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7 Dramatic Small Spaces
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Disregard advice for using clean lines and minimal furnishing with limited square footage, these small spaces go bold and big, despite their diminutive sizes.
Tucked in the back of a Berkeley co-op, a swooping lime ceiling and industrial built-ins make a 1959 Airstream feel airy, despite its 150-square-feet. Photo by Mark Compton
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Originally appeared in The Airstream Life
A gallery-residence in Antwerp slashes white walls with a surrealist streak of orange, tan storage space, and art by Raw Color. Photo by Tim Van de Velde
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Originally appeared in This House Proves Art Galleries Can Be Super-Friendly
The design concept at hand is a concrete “ribbon” that runs through the bathroom and kitchen (shown). “It not only unifies the space, it elevates, descends, contracts and expands to accommodate specific needs throughout,” says designer and resident Alan Y. L. Chan.
Originally appeared in Domestic Ribbon
“A lot of times the work of an architect civilizes a place,” says Erin Moore of Tucson, Arizona–based FLOAT Architectural Research and Design. “In this case, the attempt was to have the building amplify its wildness.” The case she refers to is the Watershed, a 70-square-foot writer’s retreat in Wren, Oregon, that is completely off-the-grid and a short hike from the main residence. Photo by Gary Tarleton
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Originally appeared in Modern Off-the-Grid Retreat in Oregon
Paper artist Pierre Pozzi cut eight-inch-tall, two-millimeter-wide lightweight paper stock into fringe by hand to wrap the dining room walls of his home in Valencia, Spain. Photo by Beth Evans
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Originally appeared in Artist's Dining Room in Valencia with Fringed Paper Walls
In designer Nina Tolstrup's guesthouse, bright custom furniture elevates an otherwise wasted under-stair space. Photo by Ben Anders
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Originally appeared in A Colorful, Custom-Built Guesthouse in London
Architect Christi Azevedo deployed Ikea cabinetry in the kitchen (left), which spans almost the entirety of the renovated 93-square-foot building. Photo by Cesar Rubio
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Originally appeared in A Compact Three-Story Brick Loft in San Francisco
Tucked in the back of a Berkeley co-op, a swooping lime ceiling and industrial built-ins make a 1959 Airstream feel airy, despite its 150-square-feet. Photo by Mark Compton
Photo by Mark Compton.
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