The 711-square-foot apartment — located in a restored 1925 Art Deco building near Koreatown — had been vacant for “quite a while” and needed some cosmetic work when Kristel purchased it, but that’s how she was able to get a good deal.

“As a visually creative person, I wanted to bring work to home by creating what to me feels like a movie set,” she explains of the apartment’s interior style, which is a mix of Kristel’s personality and the home’s architecture.

“I wanted to mix my love for mid-century furniture, as well as some warmth and color with gold accents to stay true to the Art Deco era,” she continues, explaining that much of the cosmetic work needed was painting and “resurfacing the kitchen counters.”

Kristel says she used the “color drenching technique to separate each area of the apartment” and added wallpaper in the kitchen, her favorite area in the whole apartment.

“Not only is it because I love to cook, but it also gets the most natural light in the apartment. Perfect space to spend my mornings drinking my matcha in the cozy kitchen nook,” writes Kristel, who shares her home with a 5-year-old rescue dog named Sage

• Curved Sofa — Pottery Barn Second Hand 

Thanks, Kristel!

This tour’s responses and photos were edited for length/size and clarity.

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