Renter-Friendly 200 Sq Ft Studio Apartment Makeover With Home Office Solution | Studio Fix

Renter-Friendly 200 Sq Ft Studio Apartment Makeover With Home Office Solution | Studio Fix

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Hey guys! I’m Alexandra Gater and I show you how to do rental-friendly upgrades and DIY projects on a budget. New videos every Saturday! Today I’m making over a 200 sq ft studio apartment with a home office solution!

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50 Comments

  1. catherine enciso on July 30, 2022 at 3:02 am

    You can always make any room/house to be extra-ordinary beautiful after doing make-overs..

  2. Frances Taveras on July 30, 2022 at 3:03 am

    This gives me hope that once I get my own place I can’t decorate this cute

  3. sci fi vampire on July 30, 2022 at 3:04 am

    Cute but the desk chair is way too low. She’ll have to rest the keyboard on her lap to type comfortably.

  4. Chimdi Ihezie on July 30, 2022 at 3:04 am

    This came out so beautifully!!

  5. Violet Martha on July 30, 2022 at 3:04 am

    9:41 OMG I’m the same!! My lovely Dad, who was German, was helping me move some furniture and when I struggled with the sofa, he said " Mein Got…you are as veak as a kitten!" Half English half German and ever since that time moving furniture has me in hysterics. You lot are so much fun. 🤣🤣🤣🌟🌟🌟💗💗💗

  6. Antonia Franzese on July 30, 2022 at 3:05 am

    9:46 gives me major Friends vibes! PIVOT

  7. Jean Vignes on July 30, 2022 at 3:06 am

    I need your couch (the one you’re sitting on at the beginning of the video.) Thank you!

  8. Me me me on July 30, 2022 at 3:07 am

    I desperately need YOUR HELP!!!!
    I’m currently sleeping in my living room…. Cuz I have grace my children the 2 bedrooms…
    I’m on an EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE FUTON! That I’ve tried to add blankets, toppers, etc etc to make it bearable 😞
    I’ve added a slider curtain ( for some privacy) but again it’s NOT CUTEEEEEE !!!!!!!
    I NEED UR BRAIN & HANDS to work some 🪄

  9. Sofia Rocha on July 30, 2022 at 3:08 am

    There’s no way that desk chair is functional. It is too LOW!

  10. Carolyn Bostic on July 30, 2022 at 3:12 am

    I want Margaree’s office hutch and amazing turn-in windows.

  11. Jaymie Bulley on July 30, 2022 at 3:12 am

    This is one of THE BEST room makeovers I’ve ever seen! Like across the board! I’m so glad this popped up on my "recommended for you" 🙂

  12. luniasta on July 30, 2022 at 3:17 am

    It’s pretty but is moving the bed so it takes more of the limited space and is more visible at the entrance really the most practical solution? I think I would turn it back around if it was my apartment, just to get the square footage back

  13. Violet Martha on July 30, 2022 at 3:21 am

    😱 3:43 😱 Slow mo cat! 🤣💗💗💗
    6:48 Cat!??

  14. Steph (Steph) on July 30, 2022 at 3:21 am

    Looks amazing!

  15. michelle belle on July 30, 2022 at 3:21 am

    Love this makeover. Would love to know where the chenille duvet was purchased.

  16. Maria Loeffler on July 30, 2022 at 3:22 am

    So gorgeous. I want to move into that space. So cozy, comfy, stylish, peaceful.

  17. Andreia Ferreira on July 30, 2022 at 3:24 am

    One of my favourite ! 😍

  18. Linda Belardes on July 30, 2022 at 3:24 am

    Absolutely beautiful 🤩

  19. Besty Cheung on July 30, 2022 at 3:25 am

    Love your design!

  20. Kimmie B on July 30, 2022 at 3:25 am

    “Friends” vibes…Ross yelling “pivot, pivot, pivot”! Lol.

  21. md1264 on July 30, 2022 at 3:29 am

    How dare they not say PIVOT when bringing up the couch!,

  22. Danita Powell on July 30, 2022 at 3:29 am

    I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but that pendant light looks like a hat that a Vietnamese woman would wear in a rice field.

  23. K Kelley on July 30, 2022 at 3:32 am

    What a wonderful makeover! I love built-in furniture, this apartment has the most unusual one I’ve ever seen. With all the clean lines and angular motifs, adding scroll work to the angular mirror was the only mis-step, it made the mirror not fit in with the rest of the decor. You and your team do amazing work! Keep it up!

