What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? We love the big south-facing window in the living room: It keeps the place very bright during the day and gives us a great view of the city lights at night.
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What was one of the biggest challenges you faced in furnishing your small home? The biggest challenges were budget and storage. We don't have a lot of closet space and we always had to think about organization and storage when designing our space. We decorated on a small budget, buying mostly from Craigslist and Ikea. We also needed to be crafty at times; One our favorite things in the apartment is a huge picture frame Marie made by hand at Home Depot.
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I like your kitchen with the little table and chairs under the window.
Plus the puppy on the flowered balcony!!!
Awesome animal
What an great looking place!!
I love how you've done this on a budget and gotten "crafty." Love your little bookshelf corner w/ the chairs and your adorable pup!
I love the "azalea" painted porch!
by the way, for how small this is you've made so many different cozy nooks to be in. Love it.
Happy, happy place! Are those white chairs from Ikea? How do they hold up, and how comfortable are they?
Love the red-checked tablecloth and the painted porch. Very nice!!
i love seeing spaces like these, because i know that you have a similar budget to me and yet have such a cute & homey place. your kitchen is probably my favorite of your rooms.
I love this one, I hope they win. Imagine what they could do with the money. Maybe they could upgrade their couch?
This place is so neat. Can you come and organize ours?
Thanks everyone! Jane, yes the chairs are from Ikea! I think they are quite comfortable (and so does our dog). We got them about 6 months ago. They are susceptible to getting a little bit dirty/dingy because of the color but so far we've been able to keep them looking new-ish.
I like the dog.
Love the kitchen...and the pup!
Very well thought out and organized apartment, and I have OCD. And it looks very cozy also.
What a beautiful apartment! I love the decorations and your puppy is so cute. Hope you win!!!
Very nice decorationg not over done!
it's absolutely adorable!!
I love your adorable apartment! I wish you two the best of luck!
cute doggie!
Your home looks cozy and inviting. Thumbs up!
Sweet!
good luck guys! xoxox