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Oh wow, this is gorgeous. I do love the floors.

Good writing, too.

I really love this space and the banquette is very cool and a great way to store all those books. However...the 'man cave' has quite a number of both pillows and florals. This is a 'confindent man cave'. :) Very nice...the floors I think are wonderful.

Fabulous posting and fabulous dwelling. I LOVE the pendant in the bedroom and I love the "man cave". Though it doesn't really say 'guy' at all. :)

I'm lovin the 3D wall mural. I've been noticing an exciting wall mural trend. Here are some fun ones: http://www.modernests.com/

Nice.

I like the look of the bookcase banquette but how do you find a particular book? Get down on your hands and knees? Sit on the banquette and lean over with your head between your knees?

very nice space; great entry with photos that do the space justice!

Now *this* is more like it -- what a great house!

Not getting a good overview of the layout. Floor plan?

Really beautiful. The grey is modern, but doesn't feel "cold".

love it! gorgeou space!

I love the "man cave" and I'm a woman. Also, books aren't hard to find if they are organized. It's a fairly clever use of space.

The Nuart Theater is only in LA right? It's not like the Orpheum Theater where every major city has one. Or am I mistaken?

Love the space, and this is my favorite guest writer to date!

I'm sorry, but are we going to have super-wealthy bloggers now? It is a very nice space, inspirational on a high level. But I'd like to see AT bloggers who are dealing with some of the everyday challenges that most of us deal with -- space, budget, etc. This is more like the kind of space that one would find in Elle Decoration UK -- really gorgeous place with some great ideas -- but ultimately not that accessible or relatable.

Just my 2 cents. I'm all for a full house tour of this place though!

I have to say, I'm with lolax. Though the space is really beautiful, it makes me sad to think that NONE of it is accessible at all to me. I'm in my early 20's, and I am trying to do my best to design my apartment on a shoestring budget. It's all fine and dandy if her writing is excellent, but I really hope you're not choosing applicants based on their interiors alone.

Emily

lolax, I have to disagree. While I too could never afford any of the things in this apartment it is still nice to get design inspiration.

The collection of artwork over the bed in white frames, for instance, could be replicated very easily on for a lower budget.

Not saying I hope this blog turns into Architectural Digest, but it's nice to see how the other side lives every now and then ;)

I'm confused. I thought Anna was writing about Candace & Chris's apartment?

And yes, I enjoyed her writing. Since I don't think this place belongs to her, I'm not worried about applicants being chosen based on their own own fancy homes.

I'd love to have a proper tour of this place. It's beautiful and, as louisw noted, inspirational.

I gotta say, though... I have never seen so many throw pillows in the same interior. I'm pretty sure that there are throw pillow warehouses that have fewer throw pillows than this place.

Great place !! (except for the bedroom mural, which I just hate, but I still greatly admire the boldness of the person who did it). I love the color scheme, the grey, the floors, the light, the patterns and the home decor !!

The house and the writing got my vote.

On a side note: I don't think the income of the prospective bloggers should be taken into account. I'd choose based on motivation, dedication, writing style and knowledge of the design industry, its highs and its lows. Being able to afford great pieces doesn't mean you don't know about cheaper stuff, but the opposite isn't always true.

The book benches look awesome!

Kudos. The mural is breathtaking, I'd love to see a pic of the wallpapered ceiling as well.

Good luck Anna, I love your post. (and I love the bedroom mural) :-)

Eh, a note after reading some of the previous comments.
This house is by far NOT one of the "wealthy" ones presented in a.t. Not even remotely making it. It's just big and it _looks_ classy, but it's funny that comments like this should appear here and not under some of the really provocative a.t. flats.

Tulopeid,

I am a Manhattan real estate broker. Without seeing the rest of the place, but having seen many many homes like this one in the same neighborhood, I can tell you that that loft is worth at least 1.4 million dollars, in a bad economy.

Figure in a 30 year mortgage and 20% down with carrying costs every month in maintenance a conservative $1,500, you are looking at paying $8,000 every month. The income range needed to sustain this would be around $500,000.

Making $500,000 is certainly "big and classy."

Now I see that Anna's writing about someone else's loft and that makes me feel fine. She IS an excellent writer. Thanks for the clarification, all!

Emily

This is a beautiful loft, and I would love to see a full "house tour" of it.

But I have to agree with Lolax & Emily... Apartment Therapy has already gentrified significantly over the past few years -- a development that's both inevitable and kind of sad for some of us long-time readers -- and so I hope that Maxwell & Co. select a blogger who can personally relate to the challenges of not-a-lot-of-space not-a-huge-budget.

That would show their commitment to the majority of readers on the site who don't have the budget to buy & decorate a classic SoHo loft.

OK, now I see! My sincere apologies, Anna -- my bad for not reading carefully. Great post and great writing.

(That said, I still stand by my earlier comments about the overall gentrification of Apartment Therapy over the years.)

Really like the overall style -- no space is identical to the other, but it's still all cohesive and works well together.

However ... you could easily lose ten remotes in that array of pillows in the 'man cave'.

Thumbs up for the great writing and photos.

And this place is beautiful, I'd love to see a full house tour.

My friends at OpenShop Studio designed this gem. If you like this space, check out some of their other fabulous apartments/interiors for inspiration: www.openshopstudio.com

I am glad to see that someone credited Openshop Studio with the design of this space as it is too good of design for them to not get credit for. I would expect better from Apartment Therapy. They also designed another apartment in the same building.

Thanks for the comments, everyone. I am horrified that I accidentally omitted the architects' names, so yes: Openshop Studio, Mark Kroeckel and Adam Hayes. You can see more photos of Candace's space on their very cool website, openshopstudio.com.

I have wanted to do that with book shelves for years! I knew it would look great. This can be done on a budjet. I have seen where kitchen cabinates were reinforced and used in this way. I have a little old house that I got for a song years ago and will someday do this on the sunporch. It looks great! This would be great for small apartments that needs seating and book shelves. I don't think this is out of anyones league. Just take the idea and make it your own way! Art.com also has beautiful posters that look just as good as the real thing. I have a gorgeous home and everything in it was either low cost or second hand.

cool mural.

Great space, and lovely house call! I too would love to see a whole house tour.