  24. Teresa Renee on July 30, 2022 at 3:34 am

    The only thing I would have done different is put the bed long ways and built a curtain separation and turn it into a bed nook…

  25. EmmaLouLoves on July 30, 2022 at 3:35 am

    Love it all, great make-over and use of space. I was worried about the chair being too low for the computer desk; we are all pounded with Safety videos at work, LOL, telling us what is the correct position and size/space for computer working, so maybe a stool that rises up would be fab, I have one from IKEA, about £40. :o)

  26. S N on July 30, 2022 at 3:35 am

    Really lovely. To maximize the workspace she could attach the monitor to a mounted swing arm. It could then be pulled a bit out of the cabinet & raised or angled. Even used as a TV. It would also free up all of the desk space. I’d also choose an adjustable height office chair. Perhaps the chair could be converted? Otherwise what a great space & upgrade!

  27. Valerie Nola on July 30, 2022 at 3:38 am

    My favorite makeover!!

  28. Amanda P on July 30, 2022 at 3:41 am

    No pad for the rug? Hopefully, it was added later?

  29. Margaret White on July 30, 2022 at 3:42 am

    What an amazing makeover!! I loved everything you did!! Alexandria you are 😃 great! Please write a decorating book. Fantastic 😊

  30. Embrace with Christina on July 30, 2022 at 3:42 am

    This was an amazing makeover! Very unexpected. The studio has a nice flow to it now. The composition, balance, color choices, furniture, etc. was perfectly planned and implemented.

  31. Donna Okoniewski on July 30, 2022 at 3:43 am

    Very nice. The scale of the mirror accents could have been bigger. And, again, you could have made a radiator cover.

  32. Tnijo O on July 30, 2022 at 3:43 am

    I would pull the bed out a few feet and make that headboard thing taller and positioned so you could lean against it and use the space behind for extra storage. That ceiling comes down too low to be right above the head of the bed.

  33. Vijayasree Potukuchi on July 30, 2022 at 3:44 am

    I’m a regular viewer of your channel. Usually, I like your makeovers, but in this episode the work area I felt is not ergonomically effective! You might have given priority to ergonomics over aesthetic especially, when she is working from home!

  34. Erin Johanns on July 30, 2022 at 3:45 am

    FANTASTIC!

  35. J W on July 30, 2022 at 3:47 am

    Totally stealing that mirror idea! I have an ugly contractors mirror that was in our bathroom that I’m going to upcycle and put in my yoga room

  36. Natalie Lalonde on July 30, 2022 at 3:49 am

    Beautiful make-over. I hope her cat didn’t ruin that beautiful boucle couch….😳 I recently saw this clear plastic that sticks to a couch to discourage cats from scratching….

  37. Dominik Müller on July 30, 2022 at 3:50 am

    Hi @Alexandra another absolutely great makeover. Just one question: Why did you decide to hang the curtains relatively low instead of close to the ceiling?

  38. Teresa Renee on July 30, 2022 at 3:50 am

    Adorable studio, beautiful makeover….great job.

  39. Gail Levine on July 30, 2022 at 3:52 am

    Good job❣️❣️❣️

  40. maura whelan on July 30, 2022 at 3:53 am

    Love it

  41. Reeno on July 30, 2022 at 3:53 am

    Wooooow it made it look so much bigger! So pretty I love it

  42. Tammy Melo on July 30, 2022 at 3:54 am

    Amazng job!

  43. Danielle Harrison on July 30, 2022 at 3:54 am

    Amazing makeover! That particle board in the hutch would have looked great with some velvet!

  44. Ariana Mathews on July 30, 2022 at 3:55 am

    im so stressed about the command hooks falling and the plants shatteringgg

  45. Veronica on July 30, 2022 at 3:55 am

    Great makeover!

  46. Francisca Martin on July 30, 2022 at 3:55 am

    I would love if you could come to usa!

  47. OCEAN OF FOXES on July 30, 2022 at 3:55 am

    A shelf over the radiator would make a perfect space for a plant, a candle and a mug of tea

  48. Phyllis Oleary on July 30, 2022 at 3:56 am

    I wish you did the kitchen done over, but I guess it wasn’t in the budget.

  49. 4aliceearth on July 30, 2022 at 3:57 am

    I love your work, so inspirational! I also love your sweater (2:19). Where did you find it?

  50. Dawn Chandler on July 30, 2022 at 4:01 am

    Dude I would be so pissed if a group of people went to my house without my knowledge 🙃

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