Studio Apartment With No Closet Gets A Major Makeover | Studio Fix S1 E3

Hello guys, welcome back to my channel. I'm Alexandra and today is a very exciting episode of Studio Fix. I'm renovating Carla's

studio

, one of my best friends, and it turns out she's also my videographer, so she won't be filming this episode. She's actually on vacation so I took over her space for two days this weekend and today is finally the day she comes back from vacation and I have to reveal her space to her. I'm so excited that I want to thank her so much. to mix tiles to sponsor this video. I've worked with them before and love their renter-friendly gallery wall frames.

They are honestly one of my favorite decorating products, they are so easy to use and you don't need nails to hang. this gallery wall, so stick around to see how I've used them in Carla's space, but for now let's get started, so Carla actually has an interesting

studio

, it's like a studio loft, so it has a really cool staircase. narrow that goes up there. like on the upper half floor and this is where his bed is, but the ground floor is a very traditional studio

apartment

layout, it's very small, you have an entrance which is also the kitchen, which is also the living room and then You have a small bathroom on one side. so we don't have to create space for a bed down here, but we still have a little space to work with, which is going to be a challenge right off the bat if you have a studio

apartment

, I highly recommend before you start planning.

To have an inventory of the things you have and the things you want in a studio, you need to have priorities, you're not always going to be able to fit everything into a small space, so I asked Carla what her priorities were and two of the really big ones. . where you need a space to work right now, you have this dining table in the kitchen but realistically your monitors are there, your laptop, you have tons of cables under the computer and then you also wanted a cozy place to relax, like I said, he is working a lot so he wanted a place to relax.

She is an avid record collector and music lover, so she really wanted a place to relax, watch TV, listen to her music. She hasn't had a couch in a long time because she has lived in a very small place. spaces before this, so a couch was also on your list, so it's the first day of preparation and the first thing I'm doing is moving a few things out of the living room, starting with a blank slate, you guys, the article. The furniture has arrived, a sofa. and a chair so as you just saw the newly arrived furniture is so beautiful so Carla this sofa is the perfect size.

Yes, all the products will be linked below, but thank you so much for this sofa and this beautiful chair. Here's the thing about decorating, even if you're in my position and do this all the time, things change layouts, my original vision was that the couch would be against the wallets, now against the back wall. I always knew it would crash a little. of the door um, but seeing everything in the space I'm wondering if it really works facing the kitchen like the back of the kitchen, so I'm going to try a few different layouts and yeah, see what works best.

I like this design. I still have room to walk to the bathroom. I don't feel too tight. I'll think about it and see what else I can come up with next. I'm painting an accent wall so I love using paint to add a little color. It's a very fun way. in a small space to add some style and set the tone for the rest of your apartment's style, this is a very industrial inspired apartment. Carla loves dark colors, she doesn't like the usual colors, you know, pink polka dots, so I really wanted this space to feel moody and cozy, so this color is such an amazing choice it's called graphite.

Benjamin Moore. I'm going to link it below, it's dark, it's almost black, but it has a blue-gray tint to it. which makes it feel a little lighter than a very deep black. I also opted for a matte finish, which I really love. The thing about the matte finish is that it's not really easy to clean, so I wouldn't recommend it for heavy traffic. area, but only a small accent wall in a house that only one person lives in, the matte finish was definitely a great choice, look at that wall, oh how good, so it's the second day, this is the reveal day , last night we ended up hanging some accessories. the wall um, just to get ahead of reveal day, we have the furniture in place, the wall is painted, I'm very happy with it, now it's time to put the rest of the furniture in and style this space, right? can we just?

Take a minute to appreciate how amazing this looks against this black wall, it's so cozy, so moody and to complete this little nook I'm hanging a wall sconce above the chair. This is a very cozy place to read and just curl up with a book I love it so much so next I'm going to create a gallery wall in Carla's Little Stairs Loft and I'm so happy to partner with mixed mosaics in this video because they make To make creating a gallery wall super, super simple, the first thing you want to do is download the app on your smartphone.

