I love this space but the critical failure for me is the upper storage. He's tall and struggles opening and closing the upper storage on the bed wall. WHY NOT: do a library style ladder, rolling along a nearly hidden track so you dont (a) have to move the ladder from A to B and (b) it is easy to place the ladder where you want (rather than finding these blind holes). The other convenience issue (like a 15% bonus) is the walk in closet. That is brilliant! But obstructing your ability to go from clothes or completely blocking the passage is silly. Meaning each of the doors should be able to swing open to a full 90°, then be aligned with a track that lets the door slip into the cabinet. This then reducing the door's encroachment into the bathroom hallway / walk-in closet and makes for a very natural interaction of: "I need to go to the bathroom so you have to leave the walk-in until I am done." And just as a point of reference, some people are 155cm tall. Not exactly ideal when they cannot easily ascend ladders.
@@moontiggsland . Sure. it clearly isn't working for the current residents, it wouldn't work for the average height of Asians and only certain Europeans are so lucky to be ~2m. I speak on behalf of short people and the overall population that wants to work well with their house hold, not fighting it.
This architect/designer/joiners own appartment. Is the most well thought out. Aesthetically beautiful, incredibly multifunctional. With special consideration to acoustic privacy. Surfaces change, inside (inner restful cocooned bedrooms space...and outer surfaces different. He is just so talented. I would choose him to design anything. Congratulations.
Of all the small urban re-designs I have seen here on RUclips, this one is the coolest! What an effecient use of space and great design as well. I did wonder about eh ventilation in the kitchen. Without a window and such a small space, does it stink up the rest of the apartment if you cook?
I really don't see the point of being able to hide the kitchen, i think it worked quite well with breaking up the space a bit and I can't imagine wanting yet another wall of plain white doors surrounding you.
@Frank Winkhorst I think I would appreciate your interior. Retired designer from Seattle here, living in France with my favorite objects: kiri tansu, woodblocks, boxes, and netsukes, blended in with a pine armoire, cherry cabriole dining table, modern walnut buffet, and various other eclectic furnishings, all happily cohabiting with limewash/stone walls, terra cotta floors, and rustic beamed ceilings.
@Frank Winkhorst The camera makes it seem bigger than it is. This is a tiny space for all this going on. If you were in it I think it would feel cozy small
how practial....... "I need bigger table for our guests" - "no problem, let me just put the pillows in the wardrobe, fold the bed, get the ladder, carry down the giant table parts from the 3m high compartment, store the ladder again and build it to our tiny kitchen table"😂
The shower doesn't make sense because all your spare towels just got wet when you showered. Also the area in front of the sink is always going to have a wet floor unless you squeegee the the space. Also there's no counter space in bathroom. It's a relatively large space but not so well executed.
I suspect that the idea was that stuff most people leave out on the counter would get put away in the storage space behind the mirrors so the bathroom looks uncluttered when not in use. I agree that a little counter space would be nice to allow for putting down something that was in use, like a comb or curling iron.
Boy! that so beautiful. It's a master piece for the younger generation! I can't imagine what kind of people live like that but NY is a fast pace city so they must be busy people who go there to sleep after a party night! Lol
Considering all the built in stuff I was suprised he didn't include a step for reaching the doors of the high up storage. Considering the fact they need to be opened to use the ladder to get up there and the fact that he, a fully grown man, was tiptoeing to reach them it seems like a bit of an oversight for female or at least vertically challenged clients
Even though I am not a great fan of the asthetics, I love the functional ideas behind it - my favourites are the drawers in the table that become extentions. But I know this is incredibly pricey and I would love to see a budget version of such things, because most people who need to live in tiny spaces do so out of necessity rather than minimalistic (as we see here, they have tons of clothes), environmental and personal reasons. litte addition: I don't understand what you need an overhead projector and a plasma TV for. Or the electic table. I think simple mechanics would do - living room talbe, dinner table, countertop and even bar heights, without wasting your money towards the electricity bill. Then again, I heard electricity is hella cheap in USA.
It is very pretty, but I think the owner could probably get another 400 sq ft of appartment for the price of all these custom solutions. This must have been a six figure renovation.
This is very nice but I can't help to think about those high storage spaces cannot be opened if you're short lol. Bc the ladder goes IN once it's open. But if it's closed and you can't reach then what?
Watching as much of his work as I can. About to embark on a 170 square ft space that is a clean slate. No kitchen, no counters or built in anything. Exposed 90 yr old radiators and pipes. 12 ft ceilings with exposed everything and I dont care for the industrial look at all. Maybe a piece or two like pipe shelf here or there. To top it off its long and narrow and one end takes up 1/3 with a bathroom. Door in the middle so sink on one side, toilet on the other, bathtub in the middle facing you as you walk in. No appliances. And I cant change plumbing at all I'm told! So, I have a 10x17 project ahead of me!!!! No budget other then monthly income. Worse, fire took all my tools so I have to buy them first. Doing everything myself. The design and the building. I'm not a minimalist and need decor around me, natural light and nature. Existing hanging florescent shop lights give a hopeless depressing feel. Its tiny and right downtown Vancouver BC where its always raining. My windows look into other peoples windows lol. I come from renting beautiful mobile home on acrage with wildlife at my door and privacy. Lost everything when it burned down 6 months ago. The new micro suite will be a challenge and hopefully designing it will help me begin the healing process. These videos help a lot and have given me great ideas! Thank you!!
@@GraceCanadaful of course. I started listing all the things but it just became too cumbersome and overwhelming on my phone. I've written it on my tasks list, however, because I realized that it'll be good for our own house project, so I'll get to it at some point this week
people who lives with single floor plan house and you take off the roof then look from a birds eye view, it kinda looks like an interesting drawer organizer
People live in Manhattan. If you lived there you don’t spend that much time at home. Because you live in Manhattan and have the world at your footsteps. Completely different mentality and reality.
