The Latest: 2016

No time or extra funds to spend on decorating your plain bathroom? You are not stuck with a sad space. You can shop the rest of your space to decorate a boring bathroom—create a more cheery room without leaving the house or spending any money. Peruse this “shopping list” of items you may already have at home to transform any bathroom into a brighter, bolder space.

Allen Loeb is a lawyer. Nate Clark is a comedian and actor. And according to the couple (who share a house in West Hollywood) though they don’t bicker about much, they each have entirely different tastes when it comes to designing a home. While some might crumble under the pressure of trying to design with different tastes, these two have created a lovely home together that fits both of their personalities.

Name: Patricia Location: Antwerp, Belgium I live in a 135 square meter apartment (the internet tells me that’s 1453 square feet) together with my boyfriend Dieter and my cat George. I’m the owner of online boutique Lily and The Lady and a freelancer, Dieter is an architect who has his own firm. Our apartment is a 1930s building on a beautiful wide street in Antwerp, Belgium. It is the first home we purchased, and we’ve been renovating it with love for the past two years.

Do you have a beautiful home you’re proud of? We love getting in submissions from Apartment Therapy readers around the globe…and then sharing real-life style on the site! Check out previously published house calls for inspiration! We receive A LOT of submissions, but unfortunately we’re not able to publish every one. If your home or project is chosen to be published, you will receive an email from us.

Name: Susie Jones, housemates Bindy and Kerry, and Ruby the dog Location: Collingwood — Victoria, Australia Size: 94 square meters (1,012 square feet) Years lived in: 2 years; Owned by Susie Susie Jones bought her home in the inner north of Melbourne in Collingwood a few years ago, and it definitely reflects her personality and that of her housemates. While it showcases her love of vintage and nostalgia, Susie’s home is sprinkled with a little bit of fun and humor, too.

Name: Michel Biehn Location: Old Medina — Fes, Morocco Size: 150 square meters (1,614 square feet) Years lived in: 6 years; Owned “Eight years ago, I needed to refresh my life, before becoming too old,” says Michel, the larger-than-life French expatriate textile expert, author, chef, hotelier and owner of Le Jardin des Biehn, who has taken up residence in the Old Medina.

Name: Fabian & David Location: New Haven, Connecticut We are Fabian from Germany and David from the United States, two doctoral students at Yale University, and we turned our student rental into a modern, minimalist apartment. Both of us work in the social sciences but also have a casual interest in architecture and interior design.

Name: Weronika (7) Location: Belfast, Ireland This room belongs to my 7 year old daughter Weronika. She is very creative, bubbly and outgoing. She Loves reading books, playing with her ponnies and dolls. Her favourite colors are pink, coral and gold. I have always had a massive admiration for a simplicity of Scandinavian style.

Name: Manson Location: Mount Washington — Los Angeles, California Nestled in a bohemian valley of Mount Washington in Los Angeles, sits a tiny 600 square foot house. Built in 1922, the house hangs between a steep slope and a giant pine tree. When I bought it as a foreclosure in 2010, the property was dilapidated with an illogical layout and disproportionate rooms. For the renovation, I was inspired by a childhood fantasy of living in a treehouse.

Name: Alison Location: Redfern, Sydney Size: 527 square feet Years Lived In: 6 years; Owned Earlier this year, we got a glimpse into Alison’s ‘Eclectic and a Little Rough Around the Edges’ Sydney apartment. We’re back to take a deeper look into her 527-square-foot home built for life and creativity.

Name: Monica & Adrian Location: London, England We are Monica (a Spanish Singer with British origins) and Adrian (a Londoner cameraman with Jamaican origins) we are very happy to show you our little apartment, called The Green House. We fell in love in Barcelona (Monica’s town) and after seven months of a long distance relationship, we decide to live together and build our own loving space in the city of London.

Name: Alpavi and Utpal Patel Location: Ahmedabad, India Size: 6750 square feet Years lived in: 25 years; Owned Our stories are never our own; they are a mix of the people who came before us and of those who will come after. Alpavi and Utpal’s home is a perfect example of this threshold: a space between the past and the future, an intensely personal journey of bridging the two—with love.

Name: Derek Erdman and Ashley Armitage Location: Seattle, Washington Size: 1,500 square feet Years Lived In: 2 years This apartment is what happens when two vibrant—and cheeky!—artists make a home together.

Name: Saria & Kyle Location: Montavilla — Portland, Oregon When Kyle and I first moved into our 250 square foot studio behind a large main house, it was a mess. The concrete floors had spilled paint all over, the walls were halfway painted a sky blue, and it had looked like it was abused and abandoned for years. We did a huge overhaul. It was originally built to be an artist studio so it already had track lighting and a beautiful large built in workspace area, with drawers and shelves.

Name: Andrea Crickmore Location: Byford, Western Australia Size: 200 square meters (2,153 square feet) Years lived in: 3 years; Owned I didn’t even have to get to the door of Andrea’s home to know that it was going to be something completely different from any other home I have photographed before.

Name: Ian and Nikki Fotheringham and their dog, BangBang Location: Ontario, Canada Size: 100 square meters (1,069 square feet) Years Lived In: 1 year; Rented It might be hard to imagine decorating your home solely with furniture that has a past life—upcycled, secondhand or DIY-ed into something new entirely. However, for Nikki and Ian, it comes easily, and this is exactly how they have approached designing their space.

Name: Matt Location: Lower East Side — New York, New York Hi! I’m Matt, and I’m a designer based in New York City. My current focus is on creating organized spaces within the home using custom, 3D printed solutions. I work from home — and home, currently, is a 550-square-foot rental in the Lower East Side. After I sold my studio a little over a year ago, I was looking for something that was different, had as much space as humanly possible and was interesting.

Project by: Alexa Stevenson of Alexa Stevenson Interior Decoration Location: New York City, New York Small spaces sometimes need extra creative and smart space saving ideas. This colorful and small one-bedroom apartment in NYC’s West Village combines a few smart ideas with really bold decor choices for a smart and stylish space.

Name: Gabby & Adam Location: Distillery District — Toronto, Canada We moved into our 497 square foot condo in the historic Distillery District in downtown Toronto almost a year ago. Moving into a smaller space than our previous apartment, we spent a lot of time thinking about items and furniture that we needed and loved in our everyday lives. Everything in our apartment has function or bring us joy.