There are several different approaches in creating an ingenious space saving bed for a home of modest proportions. The most straight-forward designs involve clever positioning of the bed, creating a slumber spot in a space that you would not normally consider using for this purpose. Are you seeking solutions that take up less space than . . .
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Making The Most Out Of Small Apartments Using Transformable Spaces
We’re exploring the ideas behind some refreshingly handy transformable spaces, from BosaSPACE homes, where a whole host of slide-away and fold-away furniture solutions seem to secretly fill every nook and cranny. You may be familiar with common two-in-one pieces like lift top coffee tables, but these selections take multipurpose functionality to a whole new level. . . .
$9000 House: The Ultimate Low Cost Home
The homes we cover here on Home Designing scale from aspirational mansions down to compact contemporary apartments, but this home dials down the build footprint a little bit further than we have ventured before. This tiny build is a quirky construction designed by Hajjar Gibran, who has built a series of domes at his retreat . . .
A Super Small Apartment Design With Floor Plan
This dinky apartment layout holds a whole host of cool features, designed by Lera Curve, who might have us consider: “Small space is not a reason not to dream of something more, something light, airy and beautiful. Maximize open space, light walls, light furniture, natural materials and color accents create a feeling of spaciousness and . . .
Small Apartments
A couple of these small apartments rooms might measure up a little more generously than the humble proportions of some city dwellings, but on the whole this collection of modest apartment spaces is filled with nuggets of inspiration on how to dec out a dinkier than average space with great panache.
Small 29 square meter (312 sq ft) Apartment Design
This bright and breezy little number is an open plan apartment designed by Anton Grishin, and whilst this dwellings dimensions may be a bit on the small side-like many modern city homes are-the fresh palette used in furnishing the home makes the space feel much more than adequate. Along with the cheerful color story, and . . .
Stunning 312 square feet (29 sq meter) Micro Apartment
Sometimes it feels a bit like our homes become like fishbowls. The bigger they are, the more stuff we acquire to fill them up. But do we really need all that square footage? The team at 3XA, who designed and built this micro apartment in Wroclaw, Poland would say no. At only 312 square feet . . .
“Living Cube” Offers Stylish Storage Solution
While living simply is a mantra that many deign to follow, it is generally easier said than done. Living a studio apartment was one way for Swiss designer Till Könneker to keep things simple. Unfortunately, the garden-level space did not offer much in the way of storage for his beloved record collection and other necessities . . .
Small Home With Smart Use of Space, Taiwan
Not all homes have the luxury of abundant space to grow and spread out in, especially when residing in a major city. But even with space lacking, there are ways you can design and layout your living space that makes it appear larger and increases functionality. You can include major furniture pieces and still add . . .
Modern Apartment Design Maximizes Space, Minimizes Distraction
Just as the fashion industry jumps from trend to trend with every passing season, so do home décor preferences shift and change over time. In recent memory, there have been a variety of trends, but one that has had significant staying power has been a clean, modern, aesthetic, which is perfectly embodied by this urban . . .
Multipurpose Furniture for Modern Spaces
Hard working, highly functional multipurpose furniture is any modern design lover’s dream. Especially nice for space-challenged urbanites, these transformative pieces from Resource Furniture will make hectic modern lifestyles a bit easier to manage. More small space inspiration
Perfectly Planned Pied-á-Terre
This 425 square foot ultimately urban overnighter by Specht Harpman is the result of an extensive transformation designed for the head of a family of ‘reverse weekenders.’ Originally a modest brownstone in New York City, it is now an enviable abode planned to perfection so to maximize space and livability. Clever cantilevering creates an adequate . . .
Unique Transformer Apartment Concept
Vlad Mishin’s ‘Transformer Apartment’ at 60 square meters (646 sq ft), is by no means the smallest apartment ever featured by Home Designing, but it may just be among the smartest. The one bedroom space is arranged either side of a living wall, a wall that moves, disappears, reappears and allows the space to breathe. . . .
Tiny Transforming Apartment in New York
Gizmodo has some fantastic coverage of Treehugger.com founder Graham Hill’s apartment in New York. This tiny house, with its eight transforming rooms, packs all the necessities of a full size home into a mere 420 square feet. Appropriately, the hyper-functioning space is called a “Life Edited” apartment. Essentially a square cube, the home features a living . . .
A Tiny Taiwanese Apartment
This Tai apartment design, by WCH Interior, is extremely chic and uncluttered despite its small scale; using a cohesive color palette throughout, and unobtrusive storage designs, the dwelling manages to maintain a light and airy appearance. Recommended Reading: Playful Modern Taiwanese Homes With Slides Inside
Transformative YO! Home: Big Design in a Small Space
Using technologies that are usually relegated to car design and super-yachts, YO! Home’s founder, Simon Woodroffe created a modern, forward-thinking alternative to the small urban apartment. At the touch of a button or the pull of a handle, twelve moving parts transform the tiny apartment into a luxurious living space with all the amenities of . . .
Super Small Space Living: Inspiration IKEA
When it comes to kitting out small spaces in our homes, IKEA is the place to go for oodles of inspiration on clever multifunctional storage ideas and brave layout choices for limited proportions. This selection of super small room designs by the Swedish firm is yet another set of excellent ideas to re-educate us on . . .
Small Spaces: A 40 square meter (430 square feet) Apartment [Visualization]
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This interior visualization, by Polish firm Pressenter Design, depicts the challenge of decorating a forty square meter (430 sq ft) flat, with the intended use of a mother with a 6-year-old daughter. The home was designed with particular attention to the growing needs of a child at the very beginning their school life who would . . .
Small Living: Super Streamlined Studio Apartment
The clever layout of this tiny studio apartment, designed by WCH Interior, holds everything a home owner wants and needs despite an extremely limited floor area, whilst managing to appear remarkably uncluttered and sleek in style.
Small Space Design: A 498 square feet house in Taiwan
The key to furnishing a small space is a stylish concentration of storage areas without compromising the layout of well-spaced living; this clever home design, by designer Wu Chengxian for Taihe Design in Taiwan, highlights the space saving principal to great effect. Here are some of the other small living space designs we have covered . . .
Small Bathroom Design
They say good things come in small packages. If you have ever sulked that the tiny proportions of your bathroom are just too restrictive in which to create a vision of beauty, and an air of stylish triumph, then think again and read on… Even if you have a small bathroom, it doesn’t mean you . . .