reminds me of an old lady's house? But I do like the shed remodel, besides the old lady furniture..looks like a perfect place to entertain!

I LOVE your dining room. What a great find in that table! Jealous! :)

I love the vibe in this place. It's so cozy and chic. I could hang out there all day.

I love the authentic true bohemian nature of this house. You nailed it when you compared it to Laurel Canyon :) Love love love it.

I. LOVE. THIS. HOME.

I enjoy your point of view. Where did you get that amazing, black and white, art noveau pillow? Todah for sharing!!!

I am not one to leave negative comments but these are really bad photos. Out of focus, odd angles, bad lighting... Maybe the space is cool, but I can't really tell.

Spring Valley!?!? Who knew? My guess is that you lived in OB before buying in Spring Valley. Regardless, Love it!

I grew up on that hill!!! I tripped out to see Spring Valley and had to take the house tour....lovely. Feeling the vibe you got going on in your home. I love that artist are residing on that hill :)...I settled in I.B. had to be close to the water. Someday I'll post our casa and represent. Thank you.....

Love. Beautiful feature

Love that patio table.
And the redwood! Fabulous.

I'm sorry, but I found it in very poor taste to include the comment “A friend called it the rape shack,” she laughs. ' Was it really necessary? Ok, the shack was dilapidated, but that comment could have easily been edited out and we the readers would have been none the wiser.

Love how the cheese plate keeps moving from table to table. Way to stylize.

laura @ design share, i agree with you. rape is never a laughing matter.

it looks like it was ripped from a 70s magazine (minus the stainless steel appliances) as a mix of vintage and modern, in a good way.

older couches like theirs kinda freak me out because i feel like i might break them, but otherwise it was a great relaxing space.

loved the shed best.

I was pleased to see that most of the house had been left intact. That is a good thing. However, I think you have the refrigerator on the wrong side. That cutout a the end of the counter was made for a fridge, albeit a small one as in the 50s.

Love that there are so many plants throughout! Also, I am really happy to see a tour with touches of Southwestern influences. Makes me feel at home!

Thanks for the comments guys! :)

@katieG1234- ha yes, it's totally an old lady house. and that couch is an old man- I'm going for the "grumpy ol' geriatrics look" up in here!

@charleneOden- thanks! that pillow was a wedding gift from our friends Aunt Vinnie & Uncle Jeff. It's a 1960's limited edition Aubrey Beardsley print fabric that they made into a pillow for us. It has different prints on both sides!

@sandyFloors- ha! that's what i said when i saw the place- couldn't believe it was in east county... actually we lived in Hillcrest for about a decade, and surrounding areas like North Park, University Heights etc before we moved out into the sticks ;) I totally want to see your pad now- Imperial Beach represent!

@DoitYerself- good point about the cheese plate. You see, we do lots of weird rituals in this house and sometimes the magick spirits move things around all unexpected: random, insignificant items like cheese plates, wallets, the cat, my mind etc. As you can see in the photos, I was like: hey here's a cheese plate. and then poof! I guess the cheese plate is here now guys- dig in before that stupid spirit moves it around again... hence, the photo of my husband pigging out all quick and me having to drink all that wine just to deal with the stress... ugh

@dkzody- you nailed it- good eye! fridge area was too tiny. i was like- god! people in the 50's were so dumb! or so small or sumthin'- why didn't they have nice big stainless steel refrigerators back then!?

@Laura - you're absolutely right. "rape shack" is in very poor taste, which is why I am going to change it to "rape shed"... 'shack' could be misconstrued in so many ways, and I would hate for people to think that I'm PRO-shack, nothing could be further from the truth. In fact I'm vehemently ANTI-shack... so Rape Shed it is from now on. Thank you. And yes I agree- I also think that writers who interview artists on Design blogs should start editing everything that artists say, that totally makes sense.

@dirce79- thanks! the southwest is also one of my "homes" I lived in Santa Fe 3 different times :) I went to visit in January and had to buy 2 extra suitcases just to fit all the stuff I bought. you know how it is...

@ noa: Bahahahahha! your come-backs, er comment replies, are awesome :) as is your home.

@runswithscissors: totally agree! noa is even funnier and more awesome in person, as i learned doing this tour.