As someone who has had a loft, no the murphy is easier. Imgine when its 3am and you wanna pee but you have to slowly and carefully climb down a ladder. When youre lazy you just dont put the bed up
You don't HAVE to fold the bed back up. There's room to leave it down. I think it's more for if you have people coming over and need more floor space you have the option of folding it up.
See, I was thinking that I would set-up a desk area up there. Climb up the latter, sit in a rolling office chair then roll-around up there. You don't need to be walking around. Plus, if you work at home your work space is away from your living space.
ellebasi1988 The closets open very quickly like any other closet. And being in a 400 sqft apt, there’s no need to travel from room to room. The only “slow” parts about this are the bed and dining table. I’m not sure where you’re coming from.
Ingenious design. No wasted space. I love the hideaway kitchen. You can hide a messy kitchen after cooking or baking. Then open it when you want to finally decide to clean up the mess.
Terry Baby the smell from cooking. Yea this place is def not for an average middle class person, they pointed out how this apartment is for eating out or ordering, not so much for your every day cooking routine.
Actually city life is great especially when you are young, beautiful, and ambitious. If you enjoy going out into the city and being where the scene is....it is a lot of fun. When you are ready to settle down you can move out. I like both the city and country life....not much on suburbia where the majority end up. I live out in the country now on five acres. Sometimes I miss the pace of city life. I think the most depressing place to be is somewhere in between city and country living....SUBURBIA.
I noticed that there isn’t any evidence of an exhaust in the kitchen in any of these micro units.This could get really greasy and smelly after a certain amount of time.
@@kameraadthomas with a place that small, it will still smell and feel greasy. Although given the tiny fridge and the location, the client probably eats out a lot.
Former New Yorker here. While I like the finishes in the kitchen and the lighting in the bathroom, most of this was botched in my opinion. Worst of all is the dual sink, which is a stupid waste of space! A smaller sink would have allowed enough space to keep a regular shower! Also, I'm not a fan of murphy beds, and that sofa is way too big and unnecessary. I lived for 9 years in Midtown Manhattan in a 900 square foot 1BR and having more than 1 guest at a time was extremely rare--I think I had a group of friends over exactly once in those 9 years. A much smarter layout would be a love seat or 2 comfy chairs plus a regular queen bed that you wouldn't have to adjust. But what really blows my mind is spending all that time, money and effort renovating and NOT HAVING IN-UNIT LAUNDRY! That apartment easily had the space for a ventless stackable or combo washer dryer, which is the ultimate apartment luxury in NY (or LA or any other big city for that matter). Also, I would have sacrificed some of the upper level storage for artwork and/or books along the upper walls, which would have given the space a more personal and elegant look.
Christopher Stone yeah I agree! Also the kitchen sealing is very very dark which makes it a dark space. Should make that lighter as well. I would have kept the sleeping space on the loft and the murphy bed for guests. They could have also put in a bigger cooker instead of the 2 sinks.
That baffles me everytime I see no washing machine in a flat. Where do those people wash? I mean they took care of having laundry boxes, but not of having a washing machine? Quite weird to me.
M1NDCR4WL3R I think this is something American. I am from the Netherlands and it is weird as well to have flat with no laundry machine, but in America they have a lot of laundry rooms in the basements of the flats. Or they go to a laundry place to do there laundry. Makes it a whole job to do it!
Hon, people with that much money do NOT do their own wash. Do you think that if they need a dishwasher that they would be folding laundry? lol I'll bet they don't clean it themselves, either. Hell, they can't even change the level of the table without electricity! I'm surprised that the bed doesn't have a remote control. Only automatic legs. Awwwww.
@@hybridbutterfly3908 the guy looks about 6 ft tall, and @ 16:22 you can see that the bed is roughly 1.5 - 2 ft above his head, meaning the loft is only 5 - 5.5 ft tall, seems like a squeeze.
I don’t know what it is, but there seems something cheap about how things were done here. The bed doesn’t sit flush with the cupboards. That table is a cool idea, but though it might sit 8 people, they definitely don’t have 8 chairs. I’m surprised I’m not a fan. I normally love these kind of conversions.
The apartment has the vibe of an isolation prison cell. Nonetheless great engineering and design, but the use of colours, nucks or other things would create a more cosy and less sterile feeling.
Robert de Groot I personally feel very trapped by colour, it’s very distracting and all I can focus on. So, for me white is very cosy and energising. I love this space. Nothing makes me more miserable than being subjected to someone else’s colour choices. The grey kitchen feels really sad. Just my two cents 🤗
I agree. It's not that I don't appreciate the practicality and efficiency of the place; but that seems to be all that this appartment has to offer.. No warmth or lived in feeling. Very depressing.. I actually liked the view of the bricks and windows of the other appartment buildings..
I agree. It is very sterile. I am a working production artist so it wouldn't make me feel creative at all. I need more personality in my space. But to each their own
@@joycegeertsma7115 yes they could have used some color, the only color really was the kitchen and I hate the color, for me it's too dark and depressing. And I too love the bricks of the bldg across the street! If this place had some exposed bricks I would've loved some like around where the windows are or the wall where the tv and movie screen is that would be amazing 👌 Just my thoughts, it would also bring color.
