A Studio Apartment for Retirement Living – IKEA Home Tour (Episode 405)
A Studio Apartment for Retirement Living – IKEA Home Tour (Episode 405)
In episode 405 of the IKEA Home Tour Series, the Squad visits Kathleen, an accomplished woman who’s recently retired. Now that Kathleen has retired, she decided to downsize from a one bedroom to a studio apartment in New York City in Manhattan. She went from an 800 square foot home to a 400 square foot studio, meaning that she has literally cut her space in half!. One of the most difficult parts of transitioning was letting go of old furniture that was too bulky to fit into her new home. While that was challenging enough, Kathleen continued to feel uncomfortable by her new layout. Kathleen’s dream is to spend her retirement living creatively. Clutter impedes her thinking process, so she wanted organization to live in a more streamlined fashion. What she wanted was a flow to her apartment, and that’s what the Squad came in to provide.
The Squad started by dividing her space into an office, reading nook, living room area, and bedroom. The living room features several BESTÅ storage combinations, and serves as her entertainment center, as well as, providing ample wall storage overhead. Because the BESTÅ storage cabinets are completely customizable, the Squad was able to create the perfect layout for Kathleen by measuring her wall space and selecting the right amount (and style) of cabinets. Together, the Squad and Kathleen decided on high gloss, light gray/green cabinets to wrap around the corner of her studio apartment to further define her living room space. The BESTÅ storage units eliminated the clutter in Kathleen’s home, while providing a clean, modern look. Plus, the storage units feature soft close doors so they won’t damage what’s inside them. Additionally, the OMLOPP / ANSLUTA undercabinet lighting provides a gentle pool of light for that area of the apartment. She can adjust the lighting with the ANSLUTA remote control which has two different light settings to fit the mood: high lighting for when she’s hosting guests and soft lighting for when she’s watching a movie with her entertainment center. When the remote is not in use, she can store it in her new GRANBODA nesting tables. These nesting tables are perfect for her small space as they can easily slide in and out from each other, able to extend the table space or tuck away when not in use. Meanwhile her VIMLE loveseat acts as a living room divider with the backrest lining up with the edge line of the BESTÅ storage combination. The entire living room section of her studio apartment is tied together with a rectangular BRÖNDEN carpet. Kathleen’s study is made up of a STRANDMON wing chair — which offers excellent back support — and sits adjacent to her BILLY / OXBERG bookcase. The BILLY / OXBERG bookcase is perfect for displaying her collection, but keeping her house free from clutter. Opposite the study is Kathleen’s office space which is perfectly defined with a BEKANT corner desk (left variation) to maximize the useable space. Adjacent to her desk is a GALANT storage combination with filing, the edge of which helps define the office space from the living room. Finally, for the bedroom section, the Home Tour Squad set up a VIDGA corner solution with one pair of AINA curtains.
Now that the Squad has given her studio apartment a makeover, Kathleen can enjoy the kind of creative retirement living she envisioned for herself.
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What’s IKEA Home Tour? We’ll tell you! We’re sending a team of IKEA experts on the road to help America solve real home furnishing challenges, big and small, and transform their living spaces. The Home Tour Squad is hitting the road to assist those who need help with home projects – from closet organization to living room style upgrades to bedroom makeovers – and to illustrate genuine solutions that make everyday life at home better. The Home Tour Squad will help plan and shop at the local IKEA store to find the best smart solutions for home challenges. The homeowners and the Squad members will then accomplish the transformation together! Plus, the Squad will film their journey along the way.
The IKEA Home Tour Squad is a team of hand-selected IKEA experts from across the country. They specialize in everything from home design to organization to sustainability at home. Each Squad member comes from a different background and contributes their unique expertise to help homeowners on the tour. Their journey will be chronicled through before/after makeover videos, tour footage, and video shorts featuring design tips and interviews with homeowners. Squad members will also be sharing live updates from the tour via Twitter (@IKEAUSA) and Instagram (@IKEAUSA) with the hashtag #IKEAHomeTour.
I kinda like the old version better but this is great! I loved Ikea since I was little
Wonderful!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
It’s simple people, put away your junk.
❤️❤️❤️
I absolutely hate the fact that everybody seems to want to shove older people into a tiny cramped space that can only push them into an even earlier demise due to claustrophobia
Great Job!
