Small apartments share a common problem that has nothing to do with square footage: the layout almost never matches how you actually live. The bedroom is too narrow for the bed you want. The living room has a window in an awkward spot that makes every furniture arrangement feel off. The kitchen flows into the…
A studio apartment asks you to do something genuinely difficult: live your entire life in one room. Sleep, work, eat, relax, store your belongings, host the occasional guest, and somehow make it feel like a home rather than a hotel room that got very cluttered. All in a space that might be 300 square feet….
Popcorn ceilings. Brass fixtures from 1987. Carpeting in a shade that has no official name but might be called “landlord beige.” If you’re renting an older apartment, you know the feeling — you didn’t choose any of it, you can’t change most of it, and yet you’re expected to live here and call it home….