For how efficiently this is intended to be, there seems to be a lot of inefficient use of space as well. Have this big table but you have to grab these heavy units from an up high cabinet you have to move a heavy ladder for to reach. Supposedly you could put those in a lower cabinet but you'd likely use that for more every day stuff. But then you also have this tiny fridge which would be fine along with the tiny stove if you're eating out every night but that means you're not really gonna be able to accommodate that many guests you have that massive table for (which isn't even straight on those extensions). Plus where are you gonna leave all the chairs you're gonna need for your party of 10? Also up in the mountains? Then you have this loft for "storage" when you already have this big ass cabinets, or, as shown here, a bed. Why not keep the loft for the bed, and use the murphy bed for more storage and get a couch that serves as an extra bed if you really need that for your minimalist getaway apartment. For how technically still pretty huge this space really is, it seems to lack a true purpose and kind of half has something for everything but also not enough. Idk why I'm so heated about this space but it just doesn't feel right
I feel blessed to live in a house with a big garden when I see how people must live in concrete buildings looking out their windows on to other brick and pipe buildings.
I can see some people really liking it, a "cool city alley view". I see it as like 50 windows people could potentially see into my living space. Hate cities.
kalitheamare It would be alright if it had “one-way” window glass, so that you can see out but people can’t see in. I don’t think I would be able to handle it otherwise, I like having the option of total privacy too much. I don’t want to feel like I’m living in a zoo exhibit in my own home, especially when you’re paying THAT much money!
added to my favorites mainly because you show the before and after which really gives such great ideas to people on how to take something old and basic and turn it into something new and fresh! Excellent work!
I like that bathroom design. The kitchen I think is too dark. Maybe additional accent lighting above and lighter tile on floor and wall would brighten it up well.
This guy talks waaaay too much. He opens the closet doors and block the hallway. Yet, he managed to make a positive spin, saying that it’s now a dressing room space. Also, there is no acoustic blockage with the solid door because the solid door doesn’t go to the 13 feet ceiling. Who is he kidding??!!!?
Has the bed been tested overtime? Like does the wood bend due the weight. I can't stand having everything so symmetrical only for the bed to look like it doesnt fit anhmore.
Did not like the shower, water can still go over to the sink area...plus the frosted bathroom door too see-thru....the cupboards way at the top in the Bedroom-lounge room were hard to open, and he was a tall guy..He made me laugh about the ''view''....I hated the view, like a prison. Keep those shades down aT ALL TIMES.!
@bookmarkthis i found it funny how he described how you could separate the kitchen from the living room and i was like "that's a door". or the cover for the shelves and drawers, or better: closet.
SpiderMax I love the closet! I thought the whole apartment was just beautiful. When you think that 400 square feet is less than my kitchen and dining room it is a beautiful use of space.
Hi Kirsten, I really enjoy your videos and the very interesting projects you show us. Our architecture office is working on a very interesting project at the moment and I was wondering if you would be interested in coming to visit it? The project is still not completed, but hopefully the clients will be in by the end of the year. It's a historic house built along the medieval fortifications of Luxembourg City, with hanging gardens. The renovation process was done with natural materials such as clay and lime render both inside and out. But what's special is that our client is an artist who needed an atelier built for his printmaking machinery, so we extended under the garden into the wall and rock face and created a light and bright orangerie for him to be able to work from home. We were able to almost double the size of the house is a conservation area that would otherwise not allow any extensions. As for the hanging gardens, the client is also in the process of turning it into a food garden with an impressive collection of fruit trees, bushes etc.
This home is really well thought out. They used every inch of space for something, I can't believe how much storage they have, it unbelievable for this size apartment. Kirsten does a very nice job of showing each space she does. I like the fact that when she's filming, she doesn't want people to just talk about how something looks, or is done, she wants them to actually do it so the viewer can see. I never thought he'd get the extensions for the table out, but voila, he did. That's also great attention to filming something. Well done.
@@stephenpowstinger733 I used to live in an apartment where I could stand flat-footed and put my palm flat on the ceiling in the living room. I am 5 foot 6 inches tall. Talk about a low ceiling! Fortunately the room had big windows on three sides so it wasn't too claustrophobic.
I love the swinging shower door option. RUclips has been suggesting a lot of the van and bus mobile homes. I think this would be a great way to have a larger shower without compromising on the size of your sink.
@@user-ou4tk7eg8i clearly you've never been rich. I know a girl who came from such a rich family that she didn't even know what a washing machine was until she was around 25ish. She's not a bad person by the way, just incredibly sheltered and spoiled by her family's wealth.
This guy is annoying me to no end with the way he talks. He's acting like this is science, plus he's explaining the same things multiple times plus he talks like he is explaining it to little children. How much explanation do the shower door and drain need.
? do you not watch these channels/ videos? thats how they all are, and its appropriate if you are interested in these utilitarian spaces, every detail matters for when im looking for my next tiny space.
Where are the plants, art, and pictures of your family and friends? I know that they went for a brutastically simple look but there's a point where that becomes depressingly clinical. It lacks warmth and a welcoming feed.
Some random thoughts while watching the video: 1. I wish I had that much storage space! 2. The Murphy bed makes me think of that scene in one of the Muppets movies (Muppets Take Manhatten, perhaps?) where the Muppets are sitting on the bed and the bed goes back into the wall with all of them on it. 3. The Murphy bed reminds me of the scene in Are You Being Served? where Mrs. Slocombe and Ms. Brahms have to share the apartment space in the department store. They're on the Murphy bed and the same thing happens to them. 4. The loft area would be perfect for a zombie apocalypse, since zombies can't climb ladders (unless they retain that ability, somehow). 5. Wouldn't the towels under the sink get wet when they shower's on?
Seiferboy Gaming - Wet towels under sink? Water coming down from a shower head does not have enough force to splash up to the towel shelf and the shelf is not built out to the depth of the sink. These details were in the vid.
Lightning Cat - Yes I do understand how the surface tension of water works. What you say is true if it is a flush edge. If a sufficient drip edge is included it does not. I do not know how this particular sink is mounted, BUT a drip edge is easy to install from off the shelf parts and glued in place. Depending on the geometry of the drip edge the drips can even be directed. This is how water works.
