My 500 Sq Ft Studio Apartment Tour!
Living Pretty Ep6: Studio Apartment Tour | Rustic Studio Apartment Ideas, 500 sq ft
Welcome to my cozy, 500 sq foot studio apartment tour! If you’re looking for studio apartment inspiration as well as decor ideas with a rustic style, look no further. In my Seattle studio apartment tour, I show you my studio apartment decor from every angle.
Along the way, I share my thoughts on how to decorate a studio apartment while maintaining your unique interior style.
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↓ Wanna read the episode? Here’s the transcript! ↓
*I’ve made some slight edits in the transcript below so that everything makes more sense in text form. But overall, this is almost a word-for-word dictation of what I say in the episode. I’m a much better writer than this, I swear, haha.
Welcome to my 500 square foot studio apartment here in Seattle! I moved into this studio almost three years ago, and I’ve been in love with it ever since.
I had been dreaming about finding my dream apartment that I would live in by myself for the first time, and then it happened! And I decorated the shit out of it.
If you follow me on Instagram, you probably think you’ve seen every square inch of this place because I obsessively post this apartment from every single angle you could possibly imagine. Like, obsessively.
But in this apartment tour, you’re going to see parts of my studio that nobody online has seen before, including my walk-in closet. Yes, I said walk-in closet in a studio effing apartment.
So if you’re looking for inspiration on how to decorate a small space, specifically a studio apartment, but also how to incorporate your personality and your interests and your passion into your space, then you’ll wanna watch this video until the end!
And if you wanna learn more about how to decorate a studio apartment based on my experience decorating this place, you should definitely download my Studio Styling 101 workbook. It basically just walks you through how I did this!
So let’s get started! Let the tour commence.
Right off the bat, visitors are greeted by an angry Fiona Apple. Because first impressions are everything.
To the right is my closet and to the left is my bathroom. We’ll come back to those.
Right after seeing Fiona Apple, you see the love of my life: Beck.
And then you have the studio. You walk into the living room area, which is… basically I used my couch, which is from West Elm - it’s part of the Urban Collection - I use my couch as the primary divider.
One of the biggest questions I get when it comes to my studio apartment is how to create a sense of separation of space. And in the case of my apartment, my couch does that for me. My couch is a pretty large couch for the space and it, on its own, acts as the divider.
In keeping with the music theme of the apartment, you have some Fleetwood Mac lyrics up there - I ordered those from Stay Classic Blog and then these are two pieces that I ordered from Etsy.
And then you also have one of my favorite Garbage songs: I’m Only Happy When it Rains, which is kind of a good theme song for me. I love the rain, I’m a Seattle girl. I even have a tattoo that says “nothing but the rain”, which is a Battlestar Galactica line. I’m like, really cool.
And then, right above “I’m only happy when it rains” is some really beautiful wall art that I ordered from Society6. These are by the artist Tordis Kayma - I’ll link to him in the description below as well. His art is so beautiful - it’s very gloomy and moody and it’s exactly, exactly the kind of visual that I love in my space. I like things to have a little bit of a dark edge to them.
And I have my little coffee table right here, which is actually technically an accent table from Target, but the space is so tiny that a normal sized coffee table would be a little too big. So I just use a little accent table and it works just fine.
You’ll notice as we continue the studio tour that I have Death Note books sort of throughout the space. Death Note is one of my favorite animes and so I have the manga kind of littered throughout the space because it looks really cool. And like I said, I like to get a little bit of a dark edge in my space.
And then I also have 1000 Record Covers as well, which goes along with the music theme.
Speaking of music themed coffee table books, I have some more over here. We have Garbage, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, and then randomly the Zelda Hyrule Historia book.
Basically, I am a huge believer in using coffee table books or any other kinds of accessories to express the things that you’re into, the things that you geek out about.
That’s really what Moda Misfit is all about: embracing the things that make you unique, the things that you love, the things you geek out about, and having those be the basis of your style.
And again, here is the living room area. I am a huge fan of piling on throw pillows, I’m a big believer in cozy living. And I like to feel like I’m being hugged by my couch, basically.
And then I also have some more manga worked into my space. This is from one of my favorite animes, One Piece, and these are pieces of the manga sort of splash together to make a throw pillow. Again, I love a nice little touch of geekery in a space, that’s really how you show your personality.
Now let’s head on over to the bedroom area, which is just a couple feet away.
Once again, you have a continuation of the music theme in my apartment. These are sound wave prints that I ordered from Amazon - they’re by a company called Cumberland Coast. They are sound waves of three of my favorite songs: Going to California by Led Zeppelin, All Along the Watchtower the Jimi Hendrix version, and Strawberry Fields Forever.
I love incorporating pieces of art that really show what I’m passionate about and the things that have actually have had a profound impact on me.
That’s one thing to keep in mind when you’re shopping for art - I know it’s super overwhelming, but at the end of the day you can really narrow your search just by looking for things that embody something that you are passionate about and that you geek out about. That’s such a good place to start when you’re searching for art.
My headboard is another piece that’s one of my favorite things in this apartment, and I just love the visual impact that it makes on the space. It pretty much establishes the rustic style right off the bat. So that’s another piece of advice I have, is when you want to demonstrate your style and make it super clear, you can find basically a hero piece, which is a piece that in one fell swoop communicates the style that you’re going for.
And then I have this really pretty little corner here. Probably the most important part of it is my Triforce, which like I said earlier, I have little touches of the Legend of Zelda in my apartment because I’m a huge fan of the Legend of Zelda. It’s kind of been an obsession for me for years. Any of my fellow Zelda fans will know that that is the Triforce from the Legend of Zelda.
