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.

Katie had to move in a bit of a hurry after a career change that brought her back to her hometown of Atlanta. In this hurry, she scored a whopping 297 square foot apartment (we measured) in the lovely, greenery filled neighborhood of Poncey-Highland. After a little bit of TLC and a whole lot of creativity, Katie has proved to create flow and a seemingly effortless comfort to her studio apartment.

My Style: Vintage, Casual? Is that a house style? Cozy.

Inspiration: Nature, travel… I don’t travel much, but I feel like my things might have in order to get here, haha. I get a lot of influence from my Dad. I like to surround myself with hand-made items and art that speak to me.

Favorite Element: The natural light and the size. It’s perfect for me — not too big, not too little. It feels like me.

Biggest Challenge: Figuring out seating and arrangement of furniture in a room that’s both my bedroom and my living room. I like having friends over, so that was important to me.

What Friends Say: It’s cozy. Everyone seems to wanna curl up when they’re here. I think that’s a good thing.

Biggest Embarrassment: Since it’s small, it’s easy for a few things to be out of place and make it seem messy, so I just have to keep up with it. But, the up-side is it doesn’t take long to clean, either.

Proudest DIY: Just adding some nails into a Target ladder shelf in my closet to have a nice way to organize and display my jewelry. It’s turned into an easy vanity, and a way for my closet to look a little nicer since you can see straight into it from the living room.

Biggest Indulgence: The chair in my living room. It wasn’t much, but everything else was either thrifted or hand-me-downs, haha.

Best Advice: Don’t try to make it all perfect. Things don’t have to be shiny and new, or fit a specific style. Just go with what you like, and if it feels good to you, it will show.

Dream Sources: Uh, I look at the West Elm website, haha. Or, if I could actually just put Morocco into my house.

• Was already painted when I arrived

LIVING ROOM / BEDROOM

• Daybed – Had it since I was a baby, complete with a trundle underneath, so I actually have a place for friends to sleep when it’s gotten a little late.
• Bedding – Comforter and Pillow, Urban Outfitters
• Artwork above bed – 3 small ones from a shop by my house called Young Blood where they sell stuff by local artists, the bugs were thrifted, and the other one is artwork that was inside a Fleet Foxes album that I just decided to frame.
• Rug – Dad, he said he got a good deal on it, so it probably came from a flea market
• Coffee Table – yard sale
• Chair – Urban Outfitters
• Wicker Ottoman and Pillows – Mom.
• Curtains – Dad. haha
• Plant Holder – ikea
• Ladder Shelves – Target
• Lamp – Target
• TV Tray with plants on it – yard sale

KITCHEN / DINING

• Table and stools – my friend, Dani, I used to live with didn’t need them when she moved, so I inherited, naturally.
• Palmistry print – antique store in Roswell (Georgia)
• Knick Knacks – some from Anthropologie, most thrifted, the Frida was from Secret Ships
• Hanging succulent holder – Paris on Ponce

CLOSET

• Curtain – store in Nashville called Pangaea
• Ladder Shelf – Target
• Mirror – Dad

BATHROOM

• Shower Curtain – Urban Outfitters
• Artwork – thrifted

Thanks, Katie!

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