renovate: Here's How to Make a 242-Square-Foot Apartment Work
- 09/04/14 02:59 AM
Spotted by way of Curbed NY is this "totally livable" 242-square-footapartment in NYC's West Village. Once a dormitory for Hudson River dockworkers, the two-person dwelling boasts closets (a relative rarity in New York City), a "storage nook," and other renovations designed to maximize space and (quaint, semi-hipster) comfort. "We agreed to renovate and maximize the space," the owner says. "If one if us said the safe word, I would put the apartment on the market the next day. But no one said it. We forget what the word was."
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renovate: Tour an Impressively Roomy 425-Square-Foot NYC Apartment
- 07/09/14 01:51 AM
[All photos by Will Femia.] Is this the most spacious 425-square-foot apartment on the Upper West Side? It's definitely a contender. Owner Huxley Somerville is a finance exec who bought the space for $95,000 in 1994, telling theTimes he saw it as an ugly duckling. A compartmentalized duplex on the fourth and fifth floors of a 73rd Street walk-up, it had a distinct living room, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, and terrace across multiple levels. Despite the condition, he and his wife lived there until '97, then rented it out, till their tenant eventually left, too. So, almost 15 years post-purchase, they decided to overhaul the recent-college-grad pad into a pied-a-terre, hiring Specht Harpman Architects to … (1 comments)
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