Decoration ideas for apartments

I'm living by myself this year, and I'm so excited to decorate my small apartment! I love clean white-ness and lots and lots of lighting. Unfortunately I don't have any windows, and my balcony opens up to a parking lot so there's not a lot of sunlight from outside at all. I decided to add white Christmas lights all around my apartment, and I'll post up pictures when I finally finish decorating!

This are the pictures I looked at for inspiration in decorating my apartment: