Emily’s Super Sunny Small Studio Apartment
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.
Jan 7, 2015
Dominic’s Cozy 560 Square Foot West Hollywood Studio
Name: Dominic Location: West Hollywood, California I always wanted to have my own place and after having the roommate experience, I’ve decided to get a place of my own. I wanted to be close to work and also in the neighborhood with interior design resources so I chose West Hollywood, California. After seeing many one bedrooms and studios, I found a decent size, large studio apartment. I wanted to showcase my design eye and express my creative insights.
Nov 22, 2014
A Woodworker’s Wonderful Studio in Downtown LA
Name: C.C. Boyce of Few Bits Location: Artist District; Downtown Los Angeles, California Size: 500 square feet Years lived in: 1 year; Rent Hailing from the Midwest, this LA transplant has found her love for woodworking creating incredible planters, lighting fixtures and furniture. Inspired by the artist dwellings of downtown Los Angeles, C.C. Boyce’s new wood shop exemplifies all the hard work that goes into hand craftsmanship. C.C.
Nov 19, 2014
Balki’s Sleek 400 Square Foot Downtown Toronto Studio
Name: Balki B. Location: Toronto, Canada This is my 400 square foot apartment in downtown Toronto and I love small space living! My space is practical and functional for my needs. The mirrored closet has more than sufficient storage space for me. In addition to clothes, it houses an extra folding chair, my laser printer, some documents, and much more! I would say that my most prized item is my beautiful fiddle leaf fig. (I’ve named her Carla!
Nov 16, 2014
The Sunny Sweet-Scented Studio of P.F. Candle Co
Name: Kristen Pumphrey and Thomas Neuberger of P.F. Candle Co. Location:Arts District; Downtown Los Angeles, California Size: 1,700 square feet Years lived in: 1 year; Rent Kristen and Thomas, owners of P.F. Candle Co, began their operation, grass-roots-style, out of this downtown LA loft. Several employees, large shipments, and making the candles requires ample space, so they are lucky enough to have this amazing production space, plus an additional office that doubles as a showroom.
Oct 15, 2014
Howard’s Eclectic Art-Filled Studio
Name: Howard Kurtzman ; Painter at Howard of Howard Location: Virginia Highlands; Atlanta, Georgia Size: 950 square feet Years lived in: 10 years; Owned One magical night, I happened to find myself in a room filled with people and fantastic curiosities. In awe of all the color and detail, I began asking each person in the crowd if they owned this whimsical home, and each one simply replied, “No, it belongs to Howard,” as if he were the Wizard of Oz himself.
Oct 12, 2014
Katie’s Cozy Teeny Tiny Boho Studio
Name: Katie Location: Poncey-Highland — Atlanta, Georgia Size: 300 square feet Years lived in: 1 year; Rented This one goes out to all of you dreamers out there who are temporarily stuck in your tiny rented apartments with not a whole lot of dough to dish out for the finer things in life. A champagne taste on a PBR budget, if you will. But, that didn’t stop Katie from truly making her landlord’s property a home.
Oct 1, 2014
Charlotte’s Sophisticated 300 Square Foot Studio
Name: Charlotte Brown Location: Upper West Side, New York City What I love about my 300 square foot Upper West Side apartment is how it encompasses warmth and is a home where tranquil is infused with curiosity. And I am surrounded by the design and creativity that influence me everyday. My aesthetic was to create a classic home that time travels to the simpler Victorian time period with a modern twist.
Sep 28, 2014
Emily’s Perfect Harmony in a Stylish 170 Square Foot Studio
Name: Emily Adams Location: La Mesa, California I live in a pocket of San Diego, California called Mount Helix. It’s a very quiet, peaceful and lush area with lots of trees and wildlife (including flocks of bright green wild parrots!). I live in a studio guesthouse attached to a very modern style, white stucco home, owned by a retired couple from the Netherlands. My unit is a mere 170 square feet (smaller than most hotel rooms in fact).
Sep 21, 2014
Lauren’s 500 Square Foot, 5th Floor West Village Walk-Up Studio
Name: Lauren Location: West Village, New York City I’ve been living in my 500 square foot, 5th floor walk-up studio in the West Village for about a year now. I moved approximately seven blocks south from another West Village place. The neighborhood feels like a dynamite grown-up version of Sesame Street to me where everyone knows everyone, which is a huge rarity in New York. I couldn’t possibly move out of the ‘hood!
