Simone is a unique, weird, awesome human being. I've seen her on YouTube from years back and love the physical, functional art that she makes. That table is very cool.
Simone is a unique, weird, awesome human being. I've seen her on YouTube from years back and love the physical, functional art that she makes.
I really like her. I am subscribed to her channel and I like her down-to-earth attitude. But I think her biggest stumbling block is her marketing. She markets her product and ducts as totally...
I really like her. I am subscribed to her channel and I like her down-to-earth attitude. But I think her biggest stumbling block is her marketing. She markets her product and ducts as totally useful products when she might be better off emphasizing the artistic merits. Her coat hingers, for instance, are solving a problem that isn’t terribly common and for those who have it I don’t think they are likely to see it as an important enough issue to solve. They are boutique products and usually it’s artistic merits that justify the prices that those types of goods are asking for.
But this is all pretty tangential so feel free to mark this as noise.
I think the hideaway table, resizable fruit bowl, and pet adjacency chair are genius products, but almost certainly take too much handwork for affordable mass production. Even the day-milestone...
I think the hideaway table, resizable fruit bowl, and pet adjacency chair are genius products, but almost certainly take too much handwork for affordable mass production. Even the day-milestone calendars are expensive.
That being said, I think Giertz' living space is wonderfully realized, and I envy her talent in making it so livable, cozy, and charming.
I love that chair idea! While my cats are both still young and have no problems jumping anywhere they please, this is such a sweet and practical product for people who have ageing or disabled...
pet adjacency chair
I love that chair idea! While my cats are both still young and have no problems jumping anywhere they please, this is such a sweet and practical product for people who have ageing or disabled pets. It is such a wholesomely humane and compassionate concept.
Just gonna copy this from the youtube comments: Is the loft and workshop counted in this number? For me I wouldn't know what to do with all this space. I feel humans only need about 400 sqft per...
Just gonna copy this from the youtube comments:
Maybe 630 sqft seems small to some people but man this is a ton of space. Wish I had that much room to breathe
Is the loft and workshop counted in this number? For me I wouldn't know what to do with all this space. I feel humans only need about 400 sqft per person but maybe I am an outlier in this. I like this channel a lot but some of their videos don't fit into what they themself call "tiny/micro apartments". That said, it's a very nice space that she has created for herself and her creations are pretty cool too.
Based purely on the video, I think the square footage might include the loft, but clearly doesn't include the workshop, which looks over 600 sqft on its own. But I don't know for sure, and...
Based purely on the video, I think the square footage might include the loft, but clearly doesn't include the workshop, which looks over 600 sqft on its own. But I don't know for sure, and unfortunately even the Never Too Small blog post for this video doesn't have any more specific details.
I feel humans only need about 400 sqft per person but maybe I am an outlier in this.
Probably, but if so, so am I (especially for a North American). I actually prefer smaller living spaces too, and don't feel like I need much space for myself to live comfortably either... but even so, I still struggled to fit everything I needed into my new 43.9sqm (472.5sqft) living space. To pull it off, I had to measure the space using a laser measuring tool, be very very particular about what furniture I considered buying, and use design software to plan it out to make sure it would all actually fit in here before I bought anything. I eventually managed it, but it took well over a week of planning and tinkering before we even moved in, and once I actually had all the new furniture assembled in here I only had a few cms wiggle room to spare in several cases. :P
cc: @aphoenix, since I'm sure you're probably curious to see the new place too. This is just my separate "nanny suite" section of the condo with its own entrance, kitchen, bedroom/living room, bathroom, and separate water heater + AC unit. My parents have a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 2500sqft section of their own, but I don't think they would appreciate me sharing pics of it on the internet... at least not yet anyways, since it's still a bit of a mess. :P
Finally rearranged my computer and monitors, tidied up the desks, and did some cable management. I had rushed to get my comp hooked up right after we moved in, so the cables were a bit of a rats...
Finally rearranged my computer and monitors, tidied up the desks, and did some cable management. I had rushed to get my comp hooked up right after we moved in, so the cables were a bit of a rats nest. I also finally installed the IKEA pegboards I bought to use as desk dividers too. So now I have two distinct areas; One for comp, and one as future use for hobbying. I still have my LED strips to re-setup around/under the desk, but other than that, comp area is done!
Great idea to have two desks for separate purposes - you have a lot of screens on your computer desk, I get the main one but what do you use the other two for? Never seen a setup with a screen...
Great idea to have two desks for separate purposes - you have a lot of screens on your computer desk, I get the main one but what do you use the other two for? Never seen a setup with a screen like the leaning one you have on the bottom, pretty interesting!
Vertical monitor on left is for comms. So I always have Slack, Discord and Steam chat running on it. On the smaller ultrawide I usually have media playing on it whenever my main screen is in use....
Vertical monitor on left is for comms. So I always have Slack, Discord and Steam chat running on it.
On the smaller ultrawide I usually have media playing on it whenever my main screen is in use. So when I am playing games on the main screen I can still watch a movie/show/youtube. And whenever I am doing work related stuff on the main screen the smaller one is also super handy for keeping another browser window open for looking up related info and reference material.
Dayum, I am super envious of that tech! I'm fine for now but I wouldn't mind some upgrades if I could, but just not prioritizing it for the time being. I play zero hardware intensive games anyway...
Dayum, I am super envious of that tech! I'm fine for now but I wouldn't mind some upgrades if I could, but just not prioritizing it for the time being. I play zero hardware intensive games anyway so it's alright with my.. I think 6 year old system. The 1070 gpu is still trucking along haha
Yeah, if you don't play any hardware intensive games a 1070 is still pretty decent. My 980Ti is actually still trucking along too, running inside this comp alongside my 3070Ti. :P I use the 980...
Yeah, if you don't play any hardware intensive games a 1070 is still pretty decent. My 980Ti is actually still trucking along too, running inside this comp alongside my 3070Ti. :P I use the 980 for the 3 smaller screens.
Heh, yeah. Back when I had an Intel CPU I just used its integrated GPU for my extra screens and it was more than enough to handle them. But unfortunately my AMD Ryzen 7 doesn't have an iGPU, which...
Heh, yeah. Back when I had an Intel CPU I just used its integrated GPU for my extra screens and it was more than enough to handle them. But unfortunately my AMD Ryzen 7 doesn't have an iGPU, which is why the 980 from that old comp is still being used in this new one. :P
I don't know very many of those words but check it out! Randomly happened upon this shop while out today (posting it here because I kind of lost track of conversations in this thread) and it gave...
