Small Cool 2011

I LOVE THE KITCHEN. RED AND TURQUIOSE ARE TWO OF MY FAVORITE COLORS TOGETHER!!!

Claw foot tub, vintage kitchen, built-in book shelves...when can I move in?!

Not to mention those lovely hex tiles in the bathroom! Swoon!! :D

I remember the house tour. Loved it then, love it now.

That's one beautiful chocolate shade on the bedroom walls!

i wish this was my house!

Love it! Pretty much my dream home. If it has a porch I'm moving in.

Sweet and cozy! Just darling!

I love your working area, all those shelves filled with books and a desk snuggled inside the corner. Fantastic!

I loe your office space.

Love this space!!! What paint color is used in the Living Room?

I would move here in a second, as-is.

I wish you could do my place! So cute!

Thanks for all the love!

@ Mandarin614, the color in the living room was already there when I bought the house. Sorry! It's a really basic off white.

This house would be perfect if I lived on my own. The hexy tiles are lovely and that bookshelf is fantastic.

Your washroom is to die for! Crystal knobs, penny tile floor (!!!), and a claw foot tub = love. I'm super jealous. ;)

That is the exact couch I am looking for, where did you get it?

Love your house and style :)

Oh my dear. I've hallucinated about your cute little house ever since the house call. Gorgeous!

Wow, that tiling in the bathroom is amazing!

Hi einsd - the couch is from Crate & Barrel:
http://www.crateandbarrel.com/furniture/sofas/hennessy-sofa/s448527

And glitchgirl, my walls are textured and the matte paint looks great so I say give it a go! You can always just get a sample size of the paint and see how it looks.

I am really intrigued by your brown bedroom. It seems so calming! I'd love to try something like that in my bedroom, but the walls are so horribly pocked and uneven...matte paint just would not work. :(

Lovely home. And thanks for including the floorplan. I love to see a floorplan - it helps with perspective.

I love the turquoise and red in the kitchen! We're going to do those colors in our living room :)

@ek76, the rug was a lucky yard sale find.

where is the beautiful rug from?

Favourited because of the office!

I must ask where you purchased the shelving for your office? You did an incredible job! So organized!

@missmae11411 - the shelves are custom built-ins that I had built and installed.

I love your home. It is modern,but homey and
best of all it's not contrived!

I love the kitchen! It's super duper cute. What color paint did you use (if you don't mind sharing)? I think I'm going to copy you. :)

Love love love. Especially your workspace. You did an amazing job Cate!!

Hi KasieB - the paint color is Behr 510D-4, 'Embellished Blue'.

Here's the link to my home tour - fire away if there are more questions not answered here:

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/house-tours/cates-modern-vintage-kit-house-house-tour-141987

I agree about scale! I really like the thinner frame of the coffee table. Where did you find it? thanks

Love this home ,the kitchen is fabulous .

@Shediri, the coffee table is from a 2nd hand furniture store.

So jealous of the office - oh, to be surround by bookshelves. I also adore the retro kitchen.

Cate- What a great find! I will continue my search...

That bedroom paint is heavenly. Brown is a color I would never think to use, but after checking out these house tours I am very close to using it in my living room. Love how the delicate patterns on the curtains and quilt balance the dark brown.

GREAT TASTE Cate! Colors, furniture, and look at that quilt! You must come from a very artistic and cultured family to have such a beautiful place! ;) (wink wink). XOXO Sarah

Very nice, is Sarah your Mom?
I agree, your artistic nature and great taste shine through your lovely home.

ridiculously cute!

Ha, Sarah's actually my older sister!

I think this one is my favorite. I'm not familiar with the Sears Kit Home. Does this mean the original builders bought a kit & built it themselves? I'd love to see what the outside looks like.

...And by the way, I love, love, LOVE that built in bookcase. Did you build that yourself?

Hey GothamTomato - kit homes were sometimes purchased and built by the owners of a home, but in the case of my house I think it was a contractor who built it and then sold it. There are about 6 of them right in a row on my block, all the same model. Here's more info about them:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Catalog_Home

And I didn't build the shelves myself - if only I was that handy! A contractor/carpenter did them for me.

I'm loving the stencil above the bed. A beautiful, safe option for earthquake territory. Is it purchased or made? Thanks.

