Name: David
Location: West Village, NY
Type of Home: Apt.
What inspired you to use color? I have always felt that color is the fastest and cheapest way to "remodel" your place, for the price of a can of paint and some pillows you can re-rock your world. I am inspired by the colors of mid-century America: everything from MGM technicolor musicals of the 40's to Warhol's silkscreens of the 60's, with plenty of 50's and 70's mixed in...
Color Tip: There are no right or wrong colors, use your intuition, if it's true for you than it's true.
Colors Used: split pea, cinder, cuacao orange, pismo dunes, atrium white.
Fall Colors Introduction -------------------------------
Welcome, everyone, to our Fourth Annual Fall Colors Sharing & Contest. We're looking for the most beautiful & colorful home in the world and sharing all of the great ideas we get with our readers. This year we're amping things up and hoping to do things better than ever. There are two basic phases, the Sharing Phase and the Voting Phase...
1. Sharing Phase - you comment, judges decide
The 40 best, completed entries will be posted on a daily basis for three weeks. You can view them all at anytime via our new, improved contest pages under ALL ENTRIES. During this time your comments are VERY IMPORTANT as our six judges will be choosing 16 finalists from each region based on comments and their own colorful opinion.
2. Voting Phase - you vote till you drop
Starting October 20th, finalist voting will begin on a daily basis through our new bracketed voting system, which will pit our 16 finalists against one another until only one remains. Sound exciting? We hope so.
Best, Maxwell
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Love the green and white in the bathroom!
view racheloncegentry's profile
What a quirky/fun apartment - I love it!
view bepsf's profile
I want that tank. I used to have a dog named Tank who we had to put down. My friend gave me a toy tank (fit in the palm of your hand) like yours in memoriam. So I must have your tank.
Photos seem a bit over-saturated so I'm tempted to cry foul but I do love the green paint in your bathroom. Definitely try for the next Smallest, Coolest contest.
view *heather leaf*'s profile
I love that green!
view hanako66's profile
My question was in line with heather's... does it really look like that? That shade of orange is just screaming at me; can't be real. But I like your stuff. The vase on the pot rack is cute.
view whytephoenix's profile
Whoever resized these photos needs to lay off the sharpening - the edge of the laptop looks like a saw! It would be nicer to see these without such heavy-handed editing.
view bene's profile
I love the grey and orange! perfect combo!! And the green is fabulous. Well done!
view noah*'s profile
i do agree about the sharpening on the photos, these could be so beautiful if there were better quality. but i LOVE the kitchen sink. everything about it!
view madfish's profile
first let me apologize about the image quality ,
i tried uploading these files at a higher resolution and
and they wouldn't take .
then i made them so small they took, but look like this ,
so sorry . wish i could try again .
yes ,the orange is really that intense , it's a dutch door paint enamel called Hasolac ,
goes on beautifully in one coat .
and for *heather leaf*
the tank is a $20 thrift store find and is for g.i.joes .
i have seen the same one on ebay , but for quite a bit
more .
david
view cubby's profile
I like your space a lot. I think your space is almost a bit like a grown-up man version of my girl apartment.
Sorry about the pics, but don't worry. We get what you're doing and I, for one, like it.
view lucitebox's profile
Yeah, great space. I love the use of color. Love the kitchen. Where'd you get that silver kettle?
view Helmut's profile
Loving this. Gorgeous colors. This is my fave entry. I work in the deign industry and i can tell you this place is ruling. A genius use of space. A gray is not just another gray - these colors prove that.
VERY NICE
billy beyond
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love the cabinets!
view carlac's profile
What a cool NYC apartment. I really like your kitchen. The bright cabinets are an unexpected and memorable element in your space.
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