Two Sisters Furnished Their 100-Year-Old LA Rental Entirely With Secondhand Finds
Adrienne Breaux
Adrienne BreauxHouse Tour Director
For more than 10 years, I've led Apartment Therapy's real home content, producing thousands of house tours from around the world. Currently, I live in my maximalist dream home in New Orleans, Louisiana, with my partner, a perfect dog, and a cute cat.
Leela Cyd
Leela Cyd
As a photographer, Leela is looking for the in-between moments, the details and the emotion of places, people or things. She spent over a decade as a stylist so her work is carefully constructed, layered with personality, but always has a feeling of freedom and joy. Growing up…read more
published Feb 9, 2026

Two Sisters Furnished Their 100-Year-Old LA Rental Entirely With Secondhand Finds

Adrienne Breaux
Adrienne BreauxHouse Tour Director
For more than 10 years, I've led Apartment Therapy's real home content, producing thousands of house tours from around the world. Currently, I live in my maximalist dream home in New Orleans, Louisiana, with my partner, a perfect dog, and a cute cat.
Leela Cyd
Leela Cyd
As a photographer, Leela is looking for the in-between moments, the details and the emotion of places, people or things. She spent over a decade as a stylist so her work is carefully constructed, layered with personality, but always has a feeling of freedom and joy. Growing up…read more
published Feb 9, 2026
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Home Type

Apartment

Location

Los Angeles, California

Style

Eclectic

Vintage

Bedrooms

2

Square feet

1350

Sq ft

1350

It wasn’t love at first sight when Taylor Williams first saw this two-bedroom, 1,350-square-foot Los Angeles rental home her sister, Lauren Williams, found for rent on Facebook Marketplace.

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Taylor shares looks inside her and her sister's home (as well as all their fun Facebook Marketplace finds) on TikTok and Instagram.

“We had been looking for six months or so and wanted something with enough space and parking (I love outdoor space to complete DIY projects),” Taylor begins.

“I was traveling heavily at the time so my sister signed the lease in person while I was away! I didn’t see the home until we had already signed the lease so I was still a bit in shock whenever I first saw it.”

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The small teak wood cabinet is a Facebook Marketplace find.

Firstly, there was the problem of natural light, or more specifically, the lack thereof. Taylor knew that she and her sister would have to get creative with lighting and mirrors to brighten up the space. Secondly, while the 100-year-old space had some classic 1920s Crafstman features, it also came with some “landlord specials tacked on (aka lots of thick white paint).”

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But, thanks to the sisters’ incredible secondhand sourcing skills, three years later, Taylor says they love the place as if they own it. It’s now warm, colorful, inviting — “like your cool auntie’s house!”

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Taylor says she loves to place furniture on a corner. "I like to be able to face people / look them in the eye when they’re in my home, and sometimes you gotta put a sofa in a corner to do just that!"

LIVING ROOM

  • Sofa — Living Spaces
  • Sofa — Timothy Oulton 
  • Throw Pillows — IKEA
  • Rugs — Safavieh

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