This show does everything right, but I feel like there needs to be a budget/cost section on these projects in the video summary.
I second you.
Yeah, that would be a great addition!
I feel like it says if you have to ask - you can't afford it.
Shayla Dawson Yeah I definitely don’t get that logic. You gonna go rent an apartment without knowing how much it is?
haha yeah... honestly I just assume it's a case of if you have ask, you can't afford it
I have seen many good uses of space, but this is the best. It helps having really high ceilings.
Love love love that bathroom. Never thought of putting bathroom storage behind the mirror within the wall, great way to save precious space
I love this space but the critical failure for me is the upper storage. He's tall and struggles opening and closing the upper storage on the bed wall. WHY NOT: do a library style ladder, rolling along a nearly hidden track so you dont (a) have to move the ladder from A to B and (b) it is easy to place the ladder where you want (rather than finding these blind holes).
The other convenience issue (like a 15% bonus) is the walk in closet. That is brilliant! But obstructing your ability to go from clothes or completely blocking the passage is silly. Meaning each of the doors should be able to swing open to a full 90°, then be aligned with a track that lets the door slip into the cabinet. This then reducing the door's encroachment into the bathroom hallway / walk-in closet and makes for a very natural interaction of: "I need to go to the bathroom so you have to leave the walk-in until I am done."
And just as a point of reference, some people are 155cm tall. Not exactly ideal when they cannot easily ascend ladders.
Good point about having a library style ladder. That would work well.
I think that was the point of the bedroom ladder
@@JudgeyJudgeyable you mean their current solution that requires exact placement and is not that flexible for putting away?
Critical failure because it doesn't work for everyone?!?!
@@moontiggsland . Sure. it clearly isn't working for the current residents, it wouldn't work for the average height of Asians and only certain Europeans are so lucky to be ~2m.
I speak on behalf of short people and the overall population that wants to work well with their house hold, not fighting it.
I love those tiny home enthusiasts. They always seem like living in their own little world it's so cute
"There's felt under the table so you can move it around"
Films underside of the table 🤦🏻♂️
They did a great job with that space! I like the siding walls concept to help block noise from different sections.
This architect/designer/joiners own appartment. Is the most well thought out. Aesthetically beautiful, incredibly multifunctional. With special consideration to acoustic privacy. Surfaces change, inside (inner restful cocooned bedrooms space...and outer surfaces different. He is just so talented. I would choose him to design anything. Congratulations.
Creative and practical design for a small space living -- the divisions and storage made possible by the crucial ceiling height . Nicely done .
wow that table has everything. i wish i could buy that
Of all the small urban re-designs I have seen here on RUclips, this one is the coolest! What an effecient use of space and great design as well. I did wonder about eh ventilation in the kitchen. Without a window and such a small space, does it stink up the rest of the apartment if you cook?
Good job camera woman, she captured everything well
It is what it is - a “Tiny Home.” But it wonderfully thought-out and a very good product. Incomparable to the unit they. Started with - WELL DONE!.
That's one of the coolest bathrooms I've ever seen
Must be my favorite home on this channel. Great job!
I really don't see the point of being able to hide the kitchen, i think it worked quite well with breaking up the space a bit and I can't imagine wanting yet another wall of plain white doors surrounding you.
@Frank Winkhorst I think I would appreciate your interior. Retired designer from Seattle here, living in France with my favorite objects: kiri tansu, woodblocks, boxes, and netsukes, blended in with a pine armoire, cherry cabriole dining table, modern walnut buffet, and various other eclectic furnishings, all happily cohabiting with limewash/stone walls, terra cotta floors, and rustic beamed ceilings.
@Frank Winkhorst The camera makes it seem bigger than it is. This is a tiny space for all this going on. If you were in it I think it would feel cozy small
how practial....... "I need bigger table for our guests" - "no problem, let me just put the pillows in the wardrobe, fold the bed, get the ladder, carry down the giant table parts from the 3m high compartment, store the ladder again and build it to our tiny kitchen table"😂
Very beautiful!
Wow! Love the bathroom
The lights💛
The shower doesn't make sense because all your spare towels just got wet when you showered. Also the area in front of the sink is always going to have a wet floor unless you squeegee the the space. Also there's no counter space in bathroom. It's a relatively large space but not so well executed.
I suspect that the idea was that stuff most people leave out on the counter would get put away in the storage space behind the mirrors so the bathroom looks uncluttered when not in use. I agree that a little counter space would be nice to allow for putting down something that was in use, like a comb or curling iron.
This is actually really cool!
Boy! that so beautiful. It's a master piece for the younger generation!
I can't imagine what kind of people live like that but NY is a fast pace city so they must be busy people who go there to sleep after a party night! Lol
Everything perfect but the shower in my opinion
The old bathroom actually looked bigger i think. I would have left the tub...well, gotten a new new one though.
I agree. The bathroom is a little drab to me and the shower seems awkward.
I love the high ceilings
Take a shot everytime he says "out of sight". Lol
Beautiful space. But I want to see what you see outside the front door.
😭😭😭😭 what a nice studio apartment. It looks so cosy and small I love it!!!
this is incredible!
Considering all the built in stuff I was suprised he didn't include a step for reaching the doors of the high up storage. Considering the fact they need to be opened to use the ladder to get up there and the fact that he, a fully grown man, was tiptoeing to reach them it seems like a bit of an oversight for female or at least vertically challenged clients
The flat is small but the equiment is soooo expansive
I love the astronauts in the flower fields...all these people will be so ready to live in Mars pods
LOVE IT
Very clever!
Cool
Even though I am not a great fan of the asthetics, I love the functional ideas behind it - my favourites are the drawers in the table that become extentions.
