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BTW: the TV on the perpendicular wall is the only way everybody (more than one) gets a chance to see it. Besides, not everybody wants or needs the TV as the focal point. In a small space, a TV usually is the 800# gorilla anyway. Here, there is so much more to take in.

Finally! A coordinated color scheme: the antithesis to all the cold white boxes. - And from a student no less...

BTW: The bed railings could be camouflaged by hanging a semi sheer fabric panel / banner on them that has some orange in it, say an ombre fade from white top to orange at the bottom hovering just below eye level seated. That would bring the color into the living end of the room without adding bulk. I agree the addition in the open room of two upholstered chairs with clear acrylic or translucent light bases that can double as dining chairs would give the sofa area a more inviting presence.

Is it just me or do the colors in the alcove look bland and faded on anyone else's screen, too? A single color like blue can be calm and restful and it need not be intense at all. I like the sleep alcove. Was the back wall always there or did you leave an opening in it to slip out to the bathroom instead of walking all the way around?

Bringing a shot of color, like the orange, into the living room in the form of a pillow or a throw would help to alleviate the appearance of a dingy look with so much taupe. I like the feeling of openness. That is not compromised if some color or design is added.

Neat idea for the back splash to be chalkboard. Not only is it multi-functional but it picks up on the black trim on the appliances.

I must agree that it looks like too much clutter with stuff stuck under and on top of everywhere. Maybe use baskets in all those underneath places to hide the stuff. If you pull the sofabed away from the wall or turn it diagonally across the corner between the windows you would create more space to hide 'stuff' and play off the unique angle of the room at the same time. It's a Lily pad: though invisibly anchored, it floats on the surface of clear water because it does not allow the clutter algae to grow!

Great job on the focus around your fireplace! The textures and tones combine quite comfortably. I especially like the filigree complements. Is that coordinating black with white collar kitty cat live or the perfect schmooze to match the velvet sofa texture?

The bedroom pic is so dark it appears drab. Perhaps additional or more intense blue accents tying into the graphic hanging above the bed would provide some liveliness.

Oh, poo! This is nice, but your powder room out-shines anything you submitted here for consideration.

The apartment has great bones to work with: built-ins, hardwood flooring and that classic big gas stove. And I guess the fifty's furniture could fit in OK, but it needs more of a plan, a workable scheme to bring it together. A color scheme other than Christmas red and green would help. If the bedspread is part of your antique collection it may be worth featuring. The window treatment conflicts with it and the red (is that satin?) overpowers it to no real advantage.

Maybe rearranging the furniture so your guest seating does not make the space look so much like your bed is the focal point of the room would help it feel more like your home and not an old hotel room. Try putting the bed across the corner by the window and turning the back of the sofa to the foot of the bed; or turning the bed around 180 and away from the window and backing the couch up against the headboard.

Love your dressing bureau. The round green rug (minus the red curtain) would be snazzy in that area to pick up on the green in the shower curtain. Then replace the red curtain with a blue one that picks up on the shower curtain too.

Love <3 your bookcases. WOW: a comfy sectional AND a full bed in the same space and it still has floor space without claustrophobia in there? The pictures are too high on the wall though.

Amazing use of little space! I am surprised that such a small space has that cumbersome traditional staircase consuming so much of the air rights. Since you own it, you may consider modifying / opening up the staircase to make it less like 'the 800# gorilla in the room.'

I feel for you having absolutely NO work space in the kitchen. Perhaps replacing the round table and chairs with a mobile eating counter or table with extension leaves and stacking stools that could be stashed on its lower shelf would give you a little more elbow room during meal preparation and serve a guest or 2... EEEK: is that a paper towel roll above your little gas stove?? Where's the fire extinguisher??!?