Name: Theresa & Marjo Location: Atwater Village, CA The house was built in 1928 and there are so many parts that we want to gently tear down and rebuild. We did, however, decided to renovate the kitchen and that was a 6 week journey partly due to our committing to the idea of an all-white kitchen. It’s the first room in our house that we renovated and has become our proudest home project.

Name: Karie & Rob of Shelter Collective Location: West Asheville, NC My husband and I moved into our home about three years ago. We love the location because we are only 2 blocks from a bustling street with coffee shops, restaurants and music venues, 4 blocks from our design studio, Shelter Collective, but it still has a quiet, rural feel because there is a large field and community garden behind our house.

Name: Jessica & Zak Location: Brooklyn, New York My husband Zak and I have a 1200 square foot home in Brooklyn, New York. We are both creative people (I am a designer and art director, he is a cinematographer). We love industrial, modern and traditional styles and our home is an eclectic mix of these things. Thanks, Jessica & Zak! • Interested in sharing your home with Apartment Therapy? Contact the editors through our House Tour & House Call Submission Form.

Name: Ajenda Location: Houston, Texas My husband and I moved into our 700 square foot apartment 6 months ago. We both were used to having space, in the home and out, but we were determined to have a wonderful experience. We love our little apartment and always refer to it as our home not apartment. I strongly believe in thrifting and haven’t paid over $100 for almost anything in our apartment, there is just one exception.

Name: Emily Location: Kettering, Ohio I live in a one bedroom in building with four apartments, an older building on the outskirts of an expensive area in the Dayton, Ohio area. It’s a quiet and nice area, within walking distance of Dorothy Lane Market, a classy 24/7 grocery, a Starbucks and other small shops. Its close proximity to my work, church and friends enticed me, and the affordable rent sold me.

Name: Jeremy & David Location: San Rafael, CA David and I (Jeremy) are a couple who recently purchased a 954 square foot, two bed – two bath condo in beautiful Marin County (twenty minutes North of “quirky” San Francisco) to be closer to our families.

Name: Jaimie & James Location: Evanston, IL Our house is a Sears kit home called The Fairy in the old Sears “Modern Homes” catalog. It started out as a two bedroom, however we made the living room into a large dining room, and made the bedroom in the front a small sitting room. We are located in Evanston, IL the first suburb north of Chicago. It is less than 600 Sq. feet, which is perfect for my husband and myself.

Name: Archana Location: San Diego, CA I’ve lived in this one-bedroom, 600 square foot Hillcrest apartment with my boyfriend and our golden retriever, Teddy, for the last two years. In 2011, my boyfriend and I quit our NYC jobs — he in finance, me in magazine writing — to backpack around the world for 13 months. We kept our final destination open but chose San Diego for its weather, quality of life, and smaller city size.

Name: Jessica Location: Boston, MA My husband, dog, and I live in a 850 square foot apartment in downtown Boston. We relocated about a year ago from San Diego and wanted to find a space in the city so we could walk or take the subway. The apartment faces the Charles River and has beautiful light that comes in during the day — we also get to see some gorgeous sunsets.

Name: Meredith Location: Upper West Side, NYC After a traumatic ending to an 8 year relationship I was looking for a fresh start in the city to be closer to work and friends. Downsizing from a three bedroom house in the ‘burbs to NYC on my solo rental budget was somewhat daunting but oddly exciting. I set out to find the perfect space with my best friend and broker in tow.

Name: Simran Location: West Hollywood, CA I moved into this apartment about a year ago. It’s a great triplex above Sunset in West Hollywood. My landlords live above me, but they don’t rent the third apartment out because they like it quiet. I feel like I’ve really lucked out here—the location is great, there’s a huge yard, I have parking and yes, it is really quiet! It is about 750 sq. ft. and has a nice layout with a central hallway and both front and back doors.

Name: Joyce Location: San Francisco, CA I am an self-made interior stylist in SF, specializing in high-impact and low-cost chic decorating. I try to bring an easy-glam, eclectic aesthetic into my place. Over the years, my apartment has been my design lab, from French Country cozy, Hollywood Regency glam, Mid-century streamline, to the current Asian inspired. I believe that good design is never done. Like people, a home space goes through changes; it grows, evolves, and inspires.

