I love the plant table.

Love it! Especially the rooftop!

I love this condo. It's just clean and interesting and it's new but not sterile. It is always great to see someone who takes a brand new condo and makes it their own.

What a beautiful place! Can you tell us the names of the living room and bedroom paint colors?

There are many aspects of your apartment that I like (the terrace is to die for!), but one thing that does not appeal to me is the location of the [what I assume is] the dining room table, where the person sitting on either side has a view of the kitchen or worse yet, the bathroom.
I do realize that perhaps the spot was chosen out of necessity but I think I would try to move the table more towards the middle of room. I would not want to see the toilet while having my dinner. (Just sayin'.)

A kitchen garden, with fruit trees! FANTASTIC!

Surely the landing strip with all the shoes does not stay where it is all the time--blocking the stairs?

Lovely little kitchen, though. I'm a fan of the simple, clean lines, the dark wood, the white counters, and the subway tiles.

Yay, she's a plant freak just like me! Plants make everything better. Great tour!

tolsca

Can you tell me where you got the backsplash tile for the kitchen? Is it glass or green/blue tile? Thanks!

Ya had me at rooftop terrace. Seriously. Also, jealous of your deep-looking soaking tub. I think my blood pressure went down just looking at the picture.

Another gloomy bear fan, how could I not love your place?

I too, also use pretty bowls around the house for random storage. Why should they languish in my cupboards when they can be out serving a purpose?

i found her! enjoyed the house tour, thanks!!

Hard to believe this is only 775 sq ft. It looks so spacious. The bathroom is HUGE!

I love the apartment, the kitchen (wow, those tiles!!), the plants and the terrace!

My only complaint is the furniture, but to each his own :)

Thanks for sharing

Ooooo the terrace! Simply wonderful.

Yes, this does look larger than 775 square feet. Your space has a nice feel.

The artwork hanging over your dining table is particularly successful, in part because of its scale. As noted in this AT post, "supersized" art makes tiny rooms look grand.

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/sf/artwork/supersize-it-large-scaled-artat-home-in-arkansas-142634

Large art/objects create drama and an immediate focal point. Vignettes composed of many tiny things can overwhelm the eye and read as clutter. You might try replacing your collections with fewer, larger items. You can then rotate in a few smaller items periodically.

The bench and shoes so close to the stairs is scary; so easy to trip over.

Love the terrace.

AT, what about those spammers?

Veronica, I love your place and I'd love to know what kind of trees are you growing on your rooftop? Since I also have a big balcony but find it difficult to grow trees in pots, I grow mostly vegetables, herbs and flowers.

Thanks.

I'm just wondering how they can cook with all of those appliances on the kitchen countertop and the shoes in front of the stairs look like it would make walking through that area awkward. Love the kitchen cabinets and appliances!

I have to say that I was stopped at the very first picture because of the shoes. If nothing else, can't the ones on the floor move to the top of the bench? Maybe I'm too sensitive to traffic flow because of having to deal with Americans with Disabailities Act compliance at work, but not having a clear 36 inch landing area at the foot of the stairs is both unsafe and unappealing to me. (Sorry!)

SherryBinNH - if no one who lives there has to deal with disabilities, what's the problem with putting things where you like?

medusa12120 and pi -- crowding a landing is dangerous for fire evacuation for one thing, and its hazardous for clumsy friends and visitors, even if not disabled. I don't care how tight your space is, creating an obstacle course in a traffic zone is a bad idea. If caring about safety is too uptight for you, well, so be it.

the stairs lead to the terrace only and given that it's still very cold in nyc, it probably isnt used right now, so why not spread out the shoes?

Thanks for all the nice comments. Don't worry, my boots blocking the stairs is only a temporary set-up since it's still too cold out to go upstairs to the roof. The landing will be cleared soon as soon as Spring decides to arrive!

@seabird04107 I'm not positive what the paint colors are, but all I remember is that it was from Benjamin Moore. Sorry, that's not much help.

@eap564 They are light blue glass tiles

@bloggergal We grow pear and peach trees that we bought from Chinatown

@MarshallO Hint: You can only see half my face

A little too bland for me on the interior. But I ADORE the rooftop garden!

Picky picky people. This apartment is lovely, it isn't a "show palace", it's a lived in space which I can appreciate. The shoes....geez people, who other than Veroney or her sister would be going upstairs? Much too much was made of that.

