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I like what he's got here. One of the things with small spaces is making sure they are well laid out. You can make 96 sq/ft more functional than 400 sq/ft if yo
by tibbon 16y ago
I like what he's got here. One of the things with small spaces is making sure they are well laid out. You can make 96 sq/ft more functional than 400 sq/ft if you have a great layout.
From 2007-2009 I lived in a tiny ~180 square foot apartment on Saint Botolph's Street in Boston. It was fairly well laid out fortunately, and I was able to fit a ton in there, including a desk with 36 rack spaces, several keyboards, a 5-piece drumkit, 8 guitars, two guitar amps, a 700 piece vinyl collection, a few hundred books, a wine rack, a twin bed, filing cabinet, an aeron chair, etc.
When it was clean and together it was very nice and didn't feel crowded or cluttered at all. Fitting more than 4 people in there though was exceedingly tight.
I'm actually always impressed when I go to Ikea. The 'rooms' they have setup on the floor seem highly functional and spacious, but are actually pretty small.
The worst thing that kills most small apartments is poor layouts, too many doors/windows, all the footage being in the wallway, poorly placed radiators, inaccessible electrical outlets (only one in the room or something silly like that), or random pipes right in the middle of the room. One of my friends has a random 4 inch pipe in the middle of her bathroom in her NYC apartment, and another in the hallway. Worst architect ever. You just have to squeeze around it.
- artmageddon 16y ago>One of my friends has a random 4 inch pipe in the middle of her bathroom in her NYC apartment, and another in the hallway. Worst architect ever. You just have to squeeze around it. I absolutely abhor these. Even with the insulation wrapped around it you would still risk getting burned pretty badly if you were to mistakenly brush your hand across it.
- tibbon 16y agoI really can't figure out for the life of me what architect/engineer/builder thought these were a good idea. I'm sure it was in some remodel, but that's the type of thing that I couldn't even show to the client and keep a straight face. Its like handing someone a website you did for them, turning on comic sans and misspelling the company's name in the h1. Just sloppy.
- mikecarlucci 16y agoThe layouts are insane sometimes. I lived in an converted mill in Natick a few years back. The high ceilings and big windows were great, but to "upscale" it the space was divided into two equal rooms (plus bathroom): a bedroom and the _everything_ else room. They took what was a great amount of space for a loft and turned it into an oversized place to put my bed and a smaller place for where I spent 90% of my time. Without the arbitrary wall to make it a "one bedroom" the place would have been fantastic, even if people saw that I had a bed.