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can we please make a post about how many apartment therapy bedrooms showcase the duvet insert with no cover? I will gladly curate it. it is started to irk me.

interesting space notwithstanding.


Greg's Every Square Foot Counts Small Cool Contest
5/15/13 4:39 PM

Serge Mouille Three-Arm Ceiling Lamp retails about 6,000.00 USD


Paint Color Portfolio: Charcoal Bedrooms
10/31/12 6:36 PM

this room is well edited and thought out! i love it.

your books organized by colour makes functional design sense. the room is so nuetral that the system calms an otherwise intense wall.

normally i am a hater, but i love this!


Suzanne's "Color in Harmony" Room Room for Color Contest
10/17/12 4:32 PM

"seriously awesome" ?! it is a nice object but you are pushing it with these titles.

underwhelmed.


Before & After: From Stump To Seriously Awesome Side Table 17 Apart
10/17/12 4:20 PM

I am sorry but as a guy... i do not understand the hand-bag/shoe curiousity cabinet!
seriously? i get it in a retail space such as "uncommon objects," but it makes little to no sense in a living room. \

the definition of the living space is nice with that white/white on white rug... but your bistro table is floating. you need a lighting fixture to define that space.

your kitchen is stock. add some art or a mirror to that cinder block.


Lauren & Nick's Home Is Where
The Heart Is House Tour

10/4/12 2:47 PM

i love the combination of vintage and stock that is very much your personal style. i want to see that tillary sectional in that leather slip cover very badly! i love that side table and the brass wall art.


Michael's Artistic Koreatown Den House Tour
8/27/12 12:27 PM

black tin ceiling. super white walls...


How Should I Paint My New Apartment? Good Questions
8/1/12 2:45 PM

everything is really well thought-out and very well put together... and of course my mind and eye directly to the uncovered duvet!

the finishes are amazing. the layout well done. the entrance is spectacular! i really do not understand how the before became the after with only a year? were you living in there as sections got completed?!


Daniel's Eclectic Industrial Loft House Tour
4/18/12 2:04 AM

building codes... i am glad he said it. but that aside... awesome.


Chad's Guest House & Reinvented Garage
House Tour

2/21/12 1:20 PM

dimensions and priorities would help... most rooms are 14x14 roughly... and i think whether you want it to function as a living room/activity space rather than bedroom.... or bedroom most of the time and a living room/activity space secondary. try looking up "efficiency spaces" to get ideas.

if this was me i would look into a futon or sleeper sofa or even the "tillary collection" at west elm, or a day bed with lots of cushions to make it a "sofa" during the day.


Tips for Designing My All-in-One Room in Parents' Home?
Good Questions

2/17/12 3:50 PM

lovely west elm sofa! i say pair this with the new SOUK RUG from the 2012 spring line. and while you have teal and violet as accent colours.... it would feel a lot better if you picked ONE of the TWO and added MORE of it... think 80/20 with prints in neutral tones. i like the jewel tones as accents... but really the percentage of your accent colours is too 50/50... and nothing reads well.

also ... if you pick violet... you should go all over the shades (darker) and tones (lighter) of the colour... it will add depth to your room.


Help Choosing Rug for This Room?
Good Questions

1/7/12 1:46 AM

i am going to pretend this is my home and just give suggestions that i think would make it look ... i guess "more put together"...

i would take everything off the walls.
--as stated above me: the structure and windows and everything else looks interesting. you are gilding the lily.

i would make that grey colour a darker colour.
--i can not tell what it is in the picture. but it is way to light and looks blue and accent walls are not interesting here. paint the sitting room one colour. make it dark. darker than the lamp shade. is the lamp shade a dark purple? because a dark de-saturated plum would be awesome to contrast with the green and yellow glass.

your furniture is way out of scale with the dimensions of the room.
--i would move the larger sofa to the centre of the wall with the window. is that not centre with the tv? i do not care. do it. this is where i am not sure what to do.

get rid of your out of scale wall things. that gecko above your entrance is scary.

get rid of your small chair. go away small chair; no one likes you. you are not helping.

the upholstered ottoman is cool but waaaaay to much overstuffed things.

you and i both know that tv stand was not going to fly. do not angle your tv. it is ugly and not functional. stop it.

i think a rug might help you pull things away from the walls.

get rid of those window coverings in the nook and burn them ... i mean, get some that touch the floor... but better yet the straight down-up roman shades. and then get a book case for that bit of wall and fill that puppy up with the things on that shelf in the kitchen.

try putting all your wall things in one area like the entrance way.

no more pillows. throws. agreed.

thats all i got.


Design Help for My 1920's House?
Good Questions

11/30/11 2:27 AM

not knowing what the solution is and "being indifferent" are worlds apart.

if there is moisture on the tray... and it gets the leather and you do not let it dry... it could be reacting to the tray coating as well...

surface transfers only happen when moisture is present. did someone spill and not clean it up?


How To Fix Leather on Ottoman?
Good Questions

11/19/11 12:33 PM

why is that entire nook not a shelving unit yet?

the entire thing needs to be shelving... either with adjustable heights or designed so the fixed heights are helpful with most things. some baskets or some areas with drawers. done.


How To Make Bedroom Vanity Less Bathroom-Like?
Good Questions

11/4/11 10:24 AM

i agree with juliet leanne! i was once told by someone that using his towel after purchasing it left lint all over his body... to which i asked, "did you wash them before you used them?!" and the response was "no".... mind blown.


It's in the Details: The Case for Steaming Curtains
10/13/11 12:19 AM

i despise when people "decorate" their toilet tank...


Cottonelle's Respect the Roll: A Toilet Paper Makeover
10/12/11 2:29 PM

am i the only person that thinks a studio is best for just basic function? meaning... everyone wants to "SQUEEZE" entertaining in this studio.

and that is not the point of a studio apartment. this is one reason it is so difficult. i recommend having a full bed. and making the sheets very nice and making your bed every morning. that way your studio is always inviting.

of course this is hard to plan without knowing your priorities. never remove storage from a studio. it will be your undoing...


Where To Put Bed in Studio Apartment?
Good Questions

10/11/11 11:35 AM

medusa12120 had me laughing for a good ten minutes!


Rambling Renovators' House of Before & Afters
10/9/11 12:06 AM

super awesome! love the addition. love the paint.

i want to see plans ... aww shucks.


The New Victorian: A Historic House Gets a Remodel
Portland Monthly

10/4/11 8:32 PM

that is not a pad for bachelorhood ... that is a sanctuary for any type of sect of human, that wishes to not be single any more.


Stephen's Bachelor Pad: A Lesson in Using Color Wisely
Chicago Tribune

10/4/11 8:27 PM