So again, I like to add little cheeky elements of geekery throughout the space.
And of course, plenty of candles because I am trying to romance you here.
I have my Taylor Momsen little mini canvas, which a friend of mine had made for me years ago and I absolutely love it. I love Taylor Momsen, she’s the lead singer of The Pretty Reckless, which is one of my favorite bands. And so again, you have more music. I’m basically hitting you over the head with music in this apartment, which is not something I am mad about.
And speaking of more music imagery, this is one of my favorite singer/songwriters, Poe. I basically worship her, hence the pseudo alter that I’ve built for her, which really is an accident. I’m not trying to make an alter to anyone, but it kinda just looks like that. And I’m here for it, basically.
And from here we’ll go over to my little sitting nook, which I shouldn’t even call it my sitting nook because it’s Helo’s sitting nook. This is her chair, she’s the only one who sits here. And this is basically her throne.
And then we have my little workspace. And I like to joke that my workspace is more romantic than my bedroom area because I really went full French boudoir, vintage style over here.
This is a wall hanging from Society6, which I will link to in the description. And then the wall panels hanging behind it, believe it or not - you’re not going to believe me when I tell you this: they are from the Container Store and they were $9.99 for a pack of four panels.
And then I just have some journals and planners here. I’m a planner and journal addict. I don’t really wanna talk about it.
And then I also have this map of Manhattan, which I got at Target years ago. I lived in New York for 6 years and I can actually point out exactly where I lived on this map. I was on 13th street and 2nd, so that’s where I lived in New York.
I have my piano right here. I’ve had this keyboard since I was eight years old when I first started piano lessons.
And up here I have a really, really cool photograph. That is my Aunt Flo. She was a singer and dancer and actress in the 1930’s. Very glamorous, very 1930’s Hollywood… love it.
Now here’s one thing about my studio. And prepare yourself because this one’s a jaw-dropper. I have two closets, and this is one of them. And um, it’s nothing terribly exciting, it’s not - you know, it’s a pretty average sized closet, but I will now take you to my walk-in closet.
Yes, you heard me right, I have a walk-in closet and I live in a studio. I don’t know how I got so lucky. Here it is.
The main question I get asked about living in a studio and owning a cat is: where do I put my litter box? And the answer is right there. I just have it tucked away and I like to put stuff on top of it just to make it even more hidden. So there’s the answer to probably one of my most frequently asked questions, and that is where do I keep my litter box.
So there you have it. This is my mythical walk-in closet in my studio apartment. Probably one of the biggest bonus features of the space.
Then right over here I have my bathroom. It’s just a typical tiny studio bathroom but I like to think that I’ve made it look pretty.
Right over here I have a map of LA. I lived in LA for five years so it has a special piece of my heart.
Inside of my medicine cabinet, just has your basic stuff. Dry shampoo, I live and die by the stuff. What millennial girl doesn’t?
And that is pretty much it. Didn’t take long for my bathroom!
So the last space I wanna show you in my studio apartment is my kitchen. This is my tiny 42 square foot kitchen. I actually did a full video on how I decorated my tiny kitchen, which you can find in the description, I will link to it. It basically just walks you through how I went about making this space - this tiny, tiny little cavern of a kitchen - feel more stylish and more like me. So click the link below and you can watch that.
That is my tiny 42 square foot kitchen for you right there.
So that is my little 500 square foot studio apartment. It’s basically a bunch of music, video game, and anime geekery all rolled up into a stylish package.
And that is the most important thing. If you walk away with anything from watching my videos or reading my blog it’s that the thing that matters for your decor is to express what you love. If nothing else, just include things that are personal to you, things that mean something to you, and things that light you up.
If you just do that, you have a stylish space.
So that’s it! That’s my studio apartment tour, thank you for cozying up with me.
My hope is that your biggest takeaway is that interior decor is about so much more than making things pretty. It’s about making things you. Having your interests, your loves, your passions reflected in your decor. Those are the things that will actually make your apartment feel like a home.
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After watching the video, you can shop for some of the things in my apartment using the links below!
Note: A lot of the stuff in my apartment was purchased when I moved in 3 years ago. If something isn’t listed below, it means it’s no longer available to buy.
WALL ART:
Fiona Apple canvas print: https://rdbl.co/303T21M
Listen to the Wind Blow poster print: https://bit.ly/2QvKzB2
Tree Rings print: http://tidd.ly/85215927
Tordis Kayma foggy trees prints: https://bit.ly/2T0MeAr // https://bit.ly/2tBWXqo
Jessica Roux magnolia wall hanging: https://bit.ly/2QS5oWx
Letter board: https://goto.target.com/bJJYx
FURNITURE:
West Elm Urban Sofa in Heathered Tweed, Charcoal: https://bit.ly/35uGKR6
Pier 1 velvet armchair in Zinc Gray: https://bit.ly/36xMfiZ
Desk in black-brown: https://bit.ly/2T8mqCe
SOFT THINGS:
Comforter on my bed (I turn mine upside down, hiding the pleats): https://goto.target.com/V9973
Rug in my bathroom: https://goto.target.com/kEExN
Rug in my living room and bedroom areas: https://goto.target.com/oDDr9
COFFEE TABLE BOOKS:
Cobain Unseen: https://amzn.to/2tKPUeP
The Jim Morrison Scrapbook: https://amzn.to/2uxRMs5
Garbage - This is the Noise That Keeps Me Awake: https://amzn.to/2uxRMs5
The Legend of Zelda - Hyrule Historia: https://amzn.to/309CrJW
1000 Record Covers: https://amzn.to/2QxN2uW
Death Note - Black Edition: https://amzn.to/2ut7ynP
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