What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? The part of my apartment that I love most is the miraculously spacious 4'x6' bathroom. I learned more than I ever wanted to know about plumbing while redesigning this bathroom, but it is the one thing I think came out perfectly. I sacrificed an antique clawfoot tub that took up nearly the whole space and replaced it with a deep soaking tub, a tiny square sink and my favorite thing — the square toilet that almost disguises its true function. The shower is tiled in seaglass, the floor is natural slate and the walls are covered with an earth plaster, and it is lit most of the day by the skylight through which this picture was taken. The rainhead shower, waterfall bathspout, and pitcher lavatory faucet make me one happy pisces!
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What was one of the biggest challenges you faced in furnishing your small home? The most difficult issues I've struggled with are the lack of storage space in the apartment and the need for a calm work space to finish my dissertation. The bedroom is divided from what I like to call the library by a sliding wall made of two sheets of bamboo plywood, which bisects the chimney, a brick wall which I painted white. I curtained off one wall of the bedroom in rough white silk, creating a third floor to ceiling block of natural texture and a pleasant view from my desk. I've chosen natural materials and dyes, mostly in shades of black and white, so that the rare bright piece that strikes my fancy will have a natural palette against which to glow. I leapt at the chance to have a golden Chinese armoire for a kitchen cupboard. I bought this piece off craigslist for $250, a bargain, but even better was getting to see the homes of people whose taste I really admired — like AT but live!
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How on earth did you manage that bathroom picture?? ha ha!
Love the tile - terrific bathroom renno!
Wow! Your apartment is a little piece of heaven.
Thumbs up for adventurous photography.
Good job on the sliding bamboo.
Wish I could see more of the place, I do understand the constraints on photographing a small place. I adore the white bricks, the curtain and the hanging light. Looks like you've done a beautiful job. Looks very calming.
Please do tell how you did that bathroom shot! The curiousity is killing me.
I also want to know how you got the bathroom shot. Your bathroom is the same size as mine, but I like yours better.
Very nice little place.
I assume she hung the camera (?), and used a timer.
Love how you did the bathroom photo! Very nice home.
She says of the bathroom: "...and it is lit most of the day by the skylight through which this picture was taken"
What I want to know is where the litterbox is!
painted white brick, you lucky girl!
Gorgeous! Is the sliding wall of bamboo panels DIY?
Very clever arrangement. I love the white pianted brick with the white silk panel. The tangles strand of lights as a pendant sets it off beautifully! Fantastic job on the bathroom! I bet it's gorgeous with the skylight above!
I'd love to see more of the kitchen and living area.
Excuse me, but I've been looking at everything for the past 10 minutes trying to understand. Are both first and fifth photos library? What's with the wooden panel? And why aren't there pics of the living room?
Ah, I just read about the sliding doors. Still, this ap is "tiny" only if you don't post photos from the living room. And imho the armoire is really buried in the kitchen, I hadn't even noticed it before reading the text, it would look better in the living room (if it exists!).
I'd never thought I'd applaud taking out a clawfoot tub, but this is lovely.
Hot.
Also, as one Pisces to another, now I covet your tile. A lot. Oh my. *fans self*
The apt is beautiful ! I live in Brooklyn as well and never heard of a bathroom with skylight apartments (around here). Love the bathroom and white brick wall. Really, really nice.
The floorplan confuses me
A Maine Coon Cat in 540 ft2? And neat as a pin, with great design? I believe it is customary in layout pictures to actually show the resident cat. Fabulous apartment (although methinks that taffy is being distributed).
lovely space.
i'm curious about your bed - it's great. it looks like the same style as the ikea malm but the headboard seems much more substantial and is also in a colour i haven't seen available. can you tell more about your bed? is it the malm?
i love your place. i have a bathroom as small as yours and am on the verge of gutting it this spring. could you please let us know what brand of tub and where you were able to purchase it from? also the toilet and the sink are nice as well - do you have brand info on them as well. beautiful place!
Could you give more information on your bathroom fixtures? I love everything you did.
Yes -- more details on the tub would be great (we are also in a similar size place and are shopping for deep soaking /Japanese soaking tubs)
Really really want to see more of this place. It is, indeed, heavenly.
I love the white curtain and want to do something similar to cover my closet. Did you sew these yourself? Where is the fabric from? How is it hung - on tracks or a pole?
Every single thing/surface is lovely.
Geez, I love this apartment!
i love love love the lower cabinetry in the kitchen.
I love the black and white rug in the bedroom. Does anyone know a source for black and white tribal rug like that? Thanks!
Beautiful space, so tranquil. However, I feel cheated by the lack of kitty pictures
love the bathroom, especially the built-in shelf in the shower....very functional
Please, AT, a home tour of Dehlia's place after the contest!
Awesome bathroom shot
Dehlia -
You and your GF have amazing taste!
I hope you are a finalist!
"Yes -- more details on the tub would be great"
That appears to be a Kohler Greek Soaking Tub:
http://www.faucet.com/product/Kohler-K-1490-X-White-17327?N=103 214 91 165 3000177 4294966553
"Are both first and fifth photos library?"
