apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

I'm really inspired by this entry. I like how thoughtful the layout and the colors are in this room. I also like that she believes that her bare walls should be filled with original pieces that have meaning, and she's not in a rush to find wall-fillers. Kudos to you!

It reminds me of my smaller-scale dollhouses, where the room's style has to be defined by one "statement" because anything more elaborate would be visual clutter.

My tear-out: use of the pillow design to echo the frames.

Very clean. Nice job.

I *love* the bedroom. It's clean and inviting--and very, very restful. The colors and layout are gorgeous; the way the pictures are hung over the bed in a matched pair is very visually appealing. This room honestly looks like something you'd find in a magazine. Kudos on a lovely space.

Alas, there's always a caveat, right? I don't like the actual art. But that's my own opinion and I agree with Cindy's comment about original art that has meaning.

Actually, to me, those two pieces work well as a dyptych as presented here, but I don't think I would like them quite as well separately.

I think they could work well apart, it just depends on placement (say, on a shorter wall) and the things placed around it.

I'm also not a fan of the work, but I gave her a top rating because I think that its not about whether I like the piece, its about integrating original artwork into a private living space. I also like that she's promoting an artist that is emerging and under-represented.

I love that personal connection to the art. I love to buy art straight from the artists, especially when there are right in my own community.

My first reaction (being from earthquake country of course) was: nothing heavy over the bed! But then I quickly remembered that you don't have to deal with that kind of special problem.

I love the art and the bedroom. Crisp, restful but still interesting because of the art. One comment -- if I had these pieces I would want to look at them while I was in bed, so I would put them up somewhere in the room so I could see them from bed.

JP

By the way, when I clicked on the link to the artist, didn't I see the word "antigirl" instead of "antgirl"? Hmm... Anyway, I like how the collage's whirliness looks with the clean look of the room.

You're right, Curtis, it is antigirl.

Bummer. Antgirl sounds much more interesting.

Seems to be the theme today... but where did you get the frame/matting done?

Hi Katie— I framed them myself. The frames are actually Ikea RIBBA. That series comes in lots of sizes and proportionally all fit together so you can hang a bunch in a grid that are all different sizes and they'll all line up on the edges and be spaced equally from each other on the wall.

It's actual glass which is nice, too. Lots of frames at Ikea have flimsy plastic. RIBBA comes in black, blonde wood and white. All the frames I own are from this line in case I want to rearrange them... it's relatively foolproof.

I replaced the mat board inside with archival board from Lee's Art shop (57th between 7th and Broadway.) that I cut myself with a standard mat cutter.

Priya--

Belated congrats on a beee-yoot of a space, and great combination of art and interior decisions. Veyr nice pics, too.

The fact that this was done "on the cheap" is simply staggering!

Nice work. Looks very graphic-design/commercial, which I mean in a complimentary way. I work in advertising, and appreciate a well designed layout. Most of the work in my apartment was originally produced as commercial art of some sort (advertising posters).