apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

Great use of color, art, and editing restraint. Not sure about the bedspread, but that's just my eye.

The colors make me happy - as well as the mix of vintage and new. (I haven't seen one of those kitchen stool/steplader things in years, much less in Red!)

Great entry!

It's very cute. I love the Eames chairs, but I think the rug under the table is much too small.

in love

I just got that cb2 lamp to put over my dining room table...love it.

beautiful!!!

is that a giant turkey next to the floorplan??

I hope the turkey isn't there to serve as a reference for scale ;)

Love the dresser in the bedroom. I feel like I need to see more of the giant turkey, though...

The floors, the brick wall, the green wall, the ceiling, the pops of red! Super cool!

Hey yeah, what's with the turkey?! It's so bizarre, I'd vote super cool just for that!

they're all starting to look somewhat alike! but this place looks great. love the light in there. the colors totally work. the lamp vs. a pendent chandelier is great. agree that the rug is too small and maybe the colors are too matchy matchy with the chairs as well. my favorite thing is the way the dresser looks in the bedroom. super nice. what are the wall colors, including the yellow?

and the place really has great bones. the ceiling in that one room is super and the brick wall with the little window is great. too bad you rent and don't own!

I love that green color you have going throughout the place. Limey!

hi Emmy! I love love love love your apartment, and have been looking around Seattle for something exactly like that. Would you mind sharing the contact info for the building?

I guess if an apartment has a lot of color that means it's really cool.

Supercool! I've book marked your place for colour inspiration. Could you tell us about the painting in the bedroom?
Now I have to go back and look for the giant turkey - can't believe I missed it!

Oh I soo want your kitchen table! Would you mind sharing where you got it?

tons of great architectural features in your apartment - from the ceiling to the exposed brick wall - very beautiful. don't know if i could ever be as bold with colour as you've been but it works. nice job.

You have to enter the colors contest.

Love your place! Which brand of (ipod dock?) is that in your bedroom? It looks so good.

Love the colors! Very inspirational!

Nice, crisp, colorful, cool. I would request that they allow more than five pictures next year; it's just not enough to satisfy the full curiosity. I want to know how the landing strip in this house is handled.

I am in love with the painting above the dresser!

beautiful place, the colors are just right. very inviting.

i have to say though, the first thing i noticed was that the rug under the table is much to small for the area. are those flor tiles? if so, it would be such an easy fix if you have the extra cash!

this is only the second apt. i've voted "super cool" for. :)

oh! and one more thing- the red stool next to the stove made me smile. my dad got the same chair (in red, too!) from my grandpa when he died, and i already told my parents that i have dibs on it when they are gone. ha!

Now, this really looks like a place you could have fun entertaining in!! I love the colors, love the Eames chairs, love the unpretentiousness of the pictures. I see the rooms, not just the carefully arranged stuff.

PS. As much as I love it, I have to agree that the otherwise perfect rug in your dining room may look better a wee larger.

Um...there's a giant game bird in your hot tub.

Hi. Thanks for the great comments. I also wanted to mention that this is not just the Emmy pad. I happily share this turkey apartment with Kirk, the cutest boy in the world. Answers to your questions are below:

is that a giant turkey next to the floorplan??
Yes

what's with the turkey?!
It's for kicks

what are the wall colors, including the yellow?
Parker Pain: green/bedroom=Grazing, blue/living room=Virgin Robe and yellow/entry=Connacher

Would you mind sharing the contact info for the building?
We've got a great apartment in a hit or miss building. You should check it out. 206 709-9266.

Could you tell us about the painting in the bedroom?
The painting is dear to us, made by our friend, and Kirk's band mate, David Nixon, Diphtheria Girl. 36"x22", acrylic on wood. March 2007. http://www.docnixon.com/

kitchen table! Would you mind sharing where you got it?
We got it at the always great Area 51. The Stockton Dining Table.

which brand of (ipod dock?) is that in your bedroom?
It is the Apple Hi-Fi without the speaker cover (I don't think they make this one anymore, but the sound is great and I recommend it if you can find a used or a refurbished one.

i really, really like the dresser.

the colors are great. those new eames chairs make me cringe a little because the quality (compared to a vintage fiberglass shell) is so low.

other than that- i'm way into this place.

I love it! I gave it a super cool, because it looks original and lived in! (nothing you own looks like it came straight from trendy catalog and sat in your home unused.)

I love your use of color and how there was so much contrast and interplay. Each room, bled into the other and there was a cohesion to the entire space, through the use of color and small colorful objects d' art. I hope to see you in the finals!

The chairs are really clever the way you used different colors. It is very eyecatching. Good job

This could be our apartment. wow - big loves and hearts! I think you've done great things in this space!

Cheerful and happy! ...without being tacky. I think the colors all go well together and compliment the apartment; the exposed brick, furniture choices, and fabrics -like the sheets, very cute!

This apartment is one of the most consistent within itself in a good way, which is very well-placed color and clear function and some interesting touches that are effortlessly individual. I really like this a LOT. I'm calling this super cool.

Wow- I love the dresser in your bedroom. Your space is great, it doesn't look forced, or over-designed. It looks so comfortable and liveable and very stylish! The colors are great!

gooble gooble!

Last night I couldn't exactly characterize what it is I like about the color scheme, but this morning it occurs to me that the golden color and the green and the red all remind me of different colors of apples, and apples are good for you and pretty and colorful, and yet natural.

I think it was something about how that green dining chair among the red dining chairs that really made me think about a bowl full of apples. And then the rug underneath it really reinforces and grounds that whole idea.

I wonder if other people are feeling that, but not realizing that that's why they like it? It seems like that helps make the whole place work nicely together. This really is "delicious".

What a cheerful place. Kudos.

whoa, a little too primary for me but i love that you went for it. nice dresser.

Very nice and extra points for saying the advantage of SMALL is,
"Living small makes your world bigger."

rather than saying it "forces" you to do something.

on a rainy seattle day, i bet these colors maintain their bright cheer and help mitigate seasonal affectation disorder very well. i love that it's playful.

Ah! so fun! so cool!

Love the rug!

Hey neighbor! Great space... Your dining room in particular is fantastic. I love the floors/brick/box-beam ceiling. (are the floors concrete?)

just beautiful! Bright, friendly, pulled-together. Really super cool

Love your use of color and the mix of chairs around the table.

Ditto that the rug is too small for the space but great otherwise. Perhaps you could extend it with a wide border?

I too want to know more about the painting in your bedroom.

Also, do the stripes really go two different ways on your duvet? I think I'd like it better if they only went lengthwise.

Love the mixed and matched Eames chairs! You do need a bigger rug tho. Otherwise really nice and neat - not overly wowed, but a solid entry.

I think the exposed brick wall in the dining room is begging for a super cool sideboard. Also the pile of stuff in the corner looks either affected or sloppy depending on your viewpoint. I love the green in the bedroom though, very pretty!

Wow ... that ceiling is to die for. Just from the bones of the place, I think I'd never move out if I lived there.

Love the bedroom, too. Supercool.

a turkey? lol

Yay, color! I love this so much, very rich and great use of the different colors in the artwork, the furniture, the curtains, phenomenal! Supercool!

Love your apartment. Green and blue are my favorite colors. I also like the fact that you have a Fica (sp?) tree in your apartment. I thought I was the only one who still had those!!!
Supercool!!

Great use of colour! The bedroom dresser is fabulous as well. And I'm envious of your brick interior wall - I so wish my building had those!

Hells yeah. Super Cool.

love love love it!!!!! great job!