That appears to be the other end of the bedroom (Upper left on the floorplan) - I believe the closet is behind that white billowy curtain....
favorite!
Beautiful and serene layout! Looks like a true haven. DJPope
gorgeous! i especially love the kitchen!
I love your bathroom. You have amazing taste. Good luck!
Thumbs up? If I had thumbs instead of fingers they would all be held aloft!
I hope you get through to the next round because I'd love to see more photos of your home (and the kitty).
Here's one I could see myself moving straight into -- and from the comments, I am sure you'll be a finalist! Great work!
^^ Have to visit!
Love your place! That bathroom photo is awesome. Where did you get that hanging light? Me wants one!
:)
I cannot BELIEVE Spencer went out with Stacy AGAIN. What was he thinking???
(Nice place.)
Definitely a soaking tub in there. Gorgeous! The bird's-eye shot has compressed its deceptive depth!
This is museum-quality. The cat must love it!
This is the kind of place that I expect New Yorkers to have. It's small but not too small. Tasteful but not too tasteful.
It's a great place. You should be proud of yourselves. You HAVE to make it to the next round.
uh, It wouldn't let me give you a thumbs up so I'm giving you one here.
Gorgeous!
i'm having a very difficult time believing this is 540sqft. how are these apartments measured?
very nice design aesthetic though. it's got a nice eclectic mix while feeling very purposeful.
I want your bathroom!
I love your study area. It's light, spacious, and tastefully cool. Well done!
I want that hanging lamp. Oh, I want it so bad. Where is it from?
I'd LOVE to know where you got your bathroom tile. I tried to paint my bathroom that color, and now it looks like green toothpaste... ;)
Hi Everyone, Dehlia here - thank you so much for your comments and your thumbs up. First of all - I wish I had put the kitty in now! He was all over the place while I was taking pics... I'll be sure to get him in if I make it to the next round, he's really the best part of the house anyway.
=^^=
A few answers to some questions - yes, its a Kohler Greek tub (good call bepsf), and a Kohler Escale toilet, and a Lacava Auquapicolo sink. I took the bathroom picture through the skylight by climbing up onto the roof and shooting straight downwards - it opens but there's a screen. I'm surprised it came out so well through the screen actually. Also, a key to making this bathroom so open feeling is that the shower curtain is hung by a track from the ceiling.
The bed is Atlantico/De La Espada (also off craigslist!!!), the light - I'm not sure of the brand, but I bought it at Future Perfect in Williamsburg and they have a website with another version that's also gorgeous. The rug I bought in Mexico when I was 14, one of my first decor finds and I still love it. It is natural black sheep/white sheep. I go for natural materials and dyes most of the time, they tend to absorb the light in a certain wonderful way.
As for the how to - I designed every inch of the place myself, plumbing, electric, demo, everything and did what I could with the help of my girlfriends, then we discovered some serious structural problems and the project grew way beyond my abilities and was turned over to the pros - thanks Mike! They did the bamboo, actually it would be easy to DIY *if* your ceiling is level. Then you can hang it just like I did the curtains for the closet, materials from Simon's Hardware.
Thanks again! I'm so glad you like it!
yep, you get it.
You have an eye for design.
also, I *love* Main Coon cats! My aunt had one - he was really, really smart.
This is my favorite apartment. Not enough pictures.
More pictures? How's the view from the front room?
You have designed an awesome, cozy and lightfilled city-home.
wow! looks great! and knowing how much work went into it, all of your trials and challenges, you deserve to win.
Aww... you deserved to get further in the contest just for that cool bathroom pic alone. And I like the brick wall too.
Clap is right and once I read how you did it, I looked at your floor plan. As one who loves her sliding doors, I appreciate your bamboo ones, nice execution, but I didn't realize what it was from the photos. Next time shoot with a wide angle lens. The photos are lovely, beautiful composition but they don't show off your place to its best advantages. All that fine work deserves some equally strong architectural photography.
Thanks, I'll try to get a better photographer in here! I love your place too dahlush (I think it's yours in the contest?).
I love your flat, is very calm, relaxing, warm and with character. Can I ask you the measures of the basin in your bathroom?
Nice pictures!!
What a fantastic place. I'll use your bathroom as an inspiration on my upcoming project. Thanks so much!
I think I scoured these comments. Does Dehlia mention the specific pros that did the remodel? I have a VERY similar apartment, and EXACT floorplan to my bathroom, except it's a broken down falling apart sad sad mess. Please help, I've been trying to find reliable contractors who take on small projects for so long. Nothing but bad luck, and shoddy work. Dehlia you're an inspiration to a gal like me. Would you mind dropping me a line? murphyslostandfound@gmail.com Brooklyn is tough on a remodeler that can't afford gut renos.
Thanks so much!
I guess I shouldn't complain about my 6'x5'10" bathroom!!
Very nice. I'm seeing this house call late but if you see this post, where is the rug in your bedroom from?