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See the 2023 Small/Cool Contest Homes!
Apartment Therapy
You looked inside 71 homes and voted on the smallest and coolest. Find out which entries won!
Oct 20, 2023

You looked inside 71 homes and voted on the smallest and coolest. Check out the grand-prize winner and category winners, plus all of this year’s clever and beautiful submissions.





Small/Cool NYC Is Back for 2023
We’re so thrilled to share that Apartment Therapy’s Small/Cool Contest is back, launching May 1, 2023.
Oct 20, 2023
Everything You Need to Know to About the 2023 Small/Cool Contest
Apartment Therapy's annual Small/Cool Contest is back again! And we’d love for you to join us as we search for the smallest, coolest real-life homes around the world.
Oct 20, 2023
Apartment Therapy 2023 Small/Cool Contest Official Rules
Apartment Therapy 2023 Small/Cool Contest Official Rules
Oct 20, 2023




Past Winners

Meet the Grand-Prize Winner of the 2023 Small/Cool Contest
It’s giving champion-worthy decor ideas.
Alison Goldman
Jul 27, 2023
Meet the Vibe Winner of the 2023 Small/Cool Contest
And you’ll want to visit ASAP.
Kylie McConville
Jul 27, 2023
Meet the Creativity Winner of the 2023 Small/Cool Contest
Takeaway number one: Paint both the walls and ceiling blue.
Alison Goldman
Jul 27, 2023
Meet the Cleverness Winner of the 2023 Small/Cool Contest
Bright colors and brilliant, space-saving DIYs? Yes, please.
Terri Pous
Jul 27, 2023
Meet the Functionality Winner of the 2023 Small/Cool Contest
This Small/Cool Contest category winner seriously *works*.
Alison Goldman
Jul 27, 2023
Meet the Grand-Prize Winner of the 2022 Small/Cool Contest
Tour Emily Sermons’ 610-square-foot sophisticated, secondhand condo in Charleston, South Carolina.
Laura Schocker
Jun 21, 2022
Meet the Grand-Prize Winner of the 2021 Small/Cool Contest
Tour Lucía Gogenola’s 914-square-foot botanical, personality-filled apartment in Rosario, Argentina.
Alison Goldman
May 17, 2021
Meet the Grand-Prize Winner of the 2020 Small/Cool Contest
Tour Michelle Spetner’s 590-square-foot modern-eclectic apartment in Oakland, California.
Alison Goldman
Oct 14, 2022