Aug 24, 2014
Mark Cutler Design
Name: Mark Cutler Design Inc. Location: West Hollywood, California Size: Two floor town house Years worked in: 12 years; Rented Mark Cutler has been designing interior and architectural spaces for years, making his name with residential designs for celebrities like Jennifer Lopez and Steve Carrell. He’s a familiar figure on shelter magazines and HGTV, and his newest venture nousDECOR.com launched earlier this month.
Jun 3, 2014
Faye’s Tiny New York Bohemian Studio
Name: Faye Location: New York City, New York My home is decorated very bohemian like. It’s very cozy and tiny! It’s a studio in Manhattan — 200 square feet. Most of my furniture is from Urban Outfitters, the garbage, or hand-me-downs. My favorite item is my rocking chair. I love to read books while sitting on it and I placed it by the window to get natural light while reading. Thanks, Faye! • Interested in sharing your home with Apartment Therapy?
May 3, 2014
Ax + Apple’s Magic Factory
Name: Ax + Apple / Founder Jamie Lyn Location: Downtown; Los Angeles, California Size: 800 square feet Years worked in: 1.5 years; rented Blue velvet tufted couch, Barcelona chair, tools and trinkets, a shrine to Rihanna and a fabulous disco ball… feast your eyes on the incredible downtown Los Angeles workspace of Ax + Apple, owned by jewelry designer Jamie Lyn.
May 3, 2014
A Bright & Airy 400 Square Foot West Village Studio
Name: Jacqueline Rousseau Location: West Village, NYC Size: 400 square feet Years lived in: 4 years; Rented After living in the UK for nearly a decade, Jacqueline returned stateside with a blank slate. To the envy of her friends and fellow New Yorkers like myself, Jacqueline settled into a sun-filled studio in the West Village. A white Ektorp lounge chair left by a previous tenant was the jumping-off point for what has developed into a very comfortable place to live and work.
Mar 13, 2014
Jane & Dan’s Multifunctional Live/Work Studio
Name: Jane, Dan, Georgia and Lily Wright Location: Jamestown, Rhode Island Size: 700 square feet Years lived in: 1 year, owned The temperature is in the mid 20’s and the ground is covered in a layer of snow that crunches with each step when I arrive at the Wrights’ Jamestown studio on a weekday morning in early February. Jane, a painter and printmaker, welcomes me into the tranquil space where she spends her days working.
Mar 3, 2014
A Cozy, Chic 400-Square-Foot California Studio
Name: Kelly Stewart Location: Rampart Village; Los Angeles, California Size: 400 square feet Years lived in: 1 years; rent Kelly lives in a quaint stylish studio apartment in Rampart Village, where she has indulged her interior design know how. Taking note of all she’s learned working along side various designers mixing that with her own personal aesthetic, she has created a wonderful place to call home. It’s pretty awesome what Kelly was able to accomplish in 400 square feet.
Feb 26, 2014
Cara & Stephanie’s Creative Hub
Name: Cara Underwood/Underwood Letterpress + Stephanie Collins/Flipbooth Location: In the Unique Space of Downtown Los Angeles Arts District Size: 400 Square Feet Years lived in: Opened November 2013 Every time I visit a new office space inside The Unique Space, I fall in love. The latest is the worksplace of Underwood Press + Flipbooth. I was amazed that there was an old school traditional letter press machine and much more, decorating this small office.
Feb 3, 2014
Laura Lee’s Bright & Playful Basement Studio
Name: Laura Lee Gulledge Location: Flatlands, Brooklyn, New York Size: Basement Studio Years lived in: 6 months; rented Laura Lee Gulledge is no stranger to having her house featured (see Time Out New York and Houzz), but two apartments later she was faced with a new challenge: a far away Brooklyn neighborhood and an underground studio. “Bright” and “basement” are not often used in the same sentence, though Laura Lee’s space proves otherwise.
