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what a lovely home....fantastic use of color!

I would kill for a bare brick wall... Lovely place.

I am with Sol, love the exposed brick wall. Love your space

finally a cohesive entry

Stunning! Glamorous and comfy.

You can tell each element of this home was chosen with thoughtful care. I love the brick backsplash in the kitchen that ties in the exposed brick in the living room. Beautiful.

Fabulous! The best entry so far! Great choice of colors. Sheepskin rug on the dark floor, brick wall and bluish-gray color are my favorites.

This is the FIRST entry that I've actually enjoyed. You have a beautiful home that looks cohesive, comfy, and inviting.

LOVE IT! Great colors. The wallpaper in the bathroom is great!

This is the epitome of urban glamour! I love how she used color in both a classic yet contemporary way. I love all of it--the wallpaper in the bathroom, the exposed brick wall, the cool blue gray with bright pops of red. Fabulous!

This place has real class, it is beautiful, I love it.

can i move in? every detail is gorgeous and this will definitely serve as inspiration for my first condo!

Gorgeous place. Looove how you pulled it all together.

This is fabulous, and I love the cohesiveness of it. The cool colors and hard edges are balanced out by the warm neutrals, bright red accents and soft-looking materials.
And the b/w wallpaper is awesome. When can I house-sit?

My favorite thus far. Absolutely Beautiful.

Beautiful home.

yay i love seeing all these philly entries!
beautiful home!! narrow philly row homes are so hard to decorate (trust me, i know!) so i give you extra props for this!

Oh, this is gorgeous!!!

I absolutely love it:) Good job! You deserve to win. The colors are beautiful.

I love your place! What a beautiful home!

Stunning!! Love the cool blue grey with all the pops of color. The houndstooth covered chair and the wallpaper are gorgeous. And she has a chandelier in her bathroom.....beautiful!!

This design in phenomenal. Very city chic & by far the best entry I have seen.

Nice to see another Philadelphia entry! Fantastic use of colors! I'm totally jealous of your beautiful brick wall! You have a beautiful and elegant home.

Stunning and sleek! Every room carries the theme of bold colors and patterns paired with glam feminine touches. Very airy with the clear and mirrored surfaces. Love it!

Really well done. One of the few entries in which I like everything!

Great job--strong vision.

You're place is so beautiful! Great use of lighting and colors! Well done!

Very nice. That ottoman is fantastic.

Very Vern Yip -- a splash of red in every room. "Few colors make a statement like red does"

Mazel tov, it's gorgeous!! I love your home it's how I'd love to live. I'm looking for a kitchen light fixture and I'd love to know who makes yours.

very glam. i like the black floors & steps.

I can see your reflection in the window :) Gorgeous place...you just totally intimidated me into maybe not submitting my place after all because I think you just blew everyone out of the water!

wow. love it! my favorite so far!

Well! I WAS going to enter this contest but after seeing the beauty of this place, I see I should refrain.

very very well done! you have a gorgeous home and i love the colour scheme.

I love Sary's house! I always feel welcomed because the furnishings are beautiful but livable, and the color scheme balances warmth and sophistication.

Wonderful! I am SO happy to see another PHILA entry! Love your kitchen. It's one of the best Philly rowhome kitchen rehabs I've seen. Thank you for sharing! We NEED AT in Philly!

first entry i like; way to go!

thanks for all the lovely comments! and to answer coco's question - i got my kitchen light fixture from www.lightinguniverse.com. thats also where i got my powder room fixture from too.

i love the bathroom!

Awesome job at this rehab. I love the use of the patterns and textures throughout. You created an elegant sanctuary that is still very welcoming. Great curtains!!

I am so impressed with this place. I love the use of color here. Love the bathroom.

I love the contrasting textures and full attention to the 3-dimensional space; the smooth black floor/ fluffy sheepskin rug, the rough brick/ soft dancing light, the matte surfaces/ sparkling accents (mirrored coffee table, lamp bases, clock) and the black and white patterns throughout (houndstooth, wallpaper, zebra upholstery and curtains). Elegant, sexy, classic.

Heather Leaf - you should enter this contest regardless of the fact that this is such a primo entry, because MOST of the point of this contest is to show us a HUGE bouquet of colorful homes, and if yours shows color off in a way that makes you smile, you won't be alone, and we want to see it!

Meanwhile... this one really IS making me smile a lot. The use of black-and-white with the colors makes the colors look even better because of the absoluteness of them both.

This is indeed a beautiful home with glamourous finishes and stylish touches that I would love to have for my own home, but I don't think it should be the home that wins because it seems that she has everything she needs. I think there are some other homes in the category that use more colors in more clever ways and could use the prize to ad the final finish.

Ya know, that could be an interesting twist to the contest....to have someone win who is really leaning in a great direction and shows a lot of promise but just doesn't have the funds to finish it off. Then, come back and show us what was done with the winnings! Do a house tour with a before and after!

Heather Leaf, I agree, go ahead and enter anyway! I just submitted my entry last night and I have been debating with myself everything from "I shouldn't have entered, I"m going to get totally flamed!" to "Well my furniture pieces may not be anything special, but I love my colors and want to show them off!" to "My place is cozy and I love it and maybe I can give someone else on a tight budget some inspiration!" Whats the worse that could happen?

This contest isn't for the best unfinished space so i don't think it's fair to disqualify someone who seems to have everything they need.

With that said... I like the contrast between the warm tones of the exposed brick and the dark floors with the cool tones of the blue walls and the metallic/mirrored furniture & accessories. The space is very inviting but the the but it still has a modern edge.

Its curious that people are assuming that this space is finished just b/c it has a well-designed living room, powder room and kitchen.

We haven't seen the other areas of the house, and I have no doubt that the prizes would go to good use in this entry, especially seeing what she's done so far! Someone who addressed these areas so thoughtfully and thoroughly is very deserving.

LOVE this. all the colours flow so nice and I love how you have mixed all the white and black with the brighter colours. Excellent job, colourful without being over the top and I like textiles used.

This is so beautiful. Please tell me where you got the pillows on the sofa with the silver on them.

CLB - those pillows are from West Elm - I bought them two years ago, though, so I don't think they sell them any longer.

two of your images are what drew me into this entire fall colours contest. i spent an hour trying to find that image #8 above, blue wall with white red matted frames houndstooth ottoman. love the contrast in that and in bathroom. you keep black red white from being predictable, heavy or stark.

i adore the powder room black and white wallpaper, the whole house seems warm and cozy, just what u need for fall colors. insta-win!

Awesome apartment!

where did you get those mirrored coffee tables?

By far my favorite place!! The exposed brick, the lighting, the colors.... all so beautifully done. I also love every single accessory, especially your lamps. Where did you get the red one, with the glass base?

The BEST-LOOKING of all the entries. The color scheme is highly contrasting and draws maximum attention to the rooms in your house. The red has high visibility so a little goes a long way...

Lovely home! One of my favorites so far...I loved your kitchen and bathroom...I wish I had a bathroom so chic like this at my home...
Congratulations:)

kmenaker, the lamp is from marshalls!

Swanky loungy apartment. But there is not much color here. Granted there a a few pops of color and lots of neutrals but I wouldnt be using this apartment to showcase effective use of color. Sorry.

this is tres' elegant! please tell what the grey/gray/blu wall color is.I'd very much like to put it on my livingroom walls.Thank you for introducing it!