Monday, April 9, 2012

Small space living...



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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9 comments:

  1. DadApril 10, 2012 at 7:02 PM

    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

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  2. AliApril 10, 2012 at 8:15 PM

    It's funny because it's true.

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  3. LizApril 10, 2012 at 11:05 PM

    it's the spare house that really gets you...

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  4. AnonymousApril 10, 2012 at 11:21 PM

    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

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  5. AliApril 11, 2012 at 9:24 AM

    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!

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  6. AnonymousApril 19, 2012 at 5:14 PM

    Winner winner chicken dinner:

    300 sq feet. awesome

    http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/helenes-affordable-atmosphere-small-cool-contest-169703

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  7. AliApril 19, 2012 at 5:33 PM

    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

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  8. AnonymousMay 2, 2012 at 4:55 PM

    And we have a great winner:

    http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/lauren-kyles-double-duty-elements-small-cool-contest-169249

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  9. AliMay 3, 2012 at 8:59 AM

    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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