Tour Style Blogger Steffy Kuncman's Miami Apartment

The Internet It Girl behind Steffy's Pros and Cons has a colorful, kitchy style that extends beyond her closet to her abode.

By Casey LewisPhotography by Isabel Asha Penzlien

January 23, 2013

Name: Steffy Kuncman

Age: 25

Hometown: Long Island, NY

Current City: Miami Beach

For the last few years, Steffy Kuncman has documented her daily outfits—often selling the vintage dresses, accessories, and shoes she's wearing in her online shop—on her popular personal-style blog Steffy's Pros and Cons. After college, this stylish Miami girl landed a gig doing visual merchandising for J.Crew, which explains why her own digs are so visually striking. Her beloved wardrobe staples, like glittery loafers and polka-dot purses, do double-duty as decoration, but it's the blink-or-you'll-miss-it details that make this apartment so adorable. Her new puppy doesn't hurt, either. So brighten up your day and take a peek inside Steffy's sunny Miami home.

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The Internet It Girl behind Steffy's Pros and Cons has a colorful, kitchy style that extends beyond her closet to her abode.
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Her Outfit
"The sweater I have on in this photo is my favorite piece I own from J.Crew. I am a visual merchandiser with the company, and get to help unpack our newest product each month, and when I unpacked this cute fair isle I just knew it had to be mine."

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Her Flowers
"I love to add pops of color around the house with fake flowers. At some local thrift shops they sell bags of them for like $3. I can never resist."
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Her Work Nook
"Even though I have an office desk, I usually answer emails from this spot in my home. It is the perfect nook. All the photos on the wall are thrift finds, except for the top left photo, which is a film print that my boyfriend took when he lived abroad in Lima, Peru for a year. I love his photos and wanted to add one into the wall."

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Her Bed
"We took the photo on the wall on his vintage film camera in Coney Island last Fourth of July when we went for the hot dog eating contest. We loved the day and the memory so much we blew it up. The giant heart pillow was a Valentine's gift my boyfriend got me from Target."
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Her Buttons
"I love to keep my desk decorative, so when I am working I am also playing! I store all of my buttons in this cute ceramic cupcake that I thrifted for 50 cents and all of my favorite pins are on this decorative birdie tree from Urban Outfitters."

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Her Jewelry Display
"I love to showcase my favorite jewelry in a way that's also decorative, so when I saw this heart stand on Urban Outfitters website, it was instantly made mine! I am not a big jewelry wearer, but I have certain pieces that I endlessly use. Some of my favorite rings pictured are the cat ear ring from Merrin & Gussy, the gold present bow ring from VJ-Style and the sparkly red heart ring that I purchased on a roadtrip to Atlanta Georgia at this cool store called Psycho Sisters. "
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Her Fireplace
"One of my favorite things about living on South Beach are the little touches inside all of the apartments, because most of them were built more than 50 years ago. Mine has a fake fireplace right when you walk in, and the window next to it brings in such beautiful light in the mornings. I showcase my ice cream cone on top of it."

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Her Pin Collection
"I constantly collect vintage pins. I am most attracted to bows and kitty cats. I can never pass one up."
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Her Records
"Growing up I was always into oldies music from the '50s, '60s, and '70s, and in my teens my dad gave me his entire record collection that he saved from when he was a kid. He has amazing taste in music. I like to display them (and listen to them) because I love the sound of music from a record. As for the shoes, I am not much of a heels gal because I am 5-foot-8, so I mostly collect loafers. The dotted ones are from Gap, the blue kitten heels are vintage, the mint loafers are from Chicwish, and the pink ones are vintage."

