jy196's Profile

San Francisco is relatively bug-free, as it tends to be too cold and windy most of the year for bugs. We have almost no mosquitos, and rarely have fly issues. This allows for large courtyards with patio doors, such as those found in Eichler homes. The exception being certain parts of the city that's warmer and has lots of stagnant water (e.g., Dog Patch) and during the handful of days in the year when it's warm enough for enough consecutive days to allow the bugs to come out. But it's pretty rare that we have such warm streaks.

Why would picking up jeans be an issue, as long as you wash it before wearing it? I don't see any difference between picking up jeans curbside or buying a pair in a second hand store.

What material are the window frames made of? Is it black aluminum? I tried to get this type of a look when I redid the windows to our San Francisco mid-century house, and found out that the only two options were to go colored fiberglass frames or aluminum (anodized, dark bronze) but neither of these qualified for the government rebate. So we ended up going with the energy-efficient option, vinyl. Looking at your beautiful windows, I wish we went with the black options.

Absolutely love your work. I second the request for a link to your website.

Eclectic to mean often means collection of beautiful, covetable things, which often are not from the period or style. It often results in a beautiful room. No. 7 is a good example.

hessilou and literaghost - thank you both for answering my question

I've been following AT for as long as it's been around, and this is by far the best put-together apartment I've seen. Your taste level, in both art and furnishings, and composition of all of those into a limited space is stunningly sophisticated. The color choices are unexpected and original. The renovation of a generic "new construction"-feel apartment with Ikea and other affordable fixtures and cabinetry is inspirational. And thank you for taking time out to identify the artists to all the works displayed. I am bookmarking this as a resource to start my very own collection of colourfield and hard edge art...

The pictures look very uneven and messy; any benefit of a unified framing scheme is marred by the lack of attention to detail in the framing as well as in the hanging.