I don't know very many of those words but check it out! Randomly happened upon this shop while out today (posting it here because I kind of lost track of conversations in this thread) and it gave me a laugh
LOL that is an awesome name for an art shop! :P p.s. I would totally buy that Spirited Away poster. It's at the very top of my all-time favorite movies.
LOL that is an awesome name for an art shop! :P
p.s. I would totally buy that Spirited Away poster. It's at the very top of my all-time favorite movies.
That peg board is a great divider - do you use it as pegboard as well? I think having multiple set ups for multi-use is super important. I myself like having a desk area for work and a desk area...
That peg board is a great divider - do you use it as pegboard as well?
I think having multiple set ups for multi-use is super important. I myself like having a desk area for work and a desk area for play, and a separate spot for crafting; it helps set the mindset for the activity that one is undertaking.
Yeah, I plan on using the pegboard as a pegboard. There are a ton of "Skadis" (name of the IKEA pegboard system) compatible attachments being sold on Etsy. And I have bookmarked a bunch I want to...
E.g. I've been playing around with poly clay modeling the last few months, and want to get into minifig painting too, so I will likely get a bunch of these paint pot holders for myself. And I already ordered a headphone holder for the pegboard too. :P
And yeah, having a separate hobby/crafting area is great. It was one of the things I wasn't willing to give up when moving to this new place, since my nephew and I do a fair amount of arts/crafts/hobby stuff together, and I really value that quality time spent with him.
LOL, you better believe it. I've wanted to buy a 3D printer for ages, so being able to print my own pegboard attachments instead of having to buy them is making it more tempting by the minute. So...
LOL, you better believe it. I've wanted to buy a 3D printer for ages, so being able to print my own pegboard attachments instead of having to buy them is making it more tempting by the minute. So I strongly suspect that soon enough my own 3D printer will be taking up a portion of that hobby table. ;)
Yeah, I've researched the hell out of 3d printers several times over the last few years, so I'm already aware of the pitfalls and dangers like that. Still, thanks for the reminder warning. :)
Yeah, I've researched the hell out of 3d printers several times over the last few years, so I'm already aware of the pitfalls and dangers like that. Still, thanks for the reminder warning. :)
Can I ask what design software you used? I'm very much a "measure everything and visualize before buying" person and after five years in my place, still haven't bought much furniture beyond beds,...
Can I ask what design software you used? I'm very much a "measure everything and visualize before buying" person and after five years in my place, still haven't bought much furniture beyond beds, a few tables, and a single couch primarily because I hate putting something together and realizing I didn't account for something that could have been prevented by simply planning it out better.
Love the place (though personally, the exercise equipment in the middle would become a trip hazard for me lol), it's a very creative use of a small space. I also enjoy designing small spaces and eventually want to turn the basement into a fully featured small space/hobby workshop that can be used as guest housing or just simply escaping lol.
I used Floorplanner. It's a bit clunky, and took some getting used to, but considering it's free to use I can't complain too much. And lol yeah, the exercise equipment is a bit of a trip hazard,...
I used Floorplanner. It's a bit clunky, and took some getting used to, but considering it's free to use I can't complain too much.
And lol yeah, the exercise equipment is a bit of a trip hazard, but thankfully having the thick rubber floor mats under it all makes that a bit easier to avoid since there is a clear visual+tactile boundary around them. :P
Can do! Pax wardrobe opened up: https://i.imgur.com/TqVDbpo.jpeg Both have the exact same interior design, just with door orientations mirrored. p.s. PAX Planner Design Code link, if you want to...
Yeah the other comments under the video also talk a lot about size of homes being very much different in Europe vs US. For me I am in a studio, a 20 sqm room of which 4 sqm bathroom so I'm left...
Probably, but if so, so am I (especially for a North American). I actually prefer smaller living spaces too, and don't feel like I need much space for myself to live comfortably either... but even so, I still struggled to fit everything I needed into my new 43.9sqm (472.5sqft) living space.
Yeah the other comments under the video also talk a lot about size of homes being very much different in Europe vs US. For me I am in a studio, a 20 sqm room of which 4 sqm bathroom so I'm left with 16 sqm (times the numbers with 11 to reach sqft numbers), which means an additional 20 sqm will get me a living room area, a tv, and a dining table. As of now, my bed is in my kitchen and the only room left over is where I have my desk. I watch movies etc here but it really sucks. I could get smaller furniture for sure (especially the bed like I said I really want a smaller one) but it still wouldn't make room for a couch or anything I don't think. I can post pics later if you want to see btw
As for your flat, I love what you've done with it. Very clean and minimalistic!
Is your transforming bed comfortable to sleep in at all? If you sleep in it where it's folded out into this king size, don't you then sink into the middle groove there? I'd love a smaller bed in my space as my current 200x140 takes up one fifth of my entire apartment lol, but I don't really trust those couch/folding beds to be comfortable
Yes plz. I'd love to see what your 20sqm living space look like, since you've made me extra curious about it now. :) It was a massive PITA to put together, but it's surprisingly solid, and has...
I can post pics later if you want to see btw
Yes plz. I'd love to see what your 20sqm living space look like, since you've made me extra curious about it now. :)
Is your transforming bed comfortable to sleep in at all?
It was a massive PITA to put together, but it's surprisingly solid, and has honestly been the most comfortable bed I can remember sleeping in. My back has thanked me for it! Although my Queen mattress at our old house was fucking ancient and awful. It had several bulged coils in it and several collapsed coils that made the bed lump AF, which forced me to sleep in particular positions to avoid the undulations... so that probably has more to do with the comfort comparison being so drastic than anything else. :P
If you sleep in it where it's folded out into this king size, don't you then sink into the middle groove there?
I haven't actually slept in it in split king mode yet, since I currently only have one twin mattress which I had already purchased for a folding cot that I slept on while we were moving. I quickly switched it to split king mode just to test it for you though, and when I lied down on the side I have my twin mattress on I didn't feel the slat gaps at all. My mattress is a 6" firm foam mattress instead of the shitty 4" IKEA mattresses that are actually meant to go with this daybed though, which probably helps with not noticing the slats.
