On this site, the spotlight tends to shine brightest on sexy items like transforming furniture and architecture as they are the most conspicuous elements that make small spaces work in big ways. But there are other less sexy–though often beautiful–things.
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In Washington DC, a group calling itself Boneyard Studios is looking to provide an affordable, pared down solution to high cost, urban living. Similar to the Napoleon Complex by Jay Shafer’s company Four Lights, Boneyard Studios brings together several tiny.
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We’ve looked at some designs from IKEA Hackers in the past, but we think this room divider is particularly useful and elegant. The 22 year old builder said he could only afford to buy a studio with his girlfriend. In order.
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Smart House, a new condo building featuring micro-apartments in downtown Toronto, is hitting the market this month. The 25-story building has units that range from 288 to 778 sq ft, with an average size of 465. Prices range from mid $200s to mid.
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Cities like New York and San Francisco are incomparable incubators for culture, facilitators of connection and global villages that hold the promise of sustainably supporting large populations. But these cities are also becoming prohibitively expensive for the very people who.
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Add micro apartments to wind turbines and public bike stations to things people don’t want in their backyards. Seattle’s micro-apartment controversy continues as news headlines and this letter we received from Seattle resident Connie Ann Innis suggests. Here’s what she wrote: Dear LifeEdited, I.
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On October 3rd, 20 teams of college students from around the world will descend upon Irvine, California for the Solar Decathlon. On display will be some of the most innovative designs in energy efficient home building. The US Department of Energy sponsored.
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This tiny loft in downtown Madrid by Beriot Bernardini Architects is filled with clever ideas. BBA exploits the 301 sq ft former office space’s 12′ high ceilings, inserting a multi-functional, two story structure that houses a sleeping loft, 6′ high-ceilinged changing area,.
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When many of us see Graham Hill’s LifeEdited apartment, we see expensive custom cabinetry and moving walls and perhaps think, “I can’t afford that?” We at LifeEdited think we have some solid arguments for investing in transforming furniture and custom flourishes;.
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We really dig the “living cube” by Swiss designer Till Könneker. It handles two fairly common problems in one tidy package. One, it creates storage in an open loft space without adding closets. Two, it consolidates a great deal of worldly.
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