seems to me that it just draws unwanted attention....oh look! you have a file cabinet in your living room! maybe if it were in the kitchen it would be better

I too thought it looked like a hotel, but mostly because people who live in studio apartments don't usually spend this kind of money drapes, furniture, etc without having a lot of other more person...

no no, paint the switch plates too lol

........or you could just throw your clothes around onto the back of chairs, door nobs, the floor and whatever. LOL

move those book cases out of the living room and put all of your storage along that under used wall beyond the dining table. it would be best to have some sort of unified storage furni...

I also like this place....and also am wondering what it's doing in a competition about color?? Maybe it's a problem with the color not showing well due to the photos

well done Laura!

definitely an amazing fireplace!

number one seems quite unattractive. The red paint sure draws attention to the "front door" area and it seems that the idea should be to downplay the whole thing......maybe they should have used th...

that's an "authentic" interior if there ever was one

unfortunately, so much clutter diminishes the results

you could always just cover up the brick with sheetrock if you're worried about not liking the painted brick once it's too late!

did we leave out any color of the spectrum?

old barns???? are these the right pictures to go with the "old barns" house? lol

Curtains. The problem with a folding screen is that most of them aren't tall enough to completely hide the door

the doors always look great, the hardware almost always looks clunky and unattractive

a good host should be more concerned about helping the embarrassed guest get past the awkward moment gracefully and good guests shouldn't be making the situation worse by insisting on paying for a...

definitely moving the bookcases will help. The fireplace wall is way too packed with stuff compared to the other too walls. Putting them on the same wall with the tv will help balance things out

besides wine bottles, it's possible to find bottled water in nice looking glass bottles with screw caps......they wash easily and there's never an issue of aftertaste. Italian soda is ...

alas, more visual pollution