When I was researching what beds to buy for such a small space, a bunch of people on reddit said the IKEA mattresses are fucking terrible, and so most had bought other mattresses to go with this daybed instead. Most said 6" mattresses were perfect for it, so that's why I bought that 6" for my cot and then used it on this daybed once I had it assembled. And I will likely buy another of the same 6" to go with it once my bank account recovers a little bit. Apparently you can go even thicker if you really want to though. A few people even said they had 2x10" mattresses on it, although it made for a much higher sitting arrangement in twin mode since the mattresses are stacked on top of each other. But if you're concerned about feeling the slats, you could always try doing that too.
The only major complaint I read about this daybed is the slats are a bit weak, so you have to be careful not to put too much weight on a small section of the bed while getting into it in split king mode, otherwise they can break. It's supposedly not crazy weak, but you just can't do something like putting all your weight on one knee while you get into it. A few people mentioned having simply replaced the slats with stronger ones, or buying bunkie boards to prevent that though so I might end up doing that as well. Although the slats honestly didn't feel that weak to me, so it's possible they updated the design since those complaints. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ If/when one breaks I will deal with it.
Here you go https://ibb.co/RkynCv7r https://ibb.co/qFmzpr95 https://ibb.co/NgrZSgwV https://ibb.co/HWNhBQm Hope you like it :) And yes I need to clean the kitchen.. tomorrow.. next week.. That's...
Yes plz. I'd love to see what your 20sqm living space look like, since you've made me extra curious about it now. :)
Hope you like it :) And yes I need to clean the kitchen.. tomorrow.. next week..
That's above and beyond irt. the bed etc.! Thanks for all that info, it's super useful and definitely going to take it into consideration. Another mattress on there is a great solution - I think at this point my only problem would be that downsizing from my 140 width bed to 80 is going to feel super strange. I would ideally like a 100 or 120 bed but those don't seem to exist here.
I do really like it! You've done great job of making the space still feel open yet homey but not cluttered, despite the size. And we have very similar taste in furniture too, I see. White in small...
I do really like it! You've done great job of making the space still feel open yet homey but not cluttered, despite the size. And we have very similar taste in furniture too, I see. White in small spaces FTW. :P I absolutely love your lighting too, BTW. And coincidentally enough we also seem to have very very similar flooring in our places too.
I can see what you mean about the bed being a bit too big though. I think a daybed that can double as seating would definitely help with that... or a loft bed with a sofa underneath it like @PetitPrince suggested, if your ceiling is high enough for it.
And if you do get either of those, another thing you could potentially consider getting is a mobile TV stand so you can roll it into place to watch TV while on the daybed or sofa, and then roll it out of the way once you're done. I actually just put together a VIVO Mobile TV Cart yesterday for use in my parents kitchen/dining room. They like watching news at dinner time when it's just the two of them, but don't actually want a TV there permanently or for it to be visible when company is over. So with the cart they can roll it into place at dinner, and then hide it in the utility closet when they're done. Pic of it with 27" TV: https://i.imgur.com/w0nG5bW.jpeg
One thing your place has that mine doesn't yet is artwork on the walls (which looks great!). I have several large decorative fans, and a bunch of framed Salvador Dali, Picasso, Hieronymus Bosch, and HR Giger prints, as well as some Geisha portraits... but it's all still in boxes. I really need to get around to hanging it at some point, but today was spent hanging all my parents art for them instead, and putting together a filing cabinet for my father. :/
And yes I need to clean the kitchen.. tomorrow.. next week..
Heh. No worries and no judgment. Baby steps. ;) Plus, when I was taking my pics earlier I had to move a bunch of boxes and IKEA stuff out of the way before taking them. And you might have also noticed I didn't include a pic of the other computer desk either since it has all sorts of random crap all over it. So I promise you, my place is not nearly as neat and tidy as it appears in the first pics. :P
I have spent a lot of time decorating to make it just a bit cozier so I'm glad you think it looks nice. I really dislike the floor actually, because combined with the grey kitchen counter and the...
I have spent a lot of time decorating to make it just a bit cozier so I'm glad you think it looks nice. I really dislike the floor actually, because combined with the grey kitchen counter and the worst offender, the ceiling that is just bared concrete.. it is so grey. The windows also both face north so it's pretty dark in here most of the time. It's a rental and I'm not allowed to change anything, so I do what I can to liven it up elsehow. I am actually buying some paint next week to make my dresser more colourful!
I guess everything will depend on if I get a new bed. If you sleep in yours without having it folded out, isn't that a really small amount of space? 80 cm wide? I feel like it would be hard for me to go from near twice the width although the 140 cm I have now is definitely too much. 100-120 would be great but doesn't exist sadly. Ikea has nothing at all between 90 and 140. However because of this thread and your comment I have started looking more actively at it again, so thank you for that! It's a nice little project to have.
I kind of wanted to point out your bare walls but didn't want to be rude haha, so I'm glad to hear you have plenty to hang! It does so much for the space to feel lived in. I will also highly recommend mood lighting like the fairy lights that I have. They are BLÖTSNÖ and the good thing is that they plug in and do not use batteries which most do. The few dashes of colour from your wallart will do wonders but it's already a really nice space you have. I want to swap lol
Heh, I actually like that about your place... and mine. My sofa and bedding are grey, my storage cubes are grey (with white handles), my floormat is grey (and white), and I even tend to wear a lot...
.. it is so grey.
Heh, I actually like that about your place... and mine. My sofa and bedding are grey, my storage cubes are grey (with white handles), my floormat is grey (and white), and I even tend to wear a lot of grey clothing too. I do like colourful accents and artwork, but prefer grey and white as the primary colours for most things. They make everything feel clean and minimalist, which I also prefer. :P
If you sleep in yours without having it folded out, isn't that a really small amount of space? 80 cm wide?
The mattress is a twin (96.5cm X 190.5cm) so not quite that narrow... and unless mattress sizes are different in Europe or something, it should be the same for your IKEA's Hemnes twin/split-king daybed too.
I regularly fall asleep on my sofa though, which is only about 60cm wide with the back cushions still in place, so I don't tend to mind sleeping in narrow spots. And so even once I have two mattresses I will probably still just sleep on it in twin mode most nights. I only wanted the split-king option for when I have "friends" over for the night. ;)
Thanks for the lighting name... I didn't realize they were from IKEA, so am definitely going to try to remember to pick up a string or two of them for above my bed and sofa next time I go there!
