Apartment tour: 1BR in Williamsburg

Meg Allan Cole, with Gracie Strudel, a Chihuahua mix, and Milo Shoeshine, a beagle. Both are rescue dogs, another cause dear to the crafty lady's heart.

The meticulously organized and festively colored kitchen doubles as a lab for Meg’s Decor It Yourself podcast (threadbanger.com/decorityourself), on which she teaches other “nesters” how to fashion art pieces, strip floors and prepare organic cleaning products.

Through a diner window years ago, Meg spotted a man carrying a huge Beatles poster and what looked like the contents of his office desk in a box, perhaps on his way to drink to his new unemployment. Minutes later, the five-foot-wide-plus poster flew past unattended. Meg rushed to its rescue; its original owner had vanished. Now it lords over her kitchen.

Meg and Will refinished the kitchen floor with faux-wood laminate for an episode of Decor It Yourself.

This vintage blender belonged to Will's grandmother, and though it doesn't work, Meg found use for it as storage.

Meg's beloved heirloom Cathrineholm collection.

"Our goal is to eat healthier this year," says Meg, who scribbles her and her husband's menus in chalk on the painted fridge door.

Even the dogs have their own setup.

Natural elements—plants, seascapes and organic forms—are at home in this nest. The lamp, by designer Tord Boontje, is one of Meg’s favorite pieces; it even inspired her to make cutout art of her own.

Meg has inherited her grandfather's love of nature; she fondly recalls a time he took her to a deer sanctuary and they fed carrots to the animals.

Meg's design company (enderbydesigns.com) fits into the space between the office's "inspiration wall" and the headquarters of her husband's record company, Handstand (handstandrecords.com).

Meg made the lamp that hangs in her office.

Meg's best friend gave this needlepoint as an engagement gift; it's a reference to the Air Supply song "Two Less Lonely People in the World."

Meg made this quirky pillow creation using vintage fabric.

The couple's bedroom is intentionally simple and actually has the same dimensions as their bathroom.