House Tours

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.

Nicollette and Magnus live in a condo in a renovated schoolhouse from the 1800s. "The way the building was constructed preserved the beauty of the old architecture while adding modern finishes."

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

"My color palette (lavenders, mauves, whites, and vintage wood tones) calms me down and puts me in a creative mindset," explains designer Kate DeWitt. "I also focused a lot on mood lighting in this space."

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!

Eqbal and Ashleigh's home style is "cozy, artful, Greek-inspired, bohemian, and colorful."

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.

"My apartment is an extension of how I feel, and wish to feel, all the time! I love home decorating because to me it's a way we can make permanent certain moods and states that are dear to us, that we can't in real life," says comic artist and graphic novelist Em Frank.

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

Sarah Jane Park and her fiancé, Steve, share this 686-square-foot London flat they describe as "rustic cottage meets boho."

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.

Mackenzie Schell and her two roommates had to make this small apartment as functional as possible but also wanted it to be a really fun space that wouldn’t get boring to them.

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.

Amanda Lowthian added a pink adhesive backsplash and adhesive checker flooring took the doors off the cabinets in the kitchen, installed shelves over radiators, and added lots of art and unique accents.

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!

This apartment in France is teeny in size, but with high ceilings, lots of natural light, a cute balcony, and original features such as traditional limestone walls and 1930s encaustic tiles, it's also GORGEOUS.

有这么多不同的代和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.

Ben and Kyla love finding art and accessories during their travels and incorporating them into their home; nearly all of the art has been accumulated from local artists during their adventures.

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.

Dale Aucoin's tiny studio apartment can transform into lots of different spaces, despite only being one room!

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

"My studio is both a museum and an altar to my family’s memories of partition, migration, and cultural richness, with indigenous art, sepia tone photos, and Indian block print textiles dotting every nook and cranny," Sonya Soni explains.

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.

英蒂萨拜娜Chhetri钦奈的公寓a has a style she describes as "Contemporary Indian."

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.

Irene describes her Barcelona apartment's style as "bright, hyggelig, personal."

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.

When Ashley and her husband Max got married and moved into their first home, their house was in "rough shape" but through the power of DIY, they were able to transform their home into a space they love.

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.

As a professional organizer, Sachiko has prioritized simplicity and balance in her home. She has turned her home into a space that expresses her happiness.

坏人莎拉是一个画家,磁带艺术家壁画家,and jewelry designer with a recent passion for designing spaces around her art, like the incredibly colorful house she's created with her husband.

There's wallpaper on the dining room ceiling, a pink and green Art Deco-style bathroom, and TONS of other colorful and bold decor elements in this vibrant UK home.

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.

卡拉的双工在萨凡纳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!

Alisha named her bed and breakfast after her son Nicholas. She filled the place with pink and green as a nod to her sorority and has created a place of peace and fun that's a safe space for everyone, especially minorities groups to come and vacation.

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."

This Edwardian farmhouse was originally a dairy farm, and the whole place needed renovating when Charlotte Clark and family moved in. "It had been let go to rack and ruin and we could not wait to bring back its charm and create our forever family home," she writes. "We have worked through the house renovating it one room at a time, knocking through a few walls along the way."

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!

Bethanne updated her Victorian Home by painting the walls and fireplaces to add cheer to her house. She believes in only holding onto items that bring you joy and has surrounded herself with items that tell the story of her life.

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.

"Your home is for you, and if you’re into kitsch or kooky or kinda out-there aesthetics, embrace it. A home filled with personality is easy to love," advises Australia-based graphic designer and typographer Sophie Elinor.

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!

Spiro Georgi and his husband have always loved the countryside of New England, and five years ago they finally bought their dream house, transforming it with a modern farmhouse/English cottage style. "Plaid is our thing; every room in our house has something in a plaid pattern."