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re: "i haven't seen all the photos yet, but..."
Is it asking too much for you to reserve lenghty comment and judgement until you do?

re: "My advice to you is move."
Wow. Nasty. And not in a the good way.

You know. It's a nice place, and you've got some unique things. I have no problem with bugs or baby-doll heads. Although it was posted as a request for advice, you defend your decisions, so it doesn't sound like you really want to change much. If I were to give any once piece of practical advice, I'd say invest in an art hanging system. The art hung along the one large wall looks like your nails were thrown at the wall like darts (by someone with bad aim) and then hung crooked. Otherwise, since you're "nomads" anyway, don't invest anything in this space that you don't plan to stay in anyway, only in things you can bring along on the journey. I invested in an art hanging system recently myself, and I have less need for it than you do. It would also assist with repeated re-hangings, as you could bring the system with you when you move again, as you say you intend to do soon.

On another matter- everyone has their own situation, and I don't know yours, so I will attempt not to judge too heavily, but the fact that you're both artists, you describe yourselves as "nomads" and yet, you're living in a space that would almost certainly require a seven figure income to acquire... How you came into the money, or the space is your own business, but the way you present it with a sort of casual 'We don't really like the space, how can we make it our own? We're just a couple of bohemian traveling artists on a budget with our $65 furniture', seems somewhat disingenuous.

If you are fortunate to be well financed nomads, I would recommend some custom built portable furnishings. You're an architect, you could design them yourselves. At one point in my youth, I lived out of an old Nissan truck with a cab on the back (I don't recommend it), my 1947 commercial VW transported van got stolen- You learn to make-do. While traveling, I had only two pieces of furniture- A large and very well preserved/maintained 1920s steamer trunk that unfolded into a vanity/dresser with lots of drawers and compartments, and a commercial-grade roller rack that was easy to disassemble (courtesy of the dumpster behind the Limited-Express). A fellow traveler once told me I was the "best accommodated nomad" he'd ever met. I could fold up my "kit" in mere minutes and walk out the door, or walk in the door and make a space my own just as quickly.

A few years ago the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum did an exhibit titled "New Hotels for Global Nomads". Most of the show focused on high-end hotel design for the Übber Jet-Set... but as a sort of side exhibit, they had a room created by an artist that did exquisite cabinetry trunks, modeled after the concept of the old traveling steamer trunk. However, they were not standard luggage. When folded up, they resembled impeccably well constructed streamer trunks (writ large). But once unfolded, they fulfilled other purposes. Specifically, the room was called something like "the traveling playboy" or "the mobile bachelor pad" or something of the sort. It had two large trunks, one that unfolded into a swank liquor bar and a portable "stripper" table, complete with brass pole and mirrors.

I'm not saying you should change your lifestyle to that of a whore chasing drunkard. However, if you truly consider yourselves to be "nomads" and wish to move about on short notice, never setting down roots... yet clearly from your accommodations you have means, or at least some kind of financial backing to finance your exploits, and you also have architectural training, I'd suggest designing yourself some foldable/collapsible custom furnishings that fit your lifestyle.

Love it, love it, love it. You have chosen such diverse and interesting pieces of furniture and used them in such inventive ways!

Question 1:
Your floors are white. What are they and are they hard to keep clean?

Question 2:
How does the tatami mat that serves as a room divider work? How does it remain standing?

Congratulations on a great place!

I have the exact same desk as David. Mine belong to my grandmother Marvel. Yes, Marvel. This is a very cool apartment. It cracks me up that they are nomatic minimalists with a wrench collection.

Something I've noticed from the apartment slideshows is that very few people know how to make a bed.

I'm just sayin'.

I didn't even see that 2nd page of pics when I opted for the "all-at-once" feature, until I looked for the bed, per Rebecca.

But, I LOVE that green bedspread in front of the photo mural. Plus the whole place looks kind of fun.

I can't recall ever having seen a rake in a New York apartment. I almost forgot what gardening tools look like and the what they evoke. Mmmm, can almost smell a deliciouly dirty garden....

A 1500 square foot loft space in the Financial Ditrict. Er, um, yes, it is safe to say they could do worse.

I like some of it, but I also get a "Hey, look at us and how quirky/cool we are!" from it that does not sit right with me. And I could really do without the doll heads in jars.

I stand by an earlier observation of a previous Inside Out... if the collected stuff is "natural" and/or "found", the audience here is remarkably tolerant of what they would be quick to label clutter otherwise.

