Small Cool 2011

colorful & sweet!

Sweet baby room!

A very happy place! Although I didn't really like the sofa but hey, it doesn't matter, the while flat looks soothing and bright.

I LOVE the sofa! Reminds me of being little!

Your couch is so jubilant and fun! Did you have it re-upholstered, slip-covered or find it just that amazing?

So sweet.

Cute nursery!

When I saw your sofa..well I said something that probably wouldn't be appropriate to write in the comment section. But as I love quirky things..I love your couch! Very 70s. The nursery is gorgeous!

I love the chest of drawers in the last picture. Where did you get it? Is it a DIY?

Sweet and has a nice homey feel :)

Oh hey Drea! What an awesome surprise to see you on here! You've got my vote. :-)

i covet your couch!!

Adorable home. I'm pretty sure I like you just by your home.

I'm so impressed when parents can embrace small living with a little one! You did such a great job. Well done :)

Your sofa! - once seen, never forgotten! In fact your whole home is bright, original, happy. Well done!

I love the nursery! It makes me so much more confident that I could have kids in a small space.

I haven't seen a macramé owl in years! Thanks!

Love everything! When I buy my home one day Drea I am hiring you to decorate and furnish!

LOVE the grandma sofa. My grandma has it, for realz. And the granny squares blanket in particular makes me smile.

Grand favorite home. SO wonderful.

Love your place lady!

Thanks everyone!

@shadowlotus: I just found it like that! 50$ at goodwill. Best find ever.

@pamela l: it's a diy! my dad found it on the side of the road somewhere. it was hideous. Brown with a silver top.

What a happy bunch of colors and patterns. Like a bouquet in sunlight!

Love everything about it. The place is small yet airie, colorful, fun.
It has a home feeling and yet lots of caracther. I abosuletly love the nursery. It is unique and out of the ordinary. I wish I could see very detail of it

yah i love any entry that has kids involved. its so hard to have style and kids it seems. you did great! and yah, love the owl. inspired me to find one.

LOVE your place! It's so much fun. :)

woooo trippy flashback with that macrame owl! Love your space!

The place is filled with beautiful simplicity.
.Being a Mom is already dificult to beging with, now being able to keep a beautiful aprtament is really amazing.

This looks like a happy place to live! All the colors and patterns harmonize instead of compete with one another.

I don't remember the furnishings from my childhood looking like this much fun! I love it-- especially the shot of the crib. By the by, do you happen to know a source for the curtains in that picture (or where you found fabric for them)?

I love the colors and style here. And I just saw a macrame owl at a nearby thrift store but didn't know if it would look ok on my wall - you've given me the confidence to go back and get it!

And I second the comments on making a small space work with kids. You've done a wonderful job.

Now where is that rug from in the baby's room? I love it.

A macramé owl...how funny. I love the use of color. Don't care for the couch. The baby room is so high style.

I am looking at this a second time and I am so floored by your eye for color and design.

I am trying to figure out if those two ottomans in the location where they are really serve a purpose. Would anyone really sit there or do you just have them there to move over to a different location in case you have more people in the house than the couch can hold. I am sure you have it figured out as you look like you are an expert.

What a cute place. I also live in LW. There are so many adorable small houses in the area.

love it!! great taste :)

It is a very lovely house. Love all the natural light.

Gorgeous !

LOVE it! So nice to see a baby room that isn't pink and brown and everything matchy matchy!! So jealous of your fun sofa! Enjoy!

lovely house,
what a nice tree in the nursery, did you make it yourself?

Deju vue...the macrame owl looks like a pattern I used to teach my Brownies how to macrame - 25 years ago. :) Mine is long gone. Nice to see it is back in style.
Love your use of color and pattern. I'm not sure I could be so adventurous with patterns and pull it off as well as you. I think that must be your gift to know how to do that. Thx

@csc76: ah, I hate those curtains. No, I lie: I love them. I hated making them. I bought the fabric at (the dreaded) Ikea.

@misscorinne: Thank you! Clearance bin urban outfitters.

@House Voyeur: I am absolutely not an expert! Just someone who loves color and furniture. The ottomans are used more than frequently by visitors. Sometimes they are moved towards the center for games or conversations, but they are used most often right were they are at. The space is small.

@grietje: The tree was in the clearance bin of anthropologie. The box was open and everything... you design the tree as you'd like it... luckily no pieces appeared to be missing.

Love this space; seems so happy.

LOVE the sofa and really appreciate how you can make the small space work with a baby! :) Very happy place!

What is your paint color in the first photo? I love it.

Dreas little home is beautiful and unique. The highchair is the most amazing happy colour! And I love the sofa :-)

I love the paint color in the first photo too- with the owl. Please let us know what it is

@natstara: It's martha stewart brand... unfortunately I don't remember the name.

You seem to master the art of placing and arranging your decor. The sofa have personality; it has great lines and can be reupholster or covered.