There’s a specific kind of small apartment that a lot of guys end up living in: functional, a little sparse, decorated mostly by accident. A TV, a couch that came from somewhere, maybe some art that’s still leaning against the wall six months after moving in. It works, technically. It’s just not quite finished. The…
Every design style has a version of itself that works beautifully in a small apartment — and a version that doesn’t work at all. Maximalist styles that thrive on layered pattern and abundant objects can overwhelm a compact room fast. Industrial style, with its love of exposed, heavy materials, can feel cold and cavernous in…
Most homes have exactly one room that doesn’t quite know what it is. It’s the room with the desk that’s currently buried under laundry, the air mattress in the corner that comes out twice a year, and the boxes from the last move that never fully found a home. It’s supposed to be a home…
Square footage is a fact. How spacious a home feels is something else entirely. Walk into a 600-square-foot apartment that’s been designed well and it feels airy, comfortable, and surprisingly generous. Walk into a 900-square-foot place that hasn’t been thought through and it feels tight, cluttered, and somehow smaller than it actually is. The difference…