This Studio Kitchen Is So Tiny, It Only Took 8 Tiles to Transform the Floor

Sarah EverettHome Projects Editor
Sarah EverettHome Projects Editor
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published Jun 18, 2025
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Even in a studio apartment, the kitchen often feels like its own little nook — and that’s true for Anna Meyer’s (@wittlenycrat) 200-square-foot apartment. “My apartment is one tiny room,” she says. Here’s how she made the kitchen feel distinct. 

As a renter, she couldn’t do much to the walls or appliances, but she did manage to make the “after” feel more cozy, colorful, and charming — after all, one of her aesthetic heroes is Nancy Meyers. 

Credit: Anna Meyer
Credit: Anna Meyer

A curtain defines the space — and adds drama. 

Anna hung a set of olive green curtains outside the threshold of the kitchen. They match another set of curtain panels she has beside her bed for a cohesive look throughout the entire studio. And she got creative when it came to installing them. 

“I used picture hanging hooks and some clear string meant for hanging frames,” she says. “I threaded the string through the curtains and tied them to the hooks. [It’s] not the most professional job but saved me from buying a curtain rod and drilling into the wall.” (Her picture hooks nail in with small nails.) 

Credit: Anna Meyer
Credit: Anna Meyer

Peel-and-stick flooring adds cafe vibes.  

She used black and white marble lookalike tiles to cover up the old tan floors. “I was able to transform the kitchen area with about eight peel-and-stick floor tiles,” she tells Apartment Therapy in the video tour of her place. 

Credit: Anna Meyer

A green backsplash completes the kitchen.

Anna also used peel-and-stick tiles to transform her backsplash, which was the final step of the kitchen transformation. She actually used a basic white herringbone peel-and-stick pattern and painted it green. 

“I painted the backsplash because I couldn’t find a peel-and-stick tile that was exactly the color I was envisioning,” she says. “I mixed together some brown and green acrylic paint until I got a shade I liked.”

Her entire apartment is filled with shades of green, brown, and pops of pink, and Anna’s biggest recommendation for a studio apartment is to choose a simple color scheme and stick to it throughout the entire apartment. You can see the rest of her green-and-brown-with-pops-of-pink apartment here.