Replacing her natural wood furniture with plastic, and the wool rugs with rags? Ugh. What’s with the books being backwards, how can you tell what’s where? Awful. Gross. The whole thing looks like an office cubicle, is that why you retired, so you could LIVE at the office???
I have to tidy up after a year of illness im feeling more energy.
I actually liked the before version, much personal and full of her identity
I dont know what to say… it looks like an Ikea showroom…
Are these makeover free? Even that I still like the previous version
Wow that is beautiful you look real happy there and it is very inviting God bless
Can’t believe you transformed this jumbled tiny space into something homey and bright. And now you can feel the flow of energy. I wonder where the kitchen is?
So much better without the clutter! Great videos!
Very well organized and clean looking space, creating more circulation which is fantastic!!!
she probably kept the rugs in her bedroom or bathroom so I am not too worried about it.
The song is louder than lady’s voice
The before had more classy style but just too much clutter.
Is there no kitchen in that space? Not even a kitchenette?
Way too modern
The new look is one big office space. Where is the dining area? I’m her age and we don’t want to sit at a counter to eat.
Did the bed get eliminated? Dining table? Kitchen? What I saw was nice, but where R the rest of the necesiities???
You cannot read the book titles! 🤦🏼♀️
Hi
Kitchen?
Hate all those cupboards above the Television etc, looks like a kitchen.
Where’s the kitchen??? Ikea has reasonably priced items except for the living room. Then it’s way too expensive and feels like you’re sitting on cardboard.
Where is the kitchen and bathroom 😲???
It is sad to move in a studio after a hard working life…The picture of society is not so nice..😢
Does IKEA offer Interior Design services?
We’re do you cook ,, a bathroom?
Where is the kitchen and bathroom pls show thank you
I love this it seems so much more comfortable to move around and she is still able to add some personality to it here and there just enough so she can still move around
God bless her for showing how disgusting and how horribly she lived prior to this mildly better shoebox.
Hi.You can keep the books in such a way to make it easy to pick from the book rack.It also makes that space more neat.(Keep them,the opposite side of the way you have kept so that you can read title and then pick the book).
Great job 👍
I think the woman truly deserves something like this
This is the one☝️
I wish these were a bit longer & the final floor plan is shown. On my 2nd viewing, I found the mirror over on the window wall. I understand why they didn’t show the bedroom area but clothes storage & bedroom takes up a lot of room. As a senior, I understand wanting to focus on creativity so yes, it seems mostly office, her space is stored knowledge (books, files) & a good workspace. My needs in my new space are as big a desk surface as possible. I have 6 tall thin Billy bookcases & they all moved without trouble for the 3rd time. My two (discontinued) IKEA kitchen units on casters are supplementing my kitchen for the 4th time! ❤
I love it, so lovely, I’m only gonna work 2 more years, I will retire in just two more years, I can’t wait, I’m retiring young. Much Love.
The music is way too loud…
this woman deserved it
Very good
Nice job!
Dear Kathleen :
The idea of letting go certain things and feeling better is a wonderful phenomenon in life.
Living in Mumbai with the values and philosophy of Vedas, I have been taught this principle since childhood. I am an HR professional and major part of my discussion with many employees who are not happy with the work, relationship with colleagues / bosses is all centric to the idea of "let go. "
Wishing you a very Happy Retired life, remain active and healthy.
Best wishes.
What a stupid way to put books on shelves…
Any time I need to clean I just watch this series and I will clean happily lol
Looks good, but like the other version best. Eclectic and personal.
Why do people think that old people don’t like Elbow Room and high ceilings and Open Spaces he’ll get an enclosed space soon enough it’s called a coffin
There are parts of her vintage style that I can really appreciate and also parts of the IKEA style where it streamlined and organized so she could find the things she needed without having to keep them out all over the place. Too bad there wasn’t a way to marry the vintage style with the IKEA streamline style
Thanks for the Video clip! Excuse me for the intrusion, I would love your opinion. Have you thought about – Rozardner Amazing Soup Reality (Sure I saw it on Google)? It is a great exclusive guide for revealing the simple method to declutter your home minus the headache. Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my mate after many years got amazing results with it.