Great apartment! I do highly reccomend reading Maxwell's "Apartment Therapy 8 Step Home Cure" book. I have a 450 square foot house and the book really helped me, especially his advice about moving things away from the walls.

What a great space--I especially like the bedroom windows.

I want!....and I like the apartment too. Agree with the comment about not pushing all the furniture up against the walls. It would be such a cuter apartment if he moved the sofa perpendicular to the wall with the gray sleeper across from it.
I can fix all that after I move in with him;-)

The Little Prince pop up book is my favorite!

how cute is he? i like your place also

Apartment is nice. Decor is blah as well as the design.

I think my favorite part of the design is the kitchen cabinet. OK, have we all had at least one IKEA Expedit in our lives at one point?

Nice apartment, particularly the bonus of the terrace that seems to wrap around the bedroom. Gives a small space extra breathing room.

i suspect an AT crush in play here...on the occupant, certainly not the decor, of this space. (I can't recall any other house tour that has such a close up of the resident as it's main photo...)

an adorable guy and beautiful photographs.

Nice rug in the LR, but where is the dog?

He's a chef? He looks fourteen! (Smile.)

Agree that the apartment has a bit to go - but anyone who doesn't hide their books - or arrange them by color/size or with the spines in (gack!) is more than OK with me.

What a great place! (And yes, at the risk of repeating what everyone else is writing/thinking, the owner is adorable!) I particularly love the green fridge. Wow. I am so tired of stainless steel. To me, it looks like it belongs in a morgue. Always reminds me of old Quincy episodes. So seeing some color, that is great! You have a wonderful home. Thanks for sharing with us!

Yay! I love Yigit! My favorite season of Top Chef Just Desserts by far. He was a darling and now I feel inspired that he has such a cute, homey space!

Oh god I can already tell it's gonna be like that guy with the Silverstream, where everyone made comments like "Gorgeous! And the home is pretty nice too." This is an interior design site, let's keep it respectful.

I like the rugs! Just loved your season & you & the whole team go diva!

I think this is a very well done flat, if I walked in I'd be very impressed. It's especially impressive because I didn't realize that couch at the end was actually also the bed, I thought maybe there was a side bedroom somewhere. Very hard to have a studio that looks so clean and open.

I like the driftwood inside the clear coffee table, nice touch.

One thought I have is that he clearly loves color and bold patterns (but with admirable restraint, avoiding clownish tendencies from pattern overload), but the only non-furnishing/decoration color is in the kitchen. Makes sense for a chef, I guess, that's obviously the heart of the room for him. The mustard color really works in a bachelor pad, it might not work as well for resale sometime down the road, just something to consider. But for now it's a good look.

To combat the "unfinished" feel of the rest of the apartment, I'd say that he should throw some of that bold color onto the walls in the rest of the apartment, even if just accent walls. Pump it up from "rental" to "my space".

Also, right now the eye really is pulled downward - rug, couch, bookcase - so maybe find a way to pull the eye upward as well, to balance it out. One possibility is to hang a light fixture (chandelier, funky shaped lights, whatever) over the kitchen, which would also be a demarcation of a separate space.

Again, great job, I would be super impressed if I walked inside. Just little details to perfect (or totally disregard) :)

@Yakkodot we didn't show the full bedroom, just to reserve some element of privacy for him. the shot with the desk/computer shows a side of the bed. But the the grey couch, does in fact turn into a guest bed :)

Tiny! Yikes! Do any of the windows look out onto anything other than buildings where people are looking back at you?!

And..... let the sexual harassment begin. It's like the Earth reversing its poles every Eon-- do all y'all predatory women smack your male secretaries on the bum every morning and call him "sweetie"? I feel bad for the average looking dudes who submit their apartments/homes to this site and get ignored. How many decades will Western men have to deal with sexual harassment-- ballpark? Is it an eye-for-an-eye kind of thing where the score will be settled in 30 thousand years? Just don't get mad when I start ogling the cute young "chicks" who get featured in home tours-- talking about how I'd like to make her breakfast the morning after on her retro Big Chill range, or how my clothes would look good strewn about her Flokati rug, or how I can't wait to see my size 11's tucked under her Case Study Bed. Game on, ladies... Game on!

love this place-especially the bedroom.
what's really impressive tho, is leaving out shoes with a puppy!

I love your apartment Yigit. It's beautifully appointed, stylish, sophisticated. Great photos!

Helllllooo, Yigit!

wow. a less than absolutely immaculate and perfect tour on apartment therapy. someone actually LIVES here!

Cool shoes (in first photo)!

I see Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" on the bookshelf! Yea!

Do you have a source for those great pillows on the CB2 sleeper? I <3 them. :)

Interesting apartment. Good use of 350 square feet.

I love this apartment. Absolutely fantastic! Stylish, clean, cute, modern, books, Budha, beautiful little kitchen.