Are those two table lamps you have next to your bed and computer also from IKEA? If so, what are they called? I might get those as well since I have no lamps yet, but definitely need some, and I like the look of those too. They kinda look like giant, oldschool, Edison lightbulbs. I actually never even thought to look for lighting at IKEA before, TBH... but looking at their site now, they actually have some pretty cool stuff! E.g. this TÄRNABY table lamp is pretty cool too.
That NA size would have been perfect. I would have instantly bought that if it was available here, actually that sucks so much argh It's really just very large bulbs more so than lamps, but yeah...
That NA size would have been perfect. I would have instantly bought that if it was available here, actually that sucks so much argh
It's really just very large bulbs more so than lamps, but yeah they are also from Ikea. They were bought 5-10 years ago and I looked for them again pretty recently but couldn't find them. I see they have a category called "mood lighting" as well as "decorative lighting" so maybe look for that (unsure of exact translation). When I have visitors they sometimes say that it's kind of dark in here, so I guess be aware of that that they are not for like primary lighting. I think this one is the closest but the one on my desk is way lower lumen - it's also the one that's about 10 years old so it probably got discontinued ages ago. This one might be close as well. As for the bedside one, the glass has a pink hue but yeah, no clue if it exists over there. Definitely like the Edison lightbulb look too!
Yeah, it really does suck. :( 80x200 is such a strange size for a mattress, IMO. It's longer than necessary, and a bit too narrow. The NA "twin" sized standard of 97x190 is so much better! And TBH...
That NA size would have been perfect. I would have instantly bought that if it was available here, actually that sucks so much argh
Yeah, it really does suck. :( 80x200 is such a strange size for a mattress, IMO. It's longer than necessary, and a bit too narrow. The NA "twin" sized standard of 97x190 is so much better! And TBH if the European size was the only size available at IKEA here too, I probably wouldn't have bought the daybed either.
Are there any other companies that sell daybeds in dk though? I still think it might be a good idea for your space, at least if you can find an American twin sized one that is.
And thanks for the links. I genuinely didn't realize IKEA had such super cool and retro looking lighting and light bulbs. I am definitely going to have to go to the lighting section next time I visit a store.
I think the Danish standard is more like 90 but yeah, all these daybed style folding-out-beds seem to be 80 99% of beds are 200 long btw Yes, definitely check it out. Ikea has a ton of hidden...
I think the Danish standard is more like 90 but yeah, all these daybed style folding-out-beds seem to be 80
99% of beds are 200 long btw
Yes, definitely check it out. Ikea has a ton of hidden gems, not just cheap looking crap. I spend hours in there just browsing everything at least a couple times a year haha
Have you considered a loft bed? Back when I was living at my girlfriend student studio that was similar in size with your place she had a loft bed and she placed a sofa (really a convertible...
Have you considered a loft bed? Back when I was living at my girlfriend student studio that was similar in size with your place she had a loft bed and she placed a sofa (really a convertible sofa/futon) underneath.
The space looks great, though have to say I'm more intrigued by the mini steps up to the sofa. I've been trying to find something decent for my own dog now he's getting older, but so far...
The space looks great, though have to say I'm more intrigued by the mini steps up to the sofa.
I've been trying to find something decent for my own dog now he's getting older, but so far everything I find seems to have been in either extremes end of the scale being cheap & flimsy or bespoke & very expensive.
Thanks! And here is the step stool I bought: https://www.strong-tek.com/products/two-step-wooden-stool The company name isn't misleading either... it's solid! :)
There's plenty of older houses around here of that size, and it's pretty standard for 1-2 bedroom apartment here. It's certainly below average for a house, but not like, exceptionally so. The...
There's plenty of older houses around here of that size, and it's pretty standard for 1-2 bedroom apartment here. It's certainly below average for a house, but not like, exceptionally so. The framing of it portrays it as some sort of tiny home, but maybe that's coming from an american perspective where 2000 sq ft is more common?
I have previously lived in a tiny efficiency apartment built off the side of a house - if I remember correctly it was 330 square feet. It was livable for me at the time, though I most certainly...
I feel humans only need about 400 sqft per person but maybe I am an outlier in this.
I have previously lived in a tiny efficiency apartment built off the side of a house - if I remember correctly it was 330 square feet. It was livable for me at the time, though I most certainly could not do it now - since I've set myself up selling on eBay I really do need the garage storage space, and having become accustomed to living in a more normal size home with my partner where we have a bedroom, living room, kitchen, separate bathrooms, and an office for each of us I both could not (logistically for eBay storage) and would not wish to go back to a tiny space.
400 square feet would barely cover a tiny kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom. I suppose this is the bare minimum necessary to survive, but my wife and I would have to basically give up most of our...
400 square feet would barely cover a tiny kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom. I suppose this is the bare minimum necessary to survive, but my wife and I would have to basically give up most of our hobbies and go back to working in an office.
Our home is 1800 square feet which felt like a bit more than we needed until COVID had us both setting up home offices in the spare rooms.
400 sqft per person, so 800 for 2 people :) Around here, 1800 sqft is for a large family. Even for 2 adults, 2 kids, it would be considered very big. Most nuclear families have about 1000 sqft....
400 sqft per person, so 800 for 2 people :)
Around here, 1800 sqft is for a large family. Even for 2 adults, 2 kids, it would be considered very big. Most nuclear families have about 1000 sqft. Only in the countryside or upper middle class do you start to see that much space per person. Like said elsewhere in this thread, probably a US/Europe cultural difference thing. Most people I know, without kids, have just 1 or 2 bedrooms. Families have 2 or 3 bedrooms depending on the age of the kids.
I think there are a lot more factors that go into how livable a given amount of square footage is, such as culture, lifestyle, and even what kind of neighborhood your home is in. I live in a...
I think there are a lot more factors that go into how livable a given amount of square footage is, such as culture, lifestyle, and even what kind of neighborhood your home is in.
I live in a suburb, we don't really have many "third spaces" around, and my wife and I are homebodies most of the week. Our home needs to be the primary space where we work, engage with our hobbies, visit with friends and family, and other stuff. The 800 sq ft apartment we came from never would have been able to accommodate this lifestyle.
There's also the question of what other amenities the property actually has. Most homes in my area have a big attached garage with space for two cars, storage, and a decent workbench, but my detached garage barely fits two compact cars with only a small amount of hard to reach storage up in the rafters. The 630 sq ft home in the OP that triggered this conversation has a separate workshop that has at least as much square footage as the main house, letting her move all of her hobbies (and her day job) out of that small living space.
