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I think you're right about your style, Jane. Very sophisticated and consistent use of color.

Well done!

oooh! i like how you hung your earrings on a wire, it looks like a clothesline! (you should be entering the smallest coolest too!)

Good stuff! Some is a little college dorm-like though.

Those yellow curtains are KILLING me!! I love them!

love the curtains and other touches of yellow! your place is really cute!

I think Rory is the best feature by far....and the cutest!
I especially love the R above her bed.

Oh and I like the sunny yellow details in your bedroom.

Young and sweet, nicely done, especially the 3ed photo.

i love your rug under the coffee table! the lamp shade is killer too.

The black and white and yellow is ROCKSTAR... and Rory the dog knows it

Love the flowers!! :)

the little touches here and there really drew me in... like the 'R' on the windowsill, bright yellow curtains, colorful display of jewelry on the walls, even that key holder by the light switch. so cute! the only thing that seems a little bit off to me are the two big empty frames over the bed -- how much nicer they would look if they contained some art!

and i agree. seems like a great entry for the smallest coolest!

Beautiful flowers, Are they real?

home photography tip:

remove electronics before photographing (television etc., alarm clock..) unless they look great and are part of the design. take a look at some interior magazines and notice the lack of these items. it really makes a big difference. nice job otherwise.

I disagree with leahjross.
I think AT is about how we live in our homes... and we live with TV and electronics.
Yeah, if she were going to be featured in a magazine - take them out... but to show us where she LIVES... don't bother unhooking your electronics!!

What we need is some way to jazz up a TV or a stereo that isn't simply putting it into a box of some kind and calling it an armoire. If not fully painting something, doing some kind of stencil maybe, until we can get electronics in great colors (look what going all white did for the Ipod!)

Okay, now I want yellow curtains! And I love Rory.

hello fellow dc'er! u have my vote!

I like the use of yellow and the wall color. The rest isn't working for me.

The curtains rock, very nice.

Wow. So delightfully serene/serenely delightful. I have slightly more space in my 2-room apt than this studio, and it is full to the brim with papers and clutter and things I don't use... I think I need to to visit this page to meditate on your space every day.

i love how you hung up your jewelry. great idea!

Great studio!

I love the table in your working place. Where is it from? And the picture above this table looks inspiring too.. You have great place.

glad I'm not the only one who puts my umbrella on the doorknob so I *cant* forget it!!

Clever jewelry rack...

Nice pooch placement! We need more canines on AT ;-)

Lovely place.

The refreshing pale blue walls make your studio seem airy and spacious. I like your use of patterns - brings a bit of zing to your space, esp. the bedspread and the lampshade in the tulips photo. Also admiring the oil painting of friends... nicely done!

This is a color contest...the colors look muted, nothing matches, looks like hodge podge from a yard sale! The yellow curtains are the only things that I give props on.

I really like you apt and keep coming back to look at the blue walls.
I also like your orange rugs. It has changed my decision on my rug choice.
I love the R for your dog - always wanted one but to "Mary Tyler Moore" but for a dog it is brilliant.

WOW I just noticed the locks on your door. How spooky! Have you been invaded before?

Its a cute space, but I'm not quite feeling the colors. None of them seem quite rich enough to carry the contest - although maybe thats the fault of the photography.

Very cute, love the wall color, yellow accents and Rory! I love how it looks like a real person's home. Sometimes some places featured on here look like they fell out of a super styled design magazine, which is great for the people who live there, but it's also nice to be inspired by something I feel is actually attainable for my tiny budget and skills. Great job!

Cute.

I have to agree, after looking at several submissions today and other days, people really should pay more attention to how they take photos. It's one thing to make a nice composition (e.g. dog), and it's yet another to take one that shows how the color *works* a room and how it blends with the next room. I'd be rating some of these submissions (like this one higher), if the photos were more comprehensive of the actual living space, instead of, say, doing a close up of a nicely made bed.

I agree with a previous poster who said, "young and sweet," only I would qualify that by saying your inexpensive little rooms are more inviting and interesting than the huge estates of people with thousands to spend on decorating!

Love your landing strip.

You obviously care about your home.

I love the first two photos.