I love the floors, both the wood ones and the tile in the kitchen. I also love your wall colors. Very bright and airy. There's a serene coziness feeling in the look of the bedroom.

The living room is very leggy. All I see is legs. Not a bad thing, just....lots of legs. I guess area rugs help soften it up.

I'm always curious with the IKEA PS cabinet (as I've been eyeing for some time now) do you have to open it to have the remote read the tv box (should you have a PVR etc) and be able to change the channels? Or do you have an IR emitter etc?

I agree with Dana. This feels less like minimalism and more like "we don't know what to do with our apartment." I think that if you really want to have less actual STUFF in your space, then the stuff you have really needs to make an impact, or the wall/floor space has to have something rich or cool going on, for the space to be visually interesting. Bolder color choices in furniture, or some large colorful artwork (not much! Just some) would help here. One rug in the living room and one in the bedroom to soften the floor. Or, if you don't want that, then furniture that is not, as a poster described above, "all legs," which makes the space look institutional. A great cozy colorful duvet on the bed would look better. Something to draw the eye. When I looked at your pictures, my eye wasn't drawn anywhere in particular. Your apartment has great bones - good hardwood floors, lots of light.

I liked the golden banana. But if I see another Eames chair I'll scream.

Agree with the rugs and artwork suggestions. The oven handle is begging for a colorful screen printed tea towel from Etsy. (serious, no irony.)

Super nice place and I'm jealous of the Cobble Hill location. But it does need something to tie the little islands of things together. I agree with others who said a rug would be a good addition. That would be a great step but another would be to reduce the amount of clumping things together and let the place flow a bit more. It is seriously a great place though, and Cobble Hill is one of the nicest neighborhoods I know.

My comment got deleted. I guess I should have elaborated. There are great pieces in this home (I loved all the legs in the livingroom), but it felt incomplete. I've moved a fair amount in my life, and everytime after a move, putting artwork on the wall is always the last step in the moving in process for practical purpose. Until then, the new place does not feel like "home." In this apartment, one or two large pieces of wall art would balance out the disparate elements and add texture.

I like that everything means something to them, but I was confused a bit about the "uncluttered" description of the space. On one hand, there's very little clutter about in the living room, though they do have definite collections. But the room with the shelves (is that the other side of the office or the bedroom, I apologize because I'm not entire sure where it was) is pretty cluttered. Those shelves look awkward and brimming with stuff, to me. I feel like this is a case where I just don't "get" the style, here. But as I always say, aside from my comment, it's not about me or anyone else getting it and these two seem to really love their space!

What is with the golden bananas lately? I've seen them everywhere!

It's not just that it needs rugs, I think, but rather that it could use some more fabric surfaces. The couch is the only thing that is upholstered--nothing else seems to be cushioned. In several ways, it makes me think not of minimalism, but of an art gallery, in that it has easily wiped surfaces, narrow legs on the furniture to make it easy to sweep under, and large expanses of white walls, not to mention the curated collections that are displayed!

It's not unattractive, but it's not a space that I would want to live in.

Not my style, but

The walls are screaming for art... or something. Even a really subtle mural (or stencils) that's one shade off the white. Or a mural that's the same shade of white, but a different finish. The flat, all-white wall look works when the furniture feels like an extension of the wall or tied to it somehow. As-is it's a little disjointed and tchotchke-fied. Not to be a debbie-downer, but with a can of paint and a little organization it's easily remedied.

Well what appears to be a Tom Dixon? pendant lamp in the living room is a touch of class.... but... your title says it all, it does look "clean" and "simple" but it seems those aren't the most desired adjectives to go for.

How is IKEA for bed frames? I've been looking for a frame but for some reason didn't think to look at Ikea....

For a minute I thought this was a tour of Natalie Merchant's house, the lead singer of 10,000 Maniacs from the 80s/90s.

I'd agree with the other posters - this space is a combination of readily available mcm and lackluster ikea that is screaming to be pulled together. I'd suggest artwork on the walls, maybe a coat of paint on the bed (the grey-brown wood doesnt go with anything in the rest of the apartment) and finding a solution for the massive wall of translucent plastic bins and same plastic jewelery box. While I appreciate your collections, they are filling up every shelf and surface, creating visual clutter in a space that is furnished so sparsely- perhaps editing them down to a piece or two will make a bigger impact.

You're clearly in college, or just out, don't let responses here discourage you- you both have an eye for cute pieces, and you're off to a great start. It's no small feat to furnish a home, much less style one to your liking- keep at it, keep being picky about what you buy and in a few years you'll be surprised by how far you've come.

I love the sliding doors. I've been wanting to do that for ages.

All this talk about textiles and rugs reminds me of my beloved The Big Lebowski. "That rug really tied the room together!"