But I know this is incredibly pricey and I would love to see a budget version of such things, because most people who need to live in tiny spaces do so out of necessity rather than minimalistic (as we see here, they have tons of clothes), environmental and personal reasons.
litte addition: I don't understand what you need an overhead projector and a plasma TV for. Or the electic table. I think simple mechanics would do - living room talbe, dinner table, countertop and even bar heights, without wasting your money towards the electricity bill. Then again, I heard electricity is hella cheap in USA.
So you adapt the high end intellectual concepts into low end economic realities. Use your imagination.
Amazing design :-D
I don't really like this area of NYC for residential (it's mostly frat boy pubs and hangouts, a/k/a Puke Alley), but this unit is gorgeous.
Everything looks high-end except the bare pipe sticking out of the wall that he called the "shower head". wth??
Agree.
Fantastic
It is very pretty, but I think the owner could probably get another 400 sq ft of appartment for the price of all these custom solutions. This must have been a six figure renovation.
But what's above the foyer? Also, don't they need a washing machine?
This is very nice but I can't help to think about those high storage spaces cannot be opened if you're short lol. Bc the ladder goes IN once it's open. But if it's closed and you can't reach then what?
the towel storage under the sink--all those towels would get soaked...
Watching as much of his work as I can. About to embark on a 170 square ft space that is a clean slate. No kitchen, no counters or built in anything. Exposed 90 yr old radiators and pipes. 12 ft ceilings with exposed everything and I dont care for the industrial look at all. Maybe a piece or two like pipe shelf here or there. To top it off its long and narrow and one end takes up 1/3 with a bathroom. Door in the middle so sink on one side, toilet on the other, bathtub in the middle facing you as you walk in. No appliances. And I cant change plumbing at all I'm told! So, I have a 10x17 project ahead of me!!!! No budget other then monthly income. Worse, fire took all my tools so I have to buy them first. Doing everything myself. The design and the building. I'm not a minimalist and need decor around me, natural light and nature. Existing hanging florescent shop lights give a hopeless depressing feel. Its tiny and right downtown Vancouver BC where its always raining. My windows look into other peoples windows lol. I come from renting beautiful mobile home on acrage with wildlife at my door and privacy. Lost everything when it burned down 6 months ago. The new micro suite will be a challenge and hopefully designing it will help me begin the healing process. These videos help a lot and have given me great ideas! Thank you!!
what was he talking about at 1:48 like dude it was quiet before you closed those damn doors
Does anyone else feel like this place is a bit cold, even sanatary? I dont know if i would feel at home there
This can't be code compliant with the Dept of Buildings.
The door of the shower... In the way, again... WTF with tiny house?!
Why are these concepts not incorporated into tiny houses or van conversions?
I see a lot of problems in the design, but also a lot of good thinking, and it's a very
nice space
What problems? When you make a comment like this, you must be specific...
@@GraceCanadaful of course. I started listing all the things but it just became too cumbersome and overwhelming on my phone. I've written it on my tasks list, however, because I realized that it'll be good for our own house project, so I'll get to it at some point this week
these people live in a giant closet organizer unit.
people who lives with single floor plan house and you take off the roof then look from a birds eye view, it kinda looks like an interesting drawer organizer
game me anxiety and a headache
I personally love the design, it's very slick and convenient for the space they were working with.
People live in Manhattan. If you lived there you don’t spend that much time at home. Because you live in Manhattan and have the world at your footsteps. Completely different mentality and reality.
but....the view, huh!!!! Oh wait, nevermind.
I’d rather just sleep up in the storage nook, and get rid of the Murphy bed which doesn’t seem to be sitting flush anyway
If I have to pack my bed away every morning I'm just not going to do that.
@@awsomeabacus9674 I've lived in a flat with a Murphy bed and never once folded it away, it sucked!
As someone who has had a loft, no the murphy is easier. Imgine when its 3am and you wanna pee but you have to slowly and carefully climb down a ladder. When youre lazy you just dont put the bed up
You don't HAVE to fold the bed back up. There's room to leave it down. I think it's more for if you have people coming over and need more floor space you have the option of folding it up.
See, I was thinking that I would set-up a desk area up there. Climb up the latter, sit in a rolling office chair then roll-around up there. You don't need to be walking around.
Plus, if you work at home your work space is away from your living space.
This guy basically explains every single detail of this apt and I love it.
somehow his voice is kinda calming
"What's really nice about this space is that someone can use the shower and the sink at the same time"
???????
Ya Idk, anybody can do that in any apartments or house or condo etc. lmao Also who cares? xD
he means that one person can take a shower while the other person uses the sink without being in eachothers hair
@@rebeccaserti5990 yes, I know. Which is a feature....in every bathroom in the world. That's the point.
Like shaving your beard for instance. Clipping your nails. Etc.
brushing your teeth in the shower, Not pissing in the shower, turning round and using the trough style urinal - sorry sink.
Nice apartment but when he turned on the shower, I was thinking the 'Towels are gonna get wet!'
I was looking for this comment! 😂
I noticed that too😂😂😂
I liked the creativity of the shower but I'd rather see the toilet/sink switched somehow. The shower would clean the toilet area.
Hate the shower. All wrong.
@@granny58 sameee. I don't like the floors of the shower either. So difficult to clean away the water
Imagine being in a rush to do something/go somewhere. Having to open 500 doors to get ready and not having the time to put everything back. Nightmare.
ellebasi1988 The closets open very quickly like any other closet. And being in a 400 sqft apt, there’s no need to travel from room to room. The only “slow” parts about this are the bed and dining table. I’m not sure where you’re coming from.