Oh what a nice, (and lived in-- thank you!) apt. I think it's a great space. I need a source though: where did those lovely colorful pillows come from that are on the settee? (yes, next the the handsome homeowner.)

What a sharp and sexy kitchen!

I absolutely love the colors in the kitchen!

I have a narrow room that contains my living space, dining space and office space, which sort of requires that furniture be against the wall otherwise it's difficult to move around... so I can understand the arrangement of his living area.

Nice place. Could you please tell me where you got the comforter from? Thanks!

Stylish and nicely-appointed San Francisco apartment. Loving that kitchen!

merhabalar yiğit bey,
evinizde sağlık ve mutlulukla oturun inşallah. bir Türk mimarın yorumunu istersiniz belki.
tavsiye de diyebiliriz. mekan çok güzel. mutfak 10 numara. sade ama işlevsel. salonun dekorunda bir dengesizlik görünüyor. öncelikle salonda bir odak noktası belirlenmemiş. bu; tv, manzara, şömine vs. olabilir normalde. tv seyretmiyorsunuz sanırım. onu geçelim. manzarayı kimseyle paylaşmadığınıza göre yalnız yaşıyorsunuz yorumunu yapabilirim. mekanlarda sıcaklık içedönüklükle elde edilir. yani ortamı ısıtmanız gerekir.
manzaradan vazgeçemezsiniz diye tahmin ediyorum. biz de orta kısmı doldurmaya çalışalım. barselona kanepeyi biz daha çok salonlarda ana koltuk takımının yanında 2. bir grup olarak kullanırız. siz onu ana kanepe olarak kullanmışsınız. bu da soğuk bir hava ve boşluk yaratmış. salonunuza bir adet dolu dolu, rahat, tamamen kumaş kaplı bir kanepe daha alın. ve barselonayı 2. kanepe olarak, sırtını mutfağa verecek şekilde kullanın. sehpanızı değiştirin. daha büyük, kare ya da yuvarlak formda ahşap bir sehpa kulllanın. şeffaf olan sehpanız hem çok küçük hem de ha var ha yok ortada. onu da bence ayakkabılık olarak değerlendirebilirsiniz. altını ayakkabı üstünü bir tepsi içinde minik objeler koyarak düzenleyebilirsiniz. şimdilik bu kadar. benden yardım isterseniz mimarsedaunal@gmail.com adersinden yazabilirsiniz. evinizde hep mutlu olun inşallah.

RTU and pkeefer - you guys are hilarious! May I direct your attention to just one of the many house tours to feature a large picture of someone in the first picture? This particular one got 70 comments, which is pretty good for a house tour. But you can keep complaining, if you want.

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/joes-curiosity-shop-of-an-apar-161536

As for the apartment, while I definitely prefer a more layered and rich style, I appreciate the need to keep things more minimal in such a small place. And I really like the colors in the kitchen (no stainless steel, thank goodness!). The leather couch in the living room is also nice.

Oh, you are so lucky to have a dedicate parking place! I felt like my whole life was about parking for the few months I lived in SF. I can remember moving my car every few days and occasionally parking practically a mile away from my home!

I instantly felt caaalllm and happy looking through your apartment. You've made it your own so nicely..and Maui's too! Happy home.

Wow, it's interesting to see a tour of that great building, I looked at buying a place there myself but couldn't figure out in the 1 bed where I could put the cat litter out of the way and I couldn't afford the 2 bed.

I think that YIgit has done an excellant job in deciding what he wants and putting it in its place. I also liked how the place wasn't 'airbrushed'. It's a very attractive and live able space

Love it!! Very welcoming and airy, and it looks a LOT bigger than 570 sq ft!

Beautiful!
May I make a suggestion as I saw it and I was inspired...
Your front hall, on the right as you enter, all those doodads (thermostat, intercom, return vent or whatever they all are) keep them painted out as they are, but put an empty black frame around each and then connect the frames with either straight black wires or straight black lines of paint!

I love the rug in the living room and the bright pillows on the black leather sofa. Also love the art work in the bedroom and the little garden on the terrace. I didn't like the shoes lined up on the floor, but that's just me. I see the pet dishes and a bed, but where is the pet? Is it a cat? I think it must be! Cute place.

I can't seem to find the comforter on bby website. Does anyone know what it might be called?

He was definitely one of my favourites on Top Chef Desserts. Love the carpet (we have 2 that we brought home from a trip to Turkey) and love the colour in his kitchen.

Oh god I can already tell it's gonna be like that guy with the Silverstream, where everyone made comments like "Gorgeous! And the home is pretty nice too." This is an interior design site, let's keep it respectful.
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Wait...what? This is not respectful? I just looked at another post with an average-looking couple (middle aged, a little overweight) and they got lots of "cute couple" comments too. And I can't even count how many "your dog/cat/ferret is adorable...and oh BTW I love the house too!!" posts I have read. Sigh...

