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Display Name: Miss Atomic
Personal URL: http://pixelatomic.blogspot.com/
Member Since: 8/21/08

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BRAVO!! Every room is an inspired canvas of deelightfullness!
It made me giddy. It made me envious. It made me happy...and then HAPPIER! It's everything my home isn't, but all that I secretly dream of. Loved it!


Apartment Therapy Chicago | House Tour: Beth's Photogenic Home
4/28/09 4:53 PM

Whoo Hoo..that's my boudoir! Bravo to all these beautiful bedrooms. Midwest Ups! Cheers Janel.


Apartment Therapy Chicago | 10 Great Bedrooms from AT:Chicago House Tours
1/26/09 7:53 PM

Thanks Michele! I completely agree, constructive feedback is very empowering and always more effective in opening avenues for discussion.

Your observation on the sewing room, aka, the "red room" are very astute. The room was painted that color when we purchased the house and we just haven't decided what we want to do in there yet. Maybe you have some suggestions?


Apartment Therapy Chicago | House Tour: Jeff Jennifer Isbell's 1970 Half-Circle Home Chicago
8/27/08 11:05 AM

Ooop. I mistyped the name. It's Targan. Sorry.


Apartment Therapy Chicago | House Tour: Jeff Jennifer Isbell's 1970 Half-Circle Home Chicago
8/25/08 6:17 PM

Sarananda: The prints are both signed J. Tarjan '60 and the backs are stamped Snare Drum Museum Edition Print and Bongo Drum Museum Edition Print. I picked them both up for $12 at an junk store in Elgin, Il called Able Furniture.

Thanks for looking!


Apartment Therapy Chicago | House Tour: Jeff Jennifer Isbell's 1970 Half-Circle Home Chicago
8/25/08 6:12 PM

ridge_van_winkle, I couldn't agree with you more. If you're going to open your doors to the public, you better be ready to face the public when they give you 2 thumbs down.

I don't mind that people don't like our house. In fact, I'd be worried if everyone loved it. I can handle the criticism, but the personal attacks are something else. I may not like kids, but I'm not about to tell you that your baby is ugly and you should be ashamed to bring it out in public.

Anyway, I have uploaded some pictures of the exterior. Feel free to take a look. http://pixelatomic.blogspot.com/2008/08/different-strokes.html

PS. You are also right about the tour be a shameless plug for my business. It was a secondary motivation, but I'd be lying if I said it hadn't occurred to me.


Apartment Therapy Chicago | House Tour: Jeff Jennifer Isbell's 1970 Half-Circle Home Chicago
8/22/08 11:09 AM

As the owner of this home, I can only say that I am dismayed at the level of negative criticism. I'm certainly not in love with every home I see on AT, but if I felt compelled enough to comment on a particular space, I would try to keep my comments constructive and within the realm of good taste.

Thank you to those that had nice things to say and thank you to those of you that had intelligent design-related comments and suggestions.

LittleRock:
Just for the record, my husband purchased the painting of the Pope several years before we met. It's one of his favorite junk shop finds. We like to joke around when people come over and see it for the first time. Someone will usually say, "Who is that?" and with a totally deadpan delivery Jeff will reply, "That's the Pope". Sorry you don't see the humor, but it's not a Holy relic, just a bad oil painting.


Apartment Therapy Chicago | House Tour: Jeff Jennifer Isbell's 1970 Half-Circle Home Chicago
8/21/08 12:57 PM