Jan 30, 2014
Bridgid Coulter Design
Name: Bridgid Coulter Location: My Design Studio/Showroom, 1419 5th Street, Santa Monica, California, 90401 Size: Entire Space: 900 square feet; Textiles Showroom: approx 450 square feet Years occupied: Since 2009 Bridgid Coulter is not just an interior designer and textile designer — she has also opened a showroom in Santa Monica offering home decor, vintage finds and design services.
Jan 28, 2014
Amy’s “Back to Her Roots” Workspace: The Studio of Stitch & Hammer
Name: Amy Tremper of Stitch & Hammer Location: Boulder, Colorado Size: 350 square feet Years lived in: 8 months; Rented Everyone meet Amy, owner and founder of Stitch & Hammer, a leather goods shop based out of Boulder, Colorado. What started as a desire to reconnect with her family heritage led to a serious side project and quickly (and perhaps somewhat unexpectedly) evolved into an established and fast growing business.
Sep 30, 2013
A Grad Student’s Cozy 400 Square Foot Studio Apartment
Name: Emily Ardoin and Basha the cat Location: North University; Austin, Texas Size: 400 square feet Years lived in: Rented; 1 year This isn’t Emily’s forever home. It’s not even her few years home. This tiny studio Emily Ardoin is renting is only her home while she attends graduate school at the University of Texas for Historic Preservation.
Sep 25, 2013
The Gorings’ Bright, Inspiring Home & Secret Garden Studio
Name: Ebba, Andy and Euan Goring Location: Kinross, Scotland Size: 3 Bedroom Maisonette Years lived in: 3 years; Owned Ebba and Andrew, newly wed and expecting their first child, found their diamond in the rough in the form of a two story maisonnette in bonny Kinross. The building itself is over a hundred years old, and was converted in the 1960’s.
Jun 25, 2013
Rustam’s From Russia With Midcentury Love Studio
Name: Rustam Babayev Location: Saint Petersburg, Russia Size: 335 square feet (31 sq. m) Years lived in: 4 years – owned. A colorful gem of small space living comes today by way of the northernmost largest city in Russia, Saint Petersburg. What may be equally surprising as the location and the cozy dimensions of the studio apartment is the enthusiastically vibrant and international midcentury elements which permeate throughout.
Sep 28, 2012
Inside The Lovely Studio Of Adore Vintage
Name: Rodellee Bas- owner of Adore Vintage Location: Fashion District – Downtown Los Angeles, CASize: 300 square feetYears worked in: 2 months Rodellee moved into her downtown workspace just a couple months ago, as she’s expanded the audience of her online vintage shop. She needed to have an official space to get all her e-commerce shoots done, and a place to have shoppers actually come in to try things on.
May 4, 2012
Surya & Dave’s Fun and Friendly Studio
Names: Surya & Dave Pinto of WeeGalleryLocation: St. Petersburg, FloridaYears worked in: 1 year Wee Gallery is no stranger to Apartment Therapy; their colorful wall decals, prints and mobiles have been spotted in homes numerous times over the years. So it was a pleasure to check out their new work digs in St. Petersburg, Florida and to see where are the fun begins.Wee Gallery is run by Surya and Dave Pinto, the creative and business forces behind the company, respectively.
Apr 13, 2012
Callen & Eli’s Artful Treehouse
Name: Callen & Eli Location: Austin, Texas Size: 800 sq ft, open floorplan Years lived in: 2 months Art can be therapeutic and transformative. You realize that shortly after stepping into Callen and Eli’s delightful studio space. The cheery open floorplan among the trees is filled with vintage treasures, handmade objects, and a very agreeable sense of relaxation. It’s art therapy done right.Callen has always possessed a connection to the arts.
Mar 21, 2012
Kelly’s Retro Artist Loft in Downtown LA
Name: Kelly ReemtsenLocation: Downtown — Los Angeles, CaliforniaSize: 3600 square feetYears lived in: 11 years — rented When you enter Kelly’s loft you are taken aback by its enormity, the wall of floor-to-ceiling windows, great lighting, bright colors, incredible art and mid-century charm. Kelly is an artist in Los Angeles who has lived in her space for over a decade and is one of my dearest friends.
