Tours

Sonia Sanz and Francesc Soria live with their daughters Gala and Uma in an unassuming home near Barcelona. "We love to come and live the house in a simple and natural way, with no TV or microwave," Sonia says.

Jussara Mallmann had always dreamed of decorating a home in a French style, so when her daughter moved abroad, she decided to renovate the home to create a space that was 100% true to her style.

Architect Emanuel de Sousa actually found this apartment by chance. When his sister spotted the place, de Sousa says it was rundown and abandoned, but he was leaving his rental of four years at the time, "so it was almost serendipity..." he says.

Diego Martinez's 600-square-foot space serves as his art studio, chill space, and office all at once. He knew that despite its small size, he would be able to make a home of it thanks to the view and all the natural light it gets.

Kate and her partner Levi are two grad students who filled their home with vintage items that they find at local antique shops. With massive windows that let in sunlight, their townhouse apartment is cozy all year round.

Natalie Doef describes her style as bohemian, whimsical, modern, and fresh. "I tend to gravitate towards earthy features; I love incorporating natural materials like rattan, bamboo, clay, ceramic, and stone."

Chloé Sucrée (who actually lived in this home as a child) turned this all-white, light-filled studio into a home with tons of character, art, and vintage finds for her family to enjoy.

Deniz is the founder and principal interior designer at Studio Kaya, and she lives in this home with her husband, son, and dog.

When fashion stylist and influencer China Calé and her family of five were on the hunt for a bigger apartment, they came upon this huge apartment that had lots of potential but needed work.

Cecilia, of the bright and cheerful account @mylifeinmulticolour, skips neutral Scandinavian palettes in exchange for more contemporary colors in her eclectic, colorful Stockholm home.

Mish, who founded design studio Tangerine Living, says this rental apartment was initially a very awkward studio with a tiny, unused upstairs storage room. But along with partner, Ryan, they redid floors, ceilings, doors, kitchen, bathroom, and decor... and all on a DIY budget!

This small home was very bland when Orla Asawa and her husband bought it, "but with some paint, and the right furniture, we have made it comfortable and spacious."

Art director Valentina, her partner Rafael, and their cats Taco and Coco live and work in this sunny San Juan apartment filled with colorful murals and local art.

Fabien Eleb is a mid-century furniture dealer who runs the store, à demain, and shares this Paris rental apartment with his family.

Claire Arnaud and Julien Pasteau live in a high-rise building in Paris’ 20th arrondissement in a meticulously designed and decorated apartment.

Arnold d’Alger, the creator of bazar d’alger, and Bruno della Mattia, a web developer, have been renting this Paris apartment for three years.

Alice Gras and Anaïs Seguin share this charming rental apartment in Paris' 17th Arrondissement with their cat, Billie. They are the founders of the creative studio Girlzpop and of the media company, MOYO.

Marion's super small apartment in Paris' 11th arrondissement had lots of potential when she purchased it, and she's been DIYing a smart, functional, and fabulous home full of personality and character since moving in!

With so many different generations and personalities having to share the same home, the family hired designers Kasturi Wagh and Vineet Hingorani of kaviar:collaborative to help them design this apartment to work for everyone.

Amy Keevy and her fiancée, Maryke, bought this wooden cabin on stilts with a grass roof almost two years ago. Amy is an artist, art director, digital creator, and brand consultant and works from a stunning studio that overlooks an old-growth Tsitsikamma forest.

Redzuan Idris' small flat features smart furniture and appliance choices so that the home feels much larger than it is.

Designer Emily Green, also the co-owner of a gift and homewares shop called Pinky’s, shares this three-bedroom weatherboard house in Melbourne with her family.

Originally from Kenya, Ash Appleton splits her time between London and this two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment in Nairobi’s vibrant Westlands’ neighborhood, which she has been renovating to reflect her “modern, bold, bright, blended, and whimsical” sense of style since purchasing in 2016.

Designer Laurel Harrington has filled her Mill Valley cottage with a ton of color and cheerful furniture designs.