Uccellini I really liked the pics, someone commented on the angles or whatever, but I really got a feel for the house.
This tour takes me back to when I started collecting years ago, its just so comfortable and unique.
(and the fur stole on Mr. Creaky sofa brought back memories of church when I'd sit very very still behind my aunt who wore one and the little beady eyes stared unblinking at me the whole time)
Oh oh and I love that their paint colors are named after vegetables :)

@Runswithscissors: THANK YOU. You just made my night. That earlier comment actually made me feel really bad. I mean, I'm a professional writer, not a photographer, but that person made it sound as if I'd taken cell phone pics in the dark with my thumb over the lens. (There were a couple of slightly blurry pics, I concede, but I included them because they showed parts of the house I would otherwise have left out.) LOVE the church memory. I can totally imagine it.

I absolutely love this bohemian, found object aesthetic... but I'm both too uptight and too distracted by shiny things to cultivate it in my own place. I can merely look at this and dream.

Favourite thing: the round patchwork leather rug. Who do I have to kill to get one?

And after reading Noa's response to the scolding of Laura and onomatopoemias, I think she rocks all the more.

Definitely not my style, but it works so amazingly well...I want to live there! Beautiful home!

@rocketscientist: Woah there. Harsh. I think Noa's point was that she wasn't condoning rape with her comment about the "rape shack." I've described creepy white vans as something a child molester would drive, and I don't condone child molestation. What Noa said -- not even her original quote, by the way, but her friend's -- strikes me as the same kind of offhanded comment. I understand the sensitivity, but she wasn't being remotely insensitive in my mind. I saw no need to censor her description in my writeup.

Love you house, Ive saved a few pictures for inspiration when I get my own home...which probably wont be for another 10 years and my laptop will be well dead but oh well!.

Really lovely blend of boho and grandma and I adore the plants!! your photography blog is awesome too. compliments compliments compliments!

I would move in there today!

@rocketscientist OKOK! jeez! i will change the name again to "baby-seal-clubbing cottage" is that better? clearly, your 'rocket-scientry' does not extend over into the department of 'sense of humor'. but that's ok- i have stuff like that too. like for example i really suck at directions: i need my GPS just to go to the store, and i never know where north is. meh, c'est la vie!

I heart you Noa!

i <3 u @uccellini! and also, it is not the photos that are blurry or whatever that person said (they look hella sharp to me!)- it is I who is blurry and crooked and funny-looking. or maybe that was the combo of wine and necromancy i often partake in- but whatever, i love your photos- you made everything look amazing! :)

Gah! Noa beat me to the "Rocket Scientist is perpetuating the whole no humour stereotype" comment. Where's the heavy handed editor when you need them. (i will refrain from cracking wise on what rocket scientists must suck on).
We used to throw parties that brought comments that all we needed was to kill a goat and dance nekkid...oh for a time when people weren't offended by so so many things said in jest.
Noa, your home makes me want to go back there even though I have never been :)

Taking a few moments away from my bickering children to look at pretty homes and find some 'calm'........only to find myself back amidst bickering children. Gah!

Think I'll just read the article, look at the pretty pictures and skip the comments from now on.

Found some 'calm' in the granny touches and all the plant love. :)

Heh I found a deer hoof..we should make it into a votive candle holder! lol;) I love the built in seating/ table in the wonderful shed. The table in the simple kitchen is amazing...and the plants...omg...love it!! Landscaping is perfect! Thanks for sharing:) I also checked out the feather love photo site...so stylish and artsy!!!!!!!!

I like Xanadu for the studio, I wish I had such a studio to work from. I love it's slightly more masculine feel from the house. Feels like it smells slightly of leather and cigars. Reminds me of some of the tiny Adirondak cottages around here.

Applause for sharing a space that's so ultra-personal, and handling the critics with grace and humor.

PS: I have the groaning old man couch, in original condition, handed down through my family for 5 generations. Its a deep wine velour and the back is tufted, with gold cording. Mine groans too.

Wow. I'm a baby-boomer and so many of these images look like they were ripped from my old photo album, right down to the macrame plant hangers and beaded curtains.

