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I want to live here.

Not sure about the bedroom but definitely love the rest of the house!

i love that office!

wow. and verrrrrrrry nice photos.

that office is killer!!

The bedroom is my favorite bit!

I love the whole place! The bedroom is actually my favorite room.

Love the office and the dog!

the brown stripe at the top gives me an idea for my b/r.

Extra points for the dog...your place rocks

And major points for carrying the stripes all the way through to the Picasso photograph! Your office is inspiring.

OMG. Not to sound stalkerish, but i know exactly where you live. I pass your apt on the way home everyday and always wondered who lived in such a cool 2-story space. Good to know its decorated so wonderfully on the inside!

Wow, the idea of carrying a paint sample when you go shopping for accessories is ingenious and simple. I will definitely have to adopt this one. Thanks

I love your place!

I've been looking like a spice rack exactly like you have. Did you make it, or buy it?

this is a winner! excellent execution and a very inspiring space. thank you for sharing!

extra points for listing your paint colors and numbers!

Thanks, all!

The spice rack is a Soho Spices magnetic spice rack. We got ours from Mxyplyzyk (their site says they're having a sale right now), but I'm sure you can find it elsewhere.

I had to abstain from voting on this one. I just couldn't decide. I almost clicked the long shot button, but that just didn't seem fair, there is obvious merit here. I may be biased because I think I am growing very tired of brown. (Remember last year when people were getting tired of chartruese?)

While, skillful, the place just looks to harsh to me. I would like to see a little more balance between yin and yang. That said, I absolutely adore the rectangle art on the wall by the bed (are those lights?). I also am extremely envious of your office space.

wow, this is just gorgeous. love the striped wall.

your photographs are so good, I could care less what color the walls are...double points since they are great too...

I agree with Peggy, an inventive use with the stripes but with an apartment that already is so angular the stripes come across as harsh. I think more curved shapes or even textures could have really softened the space.

I have to agree that while the space is beautiful, the colors are too strident on the striped wall and too bland everywhere else. And the blue isn't working for me at all. I think you should have gone with something warmer -- then the color pops would all tie together better.

I agree that brown can be tired. However, I find this entry's combination of brown with pops of color and lots of gray to balance everything very smart and appealing.

Looks stunning! The combination of bold colors and neutrals really contributes to a sense of openness and space.

I agree with everyone on the awesomeness of the office - where did you get all the accessories? The rolling cabinet with the magnetic canisters? The multi-colored letter trays? I'm dying to emulate :)

I love it and I love your puggle. Based on what I have been subjected to so far, this is by far the best entry. However, those birds should be removed immediately.

I like this very, very much. It's not just the colors, but the way they're used. It's really quite beautiful. No matter what the outcome of this contest, you should be very proud.

YAY for awesome photos of an awesome space! Instafinalist!

LOVE IT!
Did you use a designer/are you a designer?

You also get my personal nostalgia-updated-for-now award: my dear mother allowed me to paint brown and orange horizontal stripes on my bedroom wall in the 70s, so your fab fresh update makes me super happy!

Thanks for the feedback, everybody!

@evenwhen: I bought the rolling cart from the MUJI store in the lower level of the MoMA Design Store in Soho. They call it their "Utility Wagon." I added the magnetic canisters, purchased at Tiny Living in the East Village. The letter trays are by Office Basics, purchased online from See Jane Work.

@edina monsoon: If you could peek around the corner, you'd see why the birds are there. Guess you'll all just have to vote us in the finals to see! :)

@guido: We're both involved in the web design industry, but this was our first attempt at translating our aesthetic from pixels to paint.

I absolutely love the bedroom and office. Would like to see photos of the kitchen. Thanks for listing your paint colors!

I'm with Edina: this is my favorite entry so far.

that home office is genius wonderful.

Energetic, warm, clean and modern indeed. Congratulations!

peggy and zulieka are right. you keep describing the color as bold througout your entry. the stripes are garish and the rest of the apartment is actually bland.

Oh my goodness I thought that home office was a kitchen. Oops.

Paint the dog!

The bedroom is fab. The color stripes in the livingroom are marvelous!

I am worried about those tealights in the shdow boxes next to your television, however. I hope those are the smart candle tealights from CB2. I'd hate for you to start a fire.

Hmm, I totally disagree with snot, but with a nickname like that, I guess it's to be expected. I personally love the colors.

I love this place :)

what kind of camera lens gets these results? excellent presentation!

I absolutely love the strong linear stripes and heavy contrast here. It helps define the splashes of colour without going overboard with saturation.

Well done.

For those of you interested in the spice rack, I found a link to a DIY

http://www.myaimistrue.com/archives/2007/01/diy_magnetic_spice_rack.html

and I'm sure you can get tins on Ebay.

Oh and the container has something very similar as well
http://www.containerstore.com/browse/Product.jhtml?PRODID=74672&CATID=70879

Sigh. Insta-finalist.

Where is the clock in the home office from?

I really love your style. I think the place looks amazing! Are the carpet squares in the bedroom from FLOR?

Hello neighbour! I've always wondered what the apartments inside this building looks like (you can see the inside balcony when walking by - the windows in the building are huge). What a beautiful space! Great job! Fantastic ideas....

Wow just an amazing use of color. Please share where you found that clock and the paper trays in the office. Our home has pops of orange and blue throughout and those would go just perfect!

Very nice, indeed! I could sit in that livingroom all day and not watch your TV! Great office (and, of course, your dog too!) with all that natural light.

This is right up my ally stylistically speaking. Love the use of stripes on that accent wall and then carrying it in 1 or 2 stripes in the kitchen, bedroom and home office, very good idea and adds a splash of color in what is otherwise a coolish neutral space, but that's good as I think the dichotomy of the warmth of the browns, oranges and such with the cooler tones of the green and blue/gray, very, very nice.

However, I'd have gone with more of a somewhat warmer cast to the walls than the gray you have used to offset any gray and dreary days you will have as I've found too much gray can suck the life out of the colors that are there.

But that's just me.

Otherwise, great job overall and it definitely has that 70's vibe thing going, but updated.

The George Nelson clock above my desk is from the Moma Design Store. The clock on our accent wall is from Crate & Barrel, but unfortunately, they no longer carry that model. I know I've seen a very similar clock at mxyplyzyk, but it's not on their website.

The paper trays are from See Jane Work. They also sell coordinated magazine files.

Wonderful home! So warm!

Looks like a professional designer worked on this place - very good. The forms and shapes are represented very well. Color was used nicely in the living room: vivid, but not overpowering. I would have liked to see a touch more of the color from those stripes in the bedroom too. This was well designed.