Those "standing bears" are actually meerkats.
Don't mean to be anal.. I just like meerkats and want them to get their props. :)

For some reason when I first saw the photo of the dining area, I thought "London" before I even read the text.

I am drawn to the same "objets on white" decor. I have a particular fondness for milk bottles -- I saw you have a few -- and carved signs, which I think could be a great addition to your space. Love the idea of antique wrenches, though I'd be tempted to display them more formally.

Some well-placed swaths of color could help give the apartment depth. You might want to consider some Tricia Guild fabrics... as your apartment reminds me of some in her book, "In Town."

All in all, a great apartment to live in and play with, I am sure!

I like the BoBo feel of this space. Curious to know what was used for the white floor.

A few comments and responses to questions:
- the "standing bears" are meerkats.
- The standing carpets/tatami are sturdy because they are made of hard material, and we "wave" them so they stand (purchased for $5 at a urban outfitter amazing sale). They are great dividers.
- We have acquired a lot since our move to america, and can not be called "minimalists"! Most of the furniture is from san francisco flea markets and garage sales, and some from Ikea.
- Yes, white floors are hard to keep clean, especially with 2 furry and vomiting cats.
- The big picture on the bedroom wall is borrowed from Caitlin Masley - a great New York artist whose studio is in our neighborhood.

I would love to get your advice on:
- Our place feels like a giant office in which we have moved our stuff. How could we make it cosier? It doesn't feel "warm and cosy".
- Any advise on where to get some plants in NY?

Thanks everyone!

Whoever said: "I like some of it, but I also get a "Hey, look at us and how quirky/cool we are!" from it that does not sit right with me. And I could really do without the doll heads in jars."

A "look aren't I cool?" look? For god's sake, what's wrong with being a little quirky, making your place a little more personal, more creative? If there are any insecurities in this exchange, it's in the accuser. Idea-squelchers.

I applaud your sense of independence in thinking about your space.

Some people should wake up from their Crate and Barrel clone worlds.

Anyway, about plants. Have you ever tried a jade plant? Very hardy. Very hard to kill.

Here's cozy idea, where you can still get a lot of that light, but it wouldn't be easy:

Build yourselves an enormous turntable (lazy Susan) in the middle of the space, and divide it into sectors whose doorways open into the center, and then it would be more cozy, and yet you could turn whatever room you were in toward those huge windows whenever you wanted to flood that one with light.

easy there, j-chan!

i like the space, i like that kitchen, but agree with patrick (the other one). the doll heads are weird, and, i gotta say, i'm really grossed out by the bug-and-rodent-thing. is that a real live water bug climbing the wall in photo 8???

also, i agree with the bed-making technique, or lack thereof. sorry :)

I am a "home improvement" contractor specialzing in painting/carpentry in nyc coop/condo residential apartments: I have viewed thousands of occupied apartments over the years - this rates among the most tastefull I have seen thus far.

Love your apartment.

if you really wish to make it cosier (or just less officy), I'd say separate your lounge space from the rest by using a couch as a divider. One that is beatiful from all sides. Think of the Gijs van der Sluis couch (google it, if you need to), which will retain the airy quality of the apartment.

Don't go for plants if you do not very, very much love them. otherwise, it will always be an office plant, won't it?

Put a very bright carpet in your lounge area. Very, very bright. Non primary colours are an invention of the devil.

Try to use intelligent lighting to separate areas.

Invite guests from Amsterdam (preferably me). they are cosy people, who will look both fashionable and cosy in your apartment. ;-)

Since when did it become cool to say "space" instead of room. Call it like it is. If it's a kitchen, call it a kitchen. It's annoying when people try to be more hip than they really are.

I have to agree with squixan, the whole rodent bug thing really grossed me out. I don't know.. I guess I have completely different taste and this just isn't my thing. It doesn't feel very personal to me, even though they have their various collections displayed. I don't know i can't put my finger on it. There is something about the dolls heads that makes it seem like someone is trying a bit too hard to be different.

Dearest Matt,

I said SPACE because i like the layout of the room more than the actual content of the room, and because since its a loft, the word SPACE seemed more appropriate.

Really appreciate the semantics lesson though. Enlightening and relevant.

I really like the map on the floor "space".

I love the apt and many of the pieces (functional or otherwise).

For me, the thing that makes a place/space feel less cozy (or peaceful) is too much visual stimuli spread throughout a place/space.

