Name: Helena Mestenhauser
Location: New York, NY
Size: 550 Sq Ft / 51 Sq Meters
Type of Home: Studio Apartment
Years Lived In: Owner, 1.5 years

This colorful, custom and retro studio apartment in Chelsea is a labor of love and mad skill, all crafted by Helena, a props fabricator and designer for theater and film. Helena has turned a dull pail studio apartment into a jewel-toned ultra-functional home and hangout destination. Nearly every inch of her apartment has been carefully outfitted with custom furniture, handmade textiles, art objects, and playful paint patterns. In this house tour she shares not so obvious tips for constructing a Murphy bed, painter’s tips for color blocking, and how to make a studio apartment a welcoming destination for her and her friend’s weekly Dungeons and Dragons game night. See why Helena won Apartment Therapy’s “Cleverness Award” in the 2023 Small/Cool Contest!

Check out Helena’s Small/Cool entry page here: https://bit.ly/48By8cD

CHAPTERS
0:05 - Intro
0:11 - Uses + Layout
1:00 - Painting Tips
2:23 - Murphy Bed Part 1
4:28 - Dressing Bookshelves
6:37 - Entry Way
8:56 - Kitchen Upgrades
10:48 - Maker’s studio
11:48 - Bathroom
12:25 - Meaning of Home

Customizable Murphy Bed
https://createabed.com/

Refrigerator
https://www.samsung.com/us/home-appli...


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