Personally I like the brick, and would opt for painting the wooden doors instead because right now those two things are clashing. But if you really don't like the color of the brick, try white wash...

I'm puzzled as to why this post is on AT? Is AT branching into quality of life posts now? I'm honestly curious, I haven't had time to follow AT recently.

I had no idea my parent's old chairs are now "vintage" - lol

I began to panic just looking at the pic

Am I the only one having a hard time reconciling the pics of a very nice NYC apartment with the phrase "I am on a tight budget"? That said, if you want a quick fix then I would echo th...

Amazing place! Can the owners comment as to why they went with such a dark color for the ceiling accent?

Unless there is something wrong with the finish on the bases, don't paint them! I can see these working with brightly colored and patterned shades, depending on the other colors in your room.

It looks to me as if there's barely any room for a person to sit up, much less stand up, in the lofted sleeping area -- are they expected to simply slither off the mattress and down the stairs? Ot...

There's a reason you won't find one of those at PetSmart.

There was a post on AT with a cute kitchen and they had a window system suspending several rows of small pots containing herbs in their window -- in the comments it said that it was a discontinued ...

A picture would help quite a bit -- to get an idea of what the firpeplace looks like, how much light there is, what colors the walls are, what the flooring is like, etc. There's too little to go o...

I had never heard of something like this and agree with others that it is perfectly appropriate for AT to post about it - thanks!

The pink door is too much -- I like the violet/purple colors however.

I was going to say something along the same lines -- are there other pics which show other vantages of the apt? Where does the inhabitant sleep?

Could you try putting the loveseat with its' back to the kitchen, creating a divider between the two rooms and opening up the area in front of the patio door? I don't actually understand where the...

I agree that you should try moving the bed around to other walls (on the wall to the right of the window facing the door seems like a good bet to me, but honestly i have found that actually moving ...

If you're stuck with having the TV where it is, center it in the square-ish space between the doorway seen at the left of the pic and the point at which the ceiling comes down a foot to the right o...

While these are too expensive for the casual user to buy for themselves, maybe a local group owns one that you could borrow, or request for them to come and do it for you?

the first pic came from this post: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/small-cool-2007-entri...

Does anyone know where I could get a set of pots like the ones in the window of the first pic? The original post says that they are from Ikea, but have been discontinued. Thanks!