Bravo!!!

I especially love the keyhole trim on the kitchen cabinets.

How Grand!

And thanks for the paint color of the bedroom:
Must remember "Deep Ocean" blue...

This is fantastic. Honestly, the blue bedroom is making me go weak in the knees. I dare *anyone* to use the word "cluttered." You'll have me to contend with.

Oh, I love this home -- love, love, love it. And I can feel Randal's love for his space, for the things he's collected -- it's a love fest! And that stripey fridge is wonderful. It looks so comfy and cozy. Great home!

love it! love it! love it!

That Oushak rug in the living room is stunning. I am stunned. Great apartment.

now that's what i call "commitment"

Whoa, I didn't even notice the striped refrigerator the first time around. I usually dislike painted appliances, but damn... that's one suave fridge.

I like the fridge too! But IMO the apartment has so many things on the wall, the ground etc...I can really appreciate the art work, books and furnishings...but just too busy for my taste. It was mentioned that "The Biggest Challenge" was limited floor space. Dare I say this? Why not edit some things, and you will probably have some more floor space? It looks like a very well lived in home and also inviting, just too much for me.

Not cluttered, but busy.

So many chairs and so few places to sit... I do like the striped fridge, though.

Open the stove much?

I adore this. ADORE!

This much stuff would drive me crazy if I had to live with it, but BRA-VOOOO for how it's all put together. There's a lot of depth and character here.

My only issue with it is that there's just almost too much to take in at once. But what a lovely confusion! :-)

Cluttery, but cool. That is the chic-ist fridge I've ever seen!

I LOVE it...so cozy and pretty.

Love, love, love it! So much stuff, and truthfully probably more stuff than I'd be comfortable with, but it is put together so incredibly well. I'm bookmarking this for inspiration.

wow, very unique & the artwork is just fascinating. love the dark blue bedroom. not my taste at all but it looks great with a lot of depth & style. can't believe this is 700 sq. feet.

Yum. You couldn't have this much stuff without a housekeeper to dust it all, though - I have a hard time keeping my somewhat sparsely furnished apartment clean!

I adore your philosophy of placing items of importance, meaning, and beauty in your home! One might think that a home crowded with so many objects isn't well edited, but I can definitely see how you have carefully edited and only place objects you truly love in your small home! I am smitten.

I especially grinned when I read "I dispel the myth that all early 30-somethings are mid-century modernists." Very nice. :)

Lovely, lovely, home! I hope to have such a collection of wonderful antiques someday! Bravo.

very well done, but looks like an antique store.
i wonder how the owner keeps his mind together with all these gazillion things. it's a serious case of obsession/hoarding :)

It's like living in an art museum...I love it.

Randal, did you paint the bedroom yourself? I recently bought the high-end BM high gloss latex paint in navy and painted my room. I used a low pile roller but, while I had envisioned an almost laquer finish, I ended up with lap marks and the slight orange-peel effect from the roller. I am SO dissapointed! I'm considering just going with a satin finish and repainting. I've painted the rest of my place and I've never gotten lap marks with eggshell so I don't think it's just that I'm using bad technique.

No one seems to have any suggestions for me other than, "don't use high-gloss paint on walls, that's just silly", even at paint stores.

Can anyone help?

...or do you have the same problem but it's disguised by all the art?

I have never seen a home on this site that I love as much as this one. I'm lusting after it!

"Could you be the most beautiful tour in the world"

I love, love, love this apartment, your taste and editing makes me green with envy. This is style, class and sophistication - amazing.

LOVE the Ocean Blue. And what is the yellow color on the rest of the walls?

Long live the king! I am tipping my derby to you, Randal.
That spread on the bed is lush.

WOW. I can't believe he just found that mahogany table just lying on the street! And that it didn't have bedbugs!

Love pretty everything about this apartment. How on Earth did he fit so many assorted objects into a small-ish space without just making it look like a mess? That's amazing!

LOVE LOVE LOVE!! Also Randall FYI I had a similar issue with my annoying bathroom walls so I starch pasted ALL the surfaces with bold fabric, and tacked matching fabric to the ceiling. It worked like a charm and has held up very well. Now my bathroom looks like a1970's Tiki disco ( which makes me happy).