If I had all your cool stuff, I'd probably try to group/concentrate things in various areas of the room and leave some other areas/wall space empty/blank to delineate your big space into smaller cozier spaces.

I like the map on the floor, too.

j-chan
I love creativity. Honest. Not an idea-squelcher here. Also, absolutely no insecurity about my ability to assemble or critique a space.

And some of my favorite interiors here have been very much out of the box. Much more so than this loft is.

A reminder, I started my post by saying I liked some of this (the floor map, for example, and the deft mix of furniture styles). But bugs pinned to walls and jars of heads do not do it for me, nor do they herald (to me) any sense of creative brilliance or inherent high style. I had college pals doing this kind of stuff in dorm rooms in 1985. Sorry if that makes me too much a clone for you.

Ultimately, it's about what works for them. Or you. Or me. But to call this super-duper creative-- and call me a clone for thinking it's not-- isn't really fair.

Justine--
I meant nothing personal about my comments. I hope you did not interpret it as such. It is all very much personal taste/opinion.

In response to your question about making it cozier, what I find is that, with the exception of the dining table, everything else pretty much hugs the walls. I find expansive space like this works best when "islands" of furniture float away from the walls, anchored by floorcoverings (which go a long way to add texture and the elusive warmth).

I think the "office feel" you talk about is due partly to the furniture you have (the dining chairs and the desk chair, for example) but I actually very much like the vibe of those pieces.

I also think working some "darks" around the space, as a way of counterweighting the dark kitchen wall, is probably also key.

As far as plants, I don't think it a blanket rule that plants "warm up a space", especially a space as industrial (in a good way) as this. I think sometimes plants (imho) in a space like this look like you are having a plant sale. I say embrace the character of this loft, tighten your furniture and accessories into denser groupings, and you'll start to get the feel you want.

You both obviously have a great eye and adventurous spirits, so the warmth will come more from that than a pot of ivy on a windowsill.

I'm a huge fan of Vicente Wolf, and he is a master of taking an expansive white box as you are belssed with and injecting character into it (and creating "rooms" without negating the whole reason you have a loft in the first place). He might be a reference to consider.

There is sooo much to love here, bugs included. Thank you for showing this great office/apt.

The only thing I hated was those damned impatiens in the flowerbox. How about some passiflora or sweetpeas on strings/stick tripods next year? Indestructible!

Close to you and available right now is the Smith and Hawkins Soho store, West Broadway near Broome. They have great sales, since they like to shuffle plants and in and out of that place like there's a trend to follow. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden has a stellar shop, as does the NY Botanical Garden in the Bronx. Stock varies according to season of course, usually succulents, orchids, and bonsai year-round. Also staghorn ferns, which live on a plank and would be great with all your indirect light and old tools.
Check www.bbg.org for their amazing plant sale in May.

Ikea occasionally puts out giant pots of mother-in-law's tongue and such, but their stock is not at all reliable. They often have fantastic clay pots made in Vietnam, huge and affordable.

"I just like meerkats and want them to get their props. :) "

P(too)
Recognizing (and lobbying for) the meerkats gives you yourself a little of that quirky/cool today. That's real. In this flat, it looks like it's just their stuff. If they want to be a little silly with the kitchen grain storage, I'm not bothered.

p.s.
I think we could guess by the posts who on this board makes their bed and who doesn't . . .

Re; making it cozier...

I think you need some soft things in there. Almost everything I saw in the pics was hard, except the bed and pillow on a chair.

A big rug and a sofa would be good.

i really love the map on the floor. i just wanted to pop in and say that you should definitely get plants. you have so much wall space, why not pick an area, put up shelves and make a whole wall of potted plants (or use it away from the wall to divide your space). and i would think that rugs (and fabric in general) would definitely cozy up the place.

quick question for justine- what sf flea markets did you go to? i've been to the huge once a month one on the pier (i always confuse alemany and alameda, but it's one of those), and i would LOVE to know about any others that i can check out.

thanks!

I think I'd prefer to read posts that are along the line of "It's not my taste but A. it's interesting, or B. glad to see you expressing yourself..." I get that elephant-standing-on-my-chest feeling when "absolute" statements are made about what is good or bad, tasteful or not. It's all highly personal, isn't it?

Libby (who will not be sharing photos of her "quirky" eclectic world anytime soon)

I really enjoyed this space. It speaks to the people who live and work there. I loved the meerkat statues and want them for my deck. Meerkats are awesome. I also loved the map on the floor. Nice mix of decades, styles, and designs. Everything did seem a bit pushed back towards the walls. What about creating more "rooms" to live in by moving the furniture more into the space? Maybe I'm just not seeing the photos quite right. Anyway.. what's spinning on the double turntable these days?

