Name: Jennifer Chong - Designer & Photographer
Location: Belmont Heights - Long Beach, California
Size: Around 400 square feet
Years lived in: 3 years
Jennifer's small space proves that you can be happy living with just what you need. She loves to travel, so she would much rather have experiences than expensive stuff. Still, with all the fun artwork, graphics, and small accessories, her live/work space is very lively and inviting.
Jennifer moved from Atlanta and scored when she found her home. Her place is a guest house behind a cute family home on a great street in Long Beach. It is a quiet neighborhood and is very close to the beach, so you can head down anytime to play volleyball for hours!
Apartment Therapy Survey:
My Style: A mix of modern, simplistic, fun, and functional design.
Inspiration: To create a live/work space that was modern and comfortable. I'm inspired by Mid-Century modern, travel, graphic prints, and typography.
Favorite Element: The sunlight that shines through during the day is great, it makes me feel energized and ready to start my day.
Biggest Challenge: My home has always been a work in progress (I don't even feel as though it's halfway complete!), since I am always traveling or busy with something. The process of finding what I want and having the funds to get what I want has been challenging. There are still things in my apartment that I had when I first moved in that were only supposed to be temporary!
What Friends Say: "Your place is so cute and so designy!" and "Why do you have so many letters?"
Biggest Embarrassment: The lighting and overhead fans — since I am renting, I don't want to put a lot of money into changing things, but haven't found the perfect floor lighting to add to the space. Oh, also the blinds!
Proudest DIY: I have a long list of DIY projects I want to get done for my house, but haven't managed to make any big projects a reality yet. First on the list is a new desk!
Biggest Indulgence: The sofa, or getting custom framing for some of the prints I have.
Best Advice: If you haven't touched it in a year, you don't need it in your home. Less is more!
Dream Sources: Dwell Studio, Heath Ceramics, DWR, Anthropologie, someone to help me find all the good stuff at the flea markets
Resources of Note:
FURNITURE & LIGHTING
- Petrie Sofa - Crate&Barrel
- Hancock Bookshelf - CB2
- Desk - Ikea
ACCESSORIES
- Large & - Anthropologie
- X and G - Anthropologie
- A - Flea Market
- Ceramics - Heath Ceramics
- Black and White striped pillow - Proud Mary
- Yellow Gray Pillow - Dwell Studio
- & Pillow - Crate&Barrel
LIGHTING
- Entry Light - CB2
RUGS & CARPETS
- Zig Zag Rug - Urban Outfitters
BEDS
- Malm Bed - Ikea
ARTWORK
- World Map - The Future Mapping Company
- Georgia Map - These are Things
- Los Angeles Map - These are Things
- Hi - My Little Underground
- Tree - Elon Scoenholz
- Hulking Spectators of a bygone Age - Original by Kathi Bahr
- Pier - Ryan Ketterman
- Flock - Wayne Pate
- Giraffe Print - Sharon Montrose
- & - House Industries
OTHER
- Bedding - Dwell Studio
Thanks, Jennifer!
(Images: Marcia Prentice)
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Love all the ampersands! So perfect and adorable.
Beautiful place and beautiful sofa !
Love your place, where did you get those B/W striped canvas storage totes?
I love the selective splashes of color and graphic prints. Nice place!
Love it! Pretty and whimsical! What a perfect place for a single gal! Wish I had had a place like this before I was married =p.
this apartment is adorable, I really love this tour! Hooray for small stylish spaces :)
I love the space! Although, I wish the photographer got more shots of the whole space. For instance, a shot of the entire kitchen.
Love this little space!
WHERE is the green shelf in the office from? I NEED one!
Love the space! The punches of color are great. I am obsessed with that headboard!
Love the little place, so calming but not cold. You are so adorable!!
Jennifer- you and I live parallel lives! I moved from Atlanta to a back house in Belmont Heights in LB!
This is how to create a mini space that functions well ! Great fabrics and details.
Very cute place!
