Love the arrangement of wall art in the bedroom and living room, and the stained glass pieces...hm, that's a lot of the apartment right there.

So far, I find the photos in the entries this year all feature "vignettes", but no shots that give me a real sense of the apartments and how the owners made them 'cool' in spite of the smallness. Here, for example, the entrant talks about good bones, vintage doors, great nooks -- I would love to see them!!!

I have to agree with Mid-C Frank...less vignettes and more of the overall space.

Agree with Mid-C Frank also.

Yes, we either need more photos or less vignettes. Although it must be frustrating to narrow your place down to five photos, no matter how small it is.

After looking through the pictures I thought "Mhm looks german somehow" - and I was right. Really don't know what could have given it away though (rough wallpaper?) ;)

The other commentators are right: would love to see a shot of a room from door to window or the other way round, especially since there seem to be great windows in this apartment.

Like it!

By the way, I'm always telling people to lower their art, lower their art. But for some reason, the high art doesn't bother me here. I actually like it!

cute space...tastefully done.

Mid-C Frank, as always I agree with the comment. I'm back this year under a different alias. I'm not sure what worries me more; the fact that the people that entered have not sent shots of the actual apartment or us the commentors, complimenting just a bunch of items. I'll say it again, but I find myself saying the same thing every year.

The best compliment I can give this one, is that its looks like the place is bright.

I bet part of the reason we are seeing so many vignettes is that it can be very difficult to photograph small spaces without a wide angle lens.

Oh--and I love how bright and cheery this apartment is!

I like the blue paint and the art above the dining (?) table.

Agreed that there needs to be less vignettes, and more pictures of the overall room/layout. And that goes to all the entries.

I will join the chorus, fewer vignettes please! I really like to see how a space is laid out and how rooms flow into each other. So far not many of the entries have done that.

Everything works together - very pretty!

Die, vignettes, die. Cute collections of objects do not a small, cool space make. I do like the feel of this space, but would like a better sense of it, and perhaps some larger art -- the collections of small frames can feel a little much/chaotic.

@alahoop: yes, but this is a contest, and not acquiring the tools necessary to make a good entry is not going to serve any entrant well. It would be unreasonable to enter a contest where you're supposed to show off your space, then only show vignettes because you don't have a wide-angle lens. Figure out a solution, borrow a friend & camera, or...you know? I can't get a sense of it, I can't vote for it, because I can't really tell what I'm voting for!

Vignettes should only be used for a full house tour. For a Small Cool Contest, it is better to have full room shots so that we AT readers can see how you have arranged your space. It's not a cute collections contest.

In all fairness, there is a REAL art to shooting a small space... without a wide-angle lens, sometimes vignettes are as far back as you can get.

Ooops, posted prematurely. ;)

And vignettes are an art, too. They're what give a sense of artistry and order to collections, create a visual focal point where no architectural one exists, and injects a roomful of furniture with the owner's personality.

Plus, telling a space's entire story in five pictures is no easy feat!

i love this simple yet cosy feel but i can understand how much effort has gone into this i love the way u have displayed ur necklaces . i will give u a thumbs up for sure

Love the blue walls, really lift the place and make it look like a very cheery kitchen

lovely, lovely bed!