Hi! This is a post I am so so excited to share.
I have always been a huge fan of Home Tours, especially ones from The Everygirl, and now it's my time to share my own!
I have been living in this space for two years now, and while it is not finished and it is not as perfect as I would like for it to be, I am moving! So I'm sharing my space with you to commemorate what was my beautiful little apartment. RIP.
I have lived in a studio in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. My biggest goals in this space were to have it be bright and colorful, to have it be pleasing and cozy, to have it look cohesive, to keep it not toooooo cluttered, and to keep everything organized.
That exposed brick tho.
Let's start with the living room! I got these couches for my first apartment when I was in college. They serve as a great neutral base for whatever color-scheme I decide to go for. My tip is to keep your couch neutral so that you can change the vibe around it depending on your mood with quick switches of throw pillows or gallery art or any other accessories! If you keep the big/ most expensive things neutral you can keep them for a long time. The throw pillows are no longer sold but these Kate Spade beauties have a similar vibe to the Zebras; here's something similar to the black and pillow.
I started with a neutral base of white, black, and gold with pops of green for this room, but the older I got the more color I wanted. So pink, a little brown, and silver were added to freshen everything up. If you're just starting out with home decorating I would suggest the neutral base with a pop of color, but I also think there are no rules and your house gets to look like whatever you want it to. So do ya own thing b.
Another favorite part of this space is my gallery wall. I chose to keep everything in a black frame to make it feel cohesive, but I love when I've seen gallery walls with tons of different textures and colors too. It just depends on the vibe of your room! One other fav part of this wall is how flowers always look so good on top of my record player/in front of that flapper girl art print...I die for that lil moment it makes me feel like a true adult.
Shoutout to Queer Eye on Netflix and to Carmex! I am addicted to both.
In a small space, I had to get creative with organization. My TV stand is also my dresser, the green poof next to is filled with miscellaneous things, I keep a basket of blankets in between the couches, and shelving organizers are key in keeping everything looking neat. My biggest tip for organization is that everything needs a container/home to be put back inside of at the end of the day. The basket for blankets keeps those organized, my craft basket is a great place to throw those supplies, my papers or office supplies are all kept in their own containers as well. The systems are all set up so that now I don't have to think about them.
Kitchen time!
It's tiny and there's not a lot of counter space but it's modern and nice! If you haven't guessed by now, flowers are very important to me! As soon as I saw these towels at Anthropologie I knew I needed the whole set. I have the pot holder and the apron to match.
In the back corner, I have a mini little bar area, a little plant and a fruit bowl that I love, a little sponge holder that my Momma got me when we went to Paris. In the other corner is a succulent, my teapot, some sugar containers, a cake stand, and currently some flowers but that's only because I ran out of surfaces to put them on.
My favorite part of my kitchen are all my Broadway Magnets! Whenever I go to a show I buy a magnet and it's a nice little reminder of those happy memories! We love Broadway!
Shoutout to my pals, my favorite Degas, and St. Dionysius.
Now it's time for the bedroom. While I truly love this little house, something it truly lacks is storage so I had to get creative. I travel a lot and I have quite a few pieces of luggage, plus some other misc. items, so the only solution my Momma and I could come up with was to get bed risers. My bed is high so that I can keep everything under there. It's a little too college but I feel like a princess with my bed this tall tbh. My headboard is something else that I've had forever, and the bedding is old too.
Shoutout to my lil flamingo friend! :)
The deer was a Christmas present from a best friend many years ago as well. (Sorry nothing in here is current but I found lookalikes!)
One tip I do want to give though is that nothing on my bed matches too perfectly. I love that the white of the duvet is different from the cream of the pillows and it's a little different from the headboard. Not being too matchy-matchy makes it feel like a real person lives here instead of this being a showroom.
Rebellions are built on hope.
My bathroom is a cute little closet! There are no windows but it's ok because I have a bathtub and a ton of counter space. This room is a little matchy-matchy because I couldn't resist. (I'm learning through writing this that even if my bed might not be, I am still definitely a very matchy-matchy girl. My Mom is so happy rn.) I love having all of my makeup displayed, I love my flower shower curtain hooks, I love my "peachy-keen Jellybean" cross stitch, I love it all!
I'll do makup favs in a diff post! <3
That's all! I love my little space and I hope you loved lookin' at it! My last piece of advice is that you're the Room BossTM and your space gets to look exactly how you want it to! As long as it makes you feel good that's all that matters. Forget trends and rules and create a space that makes you happy to be in it!
My little house is my favorite place to be and I'm sure I'm going to miss it very much when I move to LA at the end of this month. So many sweet sweet mems! Moments with friends, dates, laughs, lonely nights, parties, kisses. My little yoga studio, movie theater, spa, disco, refuge and so much more. I am lucky I got to live here. Now onto the next!
Tell me your design thoughts below! What would you add or change? I want to know!
