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I really like the colors in your kitchen, and your dining room is lovely. Could you tell me where you got your dining room light fixture?

That first picture alone, wow!

I love how you use textiles to incorporate color; especially how in two rooms the pillows work in tandem with the artwork of the room. Great job.

Nice dark red in the kitchen. Tell me more about dining room light fixture. Very nice.

Great place! I love the blue vinyl chair in the living room.

The way those red chairs pop against the green walls... I really like your place. It seems a bit cold, but is very airy and fresh. Like "St. Elmo's Fire" when Demi Moore's in the empty apartment with the windows open.

My first thought after seeing your pictures was: WOW!

I love so many things about your home: the soothing colors, the red and blue kitchen, the bedroom rug (am now really, really coveting that rug!), and the art in the nursery.

This one definitely goes in my inspiration folder.

That bedroom with the awesome rug and your beautiful kitchen KICKS @$$!!! Totally lovely. Every room seems to impart a sense of calm and yet I can see that people have fun there, and it's lively. The red against the blue in your kitchen is inspiring. I'm repainting my living area a pale blue and want to use bright red accents.

Really love your green walls and I too am coveting your bedroom rug.

i'm with candice! when i first saw your first photo my eyes started salivating. yes, they can do that! :-)
insta-finalist, my dear!

Love that you didn't put a rug in your living room! And I'm also in love with your dining room light fixture.

One small thing...do you really have two of those white stacking cubes (one in living room and one in bedroom)? I hate home decor magazines where you can see that they moved something for different shots.

All in all, an insta-finalist. The bold yet safeness of the kitchen is great.

OK, thats it, I'm moving to Georgia!
Its fabulous....

Absolutely gorgeous! Love, love, love everything about this place. The colors work together well, and gives the place a real home-y vibe. Gotta know where you got the rug?

I know this isn't really regarding the colours, but I love the tilework around your fireplaces. Did you do this yourselves (noticed it's the same in the DR and childs room) or was it existing when you bought the house?

Beautiful floors as well, oh and the colour too ;)

Well, I think your place is great! Insta-finalist for me. The floors look incredible with the wall colors in each and every room. Kitchen is awesome!! Props to you, Artsy Fam!!

Stunning! I absolutely love the nursery!

This entry is a model for how to photograph your home. Wow. I guess rule number one is wait for the perfect light-blasted time of day. Is there such thing as a "magic hour" for shooting interiors? Because I think these folks have found it. That white light bursting through the windows really makes the colors glow.

standing ovation!

Wonderful job! My favorite part is the glossy cranberry cabinets and the light blue in the kitchen. The combination is really fun and unexpected.

The kid's room is also really hip. I had to look twice before I noticed the subtle wall graphics. I like that this room is colorful and whimsical without being cloying or cutesy.

I love the play of deep, warm reds and oranges against the cooler blues and greens. It makes it so wonderfully soothing and yet bursting with vibrant color. It's an instant finalist for me too!

what a lovely home... I specially like the kitchen, baby's room and the lamp in the first picture... The bedroom looks like a show room photo to me, maybe I am mistaken because I do not see the other side of the room but from what I see it looks like a West Elm Catalog. But I still like the overall apartment choice of colors.

great Job!!!

Wow, so many things to love about your home. Fabulous job of integrating different styles and colors into a cohesive and unique space.

Very Nice.. I guess I am partial because most of the colors in your home are also used in our home:)

Beautiful! Every room looks sharp, but also like it would be comfortable to live in. Inst-finalist!

Does anyone know where to get those white, rounded corner stacking cubes? I swear I've looked everywhere and googled to the ends of the earth but I can't find ones that are just like that (I found some skinnier versions, but nothing as square as what is pictured above).

On topic: I love the kitchen and the nursery the best, the living room is nice but it's just not my style personally.

The lighting in the dining room can be found at Horchow. Here's the link:
http://www.horchow.com/store/catalog/prod.jhtml?itemId=cprod28820014&parentId=cat6010735&masterId=cat6010731&cmCat=cat000000cat4100735cat000097cat6010731cat6010735&index=31
It looks awesome in your house.

Was the lighting fixture hard to install? After seeing it on here, I am more interested in purchasing it.

Alittle too much clutter for me.

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing this with us.

I'm in love with your kitchen! Which neighborhood are you in?

I think they have similar tables to those at cb2...

magical!

Where do you see clutter in these shots? They look so clean and functional to me but there is enough of an eclectic touch that they don't look showroom-y at all to me.Or maybe I'm just not used to showrooms this cool. Insta-finalist from me!

212 Gretchen - The key to good photographs is to do it midday and to turn the flash off. Sometimes this requires use of a tripod. If you have an older camera you'll need to fiddle with the F-Stop and shutter speed- but most new digital cameras will adjust according to their own light meters. Another helpful tip is to take LOTS of photos. When I shot my place I took about 300 photos and edited down the best ones to about 10-12.

I'm not a big fan of red, but your red kitchen alone has made me a convert! So intense, so glossy, so beautiful...

I love almost every single thing here!! And I love how even though everything looks amazing, it still looks like a home and like its actually "lived in"

I love almost everything about your house (except the fact that I don't live there). :-) Seriously, this is awesome. I don't know which room I like the most.

Very lovely and homey! Your floors are great. I love how you've kept the character of what appears to be an older home but gave it a current feel.

Clutter? I'm totall confused too? It seems really well organized and edited.