You can also go to mixtiles.com, but I love using my phone because it's super easy. Then you choose the color of your frame and your preferred matting option, place the order and then they are away. They are delivered to your door. The amazing thing about mixed tiles is that they come with an adhesive on the back, so you just peel off the strip and then literally just stick them to the wall. I've used them before and can honestly say they stay sticky for a long time. long, this is very useful for two reasons: you just stick them on and then lift them up if you're not happy with the placement.

In this case, I changed the order several times. I wanted to change the layout of them, so that was cool. It's helpful to have that sticky back, it just made the whole process super smooth and really gave me a chance to play with the design. Another advantage of having a sticky back like this is that they are super renter friendly, so when you take them off the wall, they don't take the paint off with them and they can just pick them up when they move into their next apartment. If you want to have these mixed tiles in your own home, I have a link below that you can click to get. 10 off your order, this code is first come, first serve and valid for the first 100 customers, so use it if you want mixed tiles in your space.

I'm so obsessed with how this gallery wall turned out and I love that it works in every way. going up the stairs filling this blank space, next I am hanging Carla's small TV, under the stairs, if you have a TV and you live in a studio, I recommend that you mount it on the wall, this is a great option because you are freeing up space on a console or media unit and you're taking advantage of the wall space under the TV. I'm preparing Carla a small corner for records. I'm using this metal cabinet, it has a very industrial feel and fits very well. under the stairs and I'm placing her record player on top of it.

Now the reason I chose this cabinet is because Carla desperately needs some clothing storage in this space specifically for all of her photography gear, so I'm just putting in one box. and a basket full of hard drives, lenses, cameras, but it's also a great surface for her turntable. I'm putting her speakers next to this and suddenly it's just this cute little Nook drive, she can watch TV when she's sitting on her couch and listen to music. It feels so cozy here on top of the couch, there's a very unfortunate placement of this fuse box so I wanted to cover it up and Carla had an antique mirror that used to belong to her grandmother so I'm just putting this on top of the couch.

I love how it reflects the light coming through this door and just makes the space feel a little bigger than it really is. Okay, now I'm laying down a rug. I did this completely backwards, it was a bit complicated. I should have put the rug down first, but I did it anyway. This rug has a lot of texture, it has like little tufts, it's yellow, black and white, it ties in with the couch and the accent wall and it's like a great finishing touch to pull this off. space together to finish this area of ​​the living room.

I am hanging a framed art print. I just printed this image on Etsy. You guys know this is one of my favorite tricks when it comes to art. Super affordable. This print cost me six dollars and suddenly they have this beautiful framed piece of art above the chair now this room is almost complete I'm moving to this side of the room now as you can see Carla had her dining room table on kitchen but I wasn't using it as a dining table and like I said at the beginning I really feel like sometimes in a studio you can't have everything but you can make allowances, she has a monitor because she's a video editor so I needed to find one solution that worked.

For her in her everyday life, I know that Carla already had a very old Ikea table and she was using it as a desk, but it was also in a strange position in her kitchen and the problem with this is that there is a rad um I asked a contractor if he could move it and he said no we have to build around it so of course I called him a good friend. Danny Burgs, his name is Danny Berger, I just call her Dannyberg, so Danny took all her legs off and now. he's adding pipe legs to it, oh what a genius, Danny, what a genius and we're actually going to hang it above the radiator.

You shouldn't have things right above the radiator, but I had someone come in and look at this and make sure that was the case. sure before installing and we are not going to place the wood right above the rad, but rather we place it a few centimeters above. There is a stand on the back, just a piece of wood and the table is resting on that stand so there is a large amount of space between the radiator and the desk to make sure air flows. I want to know in the comments below what kind of tricks or compromises you guys have made in your studio apartments and I think other people will find them useful. in the comments below Carla was also working on these not so comfortable wooden chairs so I bought her a beautiful desk chair that was under 200 and it is so comfortable I will link it in the comments below so I was very happy with this find and I think it will be a great chair for her to use every day.