I do think 400 sq ft is a bit small even for one person, especially if that person works from home (even Simone Giertz here has a separate workshop) but I think this is one of those things that's...
I do think 400 sq ft is a bit small even for one person, especially if that person works from home (even Simone Giertz here has a separate workshop) but I think this is one of those things that's very different between the US and Europe. I lived in an apartment that was ~500 sq ft before and it was pretty liveable for one person, even working from home. My soon-to-be-ex-wife and I live in an apartment that's somewhere around 900 sq ft, and it's plenty for the two of us and more than I'll need for just me.
Fwiw, I live in a ~400 sqft apartment in North America, and it’s pretty small (but I make it work — a foldable bed helps a lot). I’m not sure if this is the case elsewhere in the world, but we...
Fwiw, I live in a ~400 sqft apartment in North America, and it’s pretty small (but I make it work — a foldable bed helps a lot). I’m not sure if this is the case elsewhere in the world, but we report cabinets, countertops, and the inside of interior walls as “floor space”. Effectively, everything from the exterior walls in is counted. Newer units often come with their own washer/dryer, too, which takes up some additional space (ours tend to be enormous and require venting to the outdoors).
Not sure if all that’s common elsewhere too, but it could contribute to the numbers seeming off.
At least in Germany, the space covered by cabinets is counted as part of the floor space afaik -- very often, apartments are rented without any built-in kitchen here, so you have to have those put...
At least in Germany, the space covered by cabinets is counted as part of the floor space afaik -- very often, apartments are rented without any built-in kitchen here, so you have to have those put in yourself (though built-in kitchens are becoming more and more common for rentals here these days ime). Things like balconies are also counted as part of the square meterage (though they might only count at some fraction of their size? I haven't looked into it that deeply). Washers are often in the kitchen or bathroom unless you're in a larger new build with a dedicated little closet for it, and dryers are rare. Built-in closets are extremely uncommon, at least where I live.
Simone is a unique, weird, awesome human being. I've seen her on YouTube from years back and love the physical, functional art that she makes.
That table is very cool.
I really like her. I am subscribed to her channel and I like her down-to-earth attitude. But I think her biggest stumbling block is her marketing. She markets her product and ducts as totally useful products when she might be better off emphasizing the artistic merits. Her coat hingers, for instance, are solving a problem that isn’t terribly common and for those who have it I don’t think they are likely to see it as an important enough issue to solve. They are boutique products and usually it’s artistic merits that justify the prices that those types of goods are asking for.
But this is all pretty tangential so feel free to mark this as noise.
I think the hideaway table, resizable fruit bowl, and pet adjacency chair are genius products, but almost certainly take too much handwork for affordable mass production. Even the day-milestone calendars are expensive.
That being said, I think Giertz' living space is wonderfully realized, and I envy her talent in making it so livable, cozy, and charming.
I love that chair idea! While my cats are both still young and have no problems jumping anywhere they please, this is such a sweet and practical product for people who have ageing or disabled pets. It is such a wholesomely humane and compassionate concept.
I think you make a perfectly fair point on marketing as primary appeal to art vs appeal to function. Not noise at all.
Just gonna copy this from the youtube comments:
Is the loft and workshop counted in this number? For me I wouldn't know what to do with all this space. I feel humans only need about 400 sqft per person but maybe I am an outlier in this. I like this channel a lot but some of their videos don't fit into what they themself call "tiny/micro apartments". That said, it's a very nice space that she has created for herself and her creations are pretty cool too.
Based purely on the video, I think the square footage might include the loft, but clearly doesn't include the workshop, which looks over 600 sqft on its own. But I don't know for sure, and unfortunately even the Never Too Small blog post for this video doesn't have any more specific details.
Probably, but if so, so am I (especially for a North American). I actually prefer smaller living spaces too, and don't feel like I need much space for myself to live comfortably either... but even so, I still struggled to fit everything I needed into my new 43.9sqm (472.5sqft) living space. To pull it off, I had to measure the space using a laser measuring tool, be very very particular about what furniture I considered buying, and use design software to plan it out to make sure it would all actually fit in here before I bought anything. I eventually managed it, but it took well over a week of planning and tinkering before we even moved in, and once I actually had all the new furniture assembled in here I only had a few cms wiggle room to spare in several cases. :P
Pics of the floor plan I designed ahead of time:
https://i.imgur.com/lmJRtub.png
https://i.imgur.com/fSkaEpx.png
And some pics of the RL space:
(still a work in progress, we just moved in a few weeks ago, so plz don't judge too harshly ;)
https://i.imgur.com/RkPfEs2.png (door behind blinds leads to patio shared with parents)
https://i.imgur.com/NmilZp3.png (snowed last night so not much to see, patio furniture got buried ;)
https://i.imgur.com/eFb4FW3.png (where I spend 90% of my time. door leads to parents side of condo.)
https://i.imgur.com/s9zBVU7.png (2x35cm depth pax wardrobes, TV will go here too, doesn't arrive until Mar 3)
https://i.imgur.com/3omu5iT.png (Cozey sofa and coffee tables, door leads to condo building hallway+elevator)
https://i.imgur.com/MlWR0G3.png (bathroom behind living room area, front closet on right)
https://i.imgur.com/v9IHkqa.png (twin daybed, transforms into split king)
https://i.imgur.com/3BaBYGv.png (got rid of exercise bike, took parents elliptical instead since they never used it)
https://i.imgur.com/e8nEk1e.png
cc: @aphoenix, since I'm sure you're probably curious to see the new place too. This is just my separate "nanny suite" section of the condo with its own entrance, kitchen, bedroom/living room, bathroom, and separate water heater + AC unit. My parents have a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 2500sqft section of their own, but I don't think they would appreciate me sharing pics of it on the internet... at least not yet anyways, since it's still a bit of a mess. :P
Finally rearranged my computer and monitors, tidied up the desks, and did some cable management. I had rushed to get my comp hooked up right after we moved in, so the cables were a bit of a rats nest. I also finally installed the IKEA pegboards I bought to use as desk dividers too. So now I have two distinct areas; One for comp, and one as future use for hobbying. I still have my LED strips to re-setup around/under the desk, but other than that, comp area is done!
https://i.imgur.com/OHbCaHe.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/PIK9AI4.jpeg
cc: @aphoenix, @smoontjes
Great idea to have two desks for separate purposes - you have a lot of screens on your computer desk, I get the main one but what do you use the other two for? Never seen a setup with a screen like the leaning one you have on the bottom, pretty interesting!
