Art Deco

Hattie Kolp has transformed her childhood home — this stunning prewar brownstone apartment she's lived in since she was 10 years old — by revealing gorgeous original architectural details, like several pocket doors that were covered by sheetrock and shelving.

"The apartment feels cozy without being cluttered, and grounded in the things we genuinely use and love. It may be under 450 square feet, but the way it lives feels far bigger than the floor plan."

“When I first walked into this apartment, I felt like I was stepping into a version of myself I had only seen in my dreams,” Sofiyat says.

After living in New York City for 10 years, Maria has found a place where she feels at home with great neighbors. Through the help of second-hands furniture and paint, she has created a gorgeous studio apartment.

When Bridgette and her boyfriend, Blue, moved into their loft apartment, they committed to making the space their own while not breaking the bank. They used Facebook Marketplace to find staple pieces that they DIYed to fit their style.

Audrey Rogers is an American fashion designer living and designing in this gorgeous Paris apartment. "My priority was to not buy anything new. I love vintage clothing, I collect vintage clothing, why would I ever go and buy brand new furniture?”

Actor Charles Busch believes a home is a visual autobiography. And his NYC apartment's style is best summed up as: 19th century Parisian bordello mixed with the Golden Age Hollywood.

With glimpses of both the Hollywood Sign and Griffith Observatory, this Melrose Hill rental apartment was the ultimate canvas for interior designer Lauren Talio.

There are so many unique, renter-friendly DIYs in this apartment.

Illustrator Danica Andler’s LA home has unmistakable Art Deco, Old Hollywood style, with original tiles, corbels, an ornate fireplace, and other one-of-a-kind details.

See inside a charming 1920s apartment with vintage bathroom tiles, a pedestal sink, a tiny stall shower, and crank windows.

When Sheryl Song first bought this apartment, she could only afford a few IKEA pieces. “Slowly, over the next ten years, I transformed this apartment into a reflection of who I am — one chair, one corner, one layer at a time.”

“I think the most unique aspect of our home is how we've managed to create storage spaces that are discreet and unobtrusive,” writes Alan of his small, renovated apartment in Barcelona.

This Art Deco apartment has generous room proportions, high ceilings, and a lovely sense of spaciousness. “The first time I walked in, I had an immediate sense of calm and just knew it would be a happy home for me,” writes Camilla.

The main feature of this 700-square-foot apartment is a "huge brick wall with a hand-painted advertisement for an old market that used to be in our neighborhood," writes renter Brandon Corcione.

As soon as Camille walked into this Pasadena rental apartment in a building built in 1929, it was love. “The stained glass bay window, large bedrooms, in-unit laundry room, and, of course, the original tile bathroom are what sealed the deal for me."

Johnny LaZebnik painted each room of his North Hollywood home, as well as refinished a dresser, nightstands, and kitchen table. He built shelving, cleaned things found off the street, and repaired vintage furniture. “Several of the old lamps I've rewired myself, and I taught myself how to gild things with metal leaf.”

Lauren Crawford said she broke the design rule about not changing too much in a rental apartment.

This cinematographer’s 700-square-foot apartment stuns with brick details, warm paint colors, and a double drenched pink bedroom.

These Parisians used color to transform their Lisbon apartment, and now it has cozy and comfortable English cottage vibes.

Including wood floors with a patterned inlay, antique glass doors with brass hardware, arched doorways, intricate moldings, cast iron radiators, and a mauve-tiled fireplace.

Plus, photos of Shrek throughout.

This house's original hardwood floors and Art Deco chandelier are gorgeous (and so is the rest of the decor!)

This house came with all-white walls and no landscaping, but it’s now moody and has an incredible backyard after the couple “landscaped the crap out of the whole property.”

90% of the furniture in Eva’s large rental apartment was found on Facebook Marketplace.

Designer Sandy Yen loves the original, narrow plank wood floors and the exaggerated moldings. "New homes just don't have the same character."

The sofas aren't the only incredible free find in this home either!

Maria-Elena Stellas and her husband have rented this 800-square-foot, one-bedroom apartment in New York City for one year.

Ericka Mills set out to make each room a different take on bohemian: The guest room “leans towards Afro-centric, tribal influences” and her office is “slightly more maximalist.”

This couple was able to fit a dining area, coffee bar, TV and gaming zone, conversation area, bar, office, and music space all in their home’s living room.

A former GANNI stylist’s home looks as fun and sophisticated as the fashion brand.

See inside interior designer Shuli Tavori’s gorgeous apartment in a 19th-century Catalan-style building in Barcelona.

See inside this Ontario house that’s been renovated inside and out by the owners of the colorful vintage shop, Rainbows and Retro.

See inside Cosmopolitan’s Digital Creative Director’s incredibly cool, chic, and contemporary NYC loft.

Margaret and Corey Bienert are the married couple behind the wildly popular social accounts “A Pretty Cool Hotel Tour” and authors of the brand-new book “Hotel Kitsch.”

Renter Kate Lambert picked a calming color for the bedroom and an energizing shade for the living area.

Michelle and her partner's rental apartment is a combination of new fixtures that modernize the space paired with original charm, like exposed brick, two skylights, bay windows, and original hardwood floors.

Vintage furniture finder, Jonny Carmack of Show Pony, decorated his Danbury, Connecticut, home to be “very Barbie meets Miami meets The Golden Girls with a touch of Space Age and Postmodern.”

Maddie Hilbrant and her fiancé both value a warm, welcoming home to come back to at the end of the day.

After living in this same rental apartment for 13 years, Dave says the place was starting to feel stale and not adult enough. But he spent a few months and a few thousand dollars elevating his rental's style.

One day Olivia Huffman was driving to work and saw something out of the corner of her eye in an alley: the "dreamiest, curved clamshell sofas" just sitting there, ready for the taking!

Dana and Andy first fell in love with this condo's vintage charm, and have appreciated all the work they did to make the space a comfortable home for their family, which now includes a young son. "Our condo has been a wonderful, cozy refuge," Dana writes.