Hum there is a thing called organization 🤣
Lipa Lipa good one
wait i dont get what the alternative would be??? it seems normal like a larger space just laid out differently
You just sound like a disorganized mess of a human being. Get a grip on life.
That Murphy bed not being flush when put away bugs me.
YES THANK YOU lol I thought i was the only one. Prob wear and tear
Same.
very calming to know there are other perfectionists around
I was hoping it was just the cushions stopping it from closing properly.
I feel like it’s just a cushion blocking it or the mattress moved down or sum
Ingenious design. No wasted space. I love the hideaway kitchen. You can hide a messy kitchen after cooking or baking. Then open it when you want to finally decide to clean up the mess.
That's why open plan kitchens are a PITA, You always have to keep them spotless if people are over
Imagine the smell
@@anomynus Smell???
Terry Baby the smell from cooking. Yea this place is def not for an average middle class person, they pointed out how this apartment is for eating out or ordering, not so much for your every day cooking routine.
or clean as you go :)
New York baffles me. People eager to live like they're in a college dorm room for hundreds of thousands of dollars haha.
@-DOPE- nothing wrong with city people. Suburbs and small towns are not 100% idealic either
Your "college dorm" is really just a place to rest and do some light living. Your real living space is the city itself.
@@aHIGHasian Hundreds of thousands of pounds to not live there most of the day, just buy a fucking tent.
Actually city life is great especially when you are young, beautiful, and ambitious. If you enjoy going out into the city and being where the scene is....it is a lot of fun. When you are ready to settle down you can move out. I like both the city and country life....not much on suburbia where the majority end up. I live out in the country now on five acres. Sometimes I miss the pace of city life. I think the most depressing place to be is somewhere in between city and country living....SUBURBIA.
but hey it makes them "epic" hipsters if they do that , no questions asked !!!! i wanna be a hipster too
“Acoustic privacy” for when that midnight Taco Bell run hits...
You mean the bathroom door is translucent and the toilet is right next to it?
This apartment is a chore every day.
Gilbert Mana Yea this apartment is for go getters who live a fast life, not for lazy fuckers like you.
Jean Almonte lmao it’s for people who have the time to slide around doors all day
Jean Almonte dang bro...why be so mean tho? You don’t even know me! God Bless.
Not really
Why?
I noticed that there isn’t any evidence of an exhaust in the kitchen in any of these micro units.This could get really greasy and smelly after a certain amount of time.
It's built in, VALERIE.
@@kameraadthomas with a place that small, it will still smell and feel greasy. Although given the tiny fridge and the location, the client probably eats out a lot.
the Trick is: he never cooks but always eats in Restaurants 😅So he doesnt have this problem
That’s why you can only order take out or cook instant ramen there. Lol
Former New Yorker here. While I like the finishes in the kitchen and the lighting in the bathroom, most of this was botched in my opinion. Worst of all is the dual sink, which is a stupid waste of space! A smaller sink would have allowed enough space to keep a regular shower! Also, I'm not a fan of murphy beds, and that sofa is way too big and unnecessary. I lived for 9 years in Midtown Manhattan in a 900 square foot 1BR and having more than 1 guest at a time was extremely rare--I think I had a group of friends over exactly once in those 9 years. A much smarter layout would be a love seat or 2 comfy chairs plus a regular queen bed that you wouldn't have to adjust. But what really blows my mind is spending all that time, money and effort renovating and NOT HAVING IN-UNIT LAUNDRY! That apartment easily had the space for a ventless stackable or combo washer dryer, which is the ultimate apartment luxury in NY (or LA or any other big city for that matter). Also, I would have sacrificed some of the upper level storage for artwork and/or books along the upper walls, which would have given the space a more personal and elegant look.
Christopher Stone yeah I agree! Also the kitchen sealing is very very dark which makes it a dark space. Should make that
lighter as well. I would have kept the sleeping space on the loft and the murphy bed for guests. They could have also put in a bigger cooker instead of the 2 sinks.
That baffles me everytime I see no washing machine in a flat. Where do those people wash? I mean they took care of having laundry boxes, but not of having a washing machine? Quite weird to me.
M1NDCR4WL3R I think this is something American. I am from the Netherlands and it is weird as well to have flat with no laundry machine, but in America they have a lot of laundry rooms in the basements of the flats. Or they go to a laundry place to do there laundry. Makes it a whole job to do it!
Hon, people with that much money do NOT do their own wash. Do you think that if they need a dishwasher that they would be folding laundry? lol I'll bet they don't clean it themselves, either. Hell, they can't even change the level of the table without electricity! I'm surprised that the bed doesn't have a remote control. Only automatic legs. Awwwww.
jzt999 my parents have a dishwasher and an electric bed, but still do their own laundry...
Fun way to die: take a shot every time he says "out of sight"
“Right?” 😆
S T O R A G E
I have worked on tiny spaces in n NYC. This guy did a great job
Walter Davis beautiful job I love it, really nice I would live there.
@@lorrietolito214 I didn't do that apartment. I was complimenting the guy who did .
good job, Walter, this one is the best lol
I'm just wondering why not make it a 2 story loft, you get way more floor space then. Or am I missing something here?
Ceiling is only 13 feet so not quite enough room for 2 stories. You wouldn't be able to stand up in the top.
"We have high ceilings" would be stripped from them, unacceptable.
@@PinkAlphaMom It depends on the height of the person. I'm only 5'0".
@@hybridbutterfly3908 the guy looks about 6 ft tall, and @ 16:22 you can see that the bed is roughly 1.5 - 2 ft above his head, meaning the loft is only 5 - 5.5 ft tall, seems like a squeeze.
13÷2=6.5 ft. Even for a 5ft person only having a foot of space between you and the roof would feel very claustrophobic.
I bet they spent more money on that space then I have with my entire house.
