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Originally Posted by M.R.Victor
I have to wonder exactly how livable these places are, especially when they're not perfectly staged for (often wide angle) architectural shoots. How does the regular stuff that fills up life (laundry comes to mind) Are there any confessionals/stories/blogs that detail the lives of those that have spent a considerable amount of time (let's say 6+ months) in one of these?
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Most people can't do it. I think many recall studio apartments or dorm room living where you are tripping over things. Furniture gets damaged when you pull out the ironing board, it's difficult to host parties, your clothes smell like last night's dinner.
The only solution to make these things work for the regular person is to lift alot off the floor. Get the bed in a wall...have a table fold out from that. These homes need to be designed so that only one activity is happening at a time....but switching activities is incredible easy. More furniture needs to be multi-purpose. There's actually some Italian furniture maker out there that makes a dining room table fold down into a bed and all the contents on the table can remain in place.
I also don't like seeing bathrooms open up into living space. That's probably the worst idea ever. Nothing like have soapy steam get into your clothes or furniture and have your kitchen smell like your toilet.
I'm a pretty minimalist person, so I guess I think about things alot. I hate having clutter and I think we are in great times where technological clutter is disappearing. You can now have a 60" television in a 450 square foot apartment because its on the wall and our computers are now in our hand or our desktops on a tiny shelf. We no longer file things and our storage systems products are more versatile than ever.