apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

I love the blues and greens in the first picture - the colors really pop. I like how you've committed to using interesting shapes and having your own orange grove.

The only things that bother me are the 3-D pieces you added - the butterfly, the wiffle balls, the stuffed animals all take away from really interesting wall colors you've chosen. They are distracting. It's gone from being an interesting wall piece to, "Why is that there?"

Otherwise I think the colors in the first photograph are lovely. I do wish the second photo had turned out better so we could have seen more color.

I would love to see more of this apartment!

Great color scheme and intriguing details. I also like the fact that you left one wall white in the Pistachio room--I've found that 4 walls painted that color can be a bit much sometimes.

The colors are very cute, but overall this looks like a daycare center/ artsy kindergarten. Unless the first photo is of a nursery, I think the big painted-tree theme is a little over the top.

I love love love the orange grove. The trees supercute, but abstract enough to keep it modern.

There's a lot of talk about opium on AT today. Did I miss something?

ok, i'm going to steal your globe light idea - very cute! some of those old globes have such great color schemes...

I think your use of three dimensional objects is fun. I would never have thought of that. I would love to see a house tour! I also really love your painted trees. Did you use a stencil or free hand?

Love the orange trees and the color combos- they are a copy of the nursery mural from the "Kids" issue of ReadyMade, right? I'm not such a fan of the 3D elements. They seem to take away from the graphic impack of the stylized trees. And the drawer unit- usually I can't stand those things, but the colors make it look great, like it really belongs in the room. Did it come that way, or did you add color to the drawers?

This is the best entry so far. Love it!

Very creative. Certainly the most original entry so far.

Love the trees! Giant paintings with butterflies.. it's brilliant!

I would also love to see pics of the rest of this apartment, or at least wider-angle shots.
not sure about all the plastic goodies (drawer unit, wiffle balls, etc). they kind of take away from the organic feel of the rest of the place.

Ah, c'mon. Look at those little critters running down the wall. Makes me feel like I am in an art installation.

Good ideas, but unfortunate execution.

Definitely the best entry. I LOVE the trees! I also like the contrast of the two rooms.

anyone that gets things on trash day for their apartment/house has my vote! tree branches too. excellent!~ i love the realness of this place- and like when decorating and design has that lived in, animals my live there, or children (and i don't even have any) could too. i just love seeing spaces where people care about what is in the house, but don't get all stuffy about where stuff is from. looks like you did it - and did it well!

Uh-oh, another bridget. Now what? I know I only occasionally post, but read faithfully. Flip a coin? Add a capital B? My daughter was in a Girl Scout tropp with 7 Sarahs--they added initials--but this doesn't happen much with Bridgets :>)

Uh, that was "troop." G'night.

Wow!
I' loved to see many, many other pics of your place!

Funny! I've seen the place live. It's all about being creative!

It's colorful and very creative!
I enjoyed the colorscheme and decor.

If it weren't for daring creative folk like this I would not be inspired to add some color to my home. Although I stuck to nuetrals when I painted my daugther went and purchased vases and bowls and votives in pink (my favorite color) and avocado green. It does add color and wakes up the color of the walls. I love that tree branch very unique and adds detail/interest in that corner. Love the branches you painted, again, very artsy and yet for me not at all day-care cutesy.

Very cute artwork!

I love a lot about this entry. I hope you have kids - it would be a great place to grow up. The creative approach to the wall as a design object is great - and the renaming of rooms to create themes. Very creative and out of the box - colorful but not garish. I am disappointed that the photos are of such tight angles - but you get my vote.

My sense is that the rooms are not fixed designs but evolving over time. The rooms, in a more contemporary manner, remind me of the Bloomsbury Movement in England. It certainly isn't an approach many would take with their own homes - but it obviously works for you.

Aloha! We saw a few questions in the comments section, so...

The trees were in fact inspired by Readymade and then painted freehand.
The bedroom drawers are from the Container Store and we recall they were available in orange, blue, pink, green and grey. Since the bedroom doesn't have a closet, we had to turn the drawers into a functional dresser. Plus, plastic is fun.

We love the comparison to an art gallery, whatever the sentiment. West Chelsea represent!

More than just paint, this took some time to create.
But what do I see? Shame Mary & Ronit, you have an old-school incandescent light bulb! Get with the program, use a compact fluorescent bulb. CFLs will not only save the hemisphere, (yes), but also save on elelctric bills.

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I really enjoyed this -- creative and light-hearted, although the 2nd picture leaves a lot to be desired on my monitor. I love painted walls, I didn't mind the 3-D additions, and I love the globe lamp (though I am worried about where the other half of it went -- do you have a second lamp someplace?). Even the plastic drawers fit in nicely.

This looks like you took charge of the room and bent it to the way you liked, rather than having the room take charge of you!

A little too kitsey.

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