Aug 30, 2011
Ryan’s Georgetown Vintage Americana
Name: Ryan ZagoneLocation: Georgetown — Washington, DCSize: 330 square feetYears lived in: 1.5 — Rented In a leafy corner of Georgetown that is also a quick walk to Dupont Circle, Ryan has made a studio apartment into an efficient home. He has drawn on some of the District’s best resources for vintage and antiques while adding contemporary pieces and travel finds. The result is distinctly masculine and simultaneously rustic and refined.
Jul 26, 2011
Savannah’s Sophisticated Studio Apartment
Name: Savannah Farris-GilbertLocation:West Hollywood — Los Angeles, CaliforniaSize: Studio apartment Years lived in: 1 — rent Savannah, a Graduate student in the Architecture-Interior Design program at UCLA is perfecting her love of Interior Decorating. I think it must be a craft she honed in on very early — as she told me her mother often helps her hunt for new pieces for her apartment.
Jan 19, 2011
Caroline’s Pint Size Retro Whimsy On A Budget
Name: CarolineLocation: Columbia Heights — Washington, DCSize: 475 square feetYears lived in: 1.5 years — rented Studio apartments are tricky in their own right, and studios where the only windows are on one wall are even more so. Add in renter’s white walls, precarious plaster, and a lilliputian kitchen and you’ve got yourself what could easily become a design disaster.
Oct 21, 2010
Sarika’s Studio Apartment
Name: SarikaLocation: Lower East Side — New York, New York My studio apartment is smack dab in the middle of New York City’s Lower East Side — a neighborhood that recently topped a list of best places to live for the “young, single and cash-strapped.” Fitting the bill on all three of those things, and zeroing in on the last item (working on a reporter’s budget here!
Aug 6, 2010
Revisiting Natalie’s Alcove Studio
Name: Natalie MooreLocation: Lower Nob Hill, San FranciscoSize: 285 square feetYears lived in: 1 Natalie has managed to create a glamorous, put-together space, despite only having 285 square feet with which to work. This is why she was an Apartment Therapy favorite during our recent Small Cool contest. She has now given us a full tour, even though it’s still fairly small, of her home. Take a look!
Jun 15, 2010
Wendy’s Shoebox Studio
Name: WendyLocation: Hell’s Kitchen — NYC My apartment is a 350 square feet studio apartment located in the heart of Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan. I recently moved in back in February of 2010, so I’ve been living here about 4 months. I think it would make an great Apartment Therapy House tour because of the limited space as a studio.
Jun 14, 2010
A Garret Transformed
Location: West VillageSize: 300 square feet studioYears lived in: 3 He knew he wanted sleek lines, a floor with character, a few white walls for his art, and as much open space as a 300 square foot floor plan could provide. Lastly, the owner likes to cook but was non-negotiable on a kitchen that encroached on his living space — at all!So, the architects and the contractor worked very hard to make use of every square inch that wasn’t active floor area.
Apr 28, 2010
Lauren’s First Solo Flight
Name: Lauren Location: Upper West Side, Manhattan Size: 800 square feet studio rental converted to a temporary one-bedroom Years lived in: Less than a year After a couple of years of ‘roommating’ in New York City, Lauren leaped out on her own and rented a studio apartment. Fortunately, it was large enough to put up some temporary walls and create a generous looking one-bedroom. Within a couple of months, it looked like it had been lived in for years! Lauren is a talented designer.
Mar 17, 2010
Stefan’s Inspired & Eclectic Studio
Name: Stefan of ArchitectDesignLocation: Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington DCSize: studio 475 square foot studio, ownedYears lived in: 2½ years Most people may think that being a collector of beautiful things is incompatible with dwelling in a studio apartment, but Stefan shows that big style can exist in small spaces.
Feb 18, 2010
House Tour: Emily’s Crisp & Contemporary Studio
Name: Emily BallardProfession: Gallery Assistant/ Appraisal SupervisorLocation: Lincoln Park, ChicagoSize: Roughly 300 sq ft rented studioTime lived in: 7 months >> With solid bones and some interesting history, Emily has been able to make her Lincoln Park studio an open, light, whimsical yet thought-out home in just a few months. In a building that used to be a hotel, the (small) floor plans of each unit replicate those of vintage hotels.
Mar 12, 2009