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This place is awesome. Not sure if you rent or own, but you should have this listed with some location companies for sure. People are always on the lookout for unique spaces for shoots, and this place is truly one of a kind. Sick.

-Garrett

noreen: Trust me, you don't want to order from the people that I did. They would go days and days without even calling me back, when we were weeks past the quoted lead-time. Then again, I'm pretty sure they thought I was the crazy one.

If I could change one thing, I wish we could have had more photos, and higher res photos! I liked when there were videos too! I felt like a lot of the details get lost, and maybe if people could see those more clearly they wouldn't feel that everything looked so similar. I totally appreciate all the support that my entry received, and I understand that nothing is going to be everyone's cup of tea. I wish I had Julia's restraint, Keira's whimsy, and Adam's fearlessness. Thank you all.

-Garrett

I have a refrigerator, it's just in a very weird place ha. If you look at the floor plan, it's at the far end where you walk in the apartment. Luckily, the way the door opens, you don't even see it when you walk in. It's kind of inconvenient, but it was that or having it where the desk was, and I just didn't want it to be something you saw right away. I wish I owned the place, because I would rework that kitchen in a heart beat. I know just how I would do it too! But such is the renters dilemma...

I have a murphy bed that I sleep on every night, and I love it. You can see it in my small cool entry:

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/garretts-everything-every-day-small-cool-contest-189922

What's great about murphy beds is that they can accommodate pretty much any mattress. So really, it feels just like sleeping on any other platform bed. In fact, if I ever manage to get a 1 bedroom apartment, I'll still probably keep the murphy bed and use the bedroom also as a work space.

Thanks guys!

(V) (;,,;) (V): more than anything, the desk is great because it's my only food prep space. The kitchen counter is so tiny, and mostly occupied by a bamboo dish rack 90% of the time. The desk is great for laying out mixing bowls, chopping veg, etc.

dandywarhol: Thanks for your vote! The print is by an artist named Raphael Mazzucco. I've worked with/for him for several years now. That picture was from a book that I had the privilege of art directing. That picture was taken in Vietnam.

I'm so glad people like it! I wish you could vote more than once too ;-)

As for the murphy bed - it was honestly a hellacious experience. The murphy bed company fought me every step of the way. The first one they delivered was way different than the sketches we agreed on, and the second corrected version shattered into a million pieces all over my floor. Honestly, I was terrified to sleep in it for a month. I won't even mention who it was, because they were horrible to deal with and I'd hate to see them profit any further from my design (they're now selling knockoffs using cheap laminate).

Oh, and my dad built the coffee table! It's completely solid. We ordered all types of wood samples. The work is really stunning, most of the grain wraps all around the piece. A labor of love.

Feels very Damien Hirst, no?

That is a lovely paint color.