Tuesday
Mar242009
House tour on Apartment Therapy
Tue, 24 Mar 2009I've got big news! I have the honour of having my home featured on a house tour over at Apartment Therapy today. :-) Click here for the tour. I've been an avid follower of AT for quite some time, and have had some photos of my home(s) included in posts here and there but this is my first house tour. SO COOL. (I'm hoping their readers go easy on the comments as they can often get pretty foul). Here's a sneak peak of some photos I took for them of nooks and crannies around my house (not sure if these will be included in the tour).
Reader Comments (43)
Isaspacey, Felix has now become the porkiest of my cats. He's even mastered the art of tipping over the treat container and prying the lid off.
SG - if you don't like seeing ALL of the posts I do about my house, GET LOST.
Congrats!
i love the house tours! keep 'em comin'! fuck the haters! that means YOU SG! what a douchey thing to say. anyway, wasted enough time on you richard cranium!
i love the cat bowls! i have 2 cats and am stealing that idea. thanks.
also, i have to wonder, after you have finsihed your gorgeous kitchen and the rest of your house looks pretty well completed do you have decorater's remorse? do you see other photos and think..."OOOOH i like that better?" i feel this is why i can't commit to things..that i would have decorater's remorse.
Congratulations on the AT feature, Kim! I've enjoyed see the evolution of your house, and look forward to more as you continue to renovate. It's encouraging to see how much can be done with a relatively small space.
I believe you still have a bedroom that's pre-reno, yes? I hope to see the development of that space documented here as well.
Would also like to see more of Jo's place -- the photos she has posted so far have been lovely.
Thanks Carrie, mfamb, and p-b!
I do still have some rooms needing redoing - my dressing room, despite having been painted, needs some organization systems installed, the bedroom has not been touched except for a closet I ripped out, and the 2 bathrooms need gutting. Flooring all upstairs needs to be replaced as well. So LOTS TO DO! And then there's the exterior.....
Kim - I always seem to be a day late! Congrats! I'll go over to AT and check it out.
And, we are not bored with your home at all. Posts about your home are my favorite. Keep 'em coming.
Your home is adorable. You have a real talent for interior design.
Cute kitties too!
I'm a long-time lurker, first-time commenter but just wanted to say congrats on the AT tour! Loving the glam cat feeding arrangement and the multi-stripe rug (rug? runner? carpet?) - it's not IKEA's Unni by any chance, is it?
Have to say also that I really enjoyed the kitchen makeover and love seeing photos of your (and other people's) homes, find it very inspiring to see what normal people can achieve in their gaffs with normal budgets!
Kim-
Wow! I am loving your sense of style- mixing old with new and making your home completely unique. I especially love the kitchen cabinets and how they contrast with the super sleek sink and countertop. And if i had a cat, i would definitely serve them cat food from fancy crystal containers on a silver platter- so decadent!
As a needlepoint designer, i totally dig your bargello pillow collection- i have many great ones as well collected from ebay.
Very inspiring!
Beautiful home. I'm somehow shocked to realize that you live off Preston St in Ottawa. While apartment hunting I lost all hope for that area, and well... all of Ottawa. It's nice to see an inspiring Ottawa home that isn't in the Glebe or in a new subdivision! Your amazing finds give me hope for great finds of my own!
Would you mind listing a few of your favorite home shopping locations? I seem to be unable to find affordable Vintage/Antique places!
Thanks guys!!! You're all (ok mostly all) too kind.
Lyndar, the striped rug is from Ikea. LOVE IT!!
Nicole, I think my area of West Centretown is up-and-coming. Lots of younger folks like me buying up dumpy places and turning them into little jems. The 2 houses next to me are owned by younger couples both of whom have spent some $$ redoing them. And if you'd like local resources, the best thing is to check my resource list on the AT tour. Just about every place I would reccommend is on there.
Congratulations! Love your chair with the green zebra print cushion!
Love all the color.
Swoon Cowhide rug. I imagine it's not real cow skin. Where did you get it?
Thanks designclique! I gave that chair a complete makeover.
Thanks jillhastohaveit! I think the rug is real. I bought it on eBay - seller claimed it was, but I have my doubts. (I would prefer it to not be real)
So Beautiful, great job Kim.
Well done!
oh this is just absolutely perfect.....oh my goodness I just love this eating area...why haven't I done this !!!!
I was just about to ask for instructions on your DIY sofa, but I noticed your new posting.
Merci! Your cats are adorable.
Jillhastohaveit: Kim's cowhide is definitely real! Too bad tho.
Believe me when I say if I could have found a fake cowhide I would have bought it instead. But I couldn't find any, real or fake, here.