Street Overlook Nook 150 sq. ft.

I remember this apartment like it was my own, because in many ways it was. I kept the keys on my key ring at all times, there was an iPhone charger always plugged in waiting for me, I knew the bus route there (and the safer walking routes back home).

When we moved her in, we made an executive decision to flip over the comforter so the patterned side faced down and the uninterrupted, neutral side faced up. This stopped the patterns on the comforter shell from competing with everything else in the room for attention, which made everything feel neater and brighter. 

I also positioned the bed in the center of the room, out from its little corner (unlike Columbia University Basement 250 sq. ft, this room was more square than rectangle. It is all about ratio) and framed with a headboard fashioned out of the occupant’s existing wall art. This is a great way to anchor the largest item in the room without bulk. Actual headboards are overrated.

Fairy lights were deposited in glass vases and bowls to keep them from getting straggly, and the walkway mirror from Brick Loft Studio 400 sq. ft. was repurposed as a desktop dresser. It's in Austin TX now, and is a particularly well traveled mirror. 

I loved this room, the house it sat in and the girls in the house it sat in. I wonder if I will ever know get to know another room I have never actually overnighted in, the way I knew this one.