After 314 "Thumbs Up" and 6 rounds of elimination voting we have a winner! Congratulations Brenden & Shannon's Charm & Character — a Tiny Division home in San Francisco and the Grand Prize Winner of Apartment Therapy's Smallest Coolest Home Contest sponsored by Room & Board...
A special thanks to all of the contestants for sharing your homes and for all the readers whose votes and participation make our annual contest so exciting. Apartment Therapy will be working hard to post additional photos and resources from homes in this year's contest. In the meantime, our massive archive of Small Cool 2009 Entries should be more than enough to tide you over!
CHECK OUT THE 5 WINNERS FROM EACH DIVISION:
• Teeny-tiny Division Winner: Kevin's Triple Threat from New York City
• Tiny Division Winner: Brenden & Shannon's Charm & Character from San Francisco
• Little Division Winner: colorTHEORY's Victorian Grandness from Boston
• Small Division Winner: Matthew & Chloe's Corset Factory from Bridgeport, Connecticut
• International Division Winner: Rajiv's's Amalgam of Styles from Bangalore, India
CHECK OUT THE 16 FINALISTS IN EACH DIVISION:
• Teeny-tiny Division Bracket
• Tiny Division Bracket
• Little Division Bracket
• Small Division Bracket
• Final Four
• International Division Bracket
© 2009 Apartment Therapy
Congrats! Party at your house?
view Heather C's profile
I do love this apartment, but for the Whole World Small Cool winner I would go with Rajiv
view mrs yow's profile
I liked the contest better last year, when you got to see additional pictures of the finalist's apartments.
view jesscon0202's profile
agreed about Rajiv
view evamae's profile
You guys totally deserve to win! I'm so proud of you both!
view bricrum's profile
Agreed, mrs yow.
view heather77's profile
Congratulations!!
view seanalbom's profile
Congratulations!
view aria2000's profile
Congratulations! Your house is absolutely stunning and a real inspiration for those of us living in similarly small places.
Enjoy the shopping spree!
view laetitiae's profile
Yeah... why didn't the International entries have a chance to compete for the 1st place title? Did they?
view kellylc's profile
I love the contest and the winning home, but agree with those above about Rajiv's fabulous apartment!
view zlmsnail's profile
at least the dorm didnt win.
view ericmcfly's profile
"...but for the Whole World Small Cool winner I would go with Rajiv"
Agreed - His rug was the correct size for his room and his furniture arrangement was much better.
view bepsf's profile
FULL house tour now please!!
view springmayflowers's profile
The contest rules state that only US residents can receive prizes - I assume there is some legal reason this is the case. So to Rajiv go bragging rights, but no $$.
Congrats to the winners! And Rajiv, I loved your place too.
view Matilde's profile
congrats!
view jennyleigh's profile
Congrats, B & S!
Your apartment is ten times more interesting than your final competitors'. I love where the grey wall meets the ivory wall, near the bed, and the picture grouping above the desk.
(Bepsf--- I find Rajiv's area rug a wee bit too small, I'd rather see the lounge chair & other piece sitting atop the rug (meaning: a larger rug). The furniture pieces would seem better 'anchored' in the sitting area, to me.)
view shirley-temple-of-doom's profile
Congrats to Brenden and Shannon! You have a beautiful place.
Rajiv--I LOVE your apartment. Great work!
view itskevin's profile
Lovely apt-- so glad you won.
view as3087's profile
I gave a party in your honor.
Well, no guests were actually here, but I had a couple of drinks and thought of you.
Congrats!
view baileyb's profile
Congratulations!
Rajiv...much love for your home too!
view suzy8track's profile
Nice! I think this won, because it is strong, tasteful, yet restrained. Edited RESTRAINT is the key! You don't need pink walls, or posters from Urban Outfitters to make a nice statement.
view LuvModern's profile
I actually loved this from the start. Well-deserved winner. Congratulations!
view Lillian's profile
My fave was victorian grandness in boston. I adored that on but I think the pics werent great quality, and if they were better then Colour theory would have won overall.
But to be fair I love ALL the winners, and there was something i'd steal from every contestant, even the apartments that didnt win.
Well Done!!
view Fred Astaire's profile
Congrats and also heartily agree about Rajiv's spectacular space! Also agree with Fred Astaire that the victorian grandness in boston was beautiful but needed more professional photos to do justice to that space.
view timmy jr.'s profile
The place looks great. Could you tell me where you bought that chair. It looks nice. I live in Dallas and have been trying to find one.
view JRod's profile