apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

Love it! Very cool and quirky, but totally in a good quirky way.

That is one very well organized corner! While I don't think I'd like walking into a Tiffany box regularly, I think it's great that you've found a lovely color that makes you happy.

Perfect for a creative space! I would love to do this with one of my rooms...

So clean and fresh, I actually like the idea of the curtain hardware from IKEA - it turned into a decorative art for a small room. Lovely!

I once had an art professor walk up to a painting I was working on, stare at it for a few moments, then say ".....its very....blue". Then he turned heel and walked away.

This is a wonderful start...but not enough to win the competition. You've repeated lots of photos of the blue room - but shown no other space in your house.

One tip - beware of colors that are similar. In the 4th photo you show how vibrant colors can work well together, but in the first photo you've got a creamy lamp, a light wood table, and a light cream sheepskin. They're all in the same color family - but not different enough to 'coordinate' and too different to 'match'.

I love this room!

I love the color, and I think its a great use of it. The room is for creative purposes, and I suspect that is exactly what it inspires: creativity. And I love that the open shelving allows all the vibrant colors of the yarns and goodies to be on display.

Thanks everyone!

I've had some of your Flickr pics in my favs for a while so of course this is an insta-finalist for moi!

Saccharine, but I like it. It reminds me quite a bit of another craft room that was featured on (I think) this same site...does anyone know what I'm talking about?

mmadden, Alicia has an aqua-blue studio too, maybe you're thinking of her?

I'm glad to see this in the contest!

Yay, Amber!

Mmadden, I agree, I've seen it featured somewhere as well. Whether that was livejournal, flickr, here, or elsewhere, I don't know.

Yes, Amber, thanks. That was the one I was thinking about.

AMBER! This is EXACTLY the color i've been looking to put on my walls, but have failed (all the paint chips look too muted and not bright enough). PLEASE share what paint you used! :)

You get MAJOR bonus points from me for that Morrissey print!!

This is a cute room, but I would like to see more photos of the home.

I was going to say that too! That Morrissey print is to die for ... so clever! Did you do it?

And yeah, I've seen a LOT of craft rooms in this color scheme but that's not exactly a bad thing. I just think it's a (perhaps unconscious) ode to years and years of Martha Stewart craft catalogs and magazines etc. floating out there with these same colors. (Again, not exactly a bad thing. No pun intended, I swear) ;-)

mh330 - it's American Tradition "Sea Wave" from Lowes.

And thanks on the Morrissey print. It's by a local artist, Doug Clarke.

I did my dining room in this color with silver accents and it gets rave revue's. I'll rave on about yours now, too. This color opens your space up and if it were any other room I'd say it's too much, but all the personal touches make it a hot creative spot. Love it.

Amber! You know I love your decorating style. I love that color of blue, so fresh and alive and clean. Cute cute cute. And I LOVE the Snoopy dolls. I need to dig mine out!

This is only one room, and it seems like the other entries feature the whole living space?

since when did this contest have to feature your whole house/apartment?? I love this colour, but agree that a bright paint on the walls isn't enough to win this contest when there are so many spaces with more innovation.

i love the idea of using that ikea cd shelf for yarn! i need to do something similar for my fabric stash.

oh and hey MODFAN - for those who've been reading this site and following this contest for years, it's usually only been about one room. it's not really clear in the rules this year that pictures should be submitted for one room or for the whole home. in the past people have submitted single rooms and won... so i think it's still ok.

i love it amber! i can't wait to set my craft room/office up, you're an inspiration to cuteness lovers everywhere :)

that's a bit too much teal for me i think.

Nice colors - but I don't see how this fits with the contest's Fall Colors theme.

Oliviahh - it's fall colors contest, not fall colors-themed contest. They just hold it in the fall.

And yeah, to everyone who wanted to see the whole house, last year's was just one room. I didn't even notice this was a whole house thing! If you want to see more color, you can go here.

I love high energy colors in creative spaces!

Everything is too small, needs some large pieces to give presence. The kitchen chair at the piano made me cringe, although I love the artwork above. STUFFED ANIMALS? What are you, 12? Time to put them in the closet.

Piano? That's a sewing machine. Also the stuffed animals are A) vintage snoopy dolls from my childhood and B) handmade plush by working artists. So I'll keep em, thanks.

AngeLune - I've been a fan of the colors contest for a few years now - what I meant was in this entry we've got lots of the same type of photographs: closeups or head ons. No shots of the space leading into the craft room, no wide angle to show us a couple of walls, nothing more than the individual elements interacting with the blue walls. The one tiny bit of floor we see shows a warm wood, like a pine or oak. That orangy color would balance out the overwhelming blue a little bit if we could see more of it!

I love the color of the room and the elements it is nice to see rooms that do not fit the norm of what everyone else is doing and I feel the warmth and quirkiness of the room and i believe it definitely would help with my creativity, however I do agree with Modfan's comments about shooting the room from different angles and getting a bit of the floor and the doorway into the room it would really make a difference and open up the room to give people an idea of the size of the actually space and probably giving you a better chance a winning....wishing you the best :).

What an awsome room!! I would love to have something like that!

hey, no fair! no links to other websites, amber!

so glad i'm not the only one who loves bright toys and juvenalia! i'd have so much fun working in this room!

What a fun room. It's a great idea to make your crafts room/studio really fun and pleasant, so you want to be in there, working on your projects.

I know I'm a little late, but could you tell me which bookcase you bought from ikea? It looks useful! (I'm a Va beach girl myself!)