Vertical monitor on left is for comms. So I always have Slack, Discord and Steam chat running on it.
On the smaller ultrawide I usually have media playing on it whenever my main screen is in use. So when I am playing games on the main screen I can still watch a movie/show/youtube. And whenever I am doing work related stuff on the main screen the smaller one is also super handy for keeping another browser window open for looking up related info and reference material.
Oh, and the tiny screen inside my PC tower is an AIDA64 SensorPanel, which tells me stats about my comp (like temps, GPU/CPU usage, network activity, etc). ;)
Dayum, I am super envious of that tech! I'm fine for now but I wouldn't mind some upgrades if I could, but just not prioritizing it for the time being. I play zero hardware intensive games anyway so it's alright with my.. I think 6 year old system. The 1070 gpu is still trucking along haha
Yeah, if you don't play any hardware intensive games a 1070 is still pretty decent. My 980Ti is actually still trucking along too, running inside this comp alongside my 3070Ti. :P I use the 980 for the 3 smaller screens.
3 chat windows, VLC, and some numbers on a screen.. could probably be run by a potato to be fair!
Heh, yeah. Back when I had an Intel CPU I just used its integrated GPU for my extra screens and it was more than enough to handle them. But unfortunately my AMD Ryzen 7 doesn't have an iGPU, which is why the 980 from that old comp is still being used in this new one. :P
I don't know very many of those words but check it out! Randomly happened upon this shop while out today (posting it here because I kind of lost track of conversations in this thread) and it gave me a laugh
https://i.ibb.co/pBvyzt1v/IMG-9922.jpg
LOL that is an awesome name for an art shop! :P
p.s. I would totally buy that Spirited Away poster. It's at the very top of my all-time favorite movies.
That peg board is a great divider - do you use it as pegboard as well?
I think having multiple set ups for multi-use is super important. I myself like having a desk area for work and a desk area for play, and a separate spot for crafting; it helps set the mindset for the activity that one is undertaking.
Great computer setup!
Yeah, I plan on using the pegboard as a pegboard. There are a ton of "Skadis" (name of the IKEA pegboard system) compatible attachments being sold on Etsy. And I have bookmarked a bunch I want to buy already too.
E.g. I've been playing around with poly clay modeling the last few months, and want to get into minifig painting too, so I will likely get a bunch of these paint pot holders for myself. And I already ordered a headphone holder for the pegboard too. :P
And yeah, having a separate hobby/crafting area is great. It was one of the things I wasn't willing to give up when moving to this new place, since my nephew and I do a fair amount of arts/crafts/hobby stuff together, and I really value that quality time spent with him.
With the ubiquity and relative inexpense of 3d printing, any desire to grab one and print up custom pegboard integrations?
LOL, you better believe it. I've wanted to buy a 3D printer for ages, so being able to print my own pegboard attachments instead of having to buy them is making it more tempting by the minute. So I strongly suspect that soon enough my own 3D printer will be taking up a portion of that hobby table. ;)
Just be careful about venting if it's on your desk! There are some plastics / resins that give off toxic fumes.
Yeah, I've researched the hell out of 3d printers several times over the last few years, so I'm already aware of the pitfalls and dangers like that. Still, thanks for the reminder warning. :)
Can I ask what design software you used? I'm very much a "measure everything and visualize before buying" person and after five years in my place, still haven't bought much furniture beyond beds, a few tables, and a single couch primarily because I hate putting something together and realizing I didn't account for something that could have been prevented by simply planning it out better.
Love the place (though personally, the exercise equipment in the middle would become a trip hazard for me lol), it's a very creative use of a small space. I also enjoy designing small spaces and eventually want to turn the basement into a fully featured small space/hobby workshop that can be used as guest housing or just simply escaping lol.
I used Floorplanner. It's a bit clunky, and took some getting used to, but considering it's free to use I can't complain too much.
And lol yeah, the exercise equipment is a bit of a trip hazard, but thankfully having the thick rubber floor mats under it all makes that a bit easier to avoid since there is a clear visual+tactile boundary around them. :P
Oh wow, it's great! What a smart layout. At some point, I'd love to see your pax layouts in action. What a lovely spot! <3
Can do! Pax wardrobe opened up:
https://i.imgur.com/TqVDbpo.jpeg
Both have the exact same interior design, just with door orientations mirrored.
p.s. PAX Planner Design Code link, if you want to play around with it yourself:
(click 'show/hide doors' in bottom left to see interior)
https://www.ikea.com/addon-app/storageone/pax/web/latest/ca/en/?storeId=040&vpcSource=clipboard#/vpc/T8CQN2
p.p.s. BESTÅ TV bench Design Code (ditto to see interior):
https://www.ikea.com/addon-app/storageone/besta/web/latest/ca/en/?storeId=040&vpcSource=clipboard#/vpc/T8F55C
Yeah the other comments under the video also talk a lot about size of homes being very much different in Europe vs US. For me I am in a studio, a 20 sqm room of which 4 sqm bathroom so I'm left with 16 sqm (times the numbers with 11 to reach sqft numbers), which means an additional 20 sqm will get me a living room area, a tv, and a dining table. As of now, my bed is in my kitchen and the only room left over is where I have my desk. I watch movies etc here but it really sucks. I could get smaller furniture for sure (especially the bed like I said I really want a smaller one) but it still wouldn't make room for a couch or anything I don't think. I can post pics later if you want to see btw
As for your flat, I love what you've done with it. Very clean and minimalistic!
Is your transforming bed comfortable to sleep in at all? If you sleep in it where it's folded out into this king size, don't you then sink into the middle groove there? I'd love a smaller bed in my space as my current 200x140 takes up one fifth of my entire apartment lol, but I don't really trust those couch/folding beds to be comfortable
Yes plz. I'd love to see what your 20sqm living space look like, since you've made me extra curious about it now. :)
It was a massive PITA to put together, but it's surprisingly solid, and has honestly been the most comfortable bed I can remember sleeping in. My back has thanked me for it! Although my Queen mattress at our old house was fucking ancient and awful. It had several bulged coils in it and several collapsed coils that made the bed lump AF, which forced me to sleep in particular positions to avoid the undulations... so that probably has more to do with the comfort comparison being so drastic than anything else. :P
I haven't actually slept in it in split king mode yet, since I currently only have one twin mattress which I had already purchased for a folding cot that I slept on while we were moving. I quickly switched it to split king mode just to test it for you though, and when I lied down on the side I have my twin mattress on I didn't feel the slat gaps at all. My mattress is a 6" firm foam mattress instead of the shitty 4" IKEA mattresses that are actually meant to go with this daybed though, which probably helps with not noticing the slats.