The next problem I had to solve was a place for all of Carla's novels and some trinkets she has collected over the years, so I thought our open shelf would be a great solution, so what I did was find these beautiful pipe holders again. These are from Amazon if you can believe it, they add that industrial feel coming together with the pipe legs of the desk and I'm just putting in a piece of barn. board I bought at the hardware store. This is faux barn wood, which means it didn't actually come from a real barn, but it cost seven dollars at my local hardware store, which is awesome.

Also, I'm supporting her novels with some of her old cameras. a plant, all those knick-knacks she has hanging around and I feel like an open shelf is a great way to display all the things you love while also creating functional storage, speaking of storage, I need to find a solution for all the discs Carla. In fact, she had an amazing box system that I wasn't sure if she was going to use, but I ended up using it because they fit so nicely next to her desk. I think she built them herself, sorry Carla but they are a little wobbly but they get the job done and I felt like they came together again with this industrial feel.

I'm putting one behind the accent chair, which is really cute. I also knew I wanted to do an exhibition with her records, so what I have. The done thing is to simply hang a photo rack on this black accent wall and this is the place where Carla can put her favorite records, maybe the records she just bought or the record she is listening to. I also think this is a nice piece of art for her on her wall. I did a lot of research, there are some record racks you can mount on the wall, but let me know in the comments below what your favorite way to display records is.

I'd love to know after I've found a place for her records and her novels and all her knick-knacks. I went up to her often and said, "Oh my God, she has so many coffee table books, where am I going to put them? Sometimes you just have to find alternative storage solutions in a studio, they're all over." fitting so well under this cabinet that you can see all the coffee table books she has and they are also decorative and kind of complete this corner, speaking of coffee table books. I'm just bringing in this little coffee table to put right in front of it. the sofa is small enough for CarlaYou can move it, it doesn't get in the way too much and you can still maneuver in this space and get to the bathroom very easily.

Next, it's time to tackle this entry, so I've used this cabinet myself. space and is my favorite product for small entrances as a quick trick. I'm just changing the knobs on these to tie them in with the rest of this space. These are nice leather knobs. This cabinet is from Ikea. I have linked it. Not only can so many pairs of shoes fit underneath, but it's also great for storing accessories like winter accessories if you're like Carla and have like a million hats. Side note Carla, why do you have like 500 Tukes? I'll never understand it, but it's not like that.

It doesn't take up much space, you mount it on the wall so it's secure and it only fits so many shoes, so many winter accessories and then things aren't like outdoors, I'm finally putting your black stool here. I'm propping a plant on top and then I'm hanging a couple of hats that she had so hanging them on the wall acts as art and also storage, well guys that was an epic

makeover

and I can't wait to Let them see the before and after but first let's bring Carla. I'm so nervous I have no idea how she's going to react but we're going to bring her probably the tanned version of Carla because she was in Jamaica for a week okay we're going to bring her before you open your eyes yeah just I want to be a little basic and cheesy, okay, oh, here we go.

Let's just say I'm so grateful for you, you've been with me from the beginning and I was so happy to be able to do this, oh my gosh, I'm so excited, okay, on the count of three, you're I'm going to open my eyes, okay, I know the procedure, okay, uh-huh, two, oh, there's so much to look at. I can't even. She is so beautiful. The rug is wicked. Oh, well, right. It's so me. It's so me. You know when you go to another. people's apartments you say oh my God that's right so I'm that person now this is one of the best still you say it we say it we say that every time I just don't want to go out of fear like me I just want to stay here always that's the goal, yes, that's the goal.

Great, good job, you are the best. I am very lucky. Thank you all so much for watching this video and thanks to Mix Tiles for sponsoring this video. Reminder, if you want to have mixed towels in your own space, my 10 discount code is below. I'm very glad you like the Studio Fix series. These are really fun

makeover

s to do and as always, thanks to everyone for watching and to me. See you next Friday with a new video. See you next time.