The annual Small Cool contest is underway over at Apartment Therapy. Have you ever seen this? They add new entries every day during the contest, and they're in five categories (Small, Little, Tiny, Teeny-Tiny, and International). I love checking it out each year and seeing how people make the most of their space. You can get some great organizing ideas. My favorite is the Teeny-Tiny category because it makes every other place seem huge by comparison.
This comes at a great time for me because there’s no way the DC apartment I find will be anywhere near as spacious as my place in J-town. But hey, if this girl can make it work in 312 square feet, I should be able to survive.
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Amazing! I have 2 floors,an attic, 2 basements,an addition, and a spare house, and I have to step over 7 items to go to the bathroom.
Dad
It's funny because it's true.
it's the spare house that really gets you...
I'm sorry this is WAY better than that one girl in a 312 sq footer.
2 people and a CAT!
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/williams-created-illusion-small-cool-contest-168693
Yeah James, I liked that one, too, but I think that apartment is nice mostly because it was nice to begin with. Exposed brick, new kitchen, hardwood floors, nice woodwork on the windows... I don't think the majority of its niceness came from stuff the inhabitants did to it. They just had a nice space to start with and they added a few things. I prefer the apartments where the person's decorating skills really shine, like this one:
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/kates-high-functioning-space-small-cool-contest-168689
Two people and a pretty sizeable dog!
Winner winner chicken dinner:
300 sq feet. awesome
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/helenes-affordable-atmosphere-small-cool-contest-169703
I love the International entries. I think because they've embraced small space living for decades now (out of necessity) that they really have a knack for it, and the kind of spaces that are well-lit and really come alive.
I love this space in London:
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/janes-open-plan-small-cool-contest--169141
And we have a great winner:
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/lauren-kyles-double-duty-elements-small-cool-contest-169249
That was one of the finalists, but the winner was the "Little" entry, Daniel's New York apartment. The man's got some serious style, and the apartment itself is wonderful. The fireplace, the floors, the French doors with a transom. Ooh, if I could find something like this in DC I should be very well pleased.
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/daniels-amazing-bones-small-cool-contest-169605
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