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It helps to have those ceiling heights...and the views! And the color of the light...ahhhhh....

Katie.t:

Love your spirit and your space!
Might I echo the Murphy bed suggestion? These days, they sell mecchies for them, using your own bed. Also, I'd do a horizonal Murphy...looks like your bed would fit that way against the wall, and then you could hang your TV above it--it leaves lots more floor space. I'd put the head by your close.
Also...it means construction of sorts...but have you thought about opening up an entrance to your kitchen from the entryway and closing off the entrance from the living room? That would give you one less door in the living room to deal with, and would accomplish two things: more room in kitchen for your table and chairs, and perhaps room for three (or even four) chairs, facing one another around an ottoman (round one?). Two would go in the Chairs could be relatively small, giving you seating but lightness; ottoman could give you one/two more seats. TV could also now go on the eastern wall--the one where the kitchen entrance was...
You could also do a banquette in the southeast corner of the kitchen to add to seating there and clean up the chairs...

Christine--you are a genius.
Even just looking at your pics makes me happy...I can just imagine what it must feel like to live in your wonderful home.
The winner!!!!

I read AT to see the way other people live in their spaces, and to get ideas about my own. I actually now own a few items--a rug, a set of pieces I got from Craigslist--that I "found" on AT. But mostly, I'm a design junkie. I think that the design of the spaces we live/work in make a huge difference in how we function and how happy we are. I think smart interior design can make up for bad or indifferent architecture, bad lighting, lack of $$...in other words, a whole lot.
And I love reading the posts! For instance, thanks, xjessicax, for the Wes Anderson effect. I know exactly what you mean and feel the same way.

Love them.
Just hung grass cloth-like material on a wall in my apt....it was much easier than wallpaper and looks great. It's also a way to get some really high-end material up on a single wall without breaking the budget.

Very cute apartment.
But the rug isn't a great one--if you stain the white part, it won't look great. We raised kids with patterned rugs...like kilims or oriental-type patterns--and found they hid a multitude of accidents. Didn't matter that they were wool...they cleaned up fine, and you could hardly see a stain anyway. I'd try a nice modern floral, given your color scheme.
Have to say that I have Flor, and it's not very soft or toddler-friendly.
Outdoor rug is an idea as long as it's nice underfoot.
Whatever you do with the curtains, just be sure they're either out of reach or really firmly anchored...toddlers tend to grab onto things to hold their balance, and the last thing you want is the rod pulling out of the wall.
And I'd highly recommend an ottoman as a coffee table--give you more seating and be truly toddler-friendly. This table can be saved for later...or maybe covered with something safe and used as a side table that's out of the way of harm.
Have fun!

Is anyone else noticing a new format in the slideshow? There seems to have been a design change, and now all the apt. therapy headings go on top, and you can't see a show without constantly readjusting your screen to see the full image. Impossible to use! What's going on, AT?

Boy. I just tried to lay out this piece in my small bedroom, and it pretty much fills the space!
Why don't you lay it out, using blue painter's tape, on the floor and the walls (for height)? I've done that, and it gives you a much better sense of exactly how much room you'll have left. Plus...I'd measure the amount of clothing I had and make sure this will accommodate what you've got and what you need it to store.
Good luck!

Tulip chair. A pure classic.

Sigh. I love my cats. But there are issues...like the fact that one just threw up a new-old mid-century piece and ruined the finish in two places (other than refinishing, by the way, anyone have some ideas? Oils don't work--I have two dull puddles on the top).
I offer this as comfort to all who have had the same issues: In a book on cat art I read awhile ago, an interviewee mentioned that he thinks of his cat scratches, messes, etc., as patina.
Makes me smile...and it really helps!