Edina Monsoon's Profile

who would want to?

"For financial reasons, I'd like to keep the faux marble vanity, toilet, tub and wall tile"

I cannot help a person such as yourself, a person like you cannot be helped. Good day, I say Good Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't like the Chinatown loft. It looked preposterous to me but I will say that I find it very interesting that with few exceptions every space that I liked became a finalist. Even more interesting and illuminating is that also with few exceptions, ALL of the finalists clearly had a large budget. All of the much condescending raves for horrid apartments thrown together by color blind grad students, midwestern school teachers, poor people and colormyworld didn't even get so much as a nod. In the end, good design won out over wild colors, idiosyncratic "creativity" and barebones budgets. I approve.

Do nothing. Get a used futon and a second job and spend all of your time working and saving to get a decent apartment. I am serious. Why are people worrying about decorating when they have to live like this? Why decorate a hovel?

Horrid and preposterous. I would think that in order to be included as an "Extra", your entry would at least be design worthy, meaning that although the contest is officially over, a particular entry is so good, AT had to show it. This does not fall into that category. I would be perfectly embarrassed if I were from D.C.

You should have asked the question before you started buying stuff. The media unit is disastrous. Sell it and buy something as JuliaL suggested long and and low but for god sakes don't get white. Get a light colored wood and make sure it has space for your audio video stuff. Second, I hate your rug. That room is narrow and long and I suggest something light and sort of asymetrical like an animal hide. The narrowness of your rug accentuates the narrowness fo the room. I would place something over couch like the West Elm Starburst mirror(3 of them would give good symetry).

to avoid the bowling alley look, I would consider using acrylic coffee tables. If you own the place, definitely consider some track lighting. If not, get some lighting but make sure they are light and don't weigh down the room.

Finally I am gonna go against my usual advice and suggest you remove the shutters that lead to your bedroom adn replace with a billowy curtain. If the bedroom looks anything like your living room, keep the curtain closed at all times. If its decent you can keep it open. It will make the living room seem bigger.

Jamie,

I don't make comments on everyone's submission? I only comment on the truly awful and the truly wonderful, unfortunately the latter being few and far between and the former being plentiful. If I haven't commented on your entry, you can assume it falls into neither category.

Monkeyme,

The contest isn't just about the presence of color, its about using color in one's space in a creative and meaningful adn pleasant way that enhances the decor. this entry does not of that. With the exception of the bedroom which is only passable because the entrant basically bought an entire page from the Ikea catalog, the rest of the apartment is awful.

Additionally, entrants should be required to clean their rooms before submitting them for consideration. And any entrant that uses any sort fo sponging technique should be automatically disqualified. Consequently I will not vote for this contestant because it should not even be in the contest in the first place. How long is this thing going to go on for?

Emily Gee,

I accept your apology and am glad that you have come around to my way of thinking. Things should be much better for you now and you might be inspired to get your apartment together.

Have a good day Em!

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