Tour This Fashionista Prop Stylist's LA Apartment Filled With Old-World Charm

Erik Staalberg's love of fashion and vintage goods blend together in his lovely Los Angeles home like a well-made martini, equal parts classic and stylish. And possibly the best news of all for a creative interior prop stylist was discovering the home was left in its original state with decades of different designs throughout. "What made me want to move into this apartment was the fact that it was untouched," Erik says. "It kind of felt like this time capsule, and all of the original details had been preserved — like the crown molding, original tile and French windows in all the spaces. It has so much character and so much history that I immediately fell in love with it."

"One of the great things about this apartment is this entryway that is half-indoor, half-outdoor and has this amazing skylight," Erik says. "It was completely underutilized. So I started to fill it with plants and more plants and more plants. [Now] I kind of have this wonderful atrium, which is so nice with all of the Spanish tile and the wrought iron."

"Coming up these old, terra-cotta tiled stairs and having all of these old plant stands with everything [that] is wrought iron has a good Spanish feel to it — and I think it’s a good precursor to the apartment," Erik adds. Just steps inside from the adorable atrium sits an antique wooden desk with two cushioned stools for visiting guests.

"My living room is the room I definitely spend the most time in [and] it’s definitely the room I entertain the most in as well," Erik shares. "What I love about this space is this lime-green, key-lime-custard color. It’s almost like a jade and it has brought all of the hues that are in the space forward."