Very nice! Another left-out apartment that I prefer to some that made it into the contest.

I agree with Sydney.

i love the crate turned on its side as an end table. i may have to steal that idea!! there are some really lovely gems in this place :D

What a wonderful place. Every square inch speaks of their personality without SHOUTING or feeling cluttered. The way the art is hung is perfectionl

Is your nightstand a tv tray? If so that is a lovely fabric cover and I am wondering where you got it. Same for the throw and pillows on your loveseat. You have a charming home and some very nice art work.

I also agree with Sydney.

I spy a trunk! That's a great contrast - the painting and the trunk. (the entire apartment is awesome - great use of space!)

i love this apartment. is that an ikea couch?

I love the creativity in this room! Great use of space!

ooh, and a typewriter!

Beautiful art display, but the rest does not hold together for me so much. It's charming and lovely, though... that first pic just set the bar pretty high.

I would love to see next year's Smallest Coolest have a separate category for studio apartments. I think one-room living is one of the biggest of all interior design challenges.

great use of space, well done.

Another great place!

I think I like the left out ones better than most of the contest entries . . .

p.s. I think this is one of the best tv setups I've seen. The shelf above the tv, the art, and the fact that it's off to the side make the tv seem less prominent and not a focal point.

I agree that the past few left out entries are better than a lot of the contest entries. Were these submitted late? Or did they just not make a cut?

This one, for instance, seems lovely and also personal and a little idiosyncratic. The artwork display in the bedroom.

Oops, I forgot to finish my sentence. I particularly like the artwork display in the bedroom.

ptoo, you are so right. I would love to see part of the contest devoted to one room living.

Your bedroom space is sensational! Eclectic and entrancing...

that window looks fantastic. It would look even better with a little air around it. Move those tables! Consolidate the little sprinkles of little thingies.

I love the light coming in over the bed. Nice apartment. What neighborhood are you in?

Back in 1992, before we moved to New York, my husband and I had a huge place in Charles Village with 2 full baths and we paid $500.00 a month! But even after all these years, I still miss my hometown and that great apartment.

I second Sydney (this is better than some that made it into the contest) and Patrick (special category for studios).

I'm very confused as to the criteria for things included in the contest now. Was it purely on an order basis? This is a beautiful use of the space and they really deserved a shot at the prizes.

There is something very charming, simple and honest about this apartment. I'd love to see more photos of the space, particularly your use of old crates.

I think what makes this place work is the attention to detail. Nice work.

I agree with Sydney.

This is a lovely space that needed some creative thinking to incorporate several different activities in the one area - they've managed it with style and panache - I love the cushions under the window

Agree with Sydney and Patrick too. This is so lovely!

Lovely, honest, simple - a lived-in refuge. Cheers!

:D Alright! Baltimore! But I'm sad to see this didn't make it into the first 40. D: Great place!

yeah for bawlmer!

I third/fourth/fifth ptoo on the "one room" category!

agree w/ Sydney and Patrick

like the personality in this space!
do kinda think the couch throughs it off too much though...

Another vote for giving studios their own category! The design challenges for those spaces are so significantly different- but then again, there's a distinct difference in designing for a 150 sq ft apartment vs a 650 sq ft one...

I keep coming back to look at this one. I love the simple eclecticism and--as everyone else does--the artful display of collections and artwork. It feels very timeless and French to me.

So much light: you made the best use of it.
I bet your friends don't want to leave...I wouldn't.
Congratulations.

I really like this space. It seemed that the judges liked the places where the inhabitant went to DWR, bought a complete set of furniture for the whole apartment and left, better than the ones that look personal. Many of the apartments that made it looked like DWR catalog rooms. Why did this well-deserved apartment not make it, we'll never know.

On second look, that rolled up thing under the couch would drive me bananas! What is it? The room divider feels a little too 'west virgengineered' for me and looks like it would topple over with one little door slam. Finally, if you are going to be creative and enter your apartment in a contest with the word 'coolest' in the name, please, for the love of god, come up with a 'cool' laundry hamper... or don't photograph it.

Can we, for the love of god, stop with the "all from DWR" comments. There are VERY FEW entries like that this year.

Maybe this entry didn't make it cuz they didn't get their "act" together early enough to beat earlier entries.