My Cozy Minimalist Home Tour 2021

With spring (and spring cleaning) just around the corner, now is the perfect time to reassess your space and decide what items truly bring value to your home. Today, I am excited to welcome you into my home for this minimalist home tour. It’s a two-bedroom condo for my family of four. We’ve been living here for about three years, and I want to share what we’ve done to make this space feel like home.

Kitchen & Dining Area

When you first walk in, you’ll see the kitchen and dining room.

But first, to the right of these rooms is our pantry. We organize and separate our pantry items using bins and baskets. Although labels can be useful organizational tools, we go without them, because we already have an idea of where everything is. It’s all about having a system that works for you!

To the left of the pantry is our half bath, the only bathroom on this floor. In the mornings, I like to get ready in here because it’s close to the kitchen (and most importantly- the coffee). When we choose to decorate our space, we like to keep the decorations minimal and meaningful. Here, we have homemade ceramics made by our daughters.

In our dining area, we have a table, chairs, and a coffee station which includes a Keurig and espresso machine. Below our coffee station is our dog Charlie’s food and water bowl.

Then attached to the dining room is our kitchen. We renovated it last year, adding white countertops, a deep sink (which I’ve been loving), and a faucet. We like to keep things simple, only owning dishes and appliances that we find necessary. This way, our space remains functional and calm.

We also have a mix of artificial and real plants scattered about. Our real plants are either in planters or hanging in Boho macrame plant holders.

Down the hall is our living area. I wanted this room to be an entertaining but calm space, where the whole family can comfortably watch a movie or play games. I think we pulled it off! We tucked cubbies behind the couch for storage. We also have an entertainment center where we keep remotes, office supplies, headsets- gadgets that we use often- for quick access. Lastly, we found a small desk that fits perfectly into our space. We use it as a little office for our girls.

Two of my favorite things in our living area are our digital picture frame and our Oculus Quest 2. The frame was a wedding gift and it’s where we keep all of our photos. The Quest 2 is a virtual reality set. I use it for meditation, and fitness training, and the girls play games on it too. It was a useful purchase during quarantine because it allowed me to visit new places without leaving my home.

Bedrooms & Bathroom

On our third floor, we have bedrooms and bathrooms. This used to be our daughter’s shared room, but now it’s just my youngest daughter’s. Her bed frame has a built-in desk which we absolutely love. The brand is Ikea, but we bought it second-hand on Offer Up for a great price. Her closet has plenty of space as well, which is always nice.

In the hallway, we have a photo collage with meaningful photos of the family. We have one of the girls, as well as Matt and me.

In between the two bedrooms are mirrored bathrooms. The left is for me and Matt. We display some simple decorations on our ladder shelf and keep the trash can and scale underneath.

Our shower and bath combo is quite simple. I try to keep just one shampoo, one conditioner, and two soaps (because Matt likes his body soap.) I personally prefer the bars of soap that I get from the farmer’s market, and I use a metal razor I received for Christmas for shaving. For the most part, we keep our products in the medicine cabinet. My husband’s products are on the left and mine are on the right.

Master Bedroom

The last room on the third floor is our master bedroom. I love how this room turned out. It’s so cozy and it has exactly the minimal, slightly boho vibe that I was going for. I previously lived in Arizona, where I developed a love for desert plants and scenery. In fact, Matt proposed to me at Antelope Canyon. And right afterward, we went to Horseshoe Bend. So the big photo behind our bed, which is actually Horseshoe Bend, is meaningful and brings back sentimental memories for us.

Like in the bathroom, Matt uses the left side of our closet and I use the right. We keep our full wardrobes here. I also store my books and the journals I’m currently using here too.

Our master bedroom also doubles as our office. Matt has his dual monitor set up, which you have probably noticed in the backdrop of my videos. I also enjoy journaling here.

The lamp pictured above is one of my favorite pieces in this bedroom because it will adjust the warmth and lighting. If you touch and hold the little loop, it will actually adjust to the ambiance of the room.

So this last room is for our veterans. There’s only one space that you haven’t seen yet, and that is back down at the entry. There’s a door to the left of the garage where we have a big, heavy gray curtain hung up. If you pull that curtain back, you will see my oldest daughter’s studio bedroom. She’s been sharing a room with her sister for many years now, and she was just ready for her own space.

Now, if you’ve been following me very long, you might remember when I turned the back of this garage into my personal office. Well, now it has been transformed again! We pushed back the railing and curtains for space and added more curtains for temperature regulation and noise canceling. My daughter painted this accent wall black, which I think adds a really nice moody vibe to the space. And she is loving it down here!

If you pull back the curtain on the other side of her room, you will see our laundry facilities. Of course, these were always down here, but we do have some nice display shelves that we’ve put up and some items to kind of make it feel a little more decorative.

So that’s our home. Thanks for joining me on a virtual stroll! If you enjoyed this post, please subscribe to read more about holistic and clutter-free spaces and check out my Youtube channel. I will talk to you again soon!