I thought the point of the House Tours was to showcase something more interesting construction- or style-wise. Give us something to aspire to! This looks like new construction real estate furnished with the contents of a dorm room. This wasn't worth featuring on AT.

I enjoyed this space precisely because it's a real home and not some 'aspirational' space out of a magazine!

I appreciate the individuality that's expressed in many spaces highlighted on AT and the variety of spaces featured.

I would find utterly boring if the only places featured conformed to some consumerist fantasy...

I also appreciate the openness of the private individuals who allow their homes to be featured here, when they must know that some people will use their anonymity to make gratuitous cutting remarks. Makes one wonder what kind of mental space some people live in...

What is the name of that Crate and Barrel shelf unit? It's EXACTLY what we are looking for! (I don't see it on the website, of course lol)

@gatineauhills... 'Her home might feel basic and bland to some' Agreed. If I had the cash for an expensive new condo and four years to curate my collection of found flea market treasures, I'd make an attempt at cohesiveness before showing it off to the world. The kitchen and the rooftop garden setup is great- were they the end result of a renovation?
I applaud the owners 'openness' to invite us into her home. Ever see Hoarders? They let us in too. My point is... Not every House Tour submission has to be featured. If the plants are the highlights, wouldn't they be better suited for a gardening site?
IMO this undermines the real creativity and hard work of many of the other far more interesting residences of the AT House Tours, whether it appeals to the viewer or not. There's nothing wrong with this place. I just think it didn't need to be a feature.
I have a carefully curated pile of old magazines if anyone wants a pic...

There are a lot of pretty things in this home and the garden and plants are beautiful! I think you need to find a few large 'statement pieces', though. A painted wall or a really large canvas, a statement rug... a few things to create more cohesiveness. Lovely light in the place!

P.S. The tiles in your kitchen are so beautiful.

Wow, some of you are so harsh!

I thought the space was lovely. It's airy and uncluttered with carefully chosen, very personal tchotchkes (I don't know that I could ever whittle my way down to so few, too much sentiment on my end, but I admire it!)

She showed us her home and made the tour feel very welcoming like she was offering us a cup of tea with the view. How could you not love the silliness of Veronica sticking her head out from behind the door?

She has an accessible and a real, "living" apartment.

We're all of course, entitled to our opinions, but from what I can gather after many years of following this website, the views of AT are to show many different, visually appealing examples, alongside truly functional aspects of life in smaller living quarters. They share their ideas and their finds in very a humble, "un-snooty" way, always asking for their readers opinions, which I find very refreshing!

We don't have to love or agree with every article written, we don't have to love every house tour, but it seems to me that AT brings an ease to the anxiety of creating a warmth with practicality to our homes.

Veronica's tour is a breath of fresh air. It can take a person a long time to acquire what is perfection for them in terms of design and function.
I felt that she shared (via AT), after years in the making, what she can now truly call home.
And isn't that what we're all here to achieve?

the photographs were very beautiful and i love her sense of clustering objects....but honestly i feel like this is just not that intersting design or decorating wise.....i mean that huge bathroom ....has a very common light fixture and nothing interesting going on at all...i am not being mean just honest...it is great how many beautiful plants she has ....but this tour left me kind of ...ehhhh

I think this place is beautiful. to me, it doesn't feel simple or bland, but relaxed and balanced, and comfortable. and the roof top garden is a dream!

so horribly ugly, it took away some of my will to live, it was awful... but hey, getting back some perspective:- i am grateful that i dont have to visit that place in real life and i can try and forget the whole experience. *shudders* the blandness, the urbanity, the sofa smack in front of the teev like that hahahaha. anyway,
i blame AT are the editors on holiday? drugs?

The picture with the little face shaped vases and the 2 short cacti with the long cacti in the center reminded me of a penis and testicles. Maybe I'm the only person that sees that?

The terrace is obviously the best part of the condo.

looks like my first apartment in the financial district during college, which i would never dream of sending into AT and getting featured.

Lovely space! I particularly like the collection on your fridge. Can you tell me where you got the oyster sauce bottle opener and the fridge magnets with the Chinese character "lok"? It's part of my name so it'd be great if I could get a set.

I'm not comfortable with the way the bottom of the stairway is partially blocked by the collection of boots. Looks cluttered to me. I do, however love the plant table.

i dont fancy eating next to the loo, but seeing the pict (the one where there was glass from ceiling to floor), i wldnt place dinning table there either (to block magnificant light/view) but it means end up eating next to the loo =/