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Very interesting floor plan! I voted Super Cool! Very nice!

I want to live here! Very cool floorplan. Love the natural light also.

I love this look because its not pointing in one distinct direction... it just looks like whoever lives there has great taste and is filling the space with pieces they love.

love it!

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VANCOUVER'S GOT IT GOING ON IN THIS CONTEST!

Are those chairs black leather 'cause if they are it's like being out on the town. (See, I'm always surrounded by black leather when I'm out and about.)

Nice place. Cool floorplan. I wish I could live in a big V.

You're raising the bar for all the contestants. Good luck!

I've never seen a fan-shaped home before. Fun.

Is there a particular reason why that one small picture is hung like that on the papered wall? It confused me.

super nice work on turning an apartment in an older building into something clean and modern! love it, thanks for posting vancouver...

What kind of wood are the floors? I really like them!

I love that Vancouver is considered "international"...

Fantastic!

A gorgeous apartment - windows, space and floorplan - congrats for the luck or skill involved in obtaining it. However, I see the 'cool', but I don't see the 'small'. Colours throughout are rather bland (some would say 'restful', I suppose), though it does look deliberately coordinated. All of the artwork on the walls is too small and undistinguished for a place of this scale, e.g., that poor lonely print by the bar cabinet.

I love the windows. And, I think the floors are maple.

Crisp and beautifully put together. Very cool.

Did I used to live in this building??? (Or is this layout popular in Vancouver?) On Cambie in Yaletown? How weird would that be!

I love my own apartment except the carpet. At least it's new. I love, love (and am jealous of) those beautiful blond floors. It really can make anything pretty. Although they did a great job of enhancing them.

love the dining table and chairs,modern and understated and cool.
getting real tired of that light fixture though.

Time for AT:Vancouver!

Super-cool.

What is the source of those cabinets in the second picture in the slideshow?

The cabinets in the 2nd pict are from
IKEA. I have them, I love the look, and very functional. The quality is good, and they are much sturdier than anything else I've gotten at IKEA.

Effectiv:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S79837902

I really, really love this. I think it's my new favorite.

Carrie Anne - thanks. I'm going to IKEA soon and may get this, if it fits the space I need it for.

I second that motion, phaedrus! Very heartening all these Vancouver entries on AT lately. As for this layout, Elizabeth II, it is quite common in many of the new buildings that have sprung up in Vancouver in the last 10 years or so. Friends mine have an apartment downtown with an almost identical layout--the fan shape can be a challenge to decorate.

As for the entry, it's very light and airy. I love the wallpaper, however I feel like I'd like it another room of the house instead.

Lovely bright place.

I love the colors, I don't think they are bland at all! I especially like the bedroom color and would love to know what paint it is! lovely apartment.

I almost would like to see more curviness going on since that outer wall is an arc, because that's just so interesting, but basically I love this.

Hello ATers - Sarah here, thanks for all the great comments and feedback!! Just thought I would take a minute to address some of the questions/queries raised.

Paint used in the apartment is:
Living room, Soft Fern, Benjamin Moore
Dining area, Seaspray, Benjamin Moore
Bedroom, Day Spa, Behr
Everywhere else, Monterey White, Benjamin Moore

Tiffany - not in Yaletown but a lovely tree lined street in the West End.

Johnnyslimane - Floors are Scandinavian Maple, rustic grade/random length - we got it for a steal at local flooring auction.

Kidmoe - Our building is about 16 years old, there are maybe 5/6 other oval or curved highrise buildings downtown. We have lived here for nearly five years - renting a bigger unit (also fan shaped) before buying our place two years ago.

Mr Dangerous - Sofas are brown not black leather.

Pixie - Office units are indeed Ikea's modular Effectiv range - we have found them a good buy.

Carolynapplebee - We tend to agree about the Ikea light fixture - it was brought as a cheap stopgap till we find/can afford something we really love. Suggestions welcome...

Amedstudio - Yes we need more/bigger artwork - when we see some we like and the budget allows ;)

Thanks again for the feedback it has been really helpful and made very interesting reading!

ta ta

Nice. Cozy if you consider 750sf small, but I do like the challenge of the interesting floorplan. Well put together but, again, not particularly special in terms of innovation.

It has a lot of character and sensibility about taste, but I think some items with respect to scale need to be re-checked. Some rugs and pictures, mainly. It also seems very pale for a home.

Great floorplan. I like the hints of color and find it calming. To me each room seems to have a special element for focus and to make it special. Very nice.

There are some wonderful objects in this apartment, but they're let down by too much IKEA furniture. Getting all of your large pieces from one place is never a good idea, and that goes double when that one place is the world's most recognisable furniture chainstore.

Nice wallpaper, though. And that comes from someone who hates wallpaper.

hey sarah, love the layout, great place!

I have another question about your furniture. Where did you get your acrylic (or glass?) nesting tables? I like how you used the them as a coffee table, I was going to get a larger single piece, but this works great also. I have seen them in a few places, and I am looking for something similar, at an affordable price. From what I have found, these are priced much better in the US than in Vancouver.

I love the floors! Very nice place.

Great job of using ikea items; they totally fit into the space and surprisingly they have this high quality-look. I think your house should be a demonstration in IKEA's new catalog.

Hello, Sarah here again:

Kellarella - Nest of three tables are solid glass (the largest of the three is at the side by the armchair), we got them from a Vancouver based store called Home Delight (in Richmond). About $250 CDN if I recall.

Blandwagon - Completely agree with your IKEA comments - in our defence our only 'large' IKEA items are the office units and the small white unit in the corner of dining area. We consciously choose not to buy our 'investment' pieces i.e. sofa, dining table, chairs, bed, floor lamps, rugs etc, from the 'Swedish Place' or for that matter any 'one place' and they are all from different local stores here in Vancouver or the UK.

Once again, thanks so much for commenting, the feedback really helps us to look at our place with fresh eyes - though I fear this may lead to more home purchases ;) ...

Cheers,

Sarah

Sarah,

How about your dining table? Where are they from?

Thanks.
coffeeprincess

Hi Coffeeprincess,

Our dining table is the oval Atelier extending table in Oak/Oak Veneer from Calligaris:

http://www.calligaris.it/eng/04_catalogo/catalogo_ambientazione.asp?percorso=5&prc=16&prd=271

Sarah

Sarah - can you give the source for the dining chairs? Are they Jakes from Room and Board?

Love the look -beautifully done!