When I was researching what beds to buy for such a small space, a bunch of people on reddit said the IKEA mattresses are fucking terrible, and so most had bought other mattresses to go with this daybed instead. Most said 6" mattresses were perfect for it, so that's why I bought that 6" for my cot and then used it on this daybed once I had it assembled. And I will likely buy another of the same 6" to go with it once my bank account recovers a little bit. Apparently you can go even thicker if you really want to though. A few people even said they had 2x10" mattresses on it, although it made for a much higher sitting arrangement in twin mode since the mattresses are stacked on top of each other. But if you're concerned about feeling the slats, you could always try doing that too.
The only major complaint I read about this daybed is the slats are a bit weak, so you have to be careful not to put too much weight on a small section of the bed while getting into it in split king mode, otherwise they can break. It's supposedly not crazy weak, but you just can't do something like putting all your weight on one knee while you get into it. A few people mentioned having simply replaced the slats with stronger ones, or buying bunkie boards to prevent that though so I might end up doing that as well. Although the slats honestly didn't feel that weak to me, so it's possible they updated the design since those complaints. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ If/when one breaks I will deal with it.
Here you go
https://ibb.co/RkynCv7r
https://ibb.co/qFmzpr95
https://ibb.co/NgrZSgwV
https://ibb.co/HWNhBQm
Hope you like it :) And yes I need to clean the kitchen.. tomorrow.. next week..
That's above and beyond irt. the bed etc.! Thanks for all that info, it's super useful and definitely going to take it into consideration. Another mattress on there is a great solution - I think at this point my only problem would be that downsizing from my 140 width bed to 80 is going to feel super strange. I would ideally like a 100 or 120 bed but those don't seem to exist here.
I do really like it! You've done great job of making the space still feel open yet homey but not cluttered, despite the size. And we have very similar taste in furniture too, I see. White in small spaces FTW. :P I absolutely love your lighting too, BTW. And coincidentally enough we also seem to have very very similar flooring in our places too.
I can see what you mean about the bed being a bit too big though. I think a daybed that can double as seating would definitely help with that... or a loft bed with a sofa underneath it like @PetitPrince suggested, if your ceiling is high enough for it.
And if you do get either of those, another thing you could potentially consider getting is a mobile TV stand so you can roll it into place to watch TV while on the daybed or sofa, and then roll it out of the way once you're done. I actually just put together a VIVO Mobile TV Cart yesterday for use in my parents kitchen/dining room. They like watching news at dinner time when it's just the two of them, but don't actually want a TV there permanently or for it to be visible when company is over. So with the cart they can roll it into place at dinner, and then hide it in the utility closet when they're done. Pic of it with 27" TV: https://i.imgur.com/w0nG5bW.jpeg
One thing your place has that mine doesn't yet is artwork on the walls (which looks great!). I have several large decorative fans, and a bunch of framed Salvador Dali, Picasso, Hieronymus Bosch, and HR Giger prints, as well as some Geisha portraits... but it's all still in boxes. I really need to get around to hanging it at some point, but today was spent hanging all my parents art for them instead, and putting together a filing cabinet for my father. :/
Heh. No worries and no judgment. Baby steps. ;) Plus, when I was taking my pics earlier I had to move a bunch of boxes and IKEA stuff out of the way before taking them. And you might have also noticed I didn't include a pic of the other computer desk either since it has all sorts of random crap all over it. So I promise you, my place is not nearly as neat and tidy as it appears in the first pics. :P
I have spent a lot of time decorating to make it just a bit cozier so I'm glad you think it looks nice. I really dislike the floor actually, because combined with the grey kitchen counter and the worst offender, the ceiling that is just bared concrete.. it is so grey. The windows also both face north so it's pretty dark in here most of the time. It's a rental and I'm not allowed to change anything, so I do what I can to liven it up elsehow. I am actually buying some paint next week to make my dresser more colourful!
I guess everything will depend on if I get a new bed. If you sleep in yours without having it folded out, isn't that a really small amount of space? 80 cm wide? I feel like it would be hard for me to go from near twice the width although the 140 cm I have now is definitely too much. 100-120 would be great but doesn't exist sadly. Ikea has nothing at all between 90 and 140. However because of this thread and your comment I have started looking more actively at it again, so thank you for that! It's a nice little project to have.
I kind of wanted to point out your bare walls but didn't want to be rude haha, so I'm glad to hear you have plenty to hang! It does so much for the space to feel lived in. I will also highly recommend mood lighting like the fairy lights that I have. They are BLÖTSNÖ and the good thing is that they plug in and do not use batteries which most do. The few dashes of colour from your wallart will do wonders but it's already a really nice space you have. I want to swap lol
Heh, I actually like that about your place... and mine. My sofa and bedding are grey, my storage cubes are grey (with white handles), my floormat is grey (and white), and I even tend to wear a lot of grey clothing too. I do like colourful accents and artwork, but prefer grey and white as the primary colours for most things. They make everything feel clean and minimalist, which I also prefer. :P
The mattress is a twin (96.5cm X 190.5cm) so not quite that narrow... and unless mattress sizes are different in Europe or something, it should be the same for your IKEA's Hemnes twin/split-king daybed too.
EDIT: Oh, WTF. I guess you all do have totally different dimensions for mattresses than us. I just looked up the same Hemnes daybed on ikea.dk and it has completely different dimensions to the one sold on ikea.ca. And the dk one also says it's meant for 80x200cm mattresses, compared to 97x189cm for the ikea.ca one. Well, shit... that sucks! :(
I regularly fall asleep on my sofa though, which is only about 60cm wide with the back cushions still in place, so I don't tend to mind sleeping in narrow spots. And so even once I have two mattresses I will probably still just sleep on it in twin mode most nights. I only wanted the split-king option for when I have "friends" over for the night. ;)
Thanks for the lighting name... I didn't realize they were from IKEA, so am definitely going to try to remember to pick up a string or two of them for above my bed and sofa next time I go there!
