For the love of aesthetic living
Your small apartment can look like the Pinterest board.
Renter-friendly decor, seasonal styling, easy hosting and DIY wedding ideas, tested in a real 73 m² home and written for small budgets and smaller floor plans.
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Meet Evan
A chef’s eye for hosting. A renter’s budget for decor.
I spent fourteen years in professional kitchens, from fine dining to banquets, before I started writing about the thing I love most after food: making a home feel good. These days I style a small home in Finland, host far too many dinner parties, and planned our 2024 wedding almost entirely DIY.
Everything here is written for real spaces and real budgets. Quick answer first, then ideas you can actually use this weekend.
- 14 yrsin professional kitchens
- 73 m²home styled on a budget
- 1fully DIY wedding
Small apartment living
Make every square metre count
Seasonal decor
Styled for the season
Hosting & entertaining
Host like you planned it for weeks
DIY wedding
Beautiful on a real-life budget
New here?
Not sure where to begin?
Pick the project you’re working on and I’ll point you to the guides worth reading first.