I'm humming Gracie Slick's "White Rabbit" and thinking that I'm still cool ;-)

Here's an idea: every time someone responds to the "rape shack" comment, we could each contribute $1 to a rape crisis hotline or shelter for women. That way, Noa can have her fun, the folks who are incensed can make their point, and the people who are really suffering can benefit from the assistance that these services provide. I haven't made an exact tally, but if we include this comment, I think we're up to $6, total. What do you say? Anybody? (And before anyone jumps down my throat, let me just say in the interest of pure self-promotion that I volunteer for a women's shelter, and even $6 worth of services can change someone's life).

Far out man...

Spring Valley? Really? I grew up there--left at 16, couldn't get far enough away from the gun racks, gang violence, and general hoodlum-ery. But hey, maybe I should go back and check it out... :)

Count me in with Laura@DesignShare, Onomatopoeias, and Rocket Scientist as those not amused by violence against women.

@nancyalice- that's a very sexist comment. rape doesn't just happen to women, you know. so i'm assuming you meant that you ARE amused by violence towards men? because if it's that simple- I'll just change it to the man-rape-shack. problem solved. can we all just hug it out now please?!

@shanna- word! there are "pockets" in casa de oro where we live... but if you read all the comments above you won't be surprised to find that i'm all for things like gang violence, guns, rape and whatnot- so we blend in pretty well.. don't be fooled by our 'hippie' home- it's just a cover-up really ;)

@everyone- thanks for enjoying our space and for the kind words. in fact we are officially the most popular house tour on Apt Therapy today!!! And the top house tour in their weekend guide newsletter! Thanks so much for all the support & ALL the comments :) and thanks again AnnaMaria for spending time with us and for this great feature!! xo Noa

Noa & Stuart - great house, so much personality and fun that it wasn't sterilized to the point that it doesn't look like real people could ever live there. It also makes me nostalgic for the days when I can leave things out at child level again and they won't be broken/ eaten :) I have a very similar deer foot "candle holder". Mine is an ashtray, snagged it from my grandparents house as things were being cleaned out after they both passed away. Unfortunately mine is stuffed in a drawer (vegetarian husband isn't a big fan) but seeing yours made me think of them - thanks for the tour.

Love your pad! you are so making me homesick for La Mesa, where i used to live... the shack is my fave!

I'm an old lady, folks, 82 in September, and the first comment is a pejorative, right! I won't bother answering blind youth, but can announce I love this home because it is original, reflects the owners' sensibility--and most of all, demonstrates that chrome, matching objects, furniture carefully placed symmetrically, and shown to impress others are not dandy or interesting. I love the mix, the different window treatments, the collection of old/new/found/ chosen for pleasure, function, and delight. Also a mix of the desert plants, fabrics, the handmade hanging objects,textures, wood, and sense of history please me very much.I have to admit I've copied much into my iPhoto files, because this home is so lovely.

And, children, mind your manners! Your grandparents tolerated much & loved you despite your failings and tone deafness. Be kind to the owners, friends, elders, and watch out for matching chairs!

(Sholem, Noa, sehr shein!)

@ShirleyZB - I LOVE YOU!! come visit me in my granny house please! I'm serious. Alternatively, I travel all the time so if I'm in your town I would love to meet you for a glass of wine - and I would LOVE to see your house... (shalom!) xo Noa

absolutely amazing space! LOVE the boho chic and that outdoor area is to die for!

@ShirleyZB: I'm the writer of this house tour. I just read through all your most recent comments and I am now your fan. Your observations are spot-on and your critiques are fair and respectfully stated. I also admire that you read blogs and save pics to iPhoto. My grandma will never give up her word processor. She's creeping up on 90, not 82, but *still*. ;-) Like Noa, I would love to see your home. It sounds like you're a Manhattanite (alas, I am in Seattle), so if you feel so inclined, please send pics to: annamaria@uccellinimedia.com

I love it that Noa plays so well with the language. She is obviously one bright lady. Ahh, I have a trunk full of my grandmother's stuff - pre-old lady vintage - and without glass cases I don't want to risk it to the abandoned kitties that continually move in on me. But some day I'll have the right shelving - I hope. The house reminds me so much of my various aunts' places in Seattle in the 1940's. Yes, I am an editor; and yes, I am old :-).

This is definitely one of my favorite posts! So much more inviting than the sterile post modern interiors. Thanks so much for sharing with us!

At first I was like "ugh gross" but the more I looked at it the more I enjoyed it :). It is definitely a "real" home and decorated with a "real" budget and love for nature.