Visual artist and designer⁠ Meagan Jain and her partner, Nikolas, fell in love with the skylights and the south-facing windows of this Brooklyn rental apartment. They also loved the amount of space; there is enough room for her art studio and more.

India, who's the owner and curator of the colorful home goods shop Apartment 528, lives in this incredibly colorful rental apartment in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Sarah Stieber is a painter, tape artist, muralist, and jewelry designer with a recent passion for designing spaces around her art, like the incredibly colorful house she's created with her husband.

Built in 1920, this rental rowhome's builder-grade renovation stripped it of its original character, but renters Bryce and Stefan have been on a mission to "inject some love and character back into the space."

Yuka, partner Daniel, and two fur babies, Bear and Penguin, share this colorful 700-square-foot Echo Park rental apartment.

Carla's duplex in Savannah had been rented to students and not updated in decades before she bought; one of the toilets almost fell through the floor when renovation began. Two years later and the whole place looks entirely different!

Mural artist and content creator Champagne shares this large rental home with two roommates, a cat named Pony, and a dog named Ted. She loves mixing modern pieces with vintage elements. "I’d call it a colorful eclectic mix of happiness."

Becky Bloom's historic 1924 Chicago bungalow has a purple living room, orange fireplace, green kitchen, floral bedroom, and a lot more color and DIY pattern!

As an artist, Jessica has transformed her apartment into a colorful paradise. She fills the walls with her own art and works by other artists to make her home into a bright, DIYed space.

Ashley Maeda lives with her husband and two daughters in the Southern California desert. "I look at my home as my canvas," she says. "There is always a half-finished mural somewhere because I am constantly painting something new."

Self-proclaimed color lover, thrifting fan, and DIYer Joanne McCauley, who runs the Instagram account @ouremporium, says for the first eight years of living in this Northern Ireland house, it was pretty beige. But not anymore!

There's an incredibly brilliant Murphy bed design, adjustable and extendable furniture, furniture on wheels, and a dreamy outdoor bathtub.

Textile designer and freelance interior stylist Anna Brettschneider shares this 800-square-foot Park Slope rental apartment with her fiancé, Garrett Albury. Together they co-author the weekly newsletter, coolstuff.nyc.

Maitri Mody (@honeyidressedthepug on Instagram) grew up in Mumbai surrounded by colors and says she can't live in a minimal white box. "I moved into this apartment after separating from a 10-year marriage and starting off on my own. So, I wanted it to be happy, cheerful, and positive," she writes.

Tay is a set designer, builder, and DJ, and describes herself as an “audacious welder of dreamscapes,” like the colorful apartment she rents in Brooklyn.

"The overall vibe I’m going for, for the house is a bit of a hodge podge: an artist’s 1970s beachside pad mixed with pared-down Parisian glamour and of course lots of lighthearted elements..." says creative director and commercial photographer Lizzie Darden.

Lots of IKEA, a sprinkling of handmade furniture, a dose of DIY, and PLENTY of paint have all been used brilliantly by clothing designer Haley Boyko in her Long Beach rental loft apartment.

When Bridgette and her boyfriend, Blue, moved into their loft apartment, they committed to making the space their own while not breaking the bank. They used Facebook Marketplace to find staple pieces that they DIYed to fit their style.

The moment you walk in this home's door, you’re greeted by a giant gold cage, setting the tone for a glamorous, luxurious, comfortable, Hollywood regency-meets-1970s opulence style space!

Lærke Victoria, a creative living in the Danish capital, has thrown caution to the wind in her colorful, kaleidoscopic apartment, complete with a plethora of adorable DIY papier-mâché fruits.

Thanks to great layout planning and smart storage ideas, this couple's small apartment feels much bigger. And there's an adorable terrace, too!

Heather and Michael share a very organized, extremely stylish 600 square feet with their three daughters, Lennon (4 years), Georgie (2.5 years), and James (15 months). The home's style is "cozy, thoughtful, not fussy, and somewhere between minimal and collected."

