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I'd make a humble correction. Shame on me. The Mad Men New York residence in the city...ahhh.

A vintage port or vintage Sauternes.

I'm kinda regretting it...clicking on something and just getting annoying boxes of various ilk asking to do other things.

What's happening here is sad. If you don't like someone's work, be it art, photography, wardrobe, keep it to yourself. Where's the grace? Do you go to a friend's home and criticize it. I'd never have you back. And as far as his closets, refrigerator and liquor are concerned, they show how the man lives. Sad.

Incredible use of space; an illusion of size, potential for multiple uses, color selections and that stunning hallway vignette all make me wish I had such an innate design sense.

I've written twice about the dearth of small and cool selections for finalists again this year.

When I consider a space I look for selection of materials, accents, placement and is it, frankly, magazine ready. None of this year's crop fits that.

However, when I see an apartment like this one, I have to praise it's use of art and the aforementioned qualities. Stunning.

Is anyone incredulous again this year? None of the selections are cool. Kitteh has a point.

There are clearly other nominees whose design sense and chic use of space and materials eclipse this year's selections.

Didn't vote last year for the same version. Pathetic. And no, I'm not speaking of minimalism. Only one of my "how could this one not win" choices is in any way minimalistic. It's just that there are a couple that are drop dead current, bright, chic and very well done compared to this year's finalists.

Extremely well done. You'd never guess it was that small. It shows style, but with restraint.

Although not my particular taste, it is thrifty done with CLASS!

Very well done. Elegant.

My only difference is in the choice of a more weighted chair in the dining room area, like an S chair. It just has no presence and overuses the chair type. But, again, very, very nice. It's hard to find anything here that isn't publishable right now!