Comments on: Making Small Places Livable http://thebillfold.com/2012/05/making-small-places-livable/ Everything About Money You Were Too Polite To Ask Sat, 25 May 2013 22:57:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kellyography http://thebillfold.com/2012/05/making-small-places-livable/#comment-2398 kellyography Tue, 08 May 2012 21:04:52 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=3508#comment-2398 I love these small apartment photos, but it really speaks to NYC living that pretty much every single one of these apartments is larger than the ones I've seen in my price range here. I'm sorry, you wanted a bathroom AND a kitchen? I'm sorry, we can really only do one or the other. And by kitchen, I mean hot plate. And by bathroom, I mean the closet has a toilet in it. I love these small apartment photos, but it really speaks to NYC living that pretty much every single one of these apartments is larger than the ones I’ve seen in my price range here. I’m sorry, you wanted a bathroom AND a kitchen? I’m sorry, we can really only do one or the other. And by kitchen, I mean hot plate. And by bathroom, I mean the closet has a toilet in it.

]]> By: sony_b http://thebillfold.com/2012/05/making-small-places-livable/#comment-2320 sony_b Tue, 08 May 2012 11:28:12 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=3508#comment-2320 I lived in a 570 square foot shoebox of a condo for years. The thing that made it awesome was a murphy bed. I was worried when I bought it that it would be squirrelly but really it was the most stable, quiet bed I've ever had - it's bolted to the wall and floor, so of course it is. It allowed me to have full sized furniture and guests who didn't know assumed that it was actually a 2-3 bedroom place because it looked like a giant living room with a wall of bookshelves. It was spendy and kind of a bitch to install, but totally worth it - http://www.murphybedsdirect.com/library.htm I will probably install a smaller, wardrobe style one in my office in my next place for a guest bed. I lived in a 570 square foot shoebox of a condo for years. The thing that made it awesome was a murphy bed. I was worried when I bought it that it would be squirrelly but really it was the most stable, quiet bed I’ve ever had – it’s bolted to the wall and floor, so of course it is. It allowed me to have full sized furniture and guests who didn’t know assumed that it was actually a 2-3 bedroom place because it looked like a giant living room with a wall of bookshelves. It was spendy and kind of a bitch to install, but totally worth it – http://www.murphybedsdirect.com/library.htm

I will probably install a smaller, wardrobe style one in my office in my next place for a guest bed.

]]> By: Mirch http://thebillfold.com/2012/05/making-small-places-livable/#comment-2249 Mirch Mon, 07 May 2012 20:20:10 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=3508#comment-2249 but don't forget, you once had an attic. but don’t forget, you once had an attic.

]]> By: Spinach Party http://thebillfold.com/2012/05/making-small-places-livable/#comment-2240 Spinach Party Mon, 07 May 2012 19:36:29 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=3508#comment-2240 Oh, this is just the inspiration I need! I just moved to a tiny, overpriced shoe-box studio (with a column smack dab in the middle of the room). I can't paint the walls, but I'm thinking a mini-green house in the one window sill and some sort of art gallery on the crazy high walls. Oh, this is just the inspiration I need! I just moved to a tiny, overpriced shoe-box studio (with a column smack dab in the middle of the room). I can’t paint the walls, but I’m thinking a mini-green house in the one window sill and some sort of art gallery on the crazy high walls.

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