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so glad to see the number of vancouver entries this year! do i spy maiwa handprints bedding? my fave store in vancouver/granville island. love the more weathered pieces in your newer space. great job!!

makes me want a full home tour (bathroom! balcony! closet!) and a sense of the layout from when it was a 2 bedroom

yay vancouver!!
love the kitchen, btw

i'm from hong kong, and i never noticed the claustrophobic/anonymous feelings in anyone i know there. the street life is SO vibrant, so dense, so ....... well, non-stop and sometimes overwhelming that retreating to an apartment - even if it's only 200sq. ft. - was a relief. as to the small kitchens and bedrooms: my experience is that when in h.k., i very often ate out (i mean, c'mon, the food is AMAZING there!) and the bedroom is used differently than in north america: it's solely for crashing. and yes - there is green space all around, so i never felt i was drowning in concrete.

also, i think i watch too many horror films. the first thing i thought when i saw the image was: wow, what would happen in a zombie attack? and when i read the contributor was moving to a seriously rural area, i thought: but how about the lonesome highway axe murderer guy when your car breaks down? maybe time to watch some rom-coms....

according to the two most highly voted rooms so far, it's a battle of minimalist v. maximalist.....

i love montreal, and am SO glad you featured it!! we found that non-french speakers still got by quite well there, so if you're not french speaking, don't let that prevent you from experiencing this charming city.

yes, i second using padmapper, as per #Ros' suggestion. their tagline is 'making apartment hunting suck less'.

i love your room. that is all.

i also agree with postagenotes; luckily, there's an unspoken rule that if any of us moves, the rest of us help out. and yes: buying beer and greek food helps a lot.

i would also add that i clean out the fridge first: melting food = unhappy me, and the ventilation in the bathroom. they're usually overlooked, and pretty gross, generally

i get migraines, so it's floor-to-ceiling drapes with blackout lining for me. also, every item in the room is non reflective, no prints, and lots of textiles to muffle noise. walls are a misty grey. the room ends up feeling very soft and cosy, but as non-jarring as possible when the pain comes

there's a cool bohemian vibe i like