Dear Justine and David:

Thanks for your reply about the floors. I love yours, but like you, I have two shedding and vomiting cats. Will keep trying to figure out what to do.

Good luck in making your place cozier!

as an urban planner, I really like the satellite map. Kitchen area could be better defined (the wooden kitchen cart seems overwhelmed by the black of the kitchen wall and the rest of the room).

I like the spontanaity of a work always in progress as the furniture on wheels seems to show.

Bugs are fine, but if you are gonna go that route, why not go stronger.

The apartment I am building out right now will have a floor that seems similar (concretey with a white polished industrial paint) and I hope it looks as nice.

A thought about the plant idea. I think that really small plants in a small that seems that large might get lost, and a lot of small plants might seem like the remaindered ENDS of a plant sale.

In a space of that size -- OK, almost any size -- I like to see something like a tree. Or, if you have room, more than one tree. OR ... just GO for a "retail" look of a whole bunch of one kind of one smaller plant, in a neat row somewhere.

The plants that I have, of course, look perfect where they are only because they are fake, and they are near windows, which makes it look like I care that they might live (if they were real), but are mainly seen at night with up-lights below them, which helps them create nice shadows on the ceiling, but do not make it obvious how fake they are.

coucou Justine & David ! I love everything, it's really you !
please please do not put a couch as a divider(sorry Ralf) ... it would be like in any other flat.
- wish I can visit you some time - bisous to F+M

Cockroaches: David has a phobia of them. I had to get plastic ones and leave them all over our apartment in San Francisco before we moved to new york - so he would get accustomed to them. In this apartment, I have kept only 2 of them, and added a real (but dead) hissing Madagascar cockroach.

Doll heads in jars: they have lived in my jar since 2000 and like it there. They are also helpful to scoop out grain.

Impatient on the balcony: are a gift from our landlord. I'm grateful, but the cats chew them up and vomit.

Floors: I think that they are made of resin. Scratch easily. Are always dirty. David and I have shifts to clean vacuum and mop, usually twice a week. I'm dreaming of having plants but cats will eat them and vomit more.

Flea Markets near San Francisco: the big one first sunday of every month is in Alameda, near Oakland. The little one every sunday is on Alemany street in san francisco.

Thank you all for your comments. This morning I followed some of your advice and moved some furniture around, including the desk and the big blue arm chair - in an attempt to have less stuff "hugging the walls".

Justine--
That reasoning about the bugs is quite funny! (not laughing at David's expense, I swear! As I can relate...) But it proves that context is everything!

I've seen rather gorgeous "botanical" prints of insects of all sorts... maybe that could be the next step in creating intentional design out of required therapy! :) Or overscaled schoolroom charts of bugs, which I've also seen and would look amazing per the enviable scale of your space.

Doll head scoops... that also made me laugh, too. And what sold me is your comment "...and like it there." I'm convinced! :)

Do you adjust your recipes accordingly? (Take two heads of black beans...)

Thanks for you patience with us armchair designers! Keep us posted on how the *space* (because I refer to all the rooms...) continues to evolve.

Saw this on today's Scavenger and thought it could fit right in...
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/fur/88848313.html

Speaking of fondness of bugs, I once had a spider in a former apartment that became kind of a beloved pet. I loved to fling ants off a nearby counter into its web and watch it zip into action and wrap it up in its filaments. This was only a couple of years ago.

The chair on the craigslist posting cost a fortune.
We spent $60 (yes, it's sixty) on the WHOLE set (table + 4 chairs) - got it at the alemany flea market, on a rainy day. Table had zero scratch, but we had to spray paint the legs.
I always get better deals on rainy days. My favorite table in the house is a brown little table that I got for 10 because it was soaked.

I agree with the poster who said this apartment made him think of London.

I love the justaposition of old wooden benches, insects and old, rusty wrenches with the super white all 90 degree angled modern apartment.

I love your apartment - fascinating. I too have collections - some vulnerable to attack from design critics - some not.

If I had money - and I were you - I'd buy a rara (a turkish rug - rara means soul - I think)

I'd cover that floor piece - once in a while - to change the apartment's "oufit". I'd put the chairs and table over the rug so there would be a concentration of furniture in one area but the expansive quality stays intact.

