Displaying posts labeled "Small"

A small area, a big idea. Multi use space in a bijou apartment by Sydney based architect Nicholas Gurney. Stylish, clever and just a little bit fun. Now you see it. Now you don’t.

A dark green lacquered entry opens to light and bright living space in this little jewel box of an apartment in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. (It’s only only 75m².) Rooms are entered in a circular, almost wandering fashion with each space defined by texture and colour, white marble, green lacquer, blue tiles and oak.  By Septembre Architecture.

Like a UFO landed in an alpine village or a retro caravan stopped in its travels, perhaps a sculptural bird or even a chicken coop perched next to an old timbered farmhouse, Ufogel (UFO plus the German word for bird, Vogel) is a 45 m2 larch wood getaway in the village of Nußdorf in the East Tyrolean region of Austria. Look at the views. It would be like sitting, sipping wine and reaching out to touch heaven. I might not include you in this Monday escape. Hope you don’t mind. I’d like to share it with my blind husband. I want to describe every inch of that view.

Michelle de la Vega is a Seattle based visual and installation artist, designer and welder and I love her. I recall her ‘mini house’ made a tour around blogland back in 2010 when it was featured in the NY Times. I stumbled across her website recently and realized we have never plugged her before so I figured better late than never, especially since she is the queen of industrial/re-purposed design and I LOVE that. First up is a house she remodeled. This is industrial design at it’s finest. I have dreams about finding a massive industrial vintage sink like this one. It really is the highlight of this kitchen. 

Here is Michelle’s mini house that is actually a converted garage with a small addition. YES – a one-car garage (before photos here). Industrial chic is what this is, and it’s so freaking cute. Especially the kitchen. I could never live in a space this small but I would totally take this converted garage in it’s entirety and put it on the back lot at my sister’s cottage and hang out there every summer. 

Could you live in 28 square metre apartment? I don’t think I could. Where would I put all my stuff? I’m such a hoarder. But I’m always fascinated by clever spatial solutions to living small. A puzzle box of an apartment in Madrid, Spain by Beriot Bernardini Arquitectos.