I loved the striped canvas storage totes! My husband keeps his files inside bags and under his desk. It's so messy! Those totes would be perfect for him. Where can I find it? =)
I love your home! It looks like a place I would want to spend a lot of time in. Your artwork (in all its forms) is great and I love your bedding! Thank you for sharing!
hi everyone! thanks for the nice comments, so excited to be apart of apt therapy home tours!
@wmjr you can view my photography on my blog at blog.jchongstudio.com or portfolio photo.jchongstudio.com
@thai.moreno and @MELISSAODESIGN the black and white totes are from container store
@christy thiessen such a random coincidence! you don't live near emory do you? :)
Awesome tour!
You have an adorable house and seem like an adorable person!
I love all the letters and especially the bedding...
Isn't that headboard a Malm from Ikea?
Your home is adorable, if I didn't have a ton of my granddaughters things living with me I would and could iive there. I love all the letters, I never see things like that where I live (east of Vancouver BC)
I really like that bedding set!
Where can I get the wooden hanger-like mount?
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The whole space is wonderful. A lot of art and things out in the open, but the space still feels organized and spacious.
@JCHONGSTUDIO ....I was in Poncey-Highlands which is why I'm loving Long Beach!
Your place is a fine example of how to utilize space to it's fullest. It really puts things into perspective in terms of how much you really need to live comfortably. You've got good taste in decor to boot! Thanks for sharing your home with us!
so adorable!! would it be possible to get a layout?
What? No bathroom or kitchen...or did I miss them?
@CHRISTY THIESSEN omg! i worked in the highlands and lived right by emory :) such a small small world!
@GIT there are a few photos of my kitchen in the tour - the bathroom is sad you're not missing much a promise! :D
@RICH GAVINA thanks! yes I am all about living lean – buy what I need!
@LILTEEF I searched for 'vintage pant hangers' on ebay but you can find some newer looking ones from target – I hanged them on a small nail
The stroke on the ampersand has a nice touch.
Help me with my place!
As seems to be happening of late, we don't get a "house" tour, we get a "stuff" tour. I have no idea of the actual space itself, which I think is important for a successful tour. This has been happening for about a year now, and I wish we could return to the "old" Apartment Therapy.
I love your style Jennifer - thanks for letting us into your home.
Q: Where did you get that adorable kitchen table I glimpsed in one photo?
I love that it has drawers. (when in a small space multi-function pieces rule!)
Thanks!
Totally trendy and cute!! I love taking a house tour. Love the letters everywhere, that's totally you Jen!! ;-)
@CAREPAC it's from ikea – it has rolling legs on one side - super helpful when you have a tiny kitchen.
@KRYSTAL.REGUEIRO thanks girl! hope you and the little one are well.
I'm too much of a pessimist to enjoy those ampersands. To me they shout 'AND?'
This lady has the perfect balance of giving just enough cushions to look comfy and interesting but not too much so it's cushion city. That's a harder skill than you'd think.
Damn your place is awesome!
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Congratulations on this feature, Jennifer! So nice to get a peek into your home, which is really beautiful. You've managed to turn a small space into something really special and uniquely yours. Love your taste in art...& ! ;)
Kudos on a lovely space, but also on your use of ergonomics in your desk and laptop set up.
Lovely Basic apartment Loving the poster hang system above the desk , reminds me of my own clipboard obsession atm LOL
This apartment is just perfection! So many inspirations to draw from. Jennifer, you've done a beautiful job and should be so happy to live in this space :-)
Small simple and very cute, love the stripe duvet cover and all that is white in the living room.
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Lovely, lovely home. Fantastic job.
Is that a signed French Laundry menu on the fridge??? Why not frame it?
great job on your space! love the use of hangers to hang art! I would never guess it is only 400 sq ft because it looks so open and airy.
@emjay23 YES! it is a signed french laundry menu! I literally came back the day before the shoot so just hung it on the fridge for the interim. will likely frame it :)
@clevernewhome thanks! its a good size for just me!
@suzanne thanks! the duvet is from dwell studio!