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This is really lovely. Great job on your place. You used the perfect amount of restraint, yet your personality shines through. Enjoy and thanks for sharing.

You inherited some great 'bones' with those high ceilings, nice floors, and pretty moldings, and then did wonderful things. Very cohesive.

Looks like a nice place to live. Love your dining room chairs--great fabric.

I used to have one of those under-window "refrigerators" like the one in your kitchen in an apartment I lived in a long time ago. I used to keep tools in mine. Do you use yours for anything?

Aside from the fact that I really admire everything you've done with this space, your house tour was exceptionally well photographed. Well lit and viewed from many angles, you can get a real sense of the space and the layout. Anyone thinking of entering any of the AT contests would do well to study this tour!

Oo-- where're the coffee tables from?

I love the tile on the kitchen floor.

Beautiful home! Everything is well coordinated but not overdone. Beautfiful job!

Eternally jealous of your wonderful dressmaker's mannequin. *le sigh*

Great house tour- this is such a complete (and honest) depiction of a real home. Neat (but not fussy), a work in progress, intriguingly eclectic. And, of course, it doesn't hurt to have a handsome cat in the picture :)

It really looks so much more spacious than 950 sq. ft. I guess that comes with restraint and not putting things in every nook and craney which is what I tend to do. When I first saw the tiles in the kitchen, I thought bathroom. I think the kitchen would be wonderful in a checker board tile/linoleum if you are intent to redo it. A shame because I'm sure that it was expensive! All in all, a very lovely light-filled space.

Beautiful place and definitely an exercise in restraint, but not so much that it doesn't look lived in.

Lovely - you're one of my top 3 favorite contributors!

This is very close to my personal style. I love the more traditional furnishings presented in an open, light-filled environment so that they don't feel fussy - it's cozy and comfortable without being staid. I think I'd fit right at home here. It's simple and elegant, but still has personality and doesn't feel like it's from a catalogue. I also love the old building. And the kitchen looks good to me! This is a very nice example of a truly livable, well thought out home. I like that guests coming here would get to appreciate their company and be comfortable rather than being overwhelmed by design trends.

Oh, and I have the same dining table, only mine is a size smaller (fits 4 chairs instead of six).

I agree that this was photographed very well... thank you for giving us a sense of your space and the layout of your home rather than a lot of close ups of cute/cool collectables. Your home is beautiful... loved the coffee tables and the bed... and dressmaker's dummy... and the green counter tops might not be so bad... could be worse right? thanks for the inspiration.

The design is calming and relaxing even the cat lies down next to the heater comfortably. It looks like people living in it. I love it.

I love how pets always weasel their way into photos. My cat and dog can disappear in the house for hours (except for feeding time), and as soon as I get the camera out, the two hams are popping up in every shot.
Your house is lovely, too!

Love that you're featuring the NYTimes puzzle too: Makes me believe the house is actually as curling-up comfortable as it looks.

Love it. My own apartment is very similar to this with the wood floors, big fancy radiators, all the molding, etc. and this gives me some great ideas for what to do with my space.

That mirror in your bedroom - how did you hang it within the molding on the door? I recently broke my full-length mirror and would like to hang a new one inside the molding just like this.

love the kitchen floor. the irregularities are charming, like snowflakes.

Yes, pls let us know where you found those coffee tables...
gorgeous!

A very nice and lived in space without being cluttered which is nice.

However, it's way to muted color wise for my taste. If it were me in there, I'd be adding bold shots of color everywhere to couterbalance all the gray and white going on because as it is now, it almost looks washed out w/ the subtle gray and white and the furnishings having a similar color/tone going on as well, otherwise, a well done space and I will agree its very well photographed and definitely gives one a good sense of how your space is and its layout.

