Apartment

This apartment is located in a charming building from the 1940s centered around a large courtyard and features original hardwood floors and windows, but an updated kitchen.

Jesse and Alastair love the bones of this apartment in a beautiful old Art Deco building and have filled it with an eclectic mix of antiques, vintage furniture, and modern art.

Drew Scott of Lone Fox HATED this apartment when he first saw it. Thick popcorn ceilings, mirror-covered walls, and too pricey. But the landlord gave Drew and his roommate the go-ahead to paint and really make the apartment their own!

EVERY room in this Spanish apartment is gorgeous, but the studio has a spectacular original ceiling from the 19th century, with moldings, painting, and details in gold leaf.

Savannah's favorite room in this Fort Greene apartment is the bedroom because the corn sculpture is in it. "I often just stare at it and marvel at its beauty. It's a sculpture, but it's also a stool, and I love it so much."

Rachele's living room doesn't get a lot of natural light, but she embraced the darkness and chose a dark blue to make it even cozier.

This studio in a 100-year-old converted factory has high ceilings and exposed brick, making it feel larger than its 450 square feet.

Anyone who's been captivated by the current checkerboard trend will fall head over heels for this Toronto rental apartment's original black and white checkered kitchen floor.

This home's remodel goal was to be well-designed but whimsical and fun... and there are over 1,000 books!

Geraldine initially thought she'd go with a neutral color palette in her small SF apartment, but decided to instead embrace bold colors, cute characters, and even a few plushies!

Through creative layouts and careful decor selection, Kelsey and Luke were able to create a home that's the perfect combination of function and beauty despite the super small size.

The only furniture pieces Katie started with when she moved into this small apartment were a large gold mirror, a blue velvet sofa, and a mattress. On a very tight budget, she had to get creative and make what she wanted or shop from local antique and thrift stores to furnish the rest of the rental.

Sheta Chatterjee, who works in user experience design at a tech company, shares this 823-square-foot condo in San Francisco with her cute pup, Stanley.

This is the first ever apartment Vicki has lived in and decorated totally by herself and she had so much fun making the space her own.

Jono Fleming and Ryan McGregor's Australian apartment also features curvy modern furniture, great light, and a dreamy outdoor balcony.

Claire loves beautiful things, in particular art, ceramics, textiles, and flowers, and she has tried to fill her small rental apartment with all of these.

This floor-to-ceiling theatrical and artistic space includes a formerly 1980s kitchen turned 1920s Parisian style, murals on the walls and ceilings, gobs of gold leaf, and three hairless cats.

Sourya has completely transformed the 600-square-foot Philadelphia rental apartment she shares with her husband, DIYing everything from the renter-friendly kitchen refresh to furniture that looks much more expensive that it actually is.

Annabelle purposefully chose white furniture pieces, accented with gold and light wood tones, to maximize space and evoke a sense of airiness in her small rental studio apartment.

Artist Danielle Lindsey's raised rental shotgun is adorable inside and out.

It is the "quintessential New York studio."

90% of the furniture and decor elements in this small Barcelona rental apartment are vintage or secondhand, and the stained glass transom windows and beautiful bedroom bay window are a must-see!

Tisha's Toronto rental apartment is small, but she's got room for a cozy couch, a kitchen island, and a workout pole, and the apartment even came with a cute clawfoot tub!

New Orleans homes always have the dreamiest architectural details, and interior decorator Blair Price's rental apartment in a Victorian mansion serves up plenty of enviable design elements.

Anlan Yao's home is filled with pieces that bring her happiness, light, and laugher, and is surrounded by greenery (lots and lots of greenery) and pieces found and repurposed.

Olivia and Andres' rental home is filled with pieces new and old and some bold colors, some neutrals, and lots of plants and personal art on the walls.

This home already had tons of charm, like lots of windows, great molding, and cute built-ins. The designer and homeowners worked to allow those elements to shine when they refreshed this condo.

Coralys Guzman's space truly reflects what she believes a home is all about: "a sanctuary where its habitants can be and express themselves as they will."

Antonio Monserrat, the founder of Monserrat Studio, has totally transformed this Brooklyn loft with his own modern style, adding arches, opening up the space, and even building custom furniture (for humans AND a cat!).

Alexandra sourced art from local Etsy artists, purchased furniture through Facebook Marketplace to cut down on waste, and chose lots of calming plants and soft rugs to keep the space cozy and inviting.

Stefany and her husband took this new apartment as a way to "really invest in some quality pieces and truly make it a home that reflected where we were at this stage in our lives."

