The bath is to die for! And it's about the only time I've seen a design using foot-square tiles vertically that works.

In the living room, I'd want some kind of cozy reading/gazing chair in the window nook, along with some greenery.

Neat. But is the tour complete? I saw only 18 pictures and the one with Mike isn't there.

I love the bathroom too, and the rocking chair in the bedroom - that is super cute!!

I agree with Annie-O about the reading nook by the window, but something tells me this guy doesn't really spend his day reading one of gazillion books. Either way, I'd have to have something by that window to take advantage of those endless reads if the mood took hold.

Great place, I really hope I can achieve something similar one day when I get my own place :) (oh and you need to get that wine rack filled ;) )

Oh, how I would love to live in London!

It was a shocker seeing the living room, then boom! the bathroom pic! lol, it was definitely a nice surprise. I love it how everything has a place, and it's not even cluttered. Nicely done.

would love to have seen some befores especially the "hatch"

Love it! So clean and bright. Tidiness is a sexy thing.

ah, the book thief! a good read.

Well done all around, but I am so craving that shower. LOVE it!

I have to agree the living room under the window could do with an Eames recliner or some other nice-to-look-at-who-cares-if-it-isn't-comfortable chair. Very sexy bathroom. All in all I'd say it's an unfussy, great bachelor pad that only needs a couple of little splashes of colour. Nice to see an apartment from the UK and I hope we get to see more of that on AT.

Great place. Nice and clean. I would love to see a floorplan.

no refrigerator?

What is a "hatch"?

I'm guessing the fridge is one of the under counter cabinets on the right.

A very nice place indeed, however, I find his choice of colors very safe, white, off white, oatmeal and medium colored woods brings about an almost generic feel to the space, despite what he put in there in the way of decor.

Yes, the space is uncluttered, but I'd have rethought the shelving so his turntables were in a more playable position (down lower) than where they are now, little things like that are the details I tend to obsess over.

While it's nice to clean up, make the space liveable, but then not think other things through, or so it appears so using some items becomes not so easy, and then play it safe with the color choices is not how I'd have approached the space IMO.

I like his cabinet choice BTW, almost looks like a Henry Built unit, though I know it's not.

It's ok but for being a designer it's not so great! Also, if you live in London these kind of flats (apartments) are very common!

I like the way that kitchen's floor is separated from the rest of the apartment!

But , we wanted to see this fabulous closet!!

Lovely home. Thanks for sharing. It had a very wise use of space and very clean lines. I would kill for such a beautiful space. I did, however, want to see more of this closet that was bragged about!

If I could make two small suggestions: I think the kitchen floor could use a different tile, perhaps a nice slate? And the map above the kitchen table is nice, but I think it's a bit small for the space. Perhaps something taller, to draw the eye up to your high ceiling? I realize you're limited in height due to the vent.

This place is positively palatial compared to the last two flats I had in London! And I actually do like the lighter neutrals that are used here. In a city that can often be grey and rainy, with flats that are usually teeny, these colors open up the space and make it brighter. Lurve the kitchen cabinets, by the way.

Meh

Anyone else but me find this space incredibly lack luster? Sure it's clean and un-cluttered but it looks pretty basic for a designer's house. Besides the one chair in the bedroom there's nothing I would call Mid-century about it.

Over all not a bad space just safe and average.

In the immortal words of Michael Palin's chartered accountant:

Dull, dull, dull!

I should add that I do like the way some of his art is hung. Makes it a bit more interesting...

Please find yourself a good painter to add some "oomph" to that place - too boring as is...

So much talk about the "before" and the layout. I would have like to see before/after floor plans. Honestly, I think every tour should include a floor plan. Even a rough sketch on a napkin would do. It helps the viewer orient themselves in the space.

I think a tall dining table would work better, counter height with minimal width bar stools w/o backs or very short backs. The sofa needed a bit of plumping up and smoothing out for the photos. Yes to more bits of bright color here and there and a small chair by the window, maybe with a geometric pattern. The storage in the living room is great and, of course, the bathroom is perfect. Actually, it is in London and is therefore very much perfect from my California perspective! Oh, and YES to anti-clutter!! Good job, Mike!

The turntable shelf seems to be about 30-in. high -- about the same height as back of sofa. Probably each square of bookcase is about 12-in, and sideways one about 6-in, so that would be about 30-in. Even if it were 6 to 12 inches higher, would still be a convenient height.

Perhaps a plant on a pedestal in front of small window near kitchen ....

Living room and bedroom need some colour or funkiness to match that amazing updated bathroom.

Mike, I was having my own '80s flashback BEFORE I got to siouxsie's hedgehog pen thing & I'm giggling at comments from people who want colour because it's like reading letters from people wearing boot-cut who think your trousers are too skinny! This is more than an '80s flashback: It's 1981 all over again (or a year or two earlier). I am curious how conscious you were of early '80s interiors when you made the decision not to have a boldly coloured (brown, pumpkin, avacado) accent wall ... THE GREY SECTIONAL! Did you find a stack of Apartment Life magazines at a vintage shop? Ain't this self-conscious retro? Because it AIN'T NO DISCO. Love it.

P.S. What you really need in there are two or three Memphis-inspired, Ettore Sottsass-influenced items ... A Fiorucci-style poster? Oh to hell with it, let's just hang a bunch of Nagel chicks.

The sleek/updated bathroom was unexpected- love it. Also, the bedroom closet is great.

i really love the simplicity and utility of this place. i'm sick of over-designed spaces.

The refrigerator is most likely behind one of the doors under the counter, as many are in the UK. I agree with a high table with bar stools for dining, a kitchen area floor to blend with the carpet, and a comfy chair in the window for reading or day dreaming. What a luxury to have a bedroom big enough to build in a bigger closet! My win-the-lottery dream is to have a small flat in London and live there forever. Yes, please post more UK flats and design ideas. Thanks for the tour!

And, in its prior life, the "hatch" was probably a pass-through window in the wall between the kitchen and living room.

If my place looked like this, I would spend more time outdoors. I'm the kind of person that likes to always find the best in things/people, but this apartment has left me depressed. All I see is books, a dirty couch, wrinkled kitchen towel, and a somewhat generic bathroom. After seeing the post I was wondering if AT actually sent somebody over to take the pics, and why they chose to regale us with mostly pictures of books. If what the "designer" wanted was a blank canvas for the "art" to shine, the "art" could use a bit of re-arranging. This place is definitely missing something.

I am sorry to say that it also doesn't look very special or designed to me. The window isn't being taken advantage of, and those blinds?? The artwork doesn't seem to be in scale or balanced with the elements of the rooms, the bookcases do look quite cluttered, which isn't a bad thing, it's just weird that everything else is so sparse and then packed into those cubes. It has so much potential!!

A bit too "student apartment" for my taste.. I do like the dining chairs and the bathroom is beautiful. The rest is a bit dingy.

Love the bathroom and the simplicity of the place. Would happily move into it with a few minor adjustments with my personal stuff.