Nice job

Wow. Thanks for all the nice comments!
Coffee tables are from Viva Terra. I listed all the sources I could think of in the text.
klt108 - the odd little door under the kitchen window is a refrigerator of sorts? Ours is sealed so tightly shut we cannot use it for anything.
kendokendokendo - the place came with the mirror already in the closet door but I looked closely and looks like if you just get a mirror cut to size and then attach molding around it it would work.

this is kinda random, but doesn't it defeat the purpose of having a surround-sound speaker system when they're all stacked on top of the tv?

This is my current dilemma. Everyday I want to do something different with my apartment and as a result I have done nothing. I'm also having trouble making the commitment to paint since I do not own but I don't plan on moving for a while an i would really like to make my apartment feel like home. Nice to know I'm not the only one having commitment issues when it comes to my living space.

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two more speakers are cleverly hidden behind couch and chair :)

What I really love about these type of places is the way the wooden floors can just change and created such a mood in the entire space. Even with your light paint color choice, I still feel that comfort throughout the pictures. I think because the kitchen and bathroom both have white tile flooring, darker wall paint would benefit it from looking a little cold. I really love the shelves in the bathroom though, I love that type of glass that blocks vision, its simple, but great!

This is so beautiful. It's clean, but lived in and you can tell it's well-loved. Definitely an inspiration for me.

Lovely spaces: calm and serene. I like exactly the amount of color you have going on there. It's balanced perfectly by your luminous neutrals.

Curious whether you have problems with Simon's desire to scratch the jute rugs (although he certainly does look very well-behaved.)

I like the cozy kitchen and I like the cute kitchen window.

Elvis - Simon is actually as well-behaved as he looks! When he was a kitten and would scratch on furniture we just sprayed him with a water bottle. He got the message pretty darn quick. I think we only sprayed him twice. He does dig his claws into the rug and then stretches but as long as he isn't really scratching it up, I'm okay with that.

Unfortunately, I was unable to get beyond slide 31. This happened with the last house tour I received. Ironically, two interiors I loved.
This one is what I would describe as calmly restrained. Quite a coup without making the space look cold and unlived in or overly minimally decorated. It looks like a delightfully livable home. The lack of the big color splashes someone suggested obviously reflect the personalities of those that chose not to have them. There are small, very original and pretty ones like the jar on the kitchen wall and the painting in the dining room that picks up colors in the chair fabric. Very discreet and easy to live with for the long haul. Hope you don't clutter it more.

Is the refrigerator painted? And how? I wouldn't mind painting mine.

It is that cool! I was lucky enough to be invited here for dinner.

Thanks for mentioning us and we're so glad that you like the print -- it's beautiful and looks perfect in your home (which is lovely!)
-Jaime

Very Scandinavian-influenced. I enjoyed it very much. I liked the muted colors and I loved the old-fashioned kitchen. I get so sick of seeing what HGTV calls "gourmet kitchens." Everything worked so well. Congratulations, and I hope you are happy in Hoboken. It seems like it's a fun place to live, with a lot of creative people in the town.

I agree: Lovely and serene. My 1927 Manhattan apt also has one of those aforementioned "under-window refrigerators" and I've always been told that it's a potato cellar -- a cool dark place to store spuds. I would use it if it weren't sealed shut!

What is the comfort/feel of your jute rug on your feet?

I'm considering a large one for my dinning room (which is almost a carbon copy of yours in color, size, molding). But jute seems so itchy and painful on bare feet. I work from home and rarely wear shoes or socks throughout the day.

@sparrowirene: It's more of a "cooler," depending on the season. If you can pry it open, you'll find that there are some holes in the back that vent to the outside. During cold weather, perishables would keep a little longer in the little cooler.

I really like this...but I am sorry that mannequin is freaking me out...way too silence of the lambs for me.

@thorndale jute rug is fine on bare feet. sure its rougher than a wool or other material rug but it is still comfortable.
@ciscogirl1 yes, fridge is painted. see this link:

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/sf/how-to/how-to-make-a-chalkboard-fridge-like-danny-seos-012857