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Thanks so much for posting this! I'm honored! One thing I should clarify... the brown color way is really called "Earth," not "Dirt." I mistakenly called it Dirt the other day, which made me laugh, but I don't think it's really going to be marketed under that name. :)


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3/4/09 9:17 PM

Akemi, that's a pic of our desk. We made the computer monitor stand ourselves; blogged here:

http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com/2008/03/diy-computer-boosters.html

We got the letter trays on sale at a Blick art store a couple years ago. I think you can also get them at seejanework.com.

But you could just get any trays with a shape you like and spray paint them. Spray paint is the answer to everything. :)


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12/28/08 6:59 PM

The office desks are actually small dining tables. They're mismatched—one used to be our dining table in our old apartment and came from a furniture store in Madison, WI (forgot the name). The other is from good ol' Ikea, as is the TV stand.

paulmuscat, thanks for the tips. That room is 10'x13' (some info I do happen to remember that should make the square footage people happy), so it's quite cozy. We had tried the TV there, but we were afraid the radiator would cook it, and also we'd have to turn our heads sideways to watch it from the futon. But we welcome ideas! I'm not too great at figuring out where to put furniture.


Apartment Therapy Chicago | CHI House Tour: Jessica Alex's Simple Modern On a Budget
4/16/08 3:15 PM

Greer, we built the orange stands out of scrap wood from Home Depot and painted them orange.


Apartment Therapy Chicago | CHI House Tour: Jessica Alex's Simple Modern On a Budget
4/6/08 9:27 PM

The white vase is from Ikea. And the living room walls don't look khaki at all, even though that's the paint name, but more of a tannish mustard. The orange paint on the computer stands is Behr, but I didn't save the paint chip, sorry!


Apartment Therapy Chicago | CHI House Tour: Jessica Alex's Simple Modern On a Budget
4/4/08 11:15 AM

Honestly, after we cleaned for the photo shoot, we were too tired to run around with a tape measure doing math. I didn't realize it was important, and the real estate listing when we bought the place only included the number of bedrooms, not the square footage.

AT, thanks for asking to do a home tour of our place. We were very honored (though we did have a moment of panic, wondering if we could quickly move into a better house to photograph?!). And we love Evan the photographer. It was great fun.


Apartment Therapy Chicago | CHI House Tour: Jessica Alex's Simple Modern On a Budget
4/3/08 10:50 AM