Just curious - how were these matchups created? Seems an odd way to do it. You potentially put through a weaker entry if two strong entries are posted against each other.

it's a horrible voting format and i will not vote during this competition because of it.

I agree, I went through the different homes earlier and there were a few match-ups where both homes were superior to other homes in other match-ups.

Can't we all vote and then the top x amount make it through to the next round?

I too am opting out on participating in the voting. As much as I love seeing all the entries, this is too cumbersome and time consuming for me. Pitting two entrants against each other seems unfairly random.

KTG, can you explain why you believe this voting round is broken? Are you having a specific problem voting? If so, please use the contact form to give us the details. We haven't received any error reports this morning. Thanks, Scott.

i was looking at the matchups and some feel like two weaker homes against another and some were so good it wasn't easy on which to pick. I thought voting would be like rating each home by points. :\

Right now my screen says I am logged in as farnsworthglass. I am not farnsworthglass. How is this possible?

Hi KTG and farnsworthglass,

The first thing to try, if you haven't already, is to visit:

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/superlogout

... which should clear out any bugs that may have persisted from an old version of our community code. After logging in again on the comment form, you should be able to vote.

So how were the top 16 chosen?? I disagree that these two were the strongest out of the field! There's no real color in either of them so I won't be voting either way...I think some that got left out were better.

i kinda agree... honestly 80% of these "finalists" have white walls. Not that their accessories and furnishings aren't colorful, but... I dunno, doesn't seem like my favorites made the cut.

This contest really needs to be revamped next year- maybe a "judges pick" or something. NW Shelby's contemporary vs Inger's bright and bold is a perfect example. Somehow Inger, with all white walls, is winning a color contest...it makes no sense and ends up being a contest of "who has the most email friends" instead of an actual color contest....a bit of a letdown!

I think the voting should just start over with a better format...there is a lot of money involved this year and someone with white walls, wood tones, and one red pillow shouldn't be winning $2500 in a color contest.

While I could be accused of being a sore loser (I lost in the 1st round!), I've gotten multiple emails from friends who said they couldn't vote; they tried to log on & got sent to the original postings for comments. Some made comments & thought that was a vote. One said today she tried 5 times yesterday & TODAY was the 1st time she linked to the voting page. Even my sister, an experienced AT user, couldn't get to the voting page after logging on. I saw that today there was a bar graph with vote totals, but not yesterday. I could have seen that as a reference to know if I had a chance at all.
But I love the site & the contest, & I am excited for some of my favorites--that use color well & uniquely--to go on in the brackets!

I will echo the login issues. I spent my lunch hour walking friends through how to log in to vote for me. Many others just gave up. Sigh.