Budget Breakdown: A London Architect Gives Her Micro Apartment a Major Upgrade for $17K

Tiny home renovations don’t always have smal budgets—and designers often need to work just as hard to keep costs under control. When British architect Elle Bytautaite, founder of Studio Elle, decided to completely renovate her 365-square-foot apartment in Sutton, on the edge of London and Surrey, on a "shoestring budget," she had to come up with some clever solutions. "The main considerations were the lack of space and the budget," she says. "I had to think outside of the box to provide the main ingredients for living in such a small space."