So many beautiful objects, but it is too much for me.( chairs on table, books on chairs.....) I guess housekeeper to dust it is a necessity. Visual noise.

Ok I like this place for its commitment to and vigorous execution of the 'theme,' but can anyone please explain why there is crockery absolutely everywhere? It's on the walls, in the cupboards, on bookshelves and side tables, even on the floor under a chair! I've been in many a country house and never seen so widespread a display of decorative dishes and vessels outside of the kitchen and dining areas.

antique shop, perhaps. But a classy one. one that i would like to shop from exclusively.

I LOVE the oushak rug in the living room! Where is it from? (Forgive me if it's listed in the article...I did read through the sources, but I didn't see it.)

"And that I dispel the myth that all early 30-somethings are mid-century modernists." <3

As a girl from Yorkshire, I love it. It's very homey! I agree that it's wonderfully refreshing to see something not in the realm of MCM on this site.

I have to keep going through the photos because each time I find something new to love. One thing I love is how the kitchen is incorporated so seamlessly into the rest of the apartment. Brilliant. But I wonder, Randal, how you actually use your home. I wish I had photos of a party in progress. Do people gather in the living area with the chairs? Does the bedroom double as extra living space for guests? I'd love to know how you get by without a sofa, and where you sit down to eat your meals. Everyone has their own way of living in their home, and that's as interesting to me as the home itself.

I adore this apartment. I love reading that it's a rotating collection, which is the way I deal with the fact that I have more art than wall space.

Love that it's not mid century modern. Love that it unabashedly displays exactly as much stuff as the resident wants to display, and not one iota less! Hoarding is collecting old newspapers and rubber bands. Clutter is useless stuff all over the place.

But a well loved collection is a joy to behold.

Thank you for sharing your delightful home

howdy

You had me at Bill Hicks!

I love this home tour and it is miles above the others IMHO. I love that he states there needs to be a high-low, and that you should buy the best you can afford.

At lot people seem concerned about how one would live in such a house and I say the answer is probably fabulously. I love the paint, I love the art work, I love the little touches. It is very close to my tastes, except I have a little weakness for industrial design, so I incorporate many older pieces in with industrial pieces and a little bit of MCM when I want cleaner lines.

This is again, one of the most beautiful places I've seen on AT and my personal all time favorite! Bill would certainly be at home in your home!

Bravo, Randal! More is more baby. More.is.More.

Having inherited some antique pieces (recognise that Empire chest!) it's nice to see how they can be incorporated into smaller spaces.

Stephanie K -- we used high gloss paint on our floors. my husband rolled it on and I followed behind with a large dry brush to smooth it. it made a huge difference and was very smooth and shiny (even before topping it with poly). good luck!

I can't decide if I'm swooning with lust or green with envy. HMMMMMMMMMM...OK, both.

Seriously, I am VERY inspired. Bravo.

WAAAYYYY too cluttered and fussy. It looks like a display study. Pretty in an odd way, but absolutely impractical as a living space. Absolutely no horizontal spaces can be used without moving piles of stuff. This is the home of someone who is impressed with their own self-perceived sense of dramatic decoration.

Hello All,
Thanks to those with appreciative and constructive comments. I would like to address some of the comments and answer questions.

In response to Stephanie K, I did encounter the "orange peel" effect when first applying BM's high gloss paint, however in subsequent coats (it took about 5!) I smoothed out the finish using a brush as suggested by giggit. While I do love the sheen and added glamour the finish gives, I absentmindedly did not take my walls imperfect and aging plaster into account before painting. Most of the imperfections are in fact thankfully disguised by artwork.

In response to amed studio: As a young man who received his master's degree in fine and decorative in London and Sotheby's Institute of Art, I can assure you that English country houses are famously known for having large and extensive displays of early Chinese, Japanese, English, French, and German porcelain in just about everyroom. In response to "why there is crockery everywhere"; it is not "crockery" is is 17th and 18th century Chinese porcelain and delftware, and the reason it is "everywhere" is obviously because I collect it. I am a collector, not a hoarder as some have mentioned. There is definitely a difference and thank you to the wise sistervashti for knowing the difference and pointing that out.

