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This couple's rental needed to serve not just as a home, but as a wellness center, office, favorite restaurant, and refuge. They did it by making sure every single item in the apartment is multifunctional.

Apartment Therapy's Small/Cool contest grand prize winner has an Oakland apartment featuring smart small-space ideas. And one of the most organized pantries we've ever seen!

Gretchen's superpower is finding amazing pieces for her home on a budget. Through thrifting and DIY, she's been able to find stylish items AND make incredible additions to complete her trendy Portland one-bedroom apartment.

Our News and Culture Editor wears rainbows, sports rainbow hair, and even has prisms in her windows that throw rainbows all day.

Name: Adrianna Gardini and Craig Youngren, two kids, and two cats Location: Alphabet City — New York City Size: Approx. 520 square feet Years lived in: 4 years, owned When Adrianna, a display artist, and Craig, a teacher and editor, bought their apartment, it was a bare, white, and bright space that felt outdated and in need of change.

Married couple Abigail and Natalie travel and work full-time in their 2004 Sprinter van they converted into a home on wheels.

Fashion designer Stella Rose Saint Clair's inspiration for her Brooklyn rental apartment is: The 1960s, cult movie sets, LA aesthetic, and a cake.

It feels a lot larger than its small size, too!

While living tiny has its challenges, Meagan Murtagh did a beautiful job of making her small home ultra livable and lovely, despite being under 200 square feet.

After lots of unpacking and plenty of painting, John and Wesley's small shared space is filled with historic artifacts, collected treasures and the couple's heart and soul.

Name: Emmanuelle Messean and Jean Baptiste Mariou Location: Saint-Denis — Paris, France Size: 85 square meters (915 square feet) Years lived in: 5 years Traveling to the North of Paris is filled with architectural delights (like the first medieval basilica), and this trip to the suburban community of Saint Denis to visit Emmanuelle and Jean Baptiste’s home (that’s been converted from a former taxi garage) does not disappoint.

Name: Mina, Sumit, Alec, Louis & Léonie Location: Bromma, a suburb to Stockholm, Sweden Size: 168 square metros square feet Years lived in: 1 month In the suburban neighborhood of Bromma, outside the city of Stockholm, Mina and Sumit have created a beautiful space for their young family in their newly built home. Mina loves this home’s large windows and open concept floor plan, and her minimal, casual approach to design maximizes the airy feeling of this home.

In this home, a warm industrial vibe blends with mid-century aesthetics...all done on a very tight budget.

Julie's tiny NYC apartment has a color palette Marie Antoinette would approve of AND smart storage solutions for the kitchen. Let them eat cake!

If this space were personified, it would be a 1970s feminist character named Valerie. Bold, not afraid of color (or the patriarchy), and who doesn't take herself too seriously.

Amelia's 490-square-foot studio features storage solutions and clever DIYs... and it's an absolutely cozy, festive space for the holidays.

A couple and their baby call this converted school bus home when they are on the road having adventures.

Ericka Hart shares this beautiful and bright Brooklyn rental apartment with her partner Ebony Donnley, and their adorable dog, Baguette X.

Designer Alvin Wayne lives in this 800-square-foot apartment he's transformed from a plain white box into a warm, personality-filled rental.

Denise Bayron's tiny home is like a secret oasis... a personal paradise that's both a home and a creative workspace.

Erin Kerr's style can best be described as: "Like if a Danish Grandpa and Primary School Teacher Grandma had a grandkid who loved Memphis Milano."

If anyone is worthy of the line "this person needs no introduction..." it's writer Ashley C. Ford.

Interior designer Alvin Wayne has lived in this gorgeous 800-square-foot rental apartment for three years.

Actor Charles Busch believes a home is a visual autobiography. And his NYC apartment's style is best summed up as: 19th century Parisian bordello mixed with the Golden Age Hollywood.