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Topic: Designing the MicroApartment
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posted February 05, 2013 03:09 PM
  
(they are all the rage. lol) youve got a small amount of square feet. How would you make it your castle and appear and FEEL larger? How would you make it warm cozy and a place to call home w/o feeling like the walls are closing in on you? All the while, leaving a smaller footprint on the planet, which is also a plus. Could you live with less? How much less? Can't wait to hear your comments and see your favorite ideas.
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/search?q=micro+apartment IP: Logged |
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posted February 05, 2013 03:26 PM
The TIny Life -- Tiny Houses, Tiny Liviing
http://www.thetinylife.com/tag/apartment/page/4/  great site  & yes, I've Sun in the 4th house of the Home (Venus ruled) so i eat this kind of thing right up. IP: Logged |
teasel
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posted February 05, 2013 04:00 PM
My 4th house is ruled by Uranus (or Saturn: Aquarius). I don't know; I hardly ever feel relaxed here anymore. It doesn't feel cozy to anyone now, and this place isn't huge, but isn't small either. I like little white christmas lights, and wish I had some.  IP: Logged |
peregrine
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posted February 05, 2013 08:33 PM
i have a 27 or a 29 sqm studio though there is a bedroom fit in that. they call it a junior suite. just me i can live there. i have the pieces in storage. i suppose it helps that it is high ceilinged and floor to ceiling windows. i'm selling it by the time it gets built and hopefully i can buy my dad's other place from him. it's 150sqm for the same price. plus i get to stay close to my bro and sis. a renovator would be very useful in these things imo. just to create cabinets and storage i mean if none are already installed. i'm leasing a 2 floor condo right now. too big for me alone. but i love the stairs in a condo unit. so luxe.  IP: Logged |
Faith
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posted February 05, 2013 08:45 PM
Oh I love this topic!I've been fascinated with the tiny house movement for the past year or so. My Uranus & NN (Scorpio) and Venus (Sag) are all in the 4H. Will be back to say more when I get more time to browse your links, T. IP: Logged |
ail221
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posted February 05, 2013 09:07 PM
As tiny as I could go:  IP: Logged |
peregrine
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posted February 05, 2013 09:33 PM
^the vodka matches the rug! that is huge i thought nyc places were small? IP: Logged |
ail221
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posted February 05, 2013 09:49 PM
T___T all apartments in NYC aren't small, its a matter of location it depends on the borough and neighborhood. Living in Manhattan other than the upper west side or east side without shelling out a lot means small apartments. The apartment above is from Madrid.IP: Logged |
Faith
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posted February 12, 2013 10:58 PM
I think I saw a YouTube video of this woman and her apartment:  Not beautiful, but it appeals to me, because of other freedom it might provide...like financial freedom (cheap rent), freedom from hoarding (not possible) and freedom from clutter (unless you just want to go insane in a tiny mess  but the incentive is there to stay super-organized.) Also I like to daydream about what life might be like if I lived alone, and of course, a place that small represents single living. Maybe someday I'll live like that. Like in a little clubhouse. Weird, I know, but I have 4H Uranus. IP: Logged |
peregrine
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posted February 12, 2013 11:06 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg9qnWg9kak IP: Logged |
peregrine
Knowflake Posts: 1957
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posted February 13, 2013 12:00 AM
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Originally posted by Faith:
I think I saw a YouTube video of this woman and her apartment: Not beautiful, but it appeals to me, because of other freedom it might provide...like financial freedom (cheap rent), freedom from hoarding (not possible) and freedom from clutter (unless you just want to go insane in a tiny mess but the incentive is there to stay super-organized.) Also I like to daydream about what life might be like if I lived alone, and of course, a place that small represents single living. Maybe someday I'll live like that. Like in a little clubhouse. Weird, I know, but I have 4H Uranus.
could live somewhere similar but that bed might collapse on me and i don't like bumping my head.. but i could live there. IP: Logged |
Faith
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posted February 13, 2013 08:53 AM
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Originally posted by peregrine:
could live somewhere similar but that bed might collapse on me and i don't like bumping my head.. but i could live there.
