Small Cool 2011

Your home office is very cool :)

That "view" is a great idea! Very resourceful, and a heck of a lot cheaper than $150K!

Lovely kitchen, I'm very curious about the "luggage" office space, was it custom-made ? You can close the whole thing easily ?

Thanks! The office comes from Restoration Hardware (the Mayfair) and was a bit of a splurge but worth it for the storage. You can close it, but it's pretty heavy. Still, I'm able to do it and I'm a weakling. It's just not something I want to do every day.

Love the acid green wall.

love the office idea and the creativity. Just a question, do people like sleeping facing a mirror? Or does it reflect light or a view?

ikke helt som Grorud, men ganske digg;)

looks great! love the view of the skyline

Classy foto of Manhattan Great little space. Looks like it is well situated in one of the trendy new neighborhoods in Brooklyn judging from the angle in the photograph.

Ok, I'm gonna need the deets on that bed. We need something exactly like that! We have a platform bed on risers with Lack shelves flanking the bed. It's a hodgepodge and your bed would completely remedy this! Love the place!!

xand83 -- We got the bed at MDC International in NYC on Broadway and 20th. I read some awful things about them on yelp and some other places, but we had no problem with them. The most important thing when we designed it was to mount the nightstands on the wall so that we could actually open the drawers. I saw so many nightstands pushed up next to drawers so that you couldn't get into them. Crazy!

arnold -- We don't really "face" the mirror per se but it does reflect a lot of light and we can check it to see what our cats are up to in the other part of the apartment.

love your wallpaper view, but your bedding doesn't match at all and is way too distracting!

please please tell me where you got the manhattan skyline!

@m.lubinteigen, keeping an eye on your cats is good!

your workstation makes me salivate! sweet place!

I was not expecting the combination of pink/orange on one side of the room and apple green on the other. It totally works, thanks to the neutrals in between.

Who did you use to turn the photo into wallpaper? I love that! I would really like to do something similar in my bedroom.

Thank you for all of your comments. This is the first time I've been able to really decorate an apartment after renting for so long and your kindness is very encouraging.

ttara/Squarah -- We took the photo ourselves and added some extra water via Photoshop (so that the buildings would land above the headboard) then sent it in to shop4wallpaper.com.

The office area is awesome. Love, not only that it is luggage and can be closed but it defines the space. Great ideas. Also love the green wall!

It's not really my style, but I like the creative office space, the layout and inviting atmosphere. Nicely done!

Your office area is a great idea, but I have to agree with the comment above. I think your bedding really lets it down. It seems to draw my attention away from the skyline poster and wish you had just a simple white bed spread or something like that?

But otherwise good job in making the most of a tiny area!

Just LOVE your place. Maddy

A very cool apartment!

Love your wallpaper.

WOW!!! Marissa, that's quite a change from the pictures you showed me before it was all decorated! It's gorgeous!!! I'm jealous and your cats must love the wide open space and the "kitty TV" of the windows. Nice job REALLY well thought out on the space savers and I don't notice the pillar anymore, it's a nice room seperation

I absolutely love that trunk office desk. One should only be so lucky to have that find!

you know I just saw that luggage desk at restoration hardware and thought it was amazing but wondered how it look in an actual home. Well done with your space!