Are those two table lamps you have next to your bed and computer also from IKEA? If so, what are they called? I might get those as well since I have no lamps yet, but definitely need some, and I like the look of those too. They kinda look like giant, oldschool, Edison lightbulbs. I actually never even thought to look for lighting at IKEA before, TBH... but looking at their site now, they actually have some pretty cool stuff! E.g. this TÄRNABY table lamp is pretty cool too.
That NA size would have been perfect. I would have instantly bought that if it was available here, actually that sucks so much argh
It's really just very large bulbs more so than lamps, but yeah they are also from Ikea. They were bought 5-10 years ago and I looked for them again pretty recently but couldn't find them. I see they have a category called "mood lighting" as well as "decorative lighting" so maybe look for that (unsure of exact translation). When I have visitors they sometimes say that it's kind of dark in here, so I guess be aware of that that they are not for like primary lighting. I think this one is the closest but the one on my desk is way lower lumen - it's also the one that's about 10 years old so it probably got discontinued ages ago. This one might be close as well. As for the bedside one, the glass has a pink hue but yeah, no clue if it exists over there. Definitely like the Edison lightbulb look too!
Yeah, it really does suck. :( 80x200 is such a strange size for a mattress, IMO. It's longer than necessary, and a bit too narrow. The NA "twin" sized standard of 97x190 is so much better! And TBH if the European size was the only size available at IKEA here too, I probably wouldn't have bought the daybed either.
Are there any other companies that sell daybeds in dk though? I still think it might be a good idea for your space, at least if you can find an American twin sized one that is.
And thanks for the links. I genuinely didn't realize IKEA had such super cool and retro looking lighting and light bulbs. I am definitely going to have to go to the lighting section next time I visit a store.
I think the Danish standard is more like 90 but yeah, all these daybed style folding-out-beds seem to be 80
Yes, definitely check it out. Ikea has a ton of hidden gems, not just cheap looking crap. I spend hours in there just browsing everything at least a couple times a year haha
Have you considered a loft bed? Back when I was living at my girlfriend student studio that was similar in size with your place she had a loft bed and she placed a sofa (really a convertible sofa/futon) underneath.
The ceiling is only a little more than 2 meters (7 ft) so not at all an option with a loft bed sadly.
The space looks great, though have to say I'm more intrigued by the mini steps up to the sofa.
I've been trying to find something decent for my own dog now he's getting older, but so far everything I find seems to have been in either extremes end of the scale being cheap & flimsy or bespoke & very expensive.
Thanks! And here is the step stool I bought:
https://www.strong-tek.com/products/two-step-wooden-stool
The company name isn't misleading either... it's solid! :)
There's plenty of older houses around here of that size, and it's pretty standard for 1-2 bedroom apartment here. It's certainly below average for a house, but not like, exceptionally so. The framing of it portrays it as some sort of tiny home, but maybe that's coming from an american perspective where 2000 sq ft is more common?
I have previously lived in a tiny efficiency apartment built off the side of a house - if I remember correctly it was 330 square feet. It was livable for me at the time, though I most certainly could not do it now - since I've set myself up selling on eBay I really do need the garage storage space, and having become accustomed to living in a more normal size home with my partner where we have a bedroom, living room, kitchen, separate bathrooms, and an office for each of us I both could not (logistically for eBay storage) and would not wish to go back to a tiny space.
Still, it did work acceptably for me at the time.
400 square feet would barely cover a tiny kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom. I suppose this is the bare minimum necessary to survive, but my wife and I would have to basically give up most of our hobbies and go back to working in an office.
Our home is 1800 square feet which felt like a bit more than we needed until COVID had us both setting up home offices in the spare rooms.
400 sqft per person, so 800 for 2 people :)
Around here, 1800 sqft is for a large family. Even for 2 adults, 2 kids, it would be considered very big. Most nuclear families have about 1000 sqft. Only in the countryside or upper middle class do you start to see that much space per person. Like said elsewhere in this thread, probably a US/Europe cultural difference thing. Most people I know, without kids, have just 1 or 2 bedrooms. Families have 2 or 3 bedrooms depending on the age of the kids.
I think there are a lot more factors that go into how livable a given amount of square footage is, such as culture, lifestyle, and even what kind of neighborhood your home is in.
I live in a suburb, we don't really have many "third spaces" around, and my wife and I are homebodies most of the week. Our home needs to be the primary space where we work, engage with our hobbies, visit with friends and family, and other stuff. The 800 sq ft apartment we came from never would have been able to accommodate this lifestyle.
There's also the question of what other amenities the property actually has. Most homes in my area have a big attached garage with space for two cars, storage, and a decent workbench, but my detached garage barely fits two compact cars with only a small amount of hard to reach storage up in the rafters. The 630 sq ft home in the OP that triggered this conversation has a separate workshop that has at least as much square footage as the main house, letting her move all of her hobbies (and her day job) out of that small living space.
I do think 400 sq ft is a bit small even for one person, especially if that person works from home (even Simone Giertz here has a separate workshop) but I think this is one of those things that's very different between the US and Europe. I lived in an apartment that was ~500 sq ft before and it was pretty liveable for one person, even working from home. My soon-to-be-ex-wife and I live in an apartment that's somewhere around 900 sq ft, and it's plenty for the two of us and more than I'll need for just me.
Fwiw, I live in a ~400 sqft apartment in North America, and it’s pretty small (but I make it work — a foldable bed helps a lot). I’m not sure if this is the case elsewhere in the world, but we report cabinets, countertops, and the inside of interior walls as “floor space”. Effectively, everything from the exterior walls in is counted. Newer units often come with their own washer/dryer, too, which takes up some additional space (ours tend to be enormous and require venting to the outdoors).
Not sure if all that’s common elsewhere too, but it could contribute to the numbers seeming off.
At least in Germany, the space covered by cabinets is counted as part of the floor space afaik -- very often, apartments are rented without any built-in kitchen here, so you have to have those put in yourself (though built-in kitchens are becoming more and more common for rentals here these days ime). Things like balconies are also counted as part of the square meterage (though they might only count at some fraction of their size? I haven't looked into it that deeply). Washers are often in the kitchen or bathroom unless you're in a larger new build with a dedicated little closet for it, and dryers are rare. Built-in closets are extremely uncommon, at least where I live.
I remember when she had a video tour of the boat that she used to live on, must have been, 10 years ago? It would be hard to go smaller than that.
LFTL: A tour of my HOUSE BOAT!
Related video of Simone rebuilding the workshop, release today on her own channel:
The problem with my workshop