A 410 sq ft Toronto studio built around a kitchen island
Tanya furnished her downtown Toronto rental studio from IKEA for under $2,000, then gave the bathroom a boutique hotel look for about $200.
Tanya's 410 sq ft studio in downtown Toronto sold her on one thing: a huge kitchen island. In her last condo she hated cooking because she had almost no counter space. Here, the island seats four, holds her prep and serving areas, and has her cooking every night. She has hosted more than 20 people in the studio.
She moved in with a mattress and two chairs. She bought the large furniture, rug and bedding from IKEA for under $2,000. She skipped a bed frame. Her $25 Marketplace box spring sits along the wall and doubles as a sofa for guests. Two open-box monitors from Best Buy act as a TV.
The walls were dark grey when she arrived. She painted the whole place in Benjamin Moore's Chantilly Lace for about $110. Warm smart lights keep the cool white from feeling cold. Where she can't hard-wire a fixture, she hangs IKEA pendants from adhesive ceiling hooks.
Tanya calls the main room organic modern, inspired by 1 Hotel Toronto. The bathroom shows where her taste is heading. For a little over $200, she painted the walls and ceiling a deep maroon brown and added a new shower head. She also spray-painted the rusty sconces.