An apartment like this makes me wonder what you'd do if you won the lottery - to me - it looks like you already did.

Great space.

Looks like you guys need some good storage for the clutter, preferably something with doors and drawers so you don't have to look at all the stuff.

You might try some of the wall storage systems at Ikea (my favorites are the Billy and Expedit systems).

Re: cats eating plants and vomitting, I have this problem too, but I love plants so I have used trial and error to discover which plants are less attractive to the cats. Of course, your cats may have different tastes, but for me it has worked to get things with fairly thick leaves--jade plants, rubber plants, your basic pothos, things like that. Stuff with thin little leaves they will gobble right up. Also, avoid spider plants--they're poisonous to cats.

Wait - hasn't this been posted before? I recognize the space, and the map on the floor, and the chairs at the table, etc. Is this a repeat?

i haven't seen all the photos yet (at work and don't have time for watching slideshows), but my first impression is that you have a lot of cool stuff, but clearly this isn't the apartment for it.

it looks like somebody took all the stuff from a cute quirky west coast apartment, ran it through a Star Trek transporter, and beamed it to a cold, minimalist, white box high rise east coast apartment. like you put goldie hawn from back in the day in a business suit and sent her to work on wall street.

my advice to you is to move. for what you're probably paying for this space, you could easily move to somewhere cute and quirky in brooklyn or the lower east side, which is where all your stuff secretly really wants to live.

either that or start transitioning to a cooler, cleaner look if you are dead set on this apartment.

Hey anon, Jill has explained this before. She posts old house tours on Mondays and new ones on Wednesdays.

She also adds an "orignally posted on" plus date of original posting at the end of the post.
In addition if you look at the dates of other ppls' comments you will see that most were posted at the time/date of the original tour.

which would also explain how there are 43 comments before 2pm on a monday. i was like, "ok, i know i've been busy this morning, but DAMN!"

I SO agree with the opoponax. This apartment wants to be something else. There's nothing wrong with the place or what's in it, just not together. For the time being, edit (a lot) and cluster more. The editing will create better synergy with the space, and clustering (particularly seating areas) will create more comfort.

Justine asked for suggestions on how to make it feel more cozy. I agree with p(too) on rugs. I've found that's helped me define spaces in my home. I have no formal front entry space and the hardwood floors run right to the front door. To protect the hardwood and provide a sense of a front entry area, I bought high traffic carpet squares and laid them down. I later saw this same approach used in home that's of your vintage and style (early 2000s white-box loft.) Rugs are a classic way of defining spaces and softening hard ones.

The pictures give the impression that most or all of the lighting is affixed to the ceiling. If that is so, you might consider floor or table lamps that increase the diversity of light angles. All light from above *can* give an interrogation room lighting feel.

The reason it doesn't look "warm and cosy" is because it's still a white box, with mostly hard elements added. To warm it up, you need some other textures and/or colours. A rug to delineate the living room space would work, for example. Or hang some drapey fabric in a warm colour from the ceiling to provide a softer transition to the bedroom. You could paint a section of wall or ceiling (or floor?) in a warm colour.

chris (nyc) gets Quote of the Day for:

"I'm not saying you should change your lifestyle to that of a whore-chasing drunkard."

how is suggesting that if this apartment isn't in line with their taste (as they themselves said), they should move, any nastier than:

"I like some of it, but I also get a "Hey, look at us and how quirky/cool we are!" from it that does not sit right with me. And I could really do without the doll heads in jars."

or

"But bugs pinned to walls and jars of heads do not do... not herald (to me) any sense of creative brilliance or inherent high style. I had college pals doing this kind of stuff in dorm rooms in 1985. Sorry if that makes me too much a clone for you."

or

"...to call this super-duper creative-- and call me a clone for thinking it's not-- isn't really fair."

i also passed no judgement on them or their stuff or their space. this is a perfectly lovely apartment. i like all their stuff immensely. i love their approach and the way they've gone to thrifting and flea market finds rather than the big name stuff. i think they've done quite well with what they have here, and the apartment looks totally liveable.

but it's clearly not their style, or what they're looking for in a home. as they themselves said. they should do what would make them really happy and just find a place that already is cozy rather than going to great lengths to cozify a space that was designed to be cold and minimalist.

Oy.

You're right. I'm wrong. Satisfied?

i love those kitchen chairs!!!!