I really hope this wins something. What I love about this space is the range of colors. I for one would have been worried about having green walls in the living room and dining room and then red cabinets in the kitchen. But it somehow magically all works and looks balanced. Great job!

I can't believe I love red cabinets -- I would not have said that before seeing this home. And I also ask, what clutter? This is a home that people (including a baby!?!) live in. On the contrary, some of the first things I noticed were the gleaming floors and the well-edited surfaces.

Oh and I really like the piece of art in the bedroom too. Echoes the grid pattern on your headboard without being too matchy-matchy... I too don't see clutter... I see items like books and baby blankets which say someone lives here, but other than that, I thought it really neat and in place. The only thing I'm not keen on is the art piece above the couch. It has a bit of the eighties flavour for me.

Light green and red, then pale blue and red? Never, never, I believed-but you did it and did it WELL. I love it all.

Great space & design! "Insta" for moi.

great balance of sophistications & fun! i know i've seen that rug before and i'm still in love.. WHERE is it from???

I love everything except the furniture arrangement in the living room. It seems like everything is in a weird semi circle. I guess I'd have to see the rest of the room. The white stacked cube things in front of the bookcase is a little odd and the scale doesn't look right next to that chair.

But as far as color (which this is about right?) its great. I LOVE the red cabinets. What a bold commitment and it paid off. The nursery is awesome too. Well done.

Lovely entry. I like the living room, but think it would work a bit better if the color from the walls were brought down and repeated on the floor -- perhaps in the form of an area rug, and perhaps something similar to the one in the master bedroom. As it is the black leather chair and sofa, along with the walnut-toned floor, are a tad heavy in relationship with the walls and particularly the sheer drapes. Another option might be wood blinds at the windows with black tape trim.

Love the kitchen!

I like the colors in the bedroom but I'm not sure about the angle position bed

beau-ti-ful! what is the paint color on the bedroom walls?

your kitchen rules!

I really like the kitchen, too. This place has really nice *combinations* of color, and that really stands out against many of the other submissions. Very nice.

Georgia, you are too cool for school!
Who said there's clutter? They are cray-zay!
One thought...take it with a grain of salt...your dining chairs seem a little ordinary compared to the rest of your design aesthetic..I would love to see something a little more unique in there!
You're fabulous, and your kids are very lucky!

Way way too cluttered.

Hey, THANKS for the positive feedback!!

In response to some of the above comments:

The dining room chandelier was purchased from lunawarehouse.com, after searching the entire internet and all of atlanta for the perfect light fixture. That said, it was ridiculously difficult to install. Hire a professional if you were seriously thinking of getting one.

St@cy, we actually do have 2 sets of the nesting cubes. They came as a set of 4, and I split them up :)

The photography... that's my husband. He's a professional, so while the house *wasn't* staged, I can see how it might come off that way.

Laura, I'm totally with you on the furniture arrangement in the living room. It bothers me too. I'm also looking for a rug for that room... it's too brown and green for my taste right now. Any suggestions (under $500)?

The bedroom rug came from Urban Outfitters a couple of years ago. That was before I knew how difficult it is to find a great (and affordable) rug!

And, aweekinparis, I'm definitely aspiring to have some wonderful classic chairs in my dining room one day...

thanks again for all the lovely feedback! Oh, and we live in Grant Park (great neighborhood, by the way, for city-dwellers who need some character and a little space!)

seriously...what's your husband's name? does he have a website, does he sell his work on the internet? I looooovvvveee the photograph
:P

This is, by far, my favorite.

You have a lovely home Artsyfamily. I'm with the others who are amazed that they love those red cabinets in the kitchen.

Your choice of colors all through the house are quite soothing . I think they are very smart and modern, while homey and comfortable. Thank you for sharing.

Modfan- thanks for the tips on photographing. Those are helpful.

Gorgeously, elegantly livable. Tasty colors and spaces and well-chosen objects.

Maybe my favorite entry so far. Amazing use of color. I love how you've been able to pair more saturated colors like the red with softer tones. So many times a room feels too soft or loud because it's so chroma-uniform(?) chroma-static(?). Your home is very inviting and very energetic. I love it.

I am all about this one. A PERFECT combo of amazing color and some personality. Beautifully designed rooms - clean without being anywhere near minimalistic. You can tell that you really enjoy living in your home.

artsyfamily- Where did you get the nesting cubbies from? And was the dining light hard to install?

Thanks!

One of my favourites so far.



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Love it!!

What is the green wall color in the living room and dining room called? It is the perfect green!

Gorgeous. The green walls, the kitchen, the light fixture in the first image... I'm moving in tomorrow!

i love the nursery! it is not too "cutesy" but still appropriate for a baby.

You KNOW we love it! Good luck...all the Tannerys

wow. good stuff. i love it.

I was adoring your green walls when the red in the kitchen just POPPED out at me! I LOVE IT! This is one of the best, non-cluttered, beautiful entries I have seen so far. Good luck!

I just took a walk around Grant Park for an hour today! It is my favorite Atlanta neighborhood. The houses are so incredible; I notice a different detail on every single one every time I walk around there. I'm right across route 20 from you in the Highlands.

Becky

I'd agree with the too cluttered comments (specifically re: the living room) --it may not be tons of actual "clutter," but there are many different patterns going on... I like the kitchen a lot, but the other rooms seem to have a lot of competing elements.

What color is that green on the walls in the dining room?? i LOVE it!

hi artsyfamily - if you're still monitoring this thread, can you tell me where you got that cute mini-orange desk caddy?? so wee!!