Can I just live in the shed? Seriously, that's like a dream hideout. Love it.

The area truly was the Laurel Canyon of it's day. There are gem properties tucked away all over those hills. From the original Square-dancing Rancho owners like (Jim and Myrtle's) Cliff May Hacienda, to the 60's and 70's Hippy parents raising gangs of unruly kids on bikes, to the Less than Zero Cocaine mansions speckled about. Most homes or small (Poltergeist-like) good 70's architecture tracts were custom built. Owners put their heart and character into those homes. It's no wonder "spirited women" like Noa have picked up on the remnants of transverse waves of energy there and made a modern day Oasis.

I like the 70's style and love the outdoor space! However, I would never liken Spring Valley to Laurel Canyon! That's hilarious if you actually live in San Diego.

Very 70's in fact it reminds me of the first place I did blotter.

That pool is so clean! Gorgeous.

Ahh ha ha! This is lovely. Not everything about it is what I would choose (I hate that dining table, I really do) but I love the whole, and that I can get a sense of the nature of the people who live there by looking at it.

It looks like a spectacular place to live. :)

I absolutely LOVE this house! Love your couches and window treatments, found objects. Wow!! I'm going to paint my wooden dining/office/crafts table to look like your farm table. Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful sanctuary and inspiring me to do some stuff with my own!

Such a lovely house. I was really happy to see it, until I got to the write-up. The 'rape shack' comment jumped out at me too... but I'd glossed it over as thoughtlessness on all sides and gone on to the house tour. then came back and read the comments...

Noa, am sure you're a lovely lady, really, but defending that casual remark is not so smart nor sensitive, really. Yeah, we can all say 'oh for the days when no one was offended by a joke'... and because no one was offended by a joke, people were enslaved and laughed at for being slaves; 'natives' ripped off and laughed at for their lack of technology, clothing, and sophistication; women were kept uneducated and laughed at for being stupid.

I could go on but this isn't really the place for discrimination and gender politics 101 (and oh yes, male rape is part of gender politics), so I'll only say that (1) insensitivity is not funny and (2) joking matters often conceal and further prejudice and apathy.

I wonder if "murder shack" would have caused so much offense. Doubt it somehow. If I did this writeup again, I would still include Noa's description, despite all this flack. She did not say it in the spirit of insensitivity and I just don't see this perceived correlation between "rape shack" and "being amused by rape." Hardly the same thing as people laughing at slaves. That's quite the stretch of logic. I'm not going to leave a smartass remark because I do take your concerns seriously. I just happen to seriously disagree with you.

FOR NOA & ANNAMARIA,
Obviously, we are on the same wave length; murderous grimness means no taste. Thank you for your comments; admiration is always welcome.

Yes, I'm a Greenwich Vilage resident in what the rest of the country calls "a small apartment," but for me it is heaven, because of community, history, broken streets, accessibility to everything I enjoy, wonderful memories of the days when artists/musicians/dancers roamed these streets. Now we have the upwardly mobile, but that's another geshichte.

If you're in Manhattan, do contact me.Though my apartment needs painting, I'm not up to it right now--too much stuff! And, photographing it will have to wait. I'm the world's worst photographer, but do have photos of my former home in another borough, a rent stabilized 3 bedroom duplex in the former United Nations community, where my artist friends gave me much of their work, 80 plants (small and tall), 10,000 books, curtains and other things I made, sofa beds for many guests, and my children's pals, and I used to entertain 30-40 guests with a buffet of Indian food whenever possible.Another life, another time.

I call my 1-bedroom, "ungepatchket" apartment the center of the universe, because it has the old, the new, the need-to-repair, many family and travel photos, emblems of my long life---and of course, color, color, color.

I'll reveal my email address, because I'd love to hear from you, wherever you are:
Shirlzb@juno.com

i love that it's not a cookie cutter style i have seen here so many times.They are all lovely but yours screams extras with creativeness, freshness and grooviness....i just feel good looking at it!