I didn't know Aalto stools also come in 4 legs until I saw this and did a little research. Learned something today...

This style is amateurish (not in a bad way though) and will evolve eventually (toward MCM I suspect?).

This is actually my favourite house tour, ever. I can actually see my place looking like this.

I spied several things from Muji. YAY for Muji!!!

it has great elements. all i think is missing is nice area rug in the living room and some artwork on the walls.

This "tour" confuses me - why so few pictures? There are none of the kitchen or the bathroom, nor of the child's room. I presume there is a child living here as there is a small truck in one of the pictures, and I can only assume that striped blanket thrown over one corner of the bed is for putting a baby on - it surely isn't for aesthetic reasons. I really don't understand why that picture was used as the "cover" for this tour.

Having said all that, from the few glimpses available I agree with all the comments about a rug being badly needed for the living area, and a general need to draw all the elements together. Although perhaps if there were more pictures it would be revealed that this has been done in other parts of the apartment?

You know, for some reason I really like this one, except the living room (too many legs!). Its airy and uncluttered, but still looks like people live there.

A bit sparse and college dormy for my taste, but maybe it's in progress and not finished? I agree with a previous poster...love the Eameses, but the chairs and much other mid century furnishing is becoming hackneyed on these blogs. Just because you throw some mid-century flea market finds in a room doesn't make it good design.

I love love love the plants. Wondering why the dresser in the last three photos wasn't mentioned....I have the same one ...from Room and Board ,4 years ago, no longer made.

My apartment looks similar, but I wouldn't call it complete; more of a work in progress...

Not sure why this made it as a house tour? The composition as a whole is nothing special although some of the vignettes have character. Art? more tactile things? Rugs, color, cohesion?

You have my respect for the spackle and sanding, however. I recently restored the 100 year old plaster walls in my brooklyn apt. It took many many painful months of stripping old paint, joint compound skim coating and much sanding.

Finally... my apartment actually looks better than this house tour

This feels like a BEFORE house tour. Can't wait to see the AFTER.

There's not really a whole lot going on here,,,

I liked the striped blanket on the bed! It's a nice pop of color.

I think some of these comments cross the line. Yes, this is a design blog but this is also a real home. You know, with real people living there.

I'm sorry, not to be rude. But I am ot feeling any of it. Is it me or does it seem to be a lot of mismatched pieces that have lots of legs. I don't get it.

I like it. It's very clean and simple and looks very easy to maintain, but I like it. Some vibrant rugs and artwork will really make it sing, though.

I posted a constructive comment with an opinion and it got deleted? way to sensor ApartmentTherapy. Maybe you should do better selection in your apt tours if want to avoid people who say it doesn't look finished or well planned out.

I think all this space really needs is artwork and rugs to come to life. Without those things, it feels more undone than minimal.

I like it, but it woulf feel a lot less dormy without all of the plastic storage bins --and hide the underbed storage a bit better. Upgrade on linens. The kitchen is very nice. Overall, I say, well done. lots of cute items.

Cute and airy. I'd rather see a couple shots of what looks to be a very cute kitchen than everything that adorning the dresser top. Photo-wise.

I'm sorry - I feel terrible saying this - "I am not inspired....".
But that does not matter - if the people living in it are happy, then that's all that matters.
No....seriously.

Minimal to an extreme. I'd say a good start....but good minimalism generally has a focal point. $200 investment in a cool print or area rug should do the trick and tie it all together.

I love Cobble Hill and they do look happy!
But I think these two young designers and Apartment
Therapy should have waited two or three years before
posting this house tour. The photo of the bed at the
beginning completely threw me.

Beautiful floors, admirable sliding doors, that desk would work for me. But as interior design, even unconventional interior design, I don't see it. The space is described as minimal, yet there is STUFF everywhere and it doesn't seem to be arranged in any way except random. Is it meant to represent the clash between high design and kitsch? I don't even understand the functionality. Why is what appears to be a dining table stuck in a corner with only one chair?

The introduction says that every piece is loved by the owners and I believe that. I understand they're saying they have a "relationship" with their objects because they were collected during meaningful excursions. But doesn't any person who buys a wastebasket at Marshall's that they think is really attractive have a "relationship" with it? Do antique plastic toys have more meaning than someone else's big ball made out of rubber bands? I direct that criticism to the editors more than the homeowners. I think perhaps more text from them is needed if we are supposed to understand what they admire about one person's possessions as opposed to another's, especially when so many photos have the camera lens trained on objects rather than rooms.

hmm... I don't see this as minimalist so much as a couple just starting out. There are some nice pieces but it looks more like a 'Before' rather than a finished design that is cleverly pulled together.