Love your place but that first paragraph is cringe-worthy.

I look if I'm looking for something I need... ie maybe a nail clipper, floss or lotion. And I'm never appalled or anything... everyone has weird shit sometimes.

Kind of looks like an ikea showroom. I know thhe couches aren't ikea but everything else is.

I like it, but all I can think about is all the dust

omg i remember this place from when i worked at silverlake coffee! there were always nasty bums and cats chillin around there

--it's a gallery/cleared rentals.

samanthalous: all of that art is available at ghettogloss (silverlake, los angeles)! ghettogloss.com

before i saw the location, i said out loud, "this is either in silverlake or echo park!".

woah i LOVE the marimekko, desk (and placement) and shag rug and disco ball effect! sooo cute!!!!!!!

thanks for all the lovely comments! in response to your questions, piffdos- the rug is from ikea, i believe. i got it from cl, but i havent seen it at ikea recently nopor...

is this apt in the contest? if not, it should be!

this is ridiculous. there arent any other ways to cut costs? i would rather eat ramen for a month than give up my phone. have fun!

you found the coffee table?! so cute! i love all the colors in here... v. jealous of the kitchen. is that the convertible couch from uo? i wanted that...

my favorite stores are hernandez furniture (santa monica and el centro, sort of in hollywood) and sunset bazaar on sunset and coronado (in silverlake/echo park). hernandez had a huuuge selection an...

i love stats for xmas, but i cant believe you guys are promoting fake flowers. theyre probably on the list of the worst decorating mistake. along with carpeted toilet seat covers...

ridiculous to spend that amt. of $$. i could make the same room for under 500.

wheres taco zone?!?!? arizas?!? cute idea, do not like the font.

chair chair chair where where

when is the next smallest coolest contest?

heres my dilemma-- i got the Domino guide to decorating book for xmas, which came with a free subscription to domino. i sent off the little postcard a couple of weeks before i ever heard about domi...