@rodosee, woah woah woah! Thank you for the in-depth history lesson! You are right! I am SO "not so smart"-- I had no idea that slavery all started because no one got offended by a joke... Crazy! Who knew that history is really about a bunch of old-timer white dudes just sitting around all day having a good ol' knee-slapping laugh at black slaves, unsophisticated natives, and stupid women... That sounds super-fun! I would totally hang out and get stoned with those dudes. We would laugh our asses off and then we would play a bunch of drinking games. I would lose, of course, but we would all be so wasted and cracking up at brown-skinned people and stupid chicks, that I would probably be the person to suggest that we all do whippets to keep the party going... And then we would go to Denny's for hangover breakfast as the sun comes up... Best. Night. EVAR! "Oh for the days when no one was offended by a joke".

I'll totally bet that sometime in the late 1930's some guy made a joke about a Jew and then everyone thought that it was SO funny they were like - Hey, let's kill all the Jews!- Coz I mean they were just laughing so hard it seemed like the best idea at the time.

I am a woman, although not uneducated, I am sometimes laughed at for being stupid- which I really am sometimes. Other times I'm smart. But I (dare to dream) hope to grow up one day to be more like you: just smart. I think it would be in really poor taste for me to get into a politically-incorrect "I bet I have more raped/black/Native American/uneducated-woman friends than you do" lightsaber battle with you, but I'll do it anyways because I bet I really do! And because those said friends sometimes think I'm funny.

The 2nd most comedic part of your comment was that you so eloquently explained how women were kept uneducated and how they were laughed at for being stupid- and then in that same paragraph you called me 'not so smart'. That's, like, an ironic-triple-entendre-oxymoron-pun or something! Brilliant! You're funny! I totally wanna hang out with you now!

Here's a pretty dumb yet sorta deep question: What's more potentially-dangerous in this world? Attempting to insult a dilapidated shed whilst laughing at it? Or being dead serious whilst attempting to insult a person? Hm?

But anyways, on a serious note- you are absolutely right: I think we should just remove all joking matters in this world because if everyone is really serious and overly-sensitive all the time then we could FINALLY have some peace on earth! Hallelujah! I'm going to write a letter to the Israeli & Palestinian leaders right away and tell them that you said this because I think those people are just so busy sitting around laughing at each other all day... It's very important that they hear about this. STAT!

I would comment on your 3rd paragraph but I didn't understand a word of it.

Btw, my friend Christopher Wassell, who initially made the now-infamous and overly-fussed-about 'rape shack' comment, happens to be one of the funniest, most sensitive, caring, intelligent and insightful human beings I know- who sometimes enjoys making jokes about dilapidated sheds when he's not out running around town laughing out loud at rape.

I never did defended that casual remark, and I won't.

People- I have no intention to start editing myself now at the ripe age of 34. None whatsoever. xx

@shirlyZB "murderous grimness means no taste"- you're wonderful! Your former home sounds like heaven to me. And your current home sounds magical... color, color, color! I am actually going to be in Brooklyn for a couple of days next week, and will try to contact you to see if we both have the time for a little meet. That would be lovely. Thank you for your descriptions, you have placed some truly lovely images in mind! I hope to meet you :) xo

@ozcat- your comment is my favorite!

@kissmygritsmel Less Than Zero Cocaine Mansions are the best kind- aren't they?

Where's the remote?

hey @upintheclouds- i thought you were going to "skip the comments from now on" !? ;) it's like car-wreck-fascination, I have it too.

Your home (as it is definitely a home and not just a house) is my kinda home! Love love love the bringing together of pieces that make you happy and that have been given to you by people who you obviously make happy!

Your amazingly clean pool tempts me to make comments about throwing chlorine into the "humour gene pool", but I promised myself not to get into the shack debate! ; )

Thank you for sharing your home and your humour Noa x

I just looked at your feather love photography site..... anyone here want to marry a crazy, arty-farty, middle-aged woman, who thinks "bad taste" comments are funny, just so Noa can take the photos?!

@pippolata you're hired as my marketing consultant. srsly! xx

Apart from the cat & cute guy, don't like it at all.

While seeing the clean lines of this cool house filled with lacy/Victorian/hippie stuff makes me queasy at least it isn't another boring trend fallowing "designed" home. I hate it but I respect it. Good job.

Seventies design scheme? succulents? taxidermy? Cheerfully, enthusiastically snarky and sarcastic comments? Hipsterville International.

That Jacaranda tree, however, is amazing. And from the work on the Feather Love site -- holy cow! -- this lady has devastating talent.

Noa, I love your giant balls. Hope that doesn't offend any women. You must be doing something right. No apologies. I love your work.