True with all the folded cupboards to hide there things it wud cost quite alot i think
I would forget where put things,there are so many cabinets
This “space” would give me anxiety.
Ditto!
Same.. I really dislike most 'features' he consideres cool. it is so plain, dark and well.. empty
Brilliant design, very efficient use of space.
I love the entire apartment except for the sink being so close to the shower.
It's not close, it's in. lol
I don’t know what it is, but there seems something cheap about how things were done here. The bed doesn’t sit flush with the cupboards. That table is a cool idea, but though it might sit 8 people, they definitely don’t have 8 chairs. I’m surprised I’m not a fan. I normally love these kind of conversions.
I think the bed not sitting flush may have simply been an issue of the blankets and pillows sitting not flush in those shelves.
I think there're extra chairs in the upper cabinets
The apartment has the vibe of an isolation prison cell. Nonetheless great engineering and design, but the use of colours, nucks or other things would create a more cosy and less sterile feeling.
Robert de Groot I personally feel very trapped by colour, it’s very distracting and all I can focus on. So, for me white is very cosy and energising. I love this space.
Nothing makes me more miserable than being subjected to someone else’s colour choices. The grey kitchen feels really sad. Just my two cents 🤗
I agree. It's not that I don't appreciate the practicality and efficiency of the place; but that seems to be all that this appartment has to offer.. No warmth or lived in feeling. Very depressing.. I actually liked the view of the bricks and windows of the other appartment buildings..
I agree. It is very sterile. I am a working production artist so it wouldn't make me feel creative at all. I need more personality in my space. But to each their own
spoken like someone that's never been in a prison cell.
@@joycegeertsma7115 yes they could have used some color, the only color really was the kitchen and I hate the color, for me it's too dark and depressing. And I too love the bricks of the bldg across the street! If this place had some exposed bricks I would've loved some like around where the windows are or the wall where the tv and movie screen is that would be amazing 👌
Just my thoughts, it would also bring color.
For how efficiently this is intended to be, there seems to be a lot of inefficient use of space as well. Have this big table but you have to grab these heavy units from an up high cabinet you have to move a heavy ladder for to reach. Supposedly you could put those in a lower cabinet but you'd likely use that for more every day stuff. But then you also have this tiny fridge which would be fine along with the tiny stove if you're eating out every night but that means you're not really gonna be able to accommodate that many guests you have that massive table for (which isn't even straight on those extensions). Plus where are you gonna leave all the chairs you're gonna need for your party of 10? Also up in the mountains? Then you have this loft for "storage" when you already have this big ass cabinets, or, as shown here, a bed. Why not keep the loft for the bed, and use the murphy bed for more storage and get a couch that serves as an extra bed if you really need that for your minimalist getaway apartment. For how technically still pretty huge this space really is, it seems to lack a true purpose and kind of half has something for everything but also not enough. Idk why I'm so heated about this space but it just doesn't feel right
moan moan moan.............
I agree , it's all too finicky....its very awkward
Accommodate guests with catered/delivered food. The ladder and the shower are used 10 minutes each when used. Rest of time out of the way.
Maybe ok for a short stay, but not for a permanent living.
I feel blessed to live in a house with a big garden when I see how people must live in concrete buildings looking out their windows on to other brick and pipe buildings.
not friendly to short people
They built the underground system of pipes for munchkins.
That's what the ladder is for
obsolete optics you need to open the closet first
@@skw6659 Open it with the ladder
Short people have no reason to live: per 70s song.
I can picture myself tryna get my blender using that ladder and falling to the floor 😭😭😭
Not bad but it still feels claustrophobic.
Needs more mirrors and plants
Welcome to NY studio living
When even Japanese say it feels claustrophobic, hehe. Very much agree.
It's completely bad..and claustrophobic. It would be better as an open plan!
They're not really creating space, just adding doors to hide stuff. Cool bathroom though
It's more about having an organized space that doesn't feel cramped, I see what you're saying but I think it creates comfort
I would Die if I had that view. Where some people see "serenity" others see hell. Reminds me of an ingenious, but nevertheless, hamster cage
I can see some people really liking it, a "cool city alley view". I see it as like 50 windows people could potentially see into my living space. Hate cities.
Thought the same. It looked depressing
If I had that view, I’d cover them as much as possible with gigantic plants
kalitheamare It would be alright if it had “one-way” window glass, so that you can see out but people can’t see in. I don’t think I would be able to handle it otherwise, I like having the option of total privacy too much. I don’t want to feel like I’m living in a zoo exhibit in my own home, especially when you’re paying THAT much money!
added to my favorites mainly because you show the before and after which really gives such great ideas to people on how to take something old and basic and turn it into something new and fresh! Excellent work!
Everything is perfect n well thought out except I would need a small washer n dryer somewhere! 🤔💜
I like that bathroom design. The kitchen I think is too dark. Maybe additional accent lighting above and lighter tile on floor and wall would brighten it up well.
I agree about the kitchen its way to dark! They could have had some color and more lighting for sure.
that's what the guy wanted. wdk
This guy talks waaaay too much. He opens the closet doors and block the hallway. Yet, he managed to make a positive spin, saying that it’s now a dressing room space.
Also, there is no acoustic blockage with the solid door because the solid door doesn’t go to the 13 feet ceiling. Who is he kidding??!!!?
Has the bed been tested overtime? Like does the wood bend due the weight. I can't stand having everything so symmetrical only for the bed to look like it doesnt fit anhmore.
Did not like the shower, water can still go over to the sink area...plus the frosted bathroom door too see-thru....the cupboards way at the top in the Bedroom-lounge room were hard to open, and he was a tall guy..He made me laugh about the ''view''....I hated the view, like a prison. Keep those shades down aT ALL TIMES.!
mossie well good thing this apartment wasn't made for you
@@PicassoSensei 'why' is it that someone makes comment's, there is always a wise guy? humm.