Nisha and her husband, Jason, decided to invest in their space last year since during quarantine. "We bought several pieces secondhand and added family heirlooms from the homes that we grew up in."

Jenn moved into this place with nothing more than a mattress on the floor, and then one by one only bought things she genuinely loved to fill it up.

To create her wheelchair accessible home, Marina had three key words in mind: "autonomy, safety, and practicality so that I could live in the most serene way."

This apartment's main selling points for Joyce were the huge windows and the natural light. "I wanted to create a home that felt equal parts like a warm hug and a peaceful retreat, so the overall decor vibe is purposely minimalistic, earthy, and neutral."

By being intentional with every piece, Rachel and her partner Chris were able to create a home that looks great and is functional.

This small, top-floor, quiet studio has plenty of windows that let in a lot of light and showcase the home's artsy '70s surf-inspired style.

Podcast host Latoya Coleman and violinist Jordan Waré love their LA rental. "Overall this apartment has a very New York City feel, in LA, which is perfect for us two native New Yorkers escaping winter in search of sunshine."

Kina de Cordoba moved in to a new rental apartment during the pandemic, and decorating the space has been their fun COVID project.

Michelle Dain uses fun, beachy, retro colors paired with white for a home that's both fun and relaxing.

As a maximalist, Derek Cooper has had to find specific furniture to help him display his collections in a more organized manner, such as shadowbox side tables, coffee table, and bookshelves.

Thanks to all the natural light, the high ceilings, and how everything is laid out, Hannah's apartment feels much bigger than it is! With the new loft bedroom, it feels even more distinctive.

It's like a "Gay Man’s Modern Victorian Apothecary."

Chad used light colors to make their small space seem larger, open, and airy.

Logan Reulet's monochrome palette of white, beige and sand tones makes his small space feel 10 times larger.

It's eclectic, colorful, vintage, and personal.

This loud and fun family's rental home reflects their joyful personalities!

The charcoal gray concrete floors, white walls, white cabinets, white appliances, and light wood accents are the perfect blank slate for Angel and her wife, Monica, to add personality to their Portland apartment.

"This city is all late-night neon energy, which is fun on a Friday night, but this little place is our reprieve."

Living in 380 square feet required Danielle to ditch her walk-in closet, live minimally, and get creative with DIY projects to make a small home beautiful and functional.

Subletting this apartment from some friends who decided to go home and wait out the lockdown, this is the first time Cydney hasn't had roommates and has been able to decorate in her own style, which is "Dreamy. Pink. Marie Antionette."

Prathima grew up in India, and you see elements of her culture in her apartment, like art by an Indian artist and prints sourced from India.

All Jacquie's favorite pieces in her Toronto rental apartment were found in garbage piles on the side of the road, but she's styled everything fantastically!

The long, narrow, rectangle-shaped layout of this studio is versatile and there's an abundance of natural light.

There are lots of plants, which bring life into a small space, and a mix of materials, like brick, light wood, and darker wood.

Full-time blogger and content creator Katerina Seigel created a laid-back, natural vibe in her rental by including elements like jute, rattan, and cane, while keeping it modern with velvet and marble accents.

Sylvia's Crown Heights studio apartment proves it's possible to be eco-friendly, buy used, and not get bedbugs in NYC!

Podcast Host Becca Freeman needed to find a creative display and storage solution for her books, and a gorgeous custom bookcase from Soil and Oak was just the right fit.

The apartment is 100-years-old (built in 1921 according to city records) and has a ton of quirky older features that are beautifully preserved and classic old-San Francisco, including an original brass bell buzzer (that still works!), a beautiful built-in cooling cabinet, real wood floors, high ceilings, and gorgeous bay windows.

Over quarantine, actress Taylor Hook transformed her space with touches of antique charm, beautiful ornate details, gold accents, art, and of course, lots of plants! It's like a 'vibrant neo-classical apothecary.'

Like installing pink peel and stick backsplash tiles, replacing fixtures and hardware such as handles, light switches, faucets, and more!

This renovated home has brightly patterned tiles, white walls, earthy ceramics, gold accents, and gorgeous hunks of old wood.

Former Small/Cool Contest winner Pamela Kaupinen's tiny apartment has had to turn into many different things during quarantine, including a home office and gym! See how she fit more functions in her small space with this updated look at her NYC rental apartment.

Sarah and Greg did lots of things to this apartment to make it feel like their own, including painting a big green arch in the living room.

Despite the tiny size, this apartment in Italy feels airy and open, and has lots of clever small space maximizing ideas within it.

Painting was a budget-friendly way for Angie Eng to elevate her studio apartment, helping to keep the "rooms" aesthetically separate, but still fluid.