@rosa_chicago i'm not a hipster! clearly, i'm an EMO! duh!
@mamaspank @paul crocadile @bowiechi @helensflair @blue mom @hippopo @rosa_chicago et al... thanks! x

It's getting to you more than you're letting on isn't it? Let it go hun.

This thread makes me think not so much of a car wreck as a small, somewhat repugnant stain on a beautiful persian rug. A stain that needed to be handled swiftly and gently.

But instead it was rubbed vigorously (blot gently from the outside in - never rub!) and now dozens of people have trekked across the rug and spread the stain even further.

Now all one can do is call it what it is (a bit of a mess) and position a fab old chair on top of the stain and forget all about it.

It's casting a shadow on that beautiful "persian rug" we're here to see (that would be Your Home) and that is a darn shame.

Pax.

I LOVE it! So cute and cozy. Well done!

@uphereintheclouds: wonderful analogy. totally agree.

@uphereintheclouds: I'd have to agree- great analogy. No offense Noa, but for such a bohemian home, for someone to use such a term as "rape shack" is quite hypocritical. I don't want to be mean-spirited but it makes you appear to be quite a poser.

All those ladies, who authentically built these homes, now in their senior years who lived in the 60's and 70's (including my mother who I showed this too) find it both enlightening to see women being able to speak like a tramp and feel okay with herself, but also sad that rape is still being used in off the cuff "funny" comments.

Women like my mother fought against, and still do, these types of misogynistic comments and words like these take everything back a step. Inappropriate terms like this being used in an "acceptable manner" for anyone, especially on a website for fun and interior design is wrong and Apartment Therapy should be ashamed to have these words up on their website for all to see. And I believe Noa should as well. Or you all are welcome to speak to some of my Sudanese clients who risked life and limb for their mothers, sisters, wives and daughters to escape a life where "rape shacks" actually do exist.

I do believe that offensive comment should be removed. No matter how "funny" some people see it.

@Uccellini- the fact that there are so many people offended by this comment and you "take comments very seriously"... you should take note and remove the rape shack comment as people are complaining and it is offensive. Leave the raunchy jokes to your personal website. AT take note please.

@Noa: fantastic home. I adore it. I post very few comments, and usually don't like anything, fwiw. :)

@ShirleyZB: you are a rockstar.

this is like a virtual Tupperware party, except for we ran out of booze and now the store's closed. But I know there must be some old sedatives stashed around here someplace, maybe under the Persian rug? But seriously, thanks for letting me have all my self-entertainment guys ;) and for loving/hating my house. i really love all the comments and conversations and input, honestly. i love that everyone speaks their mind! xx

@herselftheelf: i said that i take concerns seriously -- a sentiment that extends to anything i write as a professional -- but that doesn't mean that i agree with your point of view. not everyone on here believes noa's comment to be offensive, at least based on some of the other comments. if i recall, there was a house tour not too long ago that included artwork that proclaimed "fuck" and *A LOT* of people complained about how offended they were. i do not believe the photo was removed, and i'm certain that the owner of the home did not take the artwork down.

noa's comment was in no way a "raunchy joke," by the way. her choice of words implies how scary-looking the shed was. clearly, you would have described it otherwise, but i feel, within reason, that people should be free to express themselves, particularly when they are opening their homes to let readers look around and sometimes leave unkind comments as a parting gift.

also, i agreed with the persian rug analogy, but only in the sense that this thread was becoming increasingly unraveled. i think after noa explained her comment, albeit sarcastically, that should have been explanation enough.

however, if apartment therapy sees fit to remove the phrase causing so much offense, then i respect that completely. chapter closed!

@uccellini- where might one acquire such a painting? i need one. obv.

@rgn- btw, i have to say- your comment is the one that always makes me laugh :) love it.

I suppose I should just be grateful that we live in a society that sexual violence is so far displaced from our daily lives that it IS a joke to most people (apparently according to uccellini). I just hope no one who HAS been raped has the off putting chance to somehow stumble upon this house tour and read the flippant remarks, no matter how unintentional. How horrible that would be and how sad that "jokes" take precedence over thinking of others.