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Her Sewing Machine
"My sewing machine was a present from my parents when I was in my teens. I have always loved to be different and to wear personalized clothing, so I would sew my own bags back in high school. I found fabric patterns that I thought were cute, and would make totes for my books. I also used to cut off the legs of jeans, sew up the bottom and create 'jean bags.'"
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Her Desk
"I like to decorate my desk with meaningful little trinkets. The pink painting I painted with acrylic paints in college. The beautiful vintage scarf was a gift from the lovely Shareen who runs another Miami vintage store Vintage Mavens. We are close friends and constantly support one another, and I love to think of her when I am working. All of the photobooth photos are from BBQ Bar in Orlando. They are of my best friends and me back when we all lived in the same city. After college we all moved to different places."

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Her Office
"I run my vintage store right out of my home, and this is my teeny tiny office. I used to run the store full-time, but now I only run it on the side since I work full-time at J.Crew. I pack orders at this desk, and also do most of my sewing here. The studio to shoot the product photos is on the other side of this room. The cute flowers were from a window display when I was taking a visual merchandising class in school. They were going to be thrown out and I was like, 'Hey, I need those!' My blouse is from Vivilli, the cardigan is vintage, the jeans are J.Crew, and the boots are thrifted.
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Her Purses
"Some bags I own are just too pretty to wear regularly, so I display them! The dalmation spotted one is from H&M, the lilac Edie purse is from J.Crew, and the mint Coach bag is an amazing and lucky vintage find. I will never sell it."

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Her Clothing Rack
"Displaying my vintage finds on a clothing rack always makes me happy. I usually watch the items slowly dwindle away as they sell off, and then I shop and refill the rack. I love seeing the change in the colors of the rack around different times of the year. You can tell this photo is around Christmas time because the clothes are red and green, with touches of holiday sparkle. During the spring, the rack is the prettiest because it's filled with florals and pastels."
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Her Shoes
"I constantly like to look at all of my possessions because they make me happy. I am a real shoe girl, and I love to collect loafers and lace up boots."

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Her Swedish Hasbeen Clogs
"My Swedish Hasbeens are peeking out from the bottom. I purchased them in Martha's Vineyard on my 24th birthday with my family and wore them for about four months straight after that."
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Her Glittery Loafers
"Nothing beats sparkle! DV for Dolce Vita sent me these shoes about a year ago and they are one of my all-time favorite pairs of shoes. They are super comfy, they never look worn and they are glittery all over."

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Her Closet
"My closet looks somewhat like a stockroom. There are shelves all the way to the ceiling, and I store items on every single level. The bottom shelf is where I keep socks, collars, hair product, eyewear, and makeup. The second shelf is for hats and more hats. The third shelf is for all of my bags. The fourth and top shelf is where I keep clothes for the opposite season."
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Her Puppy
"Meet little Claude Pepper, my new puppy! There's a street in midtown Miami called Claude Pepper Way, and we liked the name so we called her that. She is a Doxie, and the sweetest and friendliest doggy I've ever met!"

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Her Baubles
"My ever-growing pin collection! Anything with cats I cannot resist. The man holding the balloons was too weird to be true, and the zebra ring was a find from Atlanta, Georgia."
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Her Shelves
"My closet is usually very organized. It does not look the prettiest (I wish it was prettier!) but it definitely can store more than enough, which I love."

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Her Sunglasses
"I like to collect sunglasses. Because I sell most of my clothes, I get very attached to my accessories such as hats, sunnies, and shoes. I also wear eyeglasses and contacts, and love to add some flair to an outfit with funky glasses. From top left, these are vintage, Proopticals, Zero UV, Zero UV, vintage, eBay, eBay, my grandma's, don't remember, Zero UV, vintage, and H&M.
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Her Necessities
"Some items I cannot live without: sparkly nail polish, my giant pastel sunnies, and CoverGirl Red Hot #405 lipstick."

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Her Favorite Records
"Some of my favorite records ever are Jimi Hendrix's Smash Hits and The Beach Boys' Endless Summer, both from my dad's record collection. I played that Beach Boys' album so many times on repeat in high school after days at the beach."
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Her Dress
"I adore kitschy printed clothing, including this cute swan dress from Dahlia. I love to make outfits pop by adding red, so this bag from VJ Style was a perfect fit."

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