Name: Aubrey Veva Smith of Aubrey Veva Design Location: Salt Lake City, Utah I want to welcome you to our quaint little home located in the Avenues near downtown Salt Lake City, UT. This is where my husband Bryan, our baby girl and I live. This 1,000 sq ft rental has comfortably been our place of home for 3 years now and I have just about design devoured every square inch of it.

Name: Michelle & Jeff Location: Upper West Side, NYC I am a journalist and my husband is a photographer, and we live with our two cats, Amélie and Lester. We bought this 650 square foot apartment in 2012. It is in a townhouse built in the 1890s, features a large living room and high ceilings, and is located right across the street from the beautiful Riverside Park. We always loved this part of town and were very happy when we found this place.

Name: Amie, Emma, and Francesca Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada This (500 sq ft) apartment was the first one we looked at on our one day of searching and we knew that we had to have it (especially after we saw the next apartment on our list). We really lucked out with a dishwasher, in unit laundry, AC, and a great landlord.

Name: Candace Location: Los Angeles, CA My boyfriend, Jason and I live in a 1920’s 1 bedroom / 1 bathroom apartment near Hancock Park in Los Angeles. We love our quiet, family-oriented, tree-lined, charming neighborhood built with so much character. As a full-time interior designer, I am constantly in decorating mode and it was important for me to focus on combining both of our styles, Old World charm mixed with French Art Deco accents.

Name: Emily Location: NYC When I first saw how much light this studio received, I knew I wanted to keep a clean and open space to utilize all the sunshine. There is a curtain divider to create a little privacy when desired. The walnut book case is designed by me and hand cut by my father, we do a lot of collaborative furniture projects for fun. The large teak dining table is refurbished with new legs.

Name: Christopher & Sara Location: Richmond, Virginia Christopher Hildebrand, an industrial designer, and his wife Sara Moriarty, after years of living in quirky but cramped older homes, decided to design and build a home to their own specifications. Originally planning to restore an early 20th-century cottage in Richmond, Virginia, the couple realized there was no hope of salvaging the existing structure on the hillside site.

Name: Heather & Matt Location: Sante Fe, New Mexico We live in the tiny village of Madrid, NM, just south of Santa Fe. It’s a community of 400 people with over 50 art galleries, so, our friends are artists, and the house that my husband Matt and I built with our own 4 hands, while growing our family over the past 5 years is full of our friends’ art. We live on a mountain top, overlooking our village and Santa Fe on 8 acres.

Name: Paula & Paul of Film & Furniture Location: Islington, London, UK Having run a high profile branding and design studio Form for 23 years in an office studio in London’s Shoreditch, we decided to shake up the way we work and the kind of work we do to have a better work/life balance. We waved goodbye to all our staff, rented out our office and decided to take a sabbatical.

Name: Fanis Location: Financial District, Manhattan, New York This is my sanctuary…a studio in the heart of the Financial District, in New York city, about two blocks away from the new Freedom Tower. I moved to the Big Apple, 2 years ago, after a remarkable career for my age on TV & Digital in Europe. Sometimes when everything goes right, you have to go left. When you reach your own high peak, you certainly have to recalculate. And that’s exactly what I did.

Name: Andy Location: Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York My home is a 600-sq. ft. parlor floor apartment in a mid-1800s townhouse in Brooklyn Heights. It has two bedrooms—I use one as an office—and a spacious, newly renovated backyard. I actually was raised in the upstairs duplex apartment (my family has since moved away), and two years ago, after 14 years of living in the San Francisco Bay Area, I moved into this former rental unit.

Name: Julie & Adam Location: Canmore, Alberta, Canada We live in a 1200 square foot [including attached garage] three story townhouse in the charming little tourist town of Canmore in the Canadian Rockies. We feel very fortunate to call this pretty little corner of the world home; the outdoors are a huge part of our lifestyle and are so excited to raise our son, Morris, with a love for the mountains. When we bought this home nearly three years ago it was a great blank canvas with good bones.