(the kitchen is fantastic!
jettison the wooden trolley thing)

jesus christ.

i'm not trying to be right.

i'm just trying to get you to quit accusing me of passing judgement when i'm one of the few in this thread who has done nothing of the sort.

ps: Thanks for ressurrecting my year-old comments, taken completely out of context, to prove how much worse I am than you.

your original comment to this tour (a year ago, yes) was to pass judgement on the occupants because their collections and knicknacks aren't to your taste.

but i tell them to go with their taste and find a space that is more in line with what they're looking for, and somehow i'm spiteful and mean and nasty.

oy is right.

I'll try this again:

You're right. I'm wrong. Satisfied?

and ps, my taste is VERY eclectic, so you've totally misinterpreted my old comments anyhow.

heys guy your tiff is upsetting the meercats

I like this apartment and don't find it cluttered. I'm usually opposed to trying to make a modern apartment antique-y, but I think the vaguely industrial feel of some pieces - such as the wrenches - work nicely here. I also think the "stuff" is SO quirky it can't be planned to be that and therefore seems an authentic expression of taste.
Justine - For plants go to 28th Street. Start on the south corner of 6th Avenue and work west. Good prices.

I don't think anyplace HAS to be minimalist because it happens to be a white loft. That would be kind of predictable, wouldn't it?

Some of the coolest sparselv-furnished spaces I've seen have been old English houses with lots of architectural detail. They don't need to be stuffed to the gills, either, just because that was the fashion when they were built.

Really like David's desk.

The only "clutter" I see here is the amount of wires and cords and some of the boxed items on the bookshelves. Art, books and beloved collections are not bleepin' clutter. Most of us don't want to live in a freaking monastery.

I'm still working at grasping how people who are "unsentimental about stuff" have accumulated so very much of it.

I'm entertained by how it's arranged, though.

What kind of flooring is that?

Hi guys -

LOVE the dining room set, and the great looking vintage desk with the modern desk chair - nice juxtaposition. As far as Justine's request for ideas to warm up room: perhaps divide the dining area from the living area with an upholstered, comfy sofa (facing the living area, maybe with a sofa table behind it to divide the room even more?). It just seems to lack textiles, which can warm a room sginificantly. Also, if there were a way to hang loft curtains over the industrial looking doors, that coule warm it up and make it less office-like.

Too bad we can't do little sketches here so we can give you a mini floor plan to explain ideas - perhaps a new software idea to expand on?

But I love the open space - very cool.

hello david and justine,
a friend of mine forwarded me this link. it is very bizarre but we lived in this apartment before we moved last year at the end of march. here you can see a picture: http://www.nathalievanmulken.com/background.htm

we lived there for 3 1/2 years but moved to a cozier space :) by the way, to make things even more strange, my husband's name is david, is from london, and we also met and married in san francisco (we lived in the soma/mission district there).

thanks,
nathalie

I love Justine and David's stuff. Thay have an awesome colletion of interesting items. I've always wanted a loft and they're lucky it's such a HUGE space. I love the doll heads in the spice jars and the map on the floor. I think however, the fact that the space is so large and so white (I don't like the floor, reminds me of a school or hospital) makes it hard to seem cozy and "homy". The furniture looks random a little (just a little).

But I LOVE you dinning chairs and all your artwork and the comedic little details here and there (like the doll heads). It's a really neat space.

Also, some people on here get offended by such stupid things.

When I red that Justine found that dragonfly and brought it home, I got a jolt to the past picturing my lil sister brigning home far worse things then pretty drangonflies( aka: worms in a jar and keeping them till they died)

And, the kitchen is gorgeous, I love the dark cabinets.

Sorry, I think this apt is terrible! Those doll heads in jars and wrenches along the window just have to go! They are tacky and artsy (in a bad way). The only thing I like is the space and balcony. I guess, I would keep those yellow chairs and just start over.

Wow Nathalie,

You would think that you had better things to do at 2:57 AM no? Guess David is still David in all ways including not being man.

It's coming just wait.

You know who.

the last to post sounds like a freak

Somehow I missed this when it ran before ... oh well.

Although this isn't my personal style, there are things I love about it and things I hate. LOVE the wrench collection. How excited you must get when you find another one when you're out at flea markets! HATE the dead bugs and penchant for rodents. Perhaps that's why your floors are white ... so you can see all those creepy crawlies! ;-)

Sometimes I look at a house tour and get a glimpse of someone's lifestyle.
Not everyone likes everything.
But some spaces do inspire you to offer constructive comment.
But this place does not move me at all.
I just don't like it.