EV Missy's Profile

Marley, thanks for the color name! I don't know that I can get my hands on Farrow & Ball, but looking through the chips I already had I found some Benjamin Moore chips (Alapca and Yosemite Sands) that I hadn't considered before that could be very close.

What's next? A $5K industrial-size-wire-spool "table"?
A $3K door-cum-"desktop"? A three-figure cardboard-box "wastecan"?

"Bring home a rockstar and get crazy"? Not seeing that so much, either. Unless Hillary Duff is considered a "rock star" these days.
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Suddenly, I am seeing a rock star — Joan Jett circa 1982, early '90s Babes in Toyland... I am liking this place more and more!

The dining area needs work, though -- I'd ditch the chairs (how often does one have dinner parties in NYC?), get a great 1950s- style vinyl-covered bar with barstools to match to stick in the corner and hide that radiator, maybe a set of glossy tray tables, paint the whole wall and the hideous radiators some deep, sexy shade...

Is it just me? I've looked at all the pics, I've read the articles, I've reviewed the comments, again and again... yes, it's a beautiful renovation on very limited space with very limited materials — I do love what they did with the books — but how long would you really want to live/eat/sleep there?

The beams are fanastic; lucky you! Love the addition of the red lamp and turquoise kitty house... you say "clutter", I say "color"....

"If the issue is that you have projects and papers and stuff around, you're destined to endure one of Alexandra Stoddard's books, in which she tells you to store your crap in beautiful papered boxes...."
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Excuse me, what is wrong with all those beautiful papered boxes full of clutter (excuse me — I mean "boxes full of color") stacked so prettily in my closet? I love AT but the emphasis on visual cleanliness is beginning to frighten me; Is there some fundamental weakness in my psyche that forces me to keep last year's vacation pictures on hand and old magazines in the bathroom?

Lovely, but living in a 10" by 10" space will destroy any relationship. ; ) Would make a great retreat, though.

The One Sweep has only One purpose: To pick up pet hair, which it does a FAB job. I got mine at Bed Bath & Boyfriend for a lot less than I would have on TV!

Otherwise: Jenniejen is right, it sucks.

It's my kitchen, right down to the Kitchen-Aide! I questioned painting my cabinets white but now I probably will, as soon as I scrape the decades of filth off of them....

I love this apartment; whoever said it looked "like a nursery" is should just go back to their cold DWR cave and crawl under their Calvin Klein percale sheets. ; ) Really, who dosen't want to have cocktails at Bri and Chad's?