Hi everybody, new member brings his pics. I’ve lived here for almost 2 years now, and I just got finished clearing out the bookshelves of books I’ll never want to read again. It’s a 54-sq. m. (592 sq. ft.) 1-bedroom condominium unit on the 25th floor in the middle of the city.
I call it my poolhouse.
Basic survey shot from the little foyer. The outer rooms came tiled with that white tile, which would have been a pain to take out and a hassle to Pergo over, so I kept it. The paint color is something I had mixed up off a soap box at a resort I once stayed at. You start out with basic blue, add a LOT of black, and a touch of yellow. I’m not sure which named shade of blue it’s more like. Sometimes it looks dark teal, sometimes gunmetal. It photographs brighter/bluer than it lives. I kept the ceilings white to go with the floor. With blue and white being the main colors, the accents are black, orange/brown/wood, and touches of red.
Shot from the ottoman I use as a stool by the entryway, where I like to sit Saturday afternoons after cleaning the place. White tile floors = lots of mopping, practically every day.
Reverse shot showing the entertainment bench and the foyer. The couch is the one big thing left from my previous apartment—princess 2.5-seater couch in ivory leather, grounded with dark blue denim throw pillows.
The window wall extension of the foyer with the ottoman, a autographed band poster, a bandana from Springsteen ’03, and, um, “The Sword of Strider(TM)”/dork.
Detail of guest area. The coffee table was originally meant to be a TV table, I think, but I liked it better as a coffee table. All the hollow spaces lets the chi flow through center of the apartment. In it, a pile of surfing magazines, a pile of Met Home, and a pile of AD (that almost never got used for this apartment.) Incense burner from college days and a little autographed jar of clay. Photos are mine from various trips.
Baffling little nook in the corner served for a little altar/family pictures cabinet (currently storing the alcohol and the tool drawer).
Detail of the ventilation window and its treatment, a net of lacquered seashells, the first thing I bought for the place and pretty much the source of the whole motif. That window faces east and for its size can be real bright in the morning.
Eames-style knockoff (bit plump and the feet are round, not square), but half the price of the real thing and it’s comfy and looks pretty good in the place. The painting was a gift from the ‘rents, they got it at a charity auction. Took the photo at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach one hot October day. Indian drum is a memento from Big Sur.
The just-cleaned-out bookshelf (“no, self, i don’t care if it won a pulitzer prize, if i’m not reading it again it goes to a library!”) with my toy-car collection, a globe, a 1920 Royal Typewriter, and pip took about to face off against the air conditioner.
Entertainment bench. I put it under the window to combine focal points and because that window looks out into the wraparound of the building anyway. I would like to upgrade to a flatscreen, but I’m not sure how to balance it on the tablescape.
Dining alcove with door to the balcony. I love that pendant lamp. The glass door was just recently frosted; the balcony has a great northwest and east view, but directly in front of it is the other building grr argh neighbors who can see inside.
Always wanted a glass-topped table, bad feng shui and all; the cheap motel-style beach painting nonetheless reminds me of my childhood Easters at my dad’s ancestral village. It’s barely framed because that wall is one of the building’s structural columns and you can’t stick anything into it. I love how sturdy and flexy the Jacobsen-style chairs are.
The thing that drew me about the table was how it had a second shelf under the glass for display or storage. Currently it has seashells and an open AF catalog from 1998.
The dining alcove branches off to the bedroom and the kitchen. Little incidental nook in the corner with a potted palm I’m futilely trying to make symmetrical and my old faux-velvet armchair the faux-Eames replaced. More damn seashells.
The insanely huge bed that takes up the whole alcove in the bedroom. To go with the insanely huge window wall that happens to face east. Yes, I have become an early riser. The hanging bedside lamps are the 1 idea I remember seriously getting from AD. I should get a smaller bedframe, I don’t use the shelves anyway because it’ll make for stagnant chi. But I love that headboard.
Across from the bed is the desk (matching set, white oak) and a banana plant that I swear was three feet high when I brought it home. his name is humphrey III.
View back through the closet alcove and the wall by the bed containing the bathroom. Biggest drawback of this place is only 1 bathroom, so guests have to go into the bedroom to get to it. Luckily I’m not very social in this place, but I need a smaller bed. The blue in the bedroom is a brighter shade than outside. I like it, but my sister, no big fan of blue, complains when she visits that she feels like she was in the sky. I dealt with it with the black comforter, black office chair, and black-rimmed mirror.
The kitchen. Untouched paint- or -finish wise, just added the little shelf over the window for the microwave. I’m thinking of painting this with shades of earth tones, but the laminated cabinetry might clash. I actually like my countertop, it reminds me of chemistry lab.
Back to the front door. Thanks for visiting!
