thumbs up
Who Lives There: Praveen
Location: San Francisco, California
Size: 705 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? I find the large ceiling height to be beneficial in multiple ways. First, it allows a tremendous amount of sunlight in, which is much better waking up to than an alarm clock. It also allows for a huge wall canvas to work with. I've been going at it for two years, and I'm not even close to done yet. I can definitely never complain about the lack of wall space to hang my yet unframed prints. But, truthfully, just the openness it gives the place makes me happy.
Give Praveen a THUMBS UP if you think this home belongs in the finals!
Thumbs Up Voting is only activated for 48 Hours — so don't delay!
What was one of the biggest challenges you faced in furnishing your small home? Paradoxically, the height of ceiling is also one of the biggest challenges. It creates a lot of vertical space which was a bit hard to figure out how to make it work. Originally, I had larger furniture in hopes their height would complement the vertical height. But it didn't seem to work, and I didn't much like the furniture anyway. I slowly replaced them with much lower to the ground furniture, and I find that it accentuates the ceiling height perfectly. Similarly, filling the large vertical wall space without making it seem cluttered with lots of small pieces is tough. I think I've managed it okay so far, but I fear that adding much more will make it too busy.
Give Praveen a THUMBS UP if you think this home belongs in the finals!
Thumbs Up Voting is only activated for 48 Hours — so don't delay!
Want more Small Cool? Check out all the entries on our contest page.
I love your yellow sidetable - what a lovely pop of color!
view dykelly625's profile
where'd you find that small bathroom sink?
view liam.'s profile
Wow. So different and cool!
view Elizcrtv's profile
Love the use of red in your space. That bedroom lamp is gorgeous.
view leadingedge's profile
Very nicely done. I wrote about red today, I should have used your apartment as an example, you've made very good use of the color. I would prefer to see the books on your bookcase straightened up (the rest of your home is so neat and orderly), but that's just me - I'm anal.
I have two questions. Did you paint your table and chairs yourself? If so, what kind of paint? They turned out great. And can you tell me about the art with the red man? Is it a painting or photo and who did it? Oh - I guess that's more than two questions. Sorry.
Thanks for sharing, great job.
view peggy's profile
I really like these striped chairs! Where did you get them?
Very nice place.
view IsabelleS's profile
i'd say those books are strategically placed
view sunan's profile
The chair is B-Pop Side Laminate. It's one of my favorite chairs. Very fun, playful and approchable but it's not cheap though, around $250, must be hard to do stripes. :)
I saw them at dwr.com
http://www.dwr.com/product/furniture/dining/chairs/b-pop-side-chair-laminate.do?sortby=ourPicks
I like the rooms by the way.
view Leong's profile
Hi all,
The bathroom sink was installed by the developer -- all I can tell is that it's from Kohler.
The books are definitely "carefully disheveled" :)
The print of the red man was from SFMOMA. It's a photo of a sculpture by Katharina Fritsch called The Handler
The table came in red; it's the Moooi Shaker Table.
Thanks much for the positive comments!
-- Praveen
view queue's profile
I would do... so many things. for this place.
view LittleChris's profile
I want!!!
view missjelisa's profile
I would love to see more pictures of this place. very stylish!
view absolutmarie's profile
I love the yellow end table! Where did it come from?
view Splendor's profile
The yellow end table is the Ikea Trollsta.
view queue's profile
Wow, I could sleep in your bathroom!!
and the colors all over are so bright and playful, I am amazed how well they work together.
btw, that striped chair...I dreamed of such things when I was 7 and I can't believe you have one!
view tdeb's profile
Very cool! Love those striped chairs and I've never seen the Trollsta look better!
view suzy8track's profile