@herselftheelf- ok, OK already! jesus, we get it. every time you post a comment i can hear an entire string orchestra playing really sad music in the background (sigh)... when I get all dramatic like that, my friends usually tell me to shut up and have a drink or something. I listen to them. Dude, really, honestly, truly. c'mon already. it was a comment that somebody else made, describing the visual aspect of a dilapidated shed that looked scary. We could have said "monster" or "murder" or "ghost" and it would have had the same meaning. GET. OVER. IT... nobody died. Srsly. it's just a short jog, maybe 30 yards, and then a slight left, and you might find a sense of humor... I appreciate that your intentions are good and honest, and that you care about people and important things, but you're just digging in the wrong hole here. in fact, and this is the truth, one of my friends who has been raped was here when my other friend made that comment- she thought it was funny too. she didn't take it personal, because it WASN'T personal. no need to defend warriors. especially if they're not even in the room.

@alexisrm1 thanks! :) i'm going to try and meet up with Shirley when I'm in NY in a few days... i just want to be around her and look at all her beautiful stuff...

Your guilt is visible now for sure :)

And again, just because YOU find it funny, doesn't mean others do not. It is offensive. End of story.

hahah "others do". See my sense of humor doesn't hurt people.

People, critique the house not the owners.

What a childish, insensitive, ugly soul to live in such a pretty place. I realize the original comment wasn't yours, but the way in which you've responded has shown you might be more at home living with Snooky and the gang.

While I know I shouldn't contribute to the total carnage of this car wreck, being the opinionated person that I am (and lest we forget design enthusiast) I just can't seem to stop myself from joining in. I originally saw this house tour and thought “not really my cup of tea, but to each his own.” I also thought the “rape shack” comment was in bad taste, but again c’est la vie…” The complete insanity that has ensued has been to say the least a bit sad. Everyone has their opinions and wants them to be heard, but sometimes silence is golden.

"A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control.”
“There is one way for a fool to appear wise, that is, to be silent.

I’m sure I’ve just opend myself up to some name calling, but oh well.
p.s. @uphereintheclouds your analogy had me literally laughing out loud:)

I just read your reply Noa... I accept! :) Hope you want one in Australia!!

I loved the hanging plants in the house & the crazy cast off/mismatched furniture. Must be my 70's upbringing...

Reminds me of a friend's home in my home town. She is a very 'spirited' woman, too.

(Damn, and I thought the 93 comments were about the house. Made a mistake to cruise down reading)

LOVE ♥

@sheba92766... Right on girl. You said what I was trying to say. I think we should be friends ;)

I love this home. I love the effortless style of it. I love the "trampy" (wha?) "balls" (yes) of Noa. But I think all this arguing is a bit silly. Let's all take a deep breath and enjoy the pictures, hmmm?

Like the house, love the debate it's sparked. I really enjoy AT but being British I'm afraid I'm not as polite as you lovely Americans...I can't do the whole, "OMG, I'd just DIE for your Eames chair", bit, no matter how cool it looks. But this tour got me. I like the house, got some great ideas as I'm about to move into a rental and here in the UK you can't make any permanent alternations to the property. Had been looking for macrame plant hangers...love how they look in your dining room...how do I get me some? And the most interesting thing about your house? How much we've all had to say about it...well done.

The place really isn't anything special at all. The furniture looks like it was picked up on garbage night after a rainstorm. And why are you wearing mom jeans?

Cute, cozy, lovely.

This home looks so interesting and inviting. It's got lots of personality. I like the collection of artifacts and especially the textiles. The kitchen table and outside table are both impressive. The studio is awesome. Thanks for the tour!

Wow, what kind of flowers are those?! The pink ones on the table, I mean. They look like some kind of rose?

@byrdie-- peonies!! :) x

Wow. I was doing a bit of a re-vist to bohemian style house tours this weekend and I can't say I've ever been more disappointed. The rape shack terminology is outrageous and instead of taking it on as a learning moment or thinking about it for two seconds, the homeowner seems to have attacked AT commenters who called her out on it.

This was not an exceptional tour by any means, but any charm it had is seriously undermined by the horrible attitude of the owner/s. I found the comments revolting and I'm surprised that someone who was using this oppty to shill her own photography business would be so crass.

@surfjack. i got TONS of traffic and business directly from this post (and still do) + we were the #1 house tour for the month, and again in the year end roundup... so i must be doing something right.

I'm glad you feel that way, Noa.