NYC Swiss Army knife apartment’s walls open, fold & slide by Kirsten Dirksen on November 16, 2012 Rosa and Robert Garneau’s Chelsea apartment is small- just 550 square feet of usable space with a bedroom just 8 …
High Line: New York’s skinny park in unused overpass by Kirsten Dirksen on July 23, 2012 Built to haul goods into New York City’s meatpacking district, the High Line stopped carrying trains in 1980 and soon …
How I made “We the Tiny House People” by Kirsten Dirksen on April 23, 2012 These days, I see small homes everywhere and just released a documentary on the topic (watch “We the Tiny House …
“We the Tiny House People”: documentary trailer by Kirsten Dirksen on April 18, 2012 I stumbled into the Small House Movement by accident of location- my parents live within miles of the tiny house …
Tiny Origami apartment in Manhattan unfolds into 4 rooms by Kirsten Dirksen on November 6, 2011 In 2005, third-grade-teacher Eric Schneider bought an apartment in Manhattan as big as he could afford. He paid $235,000 for …
Transforming a tiny apartment for a growing family (kid #2) by Kirsten Dirksen on April 11, 2011 Marta Barceló lives in a 47 square meter (505 sq ft) apartment in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter. She first moved in with …
How to organize a tiny home: Felice Cohen’s tidying up tips by Kirsten Dirksen on November 15, 2010 Felice Cohen lives in a 90-square-foot Manhattan studio, but she doesn’t see it as a sacrifice. What keeps it cozy …
Simple life Manhattan: a 90-square-foot microstudio by Kirsten Dirksen on October 7, 2010 By choosing a studio that measures just 12 feet by 7 feet, Felice Cohen can afford to live in Manhattan’s …
Big green Apple life: live smaller, drive less, share more by Kirsten Dirksen on December 5, 2009 My love affair with New York began rather blindly. I moved for a short-term television job and stayed for six …
50-year-old sinks and grandma’s doorknobs in NYC by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2009 According to the National Association of Homebuilders, Americans spent nearly $230 billion on home remodeling last year. Until we all …