Love the book cover of "Chewed", noticed 'Atlas Shrugged' - and what of the b&w art of The Castro theater - who did that?

Nicely done! Great splashes of colour and personality. I love it all. Gigantic copy of The Little Prince. Lovely! Thank you for sharing your great home with us. I really love the glass containers for the plants. Terrific idea. I might plant an orchid in one. What do you do about drainage though? Is it possible to buy glass containers with a wee hole in the bottom?

I think the place is a great reflection of your personal style! I absolutely love it.

Think the kitchen is great but the rest is pretty underwhelming.

Is there any information about where the end tables in the LR can be found? Thanks!

Always wondered what these look like inside. I worked about 3 blocks from this building and saw it being built. The building is scary tall but most of the buildings in that part of SF are.
I have a pet-peeve when folks keep all their products on their bathroom sink but that's my thing not his.
It is a nice apartment. I too like the windows and small balcony but I can imagine what he paid for such a small space in SF!
Glad he is happy because that is what's most important but where's the pup?

There are some really neat pieces. That kitchen is so unique for a condo and I love the branches in the coffee table. What a great idea and so visually interesting. Overall, that's a dream pad for an apartment. So many beautiful surfaces and I like that the owner's stylishness is reflected. I have an issue with it being a little sparse in some areas but cluttered in other areas but it's nice that it looks lived in for once.

The bold use of colour in the kitchen is to be applauded, but it seems very cramped for a chef's kitchen.

And that's indicative of the central problem with this apartment - most of the major design decisions seem to have been made by the developers, not the owner... right down to the furniture included from the staging. There are a few nice accessories, and a couple of nice artworks, but the dominant sense is that of a young professional who doesn't spend a lot of time at home, and has little interest in interior design, leaving his belongings wherever the movers deposited them.

As such, what the hell is it doing on AT?

Love the carpet and the shots of hot colors on the pillows. I've never seen a carpet that beautiful on AT. He must know the right person to go to in Turkey. Tesekkur ederim!

What a beautiful, stunning, gorgeously decorated apartment - I LOVE it - this young man has exceptional taste - very refined and hasn't junked it up with a lot of unnecessary elements. This is a perfectly beautiful place for a young professional who knows what he likes. I love the photos of himself and his adorable puppy - very charming and sweet. It will be fascinating to see what he adds over time to his home - although how he could improve it when it is perfect, I don't know, but everyone likes change over time. Good luck and many happy days to Yigit and Maui in their lovely home!

I think he did wonders with what he had to work with. Very good use of 350 Sq. Ft. The fact that it's in San Francisco's Nob Hill neighborhood speaks volumes too! As far as the comments about his good looks - too bad it bothers some folks here. The guy is gorgeous and it needs to be said even in a decorating site! Beauty is beauty no matter where you find it!

The meditation space and the hidden bar are both great features that he managed to incorporate into this small space. And I too would have been moved by that tub. I've tagged it as inspiration for my bathroom reno. All the best!

For such a small space, it doesn't look small. It looks open and airy, very clean and bright. I think it's the use of white in the bathroom and bedroom that makes it look so sparkly. A lovely place, and he has a smile that would brighten up any room as well. :-)

Love the green kitchen and those wonderful windows!
@ jmack1 I think you will have to stand in line.....Yigit is adorable.

yup, nice apartment but...REALLY??? Really? to the people that keep commenting on the attractiveness of Yigit and Really? to the photographer that felt compelled to include not one but TWO photos of the owner. Really? If it had been a woman, no one would have dreamed of making those comments. C'mon people, grow up.

Uh PKEEFER...check out picture number 26. It's probably not ladies checking him out, although he is mega cute.

Oops - correction to my post above: "Also, right now the eye really is pulled downward - rug, couch, bookcase - so maybe find a way to pull the eye upward as well, to balance it out. One possibility is to hang a light fixture (chandelier, funky shaped lights, whatever) over the kitchen, which would also be a demarcation of a separate space."

I meant hang a light fixture over the dining area (that little table), not the kitchen.

Btw, I have the same lucite coffee table Yigit has. It's from CB2 and is definitely a good buy. I use mine for my television.

I love it. Those windows, the quality of the light, the plexiglass coffee table is perfect, but OMG that fridge , the color of the fridge and kitchen trim, the gloss is carried in the dining table... you have a little alter. Very awesome.

I really like the kitchen. And the bathroom is a great example of its type.

I love the kitchen.( I hate the nasty comments.... )
I feel that the place is normally more messy and chaotic.. like a real home... I like this!

Nice space, source of kitchen stove please?

Wow!

Cool Paul

He is super sexy and so is the apartment! Love the use of space (and love the helados piece)!

Lovely apartment! I love the lucite table against the turkish carpet. The bright pillows and CB2 tables are lovely and modern.