Too much stuff. Edit, edit, and edit some more, please. :)

Charming little place.

One suggestion: lose at least one-third of the furniture.
The apartment would feel a lot bigger and a lot less crowded with some judicious editing.

I actually disagree with the suggestions to edit - I think your place looks inviting & cozy. It's the sort of apartment that would be a nice place to hang out with friends. Congrats!

You have some really great small space solutions in here. I especially like the curtains.

I bet this place has way more feel to it than is conveyed in the photographs. In person, I suspect it's a cozy treasure trove; in the pictures I find my eyes being drawn towards the kind of shlumpy pillows on the couch or the clashing kitchen rug and curtain. But still, it has personality and charm.

What a lovely apartment. I think the layout of the space is great along with the idea of a multipurpose dining room/ sitting room/ guest room. Though I, too, would do a bit of editing, I think it is a wonderfully cozy, lived-in space. Good luck in the contest.

You have a lot of storage space. Put some of the "stuff" in those areas and it will give a more open look. The light is terrific and can look even better with fewer items.

I love the colors and funkiness of the space. It's great, but some better pictures would improve the general impression here, I think.

Such personality - I Love it!

I'm with serialdrooler, I think it's a very inviting and relaxed place, and I think you've handled the space very well. I suspect that if I lived on my own, I'd have a place a lot like this (would drive my husband crazy, though). It's clear that you do stuff here (work and bake, for starters).

We're not all minimalists.

I would like to see more plants in your bedroom/office. The one on the table seems a bit large, as well, but I guess you move it if you have guests for dinner.

Rita-
Looks like a wonderful home in SF!
Hope all is well~
Joy

great apartment, i love it :-)

Thumbs up! Great apartment and perfect for entertaining.

I live in a small space and I'm very envious of your windows with their wonderful light and the view. I LOVE color but have found that in a small space, while one dramatic color adds incredibly to the overall effect, too many colors, especially strong or incompatible ones are dissonant. I find that blues are the most difficult to meld with one another, greens are a strong second. Adding conflicting patterns on top of that creates -- to my eye -- a sense of chaos. Of course this is a personal preference but I do think the space would take much more advantage of the windows and light if it were edited, like the first commenter, suggests, quite a bit. Not necessarily in the things in it but in the colors. One thing that might help is to cover the mismatched side chairs, which can work wonderfully in a large space, in a fabric that matches as closely as possible the color and texture of the drapes. Another relatively inexpensive resolution to this issue would be to replace the rugs with solid color ones, or ones with the simple pattern, which will unify the space rather than break it up. But as others have noted, it probably feels a lot different with your guests hanging out, enjoying your hospitality.

there's a whole lot of stuff going on in here! But I like it! I also thought that probably the photos don't do it justice, and it looks like it would be a great place to hang out in.

I just tried giving it a thumbs up but it's saying thumbs up entry is closed ?? so, here's my thumbs up!

I don't mean to beat the dead horse but there's too much stuff - too much going on. The natural light is great but my attention is drawn to all the 'stuff'. While it looks somewhat cozy, the furniture and accessories are off scale for the size of the space. The colors/patterns used could have been more vibrant; they are a too muted, too many, and uninteresting. I think the space has a lot of potential for spring cleaning. =)

All that stuff you fit neatly into that tiny space...thumbs up!