Article by Laura LaVoie Off Beat Spaces shows how designer James Hong took a 500 square foot New York aparatment from rundown to luxury by repurposing items and reimagining spaces. This video shows in only a couple of minutes what one designer could do to create an amazingly modern space while staying within what he [...]
Tiny Apartments
NYC Asking Developers to Build 300-square-foot Apartments (USA Today)
Today on USA Today the Associated Press announced that New York City is requesting developers to design studio apartments 300 square feet or smaller. The city believes these tiny homes could be a solution to growing population and the need for affordable housing, especially for singles and two-person households, according to the article. The mayor, [...]
Full Length Tiny House Documentary: An Exploration into the Tiny House Movement
This tiny house documentary was created by Kirsten Dirksen, it’s called We the Tiny House People. In the last few years, we’ve gotten to see a lot of tiny house and simple living videos, and most of them are thanks to her. Nobody has been more dedicated to bringing you closer and closer to these [...]
Multifunctional Resource Furniture for Tiny Houses and Other Small Spaces
In this post Ron Barth, President of Resource Furniture shows you his space saving furniture. The furniture is made in Italy and Resource Furniture is the United States importer and distributor for the company. The company offers: Wall beds Murphy beds Desks Coffee tables And much more. Everything operates very easily and most pieces of [...]
Top 7 Futon Options for Tiny Houses and Other Small Spaces
When you’re getting ready to live in a tiny house or other kinds of small space you’ll probably end up wanting a futon. This way when you have guests there’s somewhere for them to sit and/or sleep. A futon is almost like having a sofa bed except that it’s less expensive and most of the [...]
How to live mortgage-free in a garage converted studio
With today’s building codes how can you get away with building a garage so that you can convert it into a studio to live in instead of having to construct an entire 1500 square foot plus house on your land? Is that even possible? Here’s the story of how one guy did it in Hawaii. [...]
Micro Loft Tiny Apartments in Vancouver Rent for $850 a Month, Under 300 Square Feet
The thirty tiny apartments at 18 West Hastings Street are ideally located for young professionals who otherwise couldn’t afford to live downtown in notoriously expensive Vancouver, Canada. On the flipside, this new residential complex is located in a downtown neighborhood known for low incomes and high crime rates. The Burns Block building that now offers [...]
