Small Cool 2011

The chairs next to the fireplace are sooo beautiful!

I love the color in the living room and the beautiful built in bookcases.

so jealous of your built-ins

fantastic job of respecting the history of your place without it looking stodgy

Thanks, I tried a 13 shades of grey for livingroom before picking this one. Thank goodness for the mini samples! In the end I had a custom mix from Benjamin Moore to match a ballroom at the Lyman Estate in Waltham. The blue is from the Historic New England paint collection and is called "Bold Bollection." I love it because it looks so modern, yet its accurate for Colonial or Federal period homes. (Despite the catchy headline, the apartment is from the Federal period,not Victoirian.)

The whole picture is stunning

The chairs were a random inexpenisive find a giant furniture store, in stock in ivory damask (and not a pretty one) but you could order them in other fabrics.

I die.

The "flat" closet (dress display)? I die again.

It's historical and modern at the same time. A nice surprise. The word decadent comes to mind.

And um, the champagne bucket??!?

I"m fa-fainting at that living room -- so elegant! So stylish. My gawd -- when's the next party? I'll bring champagne!

when can i move in?

Very cool AND elegant! Love the empty champagne bottle in the bedroom. Who did you share that with?

I love your sofa! Where did you find it? Beautiful space and love how you kept the historical significance.

Congratulations! You have done a truly masterful job of maintaining the history of your beautifully appointed apartment.

I love your main living space - not sure of the point of the clothing on the wall? Don't they get dusty? Would have been nice to see another shot of the living area - like the kitchen - instead of that

Wonderful! Anyone would love to call your apartment home.

Your living room is massive and gorgeous. I would die to live in a house 913 sq ft. I definitely do not consider that small.

Brilliant!

I like the living room!

The dresses hanging on the wall are because they take up a huge amount of limited closet space because of the full skirts. its much better for them to hang than be flat. These are the ones that take up the most room or would crease if squished. The closet area has two apartment sized closet and one is half full of evening wear, so its a way to have more storage. I normally have the drapes closed to keep dust from them and the drapes go flush to the ceiling to reduce any dust. The floor below the also has cedar strips across the bottom to help ward off moths. I have collected the evening dresses over the last 20 years and I wear them often, so for me its practical. The kitchen isn't that interesting and I thought this reflected how to be creative in small places to suit your own unique needs.

The sofa is from Restoration Hardware and was my biggest splurge. I sold my old sofa, a chaise, 2 chairs, a breakfast bar, a portable closet and an ac from my old apartment on craigslist to equal the cost.

The champagne bucket and empty soldier is an installation art inspired attempt. The wall is the first thing you see in the room and I thought it went well with the Vincent Show print. You have to go through the bedroom to get to the bathroom and normally the drapes are closed over the dresses, so adds a little something. But it may go back to the kitchen!

Hi, I really love your place, especially the living room. I am going through countless samples to find a blue/gray for my bedroom, and the color your have seems pretty close to what I am looking for. I understang it was a custom color. any suggestion on how to get close to it? do you know what would be the closest non custom color? thanks

I think the link to this page is broken. I got here by clicking on the picture but when I clicked on the "got to entry page" link it didn't work.

Oh my goodness. This place is gorgeous. I can tell that you really worked on the paint colors and you did an absolutely fabulous job. I'm so happy to see that you used the Chesterfield sofa: it's so perfect for the room and it looks utterly inviting. The living room is just perfect.

Then the creative stuff you did with the closets and the built-ins: I love that as well. You not only have a wonderful eye and respect for your living space, you also put in touches of whimsy that, simply put, make me happy and put a smile on my face.

I hope you win. This is hands-down the best apartment shown. Instead of following trends, you listened to the apartment and to yourself, and that's rare.

Thank you for inviting us into your home.

Simply stunning... a beautiful blend of modern and traditional!

Creative blend of 'now' and 'then.' Beautiful!

Your living room looks majestic! Assuming the floorplan diagram is somewhat to scale, it must be a stunningly large space. The darker contrast color in the built-in bookcases is great too. I used to live in Beacon Hill and understand the awkward floorplan, but I would consider 913 SF to be very large as 1-bedrooms go in that area (unless you're in a mansion on Mt. Vernon or something).

I saw this room before you transformed it. It was forgettable. Now, thanks to your work it is unforgettable. Your thoughtful approach brought a 200 year-old room...home again. Great job!

The floor plan is pretty close to scale, the bulk of sq ft is in the living room. In the bedroom I had to search awhile to get side/night tables with storage that were narrow enough to fit between the bed and wall (!8 in) as there wasn't anyplace else in the room to place a dresser due to the doorway layout and pass way to get to the bathroom. The bathroom has a shower only because its not large enough to fit a bathtub. True, most place on the Hill would have 2 bedrooms for this sq ft and another room is what I was willing to give up to have a bigger space for entertaining.

So so so so pretty. Definitely one of my favourite favourites. I, too, had difficulty getting to this page as the link to see your entry was broken.

The headboard/curtain combination is so clever. Love this.

What a beautiful home!!!!

Your living room is so perfect...so delicate.

gorgeous. that dress display is so dreamy.

Great ideas, I like the bar, the wall dresses and the shoe-shelves! Wonderfull!

Oh, I forgot, the chesterfield sofa is so classic!

I'm sorry you're not getting more votes. The paint color alone makes your place a winner.

Ohhh such a happy looking, inviting home! The historical aspect is maintained yet complimented to elegantly and hip with lively colors. So perfect!

The party dress room is so clever.This is the new trend! I'm copying it!

oh, wow ! that living room ! *swoon*