Deeliscious's Profile

I still use my dream machine! My parents bought it for me in 1984 or 85, when i was 8 or 9 years old. Almost thirty years later, i often wish it would break already - i'm so bored of it - but it just won't die!

Eh, i preferred the before.

(kidding! looks great!)

Switch to a glass coffee table, and on some colourful throw cushions - i think pink+orange+colour of your rug would be a great combo.

Wow, that really makes an amazing difference! Looks great

I've stayed in plenty of hotels without bathrooms, but i'm not really sure i understand why "lots of hotels are like this" is an argument for "why is this home like this".

I agree that Luke has done a good job of creating an attractive teeny space. I just think that i don't understand the choices he's made, from a practical living perspective.

I think the thing that really throws me off, more than the lack of bathroom or kitchen, is the sofa. Its totally straight-backed and doesn't have any arms, so the only way you could sit on it is stick-straight-upright staring at the white wall 2 feet away. What an uncomfortable way to relax and read, or sit and eat (without anywhere other than a white cushion to put food down). Within another person over, you'd have to sit sideways on the couch, or stare forward together at the wall. I can't imagine doing much more in that apartment other than sleeping and making a quick breakfast, which is totally fine, except it makes the presense of the couch even stranger. Why not just have a bed or daybed or pullout couch, (or two chairs facing each other) and re-gain both 10 inches of horizontal space and extra practicallity? i feel like the sofa is cleverness in the absence of purpose?

If this apartment is about the 'NYC lifestyle' than why is it trying to be something else?

This house might be very nice, but i think the attempt at interesting vantage points for the photos have sort of obscured the house itself. This looks like a nice home, but i'm not really wowed from a design or decor perspective.

Also, couldn't you just use a tension pole since your window is in that little nook?

Right now, the tv stand looks sort of black and hulking compared to the delicateness of everything else, and its position is cutting up the impact of the windows. Also, by placing the chairs on opposite sides of the tv, they look sort of random, instead of as a little reading/conversation nook.

Here's what i would do:
- Put your tv stand in the corner on an angle, and in the other corner, place the two white chairs with the little table & lamp between them.
- Get some pretty boxes (wicker or fabric) and place the stuff inside your tv stand in them, and then put them in the tv stand. It'll make it look like a coherent display piece, rather than exposed storage.
- Add two more curtain panels, so that you have a panel hanging between each window AND at the ends
- Get rid of the green & orange print above your console. Its too 'bought at the mall' looking, and doesn't really align with the mood you're trying to create
- Get some chunkier items 0a vase?) to put on the console, or more multiples: something to unite it as a display area, rather than having it look like a few small knick knacks

THANKS FOR THE RESPONSES EVERYONE!

My concern was that chopping the legs would indeed make the proportions look weird, and i didn't want to figure that out by trial and error, since it's not like you can un-chop!

It seems like there's a lot of mixed responses - chop the legs, don't chop the legs its fine, it'll look weird as a tv stand because its a desk. Hmmm.

I have the tv sitting on top of the desk now, and while it does feel high to me, i'm going to give it a couple days to get used to it. And yes, i think i will indeed put a shelf across the open area for the dvd player!

I've always found ideas like this pretty in theory, but very My First Apartment(tm) in practice.