A colourful 600 sq ft Toronto condo full of IKEA hacks

Kyra Petticrew bought her 600 sq ft condo in Toronto's Beaches area in 2020. Her parents used to flip houses, and they helped her renovate it room by room. She works in marketing at a tech company and shares her projects on TikTok, where her renovation found a big audience.

The kitchen came first. Kyra replaced the counters, sink and faucet, tiled the backsplash herself and turned the upper cupboards into open shelves. She also took out a wall so the kitchen opens to the dining room and gets light from the balcony. Next door, IKEA bookcases now work as built-in shelves for books and vintage glassware.

Her dining table started as two Facebook Marketplace tables joined into one. The chairs came from a vintage seller on Instagram. In the living room, she put a new slipcover on an IKEA sofa and swapped its arms for wood panels. She built the side tables from travertine tile and wood frames because she didn't want to pay for real stone.

The bedroom is painted yellow on every wall and the ceiling. Kyra removed a wall to open it up and turned a nook into extra closet space.