Hi Roozter - it's a decal that I bought on Etsy. I can't find the exact one any more but if you search for 'bird decal' on Etsy you'll find loads of others like it.

I love the kitchen. Aqua and hot red are the best.

Your home is lovely. Could you please tell me where the red bird print in the living room is from? Thanks.

Hi ali07,
The red birds print is by Wayne Pate, although it looks like he's not selling it anymore:

http://www.goodshapedesign.com/

Chaight - thanks for the link and good luck winning this year's Small/Cool!

I love the way that you've kept the original features, but made it new with colour and decor. Renovation of the best sort!

My favorite of all!!! beautiful, charme, congrats! Can I vote a million times?

Oy! That kitchen is the shiz-it! And those built-ins in your office are incredible. How lucky are you to have a seperate laundry space?!

neato

What program did you use to make that ceiling view of your entire place?

Floorplanner.com

I love the vintage kitchen. The red and Aqua in are uplifting and cheerful. The bathroom= Awesome. Love the tub. Your workspace is cozy. I love the built in bookshelves. The way you have it set up and decorated is real cozy. I love the yellow color. It is a great place.

Where is the corner shelf from? Love it!

So perfect! What a doll house and so beautifully decorated.

This is probably my favorite of all the houses I have ever seen on Apartment Therapy. It's bright, cute, is a nice combination of quaint and modern, and has just the right amount of character. Plus your colors really pop. I would LOVE to live here!

this is going to be hard to beat. great job!

Bathroom tiles are awesome. Not big on the brown in the bedroom.

Great cozy home. Love the built in shelves!

how is this place in first, its so lame!

I agree, I dont know why this home is in first place... It's not cool...

Lovely little house, looks so cozy!

LOVE the kitchen and bathroom. I'm so jealous of your home.

Charming, unpretentious. You've got my vote.

not my style. a bit boring. but hey, to each there own.

Thanks for all the nice comments everyone. And for the not so nice comments (all posted by people who created new accounts today) lets play nice people. We long term Apt Therapy peeps try to be supportive and constructive. And what's wrong with a bit of friendly competition?

My account is pretty new too :( But I try to be constructive! I agree about the brown walls: It's a revelation. It makes the space warmer, but also calmer. Maybe a little bit too dark, but it's ok for the room in which you are anyway only going to sleep.

Lovely home, its warm and modern while honoring its roots.

i love the space ---- beautiful and interesting...and perfect!

Adorable!

720 sq ft? I dont think so. Your house, is much larger considering you have a full size basement, and a large front and back yard. What happened to SMALL cool? AT hsould have never let you enter this competition. "Your tainting it for the rest of us." LOL But hey if you wanna compete against our apt you best be ready for the heavy competition. But please dont be sour. Just because we are first and kicking butt!! good luck, your gonna need it!!

FYI, no "pink refrigerator and turquoise Formica countertops" we have better taste then you

and for one who's complaining about a spike in votes... you just gained 50 votes in the last few hours, so hmmmm to you lady. someone creating fake e-mail accounts??

Yeah, seriously. I'm not Cate.

It's charming, well-maintained, and lovely, but I didn't vote for it as one of my favorites in the category because it's not. I am not her. And I didn't vote for her.

Thanks for the support everyone. I'd like very much for the tone to be supportive and friendly in this competition. After all, it is only about home design; we're not saving the world here.

Just to set the record straight:
My square footage according to the city's records is 624, and the unpermitted back room brings it up to 720. As for outdoor space, that has never counted towards the square footage of any house ever. And I doubt I'm the only one in this contest with a yard.

Also, I haven't created any fake e-mail addresses. A friend posted on her blog for me, thus the votes I'm getting today.

Thanks again.

Cate, love the apartment and the quilt makes it look just perfect. Stopped by to check out all the entries from Allissa's blog. Good luck and you are all so inspiring.

Here from Alissa's blog, and just joined up (finally!) to favourite your place. Good luck! I loved your colours and those amazing office shelves when I first saw your house tour months ago, and am glad for the push to join up and vote.

this is the one!

Just noticed that the red and white "bird tree piece of art" also appeared in the winning entry for the Small Cool 2009. Maybe it's auspicious?

Here from Alissa's blog. Love your little place. The office shelves are fantastic as is the art work. Good luck.