space-making furniture – Page 8

Home-within-home: $2K treehouse, tiny hut in Brooklyn loft

by Kirsten Dirksen on November 25, 2012

Architect Terri Chiao knew she couldn’t afford the rent on a 750-square-foot Brooklyn loft without a roommate, but she didn’t …

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 …

325-square-foot cave apartment has DIY & upcycled furniture

by Kirsten Dirksen on November 5, 2012

Monica Potvin and Markel Otaola bought the 30-square-meter (323-square-foot usable space) apartment in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter during their child-free years …

Teen tiny house builder Austin Hay finishes dorm on wheels

by Kirsten Dirksen on October 13, 2012

We first visited Austin Hay after he had just finished his sophomore year (see 16 year old builds tiny home …

Berkeley’s backyard tiny house helps with income, landscape

by Kirsten Dirksen on October 8, 2012

Karen Chapple is a city planning professor so she knows all about the benefits of backyard cottages as urban infill …

Foldable cardboard stools & stretchable table maximize space

by faircompanies on October 1, 2012

When Susana remodeled her small apartment she wanted a large space for entertaining, but she didn’t want a lofted bedroom …

First they remodeled a shotgun shack, then revamped it for $700

by Kirsten Dirksen on September 30, 2012

Three years ago, the Jordan family left their 2,500-square-foot, 4-bedroom home to move into a 1-bedroom 320-square-foot prefab. They also …

Family of 3 amplifies flat with a see-thru mezzanine core

by Kirsten Dirksen on September 17, 2012

When Miguel Ángel Borrás and Elodie Grammont bought their apartment in Barcelona’s Eixample district, it was divided into small rooms, …

Tiny home cube: bathroom + kitchen + closet for family of 3

by Kirsten Dirksen on August 13, 2012

When designer Monica Potvin (of the design-build firm Fabrique) and her husband Markel Otaola bought a small apartment in Barcelona’s Poblenou neighborhood …

School bus becomes off-grid, transformable, tiny home

by Kirsten Dirksen on July 30, 2012

As a teenager, Richard dreamed of making a home out of a vehicle. Over a decade later, he met Rachel …

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