Would love to know the cost on this - that much custom cabinetry (and with so many electricals built in) had to have been $150k+.
with this being NYC, it must be a ridiculous amount of money.
@bookmarkthis i found it funny how he described how you could separate the kitchen from the living room and i was like "that's a door".
or the cover for the shelves and drawers, or better: closet.
@@SpiderMax95 Yeah, he kept saying how things are hidden away... as if we don't hide things away in a closets and shelving normally. 😛
SpiderMax I love the closet! I thought the whole apartment was just beautiful. When you think that 400 square feet is less than my kitchen and dining room it is a beautiful use of space.
@IyaEarthseeds What - you are saying the renovations would have cost $1,000,000?
I think I would be highly annoyed after just a day if everything you own has to be out of sight.
Price: 2mill. 😂😂
Everything is completely thought through, but WHY would you go with that specific shower head?...
Hi Kirsten, I really enjoy your videos and the very interesting projects you show us.
Our architecture office is working on a very interesting project at the moment and I was wondering if you would be interested in coming to visit it? The project is still not completed, but hopefully the clients will be in by the end of the year. It's a historic house built along the medieval fortifications of Luxembourg City, with hanging gardens. The renovation process was done with natural materials such as clay and lime render both inside and out. But what's special is that our client is an artist who needed an atelier built for his printmaking machinery, so we extended under the garden into the wall and rock face and created a light and bright orangerie for him to be able to work from home. We were able to almost double the size of the house is a conservation area that would otherwise not allow any extensions.
As for the hanging gardens, the client is also in the process of turning it into a food garden with an impressive collection of fruit trees, bushes etc.
Sounds wonderful. Hope you send her company a formal / official request.
What is the name of your firm?
Sounds lovely. Send me an email,
This home is really well thought out. They used every inch of space for something, I can't believe how much storage they have, it unbelievable for this size apartment.
Kirsten does a very nice job of showing each space she does. I like the fact that when she's filming, she doesn't want people to just talk about how something looks, or is done, she wants them to actually do it so the viewer can see. I never thought he'd get the extensions for the table out, but voila, he did. That's also great attention to filming something. Well done.
Well having a 13.5 foot ceiling is a blessing for a 400 Sq foot space.
TimeIdle I find my 7’ 4” ceiling a little depressing. Damn money-pinching landlords.
@@stephenpowstinger733 I used to live in an apartment where I could stand flat-footed and put my palm flat on the ceiling in the living room. I am 5 foot 6 inches tall. Talk about a low ceiling! Fortunately the room had big windows on three sides so it wasn't too claustrophobic.
I love the swinging shower door option. RUclips has been suggesting a lot of the van and bus mobile homes. I think this would be a great way to have a larger shower without compromising on the size of your sink.
I would make the kitchen flooring the same as the main space.
Beautiful but obviously expensive. washer and dryer at home is very important and convenient to have and I don’t see any
Rich ppl send their laundry out in NYC
Mrs. Garcia Even if I’m rich in New York I’d like my own for sanitary reasons, I don’t want other people washing my underwear.
@@user-ou4tk7eg8i clearly you've never been rich. I know a girl who came from such a rich family that she didn't even know what a washing machine was until she was around 25ish.
She's not a bad person by the way, just incredibly sheltered and spoiled by her family's wealth.
@@wahahabuh I'm not saying I'm rich in fact I'm poor. If you're rich how does it feel to be one?
@@user-ou4tk7eg8i never said I'm rich. You should read what I wrote again.
This guy is annoying me to no end with the way he talks. He's acting like this is science, plus he's explaining the same things multiple times plus he talks like he is explaining it to little children. How much explanation do the shower door and drain need.
? do you not watch these channels/ videos? thats how they all are, and its appropriate if you are interested in these utilitarian spaces, every detail matters for when im looking for my next tiny space.
No washing machine?
And you may block off the kitchen clutter, but it shows the mess on the shelves !!!
Where are the plants, art, and pictures of your family and friends? I know that they went for a brutastically simple look but there's a point where that becomes depressingly clinical. It lacks warmth and a welcoming feed.
To combat that, i would laminate a thin metal plate on all of the cabinets so you could hang pictures and art with magnets!
He is the architect that designed it he doesn't live there I think
Some random thoughts while watching the video:
1. I wish I had that much storage space!
2. The Murphy bed makes me think of that scene in one of the Muppets movies (Muppets Take Manhatten, perhaps?) where the Muppets are sitting on the bed and the bed goes back into the wall with all of them on it.
3. The Murphy bed reminds me of the scene in Are You Being Served? where Mrs. Slocombe and Ms. Brahms have to share the apartment space in the department store. They're on the Murphy bed and the same thing happens to them.
4. The loft area would be perfect for a zombie apocalypse, since zombies can't climb ladders (unless they retain that ability, somehow).
5. Wouldn't the towels under the sink get wet when they shower's on?
Thumbs up for the towel comment, i thought the same thing!
Seiferboy Gaming - Wet towels under sink? Water coming down from a shower head does not have enough force to splash up to the towel shelf and the shelf is not built out to the depth of the sink. These details were in the vid.
Nicely done all around, but then the shower is such a cheap shot.
Lightning Cat - Yes I do understand how the surface tension of water works. What you say is true if it is a flush edge. If a sufficient drip edge is included it does not. I do not know how this particular sink is mounted, BUT a drip edge is easy to install from off the shelf parts and glued in place. Depending on the geometry of the drip edge the drips can even be directed. This is how water works.
pull the ladder up with you. they might be able to climb a ladder, but they certainly arent going to go look for one.