Name: Ariana Location: Paris, France We live in the 7ème arrondissement of Paris. It’s civilized to the point of distraction- if I walk home alone at night, the worst that could happen is an old lady might hit me with her Hermès bag. Our apartment is 70 square meters in an art deco building, with an additional 14 square meters spread out over two balconies. When we wake up every morning, we see the Eiffel Tower, Trocadero, and La Defense from one window.

Name: Maeve Location: East Village, New York Our 733 square foot apartment is occupied by three recent college graduates (including myself!). Apartments in the city tend to get a very bad rap for being too small, so we really lucked out when we stumbled upon our two (read: converted from one) bedroom space. I have my own room and my roommates share the other, and we have more than enough space.

Name: Stephanie Location: Point Dume -Malibu, California My husband and I decided to relocate to Malibu, California a year ago so that our young children could grow up close to the ocean. Having spent a lot of time in Sweden as a child, I have developed a strong affinity for nordic design. Scandinavian homes have a pure, understated elegance that is centered around clean lines, warm functionality and minimal ornamentation.

Name: Scott Location: Mar Vista – Los Angeles, California Howdy. We have recently finished remodeling a 2bed/1bath into a 2bed/2bath. We live in the upper apartment of a duplex we own. We love Mar Vista because it is close enough to Venice to have access to the beach lifestyle without the tourists and craziness. Our farmers’ market is the best in the area and at the end of the street. We travel a lot and will eventually rent the place out, so we decided to stay neutral in color.

Name: Matt & Annie Location: Boston My name is Matt. I live with my fiance, Annie, in the heart of Back Bay in Boston, Massachusetts. As a couple, living in a small space (405 sq/ft) can have its challenges. Both Annie and I have a passion for interior design. We worked hard to make sure our small living space was functional while staying true to our classic (with a twist) style. Our little abode has come a long way since we moving in and continues to be a work in progress. Thanks, Matt!

Name: Sabrina Location: Chelsea, NYC After 4 years of living in a dorm and renting light deprived apartments sharing with roommates, I finally am living in my very first home in NYC. I was blessed to find a cozy 450 square feet first floor walk-up studio in a prewar building in Chelsea. I love the 9 foot ceilings, exposed brick wall and natural sunlight from two large windows. I fell in love with the space as soon as I walked in, it felt like home.

Name: Jesse & Fernando Location: Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, New York We love the relaxed, garden-filled neighborhood of Carroll Gardens. We were lucky to find this 1.5 bedroom apartment with a little garden. We kept the decor minimal, because we wanted to give the prewar architecture and its unique details to have room to breathe. The den also functions as Jesse’s home studio.

Name: Joshua & Rachel Location: Notting Hill – London, UK Today, we have a quick peek inside the family home of the the couple behind “The Artful Project” a new UK-based online source for photography (tagline: fill your home with art). It’s a lovely, sunny updated space located in Notting Hill. Both Joshua and Rachel have an established history working in the art world. They are a young, dynamic husband and wife team and have two young children.

Name: Soffia Location: Alftanes, Iceland Our home has to be comfortable for all of us who share it, that includes mom, dad, a 8 year old girl, a 4 year old boy and our two labradors (16y and 7y). I think we are a mix of country/industrial, or somewhere in between. Its filled with DIY-projects and second hand objects and furniture. The open floor plan suits our family well. Style: Comfy and cozy is what we like.

Name: Ashley Location: Margaret River, Western Australia We live in a three bedroom, 1 bathroom small home in Western Australia. Built in the early 90s, with a combined open plan living space we carefully turned the interior brick from icky brown to a creamy white and updated with art, plants and furniture we adore. We have been on a journey to simplify our home for a while.

Name: March Location: Bethesda, Maryland Last year I packed up our four kids and maybe 20% of our furniture and we left our big house, and everything in it, to be sold. At the time, it felt like – it was – an enormous loss, although I did everything I could to make it seem like an adventure. We moved to a temporary rental; I caught my breath. I was determined to stay in the same general area, so my kids could have the same friends and go to the same school.