighter.

Love the place. Could live without yet another close up of succulents.

so much personality and an example of real good taste, it doesn't come out of a decorating text book!!

No headboard? Seriously?

I took a look at this again today and I realized that this is one of the best cases one can make for having white walls. The amount of color and contrast would be entirely overwhelming if the walls had been painted, even in a neutral.

The planter in the hallway! Need need need.....

Agree with Pi about the white walls.

Fabulous! I am in love with your charming home (and dog).

Michael, I love your style and your home. Thank you for opening your doors and sharing it with us.

AT, it has been mentioned over and over that your readers are getting tired of the many photographs being focused on details (and different angles of the same details) in so many of these great spaces. Please listen to us.

Love the old home (Spanish architecture), the vintage kitchen. beautiful rugs and especially the dog. I also have a chandelier that isn't centered over my table either, although it is centered in the room. It used to bother me, but I've learned to live with it.

The bedroom really speaks to me - the wall color and wood color work together so well, and I love the balance of vintage and fresh.

@ CBREYNOLDS- I still havent found the perfect one. I am thinking metal bed/headboard to break it up since there is so much wood in the room.

I disagree with the comments about the photographs of vignettes. I didn't think that the attention to detail was overdone. I thought Michael had made a very inviting place out of his small space. I particularly liked the kitchen (and the trash can).

What is the source of the small colorful pillows on the bed?

Nice place! Love the white walls and colorful accessories.

Something is off in the compositions and space planning. For example in the living room with the beautiful red chest with the TV butted up next to the window. Me the viewer gets torn as to which focal point to view. Plus if the sun comes in that window then the TV has lost its function completely. One way to create easiness on the eye is to let everything has its space. So when I look at the photo of the dining room the chairs are way to close to the table. They become one and just by moving the chairs out a bit it will allow the chairs to claim "their space" and "show up" ... so a few examples of what I saw as unrest in the house. .... the other unrest might just be from the photographer's compositions. Like the photo of Michael. I love that he is color coordinated with the artwork and I would have liked him sitting smack dab in the center of the couch.

Tiny! I've seen bigger closets!

Jen- The pillows are from crate and barrel.

A picture of a garbage can???

nicely curated. attends to his collections in a very thoughtful and very careful way. well done. love all the small details and simplicity in the kitchen. hate to see a closeup of a waste bin. (on same level as close ups of toilet bowls.) but otherwise a perfect tour.

Love your dog!!! Beautiful architecture. I feel like you have been true to yourself and placed items and furniture you love throughout your apartment. I like the combo of beautiful old furniture and the zany crocheted masks. Lovely plants.... Sigh, I
miss SoCal sometimes...

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