"My favorite color is pink, which is also very evident in not just my apartment but anything I design at work too. If I can work the color pink into a project or my home, I will absolutely do it," says Briana Guin, who shares this 635-square-foot, three-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn with two roommates.

The moment sisters Farah and Vanessa walked into this studio apartment, they knew it was the one and put in an offer the same day! "It was the perfect space with a little balcony."

Astead W. Herndon thinks you should always invest in a good couch. His is a gorgeous pink one... a bold color suggestion made by a Hinge date!

With the help of crafty family members, Skylar Pittmon was able to totally customize her teeny home with DIY furniture and storage that's as stylish as it is functional.

You voted, and the verdict is in!

Daniel Parkington and husband Geof Parkington share this 670-square-foot apartment with their pup, Stella.

Sheena and Jason live, work, and travel the U.S. in this completely renovated 31-foot 1977 Airstream Sovereign. "The Airstream was originally left to rot away at a storage facility in a muddy field in Tennessee. It sat for years, slowly being consumed by the earth," explains Sheena.

When Roanna Cochrane and Simon Phillips first viewed this turn-of-the-century loft, it was run-down with lime green walls in the kitchen, a shabby curtain dividing the bedroom from the living room, and no light fixtures to speak of.

Gaby Neira and Chris Yera moved into their Upper West Side apartment almost a year ago. "Living in New York is expensive, especially for college students. We had to design the space with a small budget, limited stock availability across the city, and a two-week moving time constraint."

Johnny Coleman is an interior architecture BFA candidate at Columbia College Chicago and a bargain hunter. He was able to furnish and decorate this rental apartment with mostly upcycled and revamped furniture.

It was small, the kitchen was basically nonexistent, and the bathroom wasn't exactly pretty, but Irene Shamas saw the potential in this studio unit. She worked with Luki Anderson of Studio Officina and EDR Construction to transform this small one-room apartment into a functional and cozy home.

Laura Moore decided to save money by finding a one-bedroom rental apartment and creating a “bedroom space” for her son to use when he is home part-time from college.

"I grew up in Hong Kong where my mother and grandmother raised me with a strong foundation in Old Chinese Feng Shui," writes Clara Leung, who designed her townhouse around Feng Shui principles... and lots of houseplants!

Tiffany Gholar's home is a space where she experiments "with ideas that I might end up using in projects for clients one day."

Megan Zietz is a content creator and designer, and shares this small NYC rental apartment with her husband, three kids, and two cats.

Kit Williamson and John Halbach have completely transformed this 1958 cabin on five acres in Yucca Valley, using patterned tiles, fun furniture, and lots of dreamy outdoor elements.

"It’s both chic and punk — a technicolor euphoria impossible not to feel at home at," describes writer, comedian, and award-winning screenwriter Greg Mania of this small rental apartment.

Desiree and her wife didn't want shy away from their Black and Hispanic heritage when it came to their intentional, cozy, and eclectic Harlem studio apartment that boasts as much small-space function as it does style.

TV writer, actress, author, and producer Franchesca Ramsey moved to Los Angeles fall of 2020, decorating this rental apartment with DIY murals, color, and more.

Britt downsized to this 773-square-foot apartment after living in a larger home, but found enjoyment and freedom in paring down. "I’m far from a minimalist, but it feels good to have a home that’s truly only filled with items I’m passionate about ⁠— even my toilet brush is pretty!"

Stefania Talento and Andreu Font are the co-founders of the blog "In and Out Barcelona," and In and Out Studio, where they handle social media strategy and content curation for international clients. They share a 590-square-foot home in Barcelona’s Gracia neighborhood.

This small cabin's interior style is mid-century modern meets vintage camp fusion.

Meng and his husband, Andrew, gorgeously transformed this outdated two-bedroom co-op, which they say hadn't been updated for almost 60 years. There was worn green carpeting, an odd layout, and a very dirty bathroom, to name only a few of the things that would need remodeling.

Mitali Gupta intentionally selected colors, furniture, accessories, and lighting to create the atmosphere she and her partner wanted in each room of the apartment they rent.