This apartment's design was inspired by New Orleans. The main bedroom resembles the cozy style of Southern bed and breakfasts. And the kitchen is in the color of boiled crawfish.

Raúl Zea describes his apartment's style as "minimal maximalism."

This house had large and generic rooms—but Catherine and her husband knew they could focus their energies on their own cosmetic renovations that would bring character and depth to transform the blank space.

Nayana used white marble contact paper on the counters and removable white subway tile backsplash in her dark rental kitchen to brighten up the space.

You don't have to spend a lot of money to make your house a home; you can rework what you already have to work for you.

Melanie and David Raver and their three young daughters travel, live, and homeschool in this 1973 Airstream Argosy.

It’s a little studio with a lot of personality.

Crystal Reed and her husband created a relaxed atmosphere with bohemian decor but also included a dash of millennial luxury with pink and gold decor on the walls and fixtures.

Budget was a challenge when Samantha Stein first started her interior design business. She had to search through Craigslist, Facebook Marketplaces, estate sales, garage sales to furnish her rental home.

This nurse and her husband furnished an entire apartment with Craigslist and other online finds when no stores were open during early quarantine.

The unit’s arched windows, exposed beams, and rustic brick are charming, and the building’s location can't be beat—just steps away from art galleries, cozy cafes, and the nation’s oldest residential street.

Rosemary Matkin has been having fun adding personality to this 1940s brick bungalow.

This "bachelor apartment" is essentially a studio apartment without a kitchen, so Bailey turned a TINY closet into a fully functioning food-making area.

The home is a 1993 tall skinny home, with great windows, a small lot, and a downtown river valley location.

It's also a masterclass in mixing mismatching secondhand finds BEAUTIFULLY.

It's like a sparkly jewel toned movie theater, mixed with a little grandma and a little bohemian.

"We wanted people to walk in and immediately understand who we are as a couple, and we feel like that’s exactly what we’ve accomplished."

The furniture, art, and views in this Seattle house are so gorgeous!

Adrienn and her father designed many of this condo's key elements together, like the TV stand, dining table, white cabinets with the wooden door handles, coffee table, and more.

Julieta Alvarez and family (two kids, husband and dog) share this side-hall Colonial house. While some spaces are colorful; others are neutral and textural.

Amazingly, Tim bought nothing new for his condo remodel, opting to visit local secondhand shops and estate sales as well as scouring Craigslist.

"I have found so much joy in sharing my colorful spaces with others and showing how you can make a rental as personal as any home and that a small space doesn’t limit how much fun you can have in your home!"

She replaced some furniture with smaller, more functional pieces and created a "cubby house bed" to turn this one-bedroom rental apartment into essentially a two-bedroom apartment.

Budget was a challenge, but most difficult was organizing the space to create an open feel in a 10-foot-wide apartment!

Alexandra is a maximalist at heart and needs to surround herself with things she loves... and has done so in her small studio apartment in a tidy and organized way.

Lincoln is Black and Queer, originally from a small town in Texas, and Amina is a Pakastani-American woman who grew up abroad in Saudi Arabia. Their small, intentional home is a direct representation of themselves.

Donovan Ho's San Francisco Bay Area home is filled with fun colors, textures, eclectic home decor... and LOTS of plants.

Larayne's hobby and passion have been houseplants for 7+ years. "I find joy and happiness through caring for plants, and find it very meditative."

A lot of what Sydney has in her home is from the streets of NYC. "There is this Instagram account called Stooping NYC, and I found a lot of amazing treasures on the street for free."

Budget-friendly DIYs customize and update this space without breaking the bank.

This top-to-toe renovation is now a contemporary, colourful, and eclectic family home that is both functional and fabulous for modern family life.

Previously a working farm, this house was sold to a flipper and the surrounding land subdivided in 2015. The King family bought it in 2017 and has been trying to add back charm to this antique home.

While Shruti's style is bold and dramatic, her husband, Madhukar, prefers a calm and relaxed space. The couple has managed to strike a good-looking balance in their new condo.

Mentalist and performer Vinny DePonto's shelves are filled with endless old books on magic, mind-reading, the occult, design, and psychology.

The house was built in 1910 and has many original features intact, but the best is the floors.

Every section of my apartment has a different removable wallpaper to accent the room and divide the space.

Quelcy ripped out carpets and ceiling tiles, chipped away layers of paint to reveal original wood and tile, painted every other surface to make this “handyman special" rental her own.

Madelyn Somers is an Art Director for Parachute Home, and her small Los Angeles rental apartment is filled with cheery pops of color!

Every inch of this studio apartment has been intentionally designed and maximized with DIY ideas and clever storage hacks.

This flat was in a decrepit state, but the ceilings are 11-feet high and the walk to the beach is just six minutes... after a renovation it's a small but gorgeous French Riviera pied-a-terre.

It's pretty amazing how clean, modern, and lovely this small Manhattan apartment is, especially for two adults and two teenagers.

This charming 1840s Richmond row house from the front with a lush yard/garden nestled in the back, and windows on all sides giving glorious light all day long.

This past year, Robin went through a breakup, and as part of her healing process, she undertook a major redesign frenzy of her rental home.

The kitchen in this 1926 Craftsman bungalow needed updating, and the result is a modern space that also complements that period of style.

There's a living room, bedroom, entryway, home office and more... all in 500 square feet!

Get inspired by all the little ways in which Emily has found function and storage in her small rental kitchen.

You could call this home's style: "Mid-Century MONSTER."

Well, technically it's the bridge of a large ship, currently being used for storage, but there are plans to turn it into an Airbnb!