I must respond to Greybeard's blistering comment: please do keep in mind that what you a viewing, whether it be my apartment or anyone else's on Apartment Therapy is in fact someone's home. While I did not ask for your rude response, you obviously have the freedom to give it. Because someone's taste is not your own, and I do very much doubt yours, it doesn't mean that it is incorrect. We obviously come from disparate aesthetic styles. Mine, as noted by my influences, is well founded and has historic interior design precedents. I did, and do not decorate my or anyone else's home with a "self-perceived sense of dramatic decoration". As it is my home, I have the freedom to move the books that rest on chairs as needed for their function. As I have stated before, I am a collector of fine and beautiful objects and I like to be surrounded by them. I suppose you would say the same thing to Tony Duquette if we was still with us. Thankfully we are all entitled to our opinions, however some, unlike yourself, state them with more tact.

Really just amazing. I adore it, and it's clear you love your home. I have an urge for a thunder storm, a proper cup of tea, and a deliciously long book.

I love it! I love the old-world elements (esp. the "crockery," which I also collect/use/decorate with). In fact, it's very like my house (a Victorian in SF), which I have considered submitting for a house tour on AT but for the bias against what is often deemed "clutter" here, but which I see as interesting things, lovingly collected and artfully organized and arranged. Wandering through my house reminiscing, coming up with new juxtapositions of treasures --even DUSTING -- is a form of entertainment for me.

Greybeard would fall down dead of apoplexy if ever he came across my doorstep (if he could even breach the collection of California pottery planters and oil jars at the entry!)

Gorgeous! Everything is styled so beautifully; I'm envious. I would not like to clean this place though. Also, while I'm glad to see something other than Mid-Century Modern, the English style is very specific. It is wonderful but I don't think many people could carry it off without a practiced eye. This homeowner has it; most people do not.

Kudos on the high-gloss paint. I just did my apartment in a gray with yellow undertones (that sometimes looks green, sometimes cream, sometimes white) and by accident discovered that using semi-gloss paint throughout makes the place look bigger as it bounces the light around. It's not as big a commitment as the high-gloss, and the walls need not be in perfect condition.

The mirrored doors are excellent: I can see myself using that idea. I love the different colors of the kitchen cabinets, but I doubt I could pull that off correctly. As to the collections: again, this is not something most of us ought to try at home.

Congratulations on a beautiful home.

This is a lovely home for all your treasures, but honestly? If I walked through it I'd have to buy something.

I absolutely love your home. It reminds me of imagined rooms that belong to characters in the books I love. Your space exudes comfort, warmth, and all of your beautiful pieces come together to tell a wonderful story. I feel like making myself a cup of tea and settling down with a great book just looking at these pictures. I believe that people who see this as clutter obviously don't see the beauty in stacks of old books, walls of gorgeous and varied artwork, and furniture pieces that clearly have a story to tell.

Well done sir.

I've been waiting for this house tour since I saw the few pictures on house call. It is as good as I was hoping.

I believe that small, boxy spaces are much better off with a lot of interesting stuff to look at. The eye has a chance to wander and be stimulated, instead of feeling enclosed by blank walls.

I can imagine feeling embraced by this home's warmth and coziness, coming in from a cold, dark street in the middle of winter. But I wonder how it feels in the middle of a New York summer?

Outstanding!

So when did people become so fussy about 'clutter?' I live in a classic 60s minimal-modern house, but I think this is GOR-geous. David Hicks was uber-cluttered and excellent, as is most "traditional" design. Or look at someone like Kelly Wearstler-- everyone goes gaga over her stuff; and, yet she's all about huge explosions of clutter. I don't like her style, but that's not because it's too busy, it's because it's hideous (to me.)

I think it's time for a reevalution and reassessment of the virtues and lesser vices of 'clutter.' Sometimes more is more-- sometimes less is more. Both work, don't you think?

It looks a bit cluttered. I feel like I'm in an Antique store. I can't imagine how hard it would be to clean the house. But then everyone have their own style of their "home" as long as it's not hoarding. I respect that. Thanks for sharing:-)

great atmosphere. Of course, i might do a few things to jazz it up a bit or edit some, but it's just what he was after - an english country style home. Lovely.

I'm laughing at minimalist1750's comment about clutter. For one: it follows tporemba's comment ranting about that exact type of comment. And for two: the screen name.

There is a lot going on in this space but somehow is charming and cozy