A peek into the family that shaped space-adapting furniture by Kirsten Dirksen on December 16, 2018 A half century ago the Colombo family took the ugly wall bed and remade it into something stylish, easy-to-use and …
Modern tiny home finds place between 2 converted alpine barns by Kirsten Dirksen on November 18, 2018 Architect Enrico Scaramellini took a narrow void between two former stables in the Italian Alps and turned it into a …
Storefront near Salonica market becomes a “passer” small home by Kirsten Dirksen on November 5, 2018 Designers Babis Papanikolaou and Christina Tsirangelou imagined living and working in one of the tiny 1920s storefronts in their hometown …
Young vets avoid student debt going vanlife in San Francisco by Kirsten Dirksen on October 24, 2018 Paris and Lovell Lee were used to small space living while in the Navy so when they started college in …
Creator of praised LEGO transformer flat builds morphing hotel by Kirsten Dirksen on September 2, 2018 A decade ago, Christian Schallert transformed a rundown Barcelona apartment into a home that could transform according to each use. …
Vina Lustado’s home-office using 2 tiny houses in “L” + deck by Kirsten Dirksen on August 27, 2018 When Vina Lustado moved into the 140-square-foot home on wheels she and her husband Cliff had built (for $40,000) in …
Fluid NYC flat uses sliding furniture to create 3 rooms in 1 by Kirsten Dirksen on July 30, 2018 Russian architect Peter Kostelov and his artist wife, Olga Feshina, wanted private rooms to work from home in their aging …
Tiny cabins in VA’s woods to slow down & resync inner clock by Kirsten Dirksen on July 15, 2018 Is the “simple cabin” the ideal vessel for disconnecting from modern life? Friends Jon Staff and Pete Davis have placed …
Experiments in off-grid shelters on Oregon dry lake by Kirsten Dirksen on July 8, 2018 I first heard about the Alvord Desert from a local who told me he lived 100 miles from the nearest …
Mechanical lean cottage morphs sliding skin with use/seasons by Kirsten Dirksen on July 1, 2018 When his mother began talking about putting a prefab in her backyard, Caspar Schols– a physicist by training- was working …
