A real renovation diary documenting an architect’s studio apartment project from the inside — design decisions, material choices, layout experiments, and honest progress updates from someone who does this professionally.
This DIY bedside table started as a technical problem — and turned into one of the smartest space-saving solutions in our small studio apartment. Instead of adding a nightstand, we built a modern wall niche with hidden wiring, integrated outlets, and architectural detailing. Here’s how one intensive day of drywall, mistakes, and design decisions transformed a blank wall into a functional feature.
Follow our Small Full Bathroom Remodel diary — from demolition to finishing touches. Discover what worked, mistakes to avoid, material tips, and step-by-step guidance for your own tiny bathroom project.
How I Have Found The Best Grout Colors for White Tile in my Bathroom Finally, we have found the best grout colors for white tile in our own white subway tile bathroom! And honestly? It happened almost by accident. When our tiler showed up a few weeks ago, he refused to use a ladder and…
Got a Tiny Bathroom? Let’s Make Some Space! Here are my minimalist tricks to consider when planning a small bathroom renovation! These smart small bathroom tricks will make your full bathroom twice as big. Hi, I am Bridget, an architect renovating my tiny studio apartment with my fiancé (all DIY!). In this post, I’ll share…
Studio Apartments Layout Ideas Flooded My Brain! My mind is just generating new and new studio apartments layout ideas! We are in the middle of our studio apartment renovation, demolition is still happening – slowly – and turns out, tearing things apart takes a surprising amount of time. Especially when you’re overly careful at first….
Our studio apartment interior received the foreshocks in real life This week’s update in our studio apartment interior renovation smells like concrete dust and indecision. We finally started the demolition, and let me tell you — hearing walls come down is both deeply satisfying and incredibly nerve-wracking. The mess? Unbelievable. The noise? Even worse. The…
Budgeting is One of the Most Misunderstood Parts of Home Renovation A Renovation Budget Template is not something I created because our renovation went wrong — it is something I use because budget estimation and planning are part of my daily work as an architect. From the very beginning of this studio apartment renovation, the…
From Vision to Reality: Part 2 of Our Studio Apartment Renovation Journey Designing a layout for small apartment sounds easy — until you’re standing in a 16 m² studio flat, trying to figure out where to sleep, eat, work, and live… without tripping over your own shoes. That’s exactly where we found ourselves in Week…
Where do we even begin a studio apartment renovation process? Where do we even begin a studio apartment renovation process? That’s the question we asked ourselves as we stood in the middle of our tiny, outdated studio apartment, surrounded by swollen furniture, yellowing walls, and a wooden window decoration that had definitely seen brighter days….
1. Introduction & About This Studio Apartment Renovation Series Welcome to my tiny studio apartment renovation adventure! My story begins like this: I bought a flat I hadn’t even seen… Yes, really. My fiancé visited it, walked through the rooms (well—room), took some quick pictures, and messaged me that it’s too small, dark, and not…