apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

Wow, your blue wall really pops! It's great that you kept the rest of the room neutral. I love, love, love your bathroom.

I really do like how you have chosen colors that compliment your wood in the home.

This is just my style. I couldn't love it more.

Wonderful! I love that picture collage above the credenza in the first shot, especially the ukelele. And the bathroom is so fresh. Great space.

I LOVE IT! With your furniture all being black, white or teak they will never be out of style and you can change the mood of the room with a fresh coat of paint or some new pillows/textiles. BRILLIANT! I've always been told to buy your major pieces in timeless/neutral colors and you have followed that rule to a tee.

BRAVO!

wow...perfect, I love it. I also love vancouver! (I live in Seattle).

Totally not my style. Totally insta-finalist. Lovely home!

That blue couldn't work better with your wood tones and the whites. And breaking up the mustard with the full wall black and white drape is perfect. Genius execution, seriously. Now, where can I get that tortured chrome sculpture?

Utterly gorgeous. I've been looking for the perfect teal to work with my dark floors, and I envy you finding it.

Really, really lovely. That teal/blue color rocks.

Boy, the Canadians just put us to shame every time!

love it!!!

Love it! This has to be the 2nd apt that has made me excited!

Gorgeous bathroom...Gorgeous blues...Black and white to tie it all in! Fab!

Oh Man! I go crazy for traditional homes with modern mod decor, love this one! want a house tour now.

(Tony the Tiger voice): LOOOKS GREEEAAT! I'm so inspired by your place--the colors, choice of materials. You just "get" it!

It's wonderful!
I don't even mind that you purloined the theme of my flat in Worthing, Sussex in the 70's. (Time travel?)
Great stuff!
Michael

yeeha!!

All of these pics go immediately into my style inspiration tray!

Can I have all your furniture, please, pretty please???

Go Canada! Your place completely rocks! I voted Insta-finalist. Beautiful!

Gawjus

Beautiful! What blue did you use in the living room and in the kitchen?

Love the exposed brick wall in the first picture and the aqua tint on the mirrow in the bathroom. Nice job!

Love the teak. Your apartment looks just terrific. I love color.

This color is amazing! I can imagine Vincent Van Gogh feeling right at home in your living room!

I love the blue, and I love your furry white rug!

what type sofa is that white sofa?

Thanks, everyone, for all the lovely comments! Truly appreciated. To answer some of your questions, the teal paint colour in the living room, which was inspired by the dustjacket of a 70s library book, is called Green Sponge (one of my favourite colour names) and the robin's egg blue in the bathroom is Sweet Rhapsody. Both are from Benjamin Moore. The chrome sculpture on the coffee table is actually a crazy, twistable toy called the Tangle, which never fails to entertain guests. It's available in a lot of design stores, as well as here: http://www.tangletoys.com. Any other questions are welcome!

i'm smitten! may i ask the name of the artist behind the amazing painting on the far right in photo #1? so lovely!

I did that piece! I'm flattered—thanks for asking!

Oh, and our white and black sofas (plus a black chair that's not visible) are by the Swedish company, Overman. I found the white one on eBay and the other two pieces in townhere, in Vancouve, at separate vintage furniture stores. I'm still thrilled to have found basically a matching set.

Fantastic. Can I ask what neighbourhood you live in? I'm in a two-bedroom turn of the (last) century brick building myself, in Mt. Pleasant... I'm wondering if we're neighbours (and not in any kind of creepy way, honest!)

Perhaps just to clarify: I'm always interested to see how people handle things such as the explosed pipes and radiators and the picture rail and the high ceilings (which I am lucky enough to have too), and particularly the West Coast light, and how to work with the kind of muted gray light we have in winter. I love the way that you have made the walls and the space bright here.

Love, love the drape behind the headboard in the bedroom. What an outstanding use of color and shape and motion. Also, the proportions and balance are spot-on in the bathroom

I love the color, and what I love most is that the combination of it all looks comfortable and cozy and like a place I could just come home too. Bravo!

Looks like someone's visited the Richmond Ikea a couple of times!
;-)

Stunning what one can do with a lick of paint, and a load of creativity.
Congratulations!

Loved this entry! So visually stimulating! The blue with the warm woods and whites is fantastic.

Where does your bed come from?

I am inlove. My 4 favourite decorating elements - turquoise (or that awesome green blue, basically), teak, vintage, black and white! Well, that's 5. But, I am smitten, inlove, and really hope you win this. Awesome interplay of color and texture!

(and did I say, I love this?)

Insta-sweet!!

I didn't see this one the first time around, but wow! This is fantastic!

The fabric (curtain?) behind the bed is just great. I have saved, what looks to be the same curtains from the 60's. Wonder if they are the same?

Thanks again for all the comments and votes! To answer a few more questions: Juliet, we're in one of the last few heritage buildings still standing near Coal Harbour, which means we're lucky enough to have a view of the water and a lot of light (though it's true it can be a bit flat at certain times of the year). eli007, our teak platform bed is a 70s danish piece we purchased from a family friend (I can't remember the make). And stt64, it's very possible that we have the same curtains. I got ours on eBay, but I have seen others since. I think they were originally from Sears! Anyway, let me know if you ever need someone to take them off your hands. . . :)

Yes! They are from Sears, it says on the selvage. Mine are not as crisply colored as yours, which look new. The black is pretty solid but the white needs a good drycleaning I think. How funny tho, I have great memories of then being in our house as a kid. Would definatley consider giving them up to someone who would use/love them. drop me a line stt64@earthlink.net

I am so over "mid-century modern" and have been since I "did it" in the 80's...not because it was stylish, but because it was cheap.

You've done an outstanding job bringing out the best of your furniture...Very warm and inviting.....So not the aesthetic of that space age furniture of my childhood.

(My childhood home was a builders showcase circa 1958...thus my aversion to this revival).