Yeah, bad feng shui. The video you posted above was great, that guy is a genius. I LOVE his apartment even though I'd probably go crazy (crazier?) from outside noise in Hong Kong. IP: Logged |
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posted February 17, 2013 03:12 PM
Thanks guys! Faith wow, that is tiny!I also don't think i'd be comfortable in the bed - not being able to sit up. It's pretty cool set up though. Love that Madrid one. Neutral tones with a splash of orange  v. cool. I havent forgotten about the thread. Just busy. Will get back to this one soon. IP: Logged |
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posted February 17, 2013 03:14 PM
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Not beautiful, but it appeals to me, because of other freedom it might provide...like financial freedom (cheap rent), freedom from hoarding (not possible) and freedom from clutter (unless you just want to go insane in a tiny mess but the incentive is there to stay super-organized.)
Yes! That's where i'm at now. Feels good not to have the huge expenses of a house and to be able to get rid of so much. It feels like a weight has been lifted! IP: Logged |
Padre35
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posted February 17, 2013 05:38 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxGr9uloL9k To me, of all the small houses I've seen on youtube this gentleman's situation is the best I've seen. The Hong Kong apartment has the features I like, multi usage of the same spaces via modularity is such an awesome concept to me. Would prefer to have a garden as well. IP: Logged |
peregrine
Knowflake Posts: 1957
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posted February 18, 2013 12:15 AM
^u was expecting the stove to morph into a bed. silly me.  IP: Logged |
Padre35
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posted February 18, 2013 07:19 PM
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Originally posted by peregrine:
^u was expecting the stove to morph into a bed. silly me.
Nah, coffee maker goes in the stove.. The square footage cost is higher, however the lack of dead/unused space in the apartment also means you are maximizing value for your $$$.
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@quaman
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posted February 18, 2013 07:28 PM
i think it would be kinda cool to live in a hobbit hole, but my big a** wouldnt fit in there. IP: Logged |
peregrine
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posted February 18, 2013 07:52 PM
 ^not so bad for me. i am really spartan. but kind of a wasteful one rather than an economical one. hate evrything in the room tho lol! i just meant to show the layout and size. IP: Logged |
Padre35
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posted February 18, 2013 08:05 PM
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Originally posted by peregrine:
^not so bad for me. i am really spartan. but kind of a wasteful one rather than an economical one. hate evrything in the room tho lol! i just meant to show the layout and size.
Goodness pimp, that is a nice apartment! What I had thought is a low cost, but nice, place that one can own mortgage free in a short amount of time. Lower your overhead costs, the lower your opportunity costs, you could be "free" relatively quickly. That you are rarely there, thing with a small place is maybe you not want to spend all day inside. IP: Logged |
peregrine
Knowflake Posts: 1957
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posted February 18, 2013 08:40 PM
Itch a hotel suite lol! My unbuilt place was called a junior suite so i tried googling. It may be smaller than that but it also had a kitchen area. No bfast nook.IP: Logged |
Padre35
Knowflake Posts: 1316
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posted February 18, 2013 08:52 PM
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Originally posted by peregrine:
Itch a hotel suite lol! My unbuilt place was called a junior suite so i tried googling. It may be smaller than that but it also had a kitchen area. No bfast nook.
No breakfast nook?!?! The Savages! For me, I'd like to have some outside space as well, someone posted a video to the woman who had a NYC apartment that she maximized. Which was great, and she is an interior designer, it's more that at the end of the day, you are stuck in a small apartment in NYC.. IP: Logged |
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posted February 19, 2013 12:06 AM
pere, forgot to mention, i thought that guy's space was well done. He even said he rented part of it out???  I guess we didnt see that part of the apartment. (was this the same vid, i hope! i watched it days ago...) tbh, lazy taurus would get tired of moving so much around. I mean, it's one thing to be able to convert some things and come up with creative ways to store, but I'm not sure I'd have the energy to be moving things around all the time like that. Knowing my lazy @ss, it would become a jumbled mess of rooms. "Welcome! Please walk across my bed (because I was too lazy to fold it up) and enter the kitchen/bathroom/dining area!" ".....you can see it, can't you??? It's all somewhere in here! I swear!" LOL IP: Logged |
peregrine
Knowflake Posts: 1957
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posted February 19, 2013 12:09 AM
the leo in me likes how it's so bronze and shiny and glowy and the facade is err.. typical HK.you are right i would probably just have it on permanent bedroom mode and just eat on the bed lol! IP: Logged |
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posted February 19, 2013 12:11 AM
the lighting is nice  IP: Logged |
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