A tight budget doesn’t stop this young designer from creating a personality-filled pad.
A builder-boring condo, tight budget and super-busy lifestyle might mean a very dull living space for a lot of people. But not for Jacquelyn Clark, the Lark & Linen blogger and former Style Me Pretty editor who recently launched her own interior design business. With a keen eye for decorating and a talent for transforming bland into beautiful, Jacquelyn turned the 700-square-foot rental condo she shares with boyfriend Justin Gagne in Toronto’s Distillery District into a chic home full of personality.
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Condo tour: Modern boho chic
Living area
The scene-stealer in the living area is the vintage cart-turned-coffee-table picked up for a song. “We found it tucked in the back of a vintage shop, unfinished and missing a few boards,” says Jacquelyn. Boyfriend Justin Gagne completely refinished it.
Condo tour: Modern boho chic
Dining area gallery wall
An arrangement of artwork and Jacquelyn’s own travel photographs makes up the gallery wall in the dining area. Eames-style chairs pull up to a simple, inexpensive dining table, which sits below a sleek modern pendant light.
Condo tour: Modern boho chic
Office nook
Painting the bump-out wall with wide horizontal stripes is a budget-friendly way to differentiate the office nook from the rest of the living area. Jacquelyn left the feet of the desk unpainted for a stylish dipped look.
Condo tour: Modern boho chic
Save and splurge design
Like the rest of the condo, the bedroom is a smart mix of save and splurge items. An embroidered coverlet Jacquelyn picked up in India, for example, shares space with toss cushions by Brooklyn-based textile designer Rebecca Atwood.
Condo tour: Modern boho chic
DIY artwork
The white IKEA nightstand in the bedroom was customized with a new brass knob. Jacquelyn created the artwork above the bed with her own travel photos, which she altered in Photoshop and then had printed.
Condo tour: Modern boho chic
Get the look: Modern boho
1 Flynn table lamp, Serena & Lily, $295 US. 2 KO Sticks foldable star sculptures, Design Within Reach, from $40 US each. 3 Brushstroke 2 toss cushion, Rebecca Atwood, $139 US. 4 in Black with beech legs, Structube, $69. 5 Jute Chenille Herring bone rug, West Elm, from $64
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