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Tiny Family Homes

You might be able to survive comfortably in a small space—but what about room for the whole family? These petite spaces are built for more than one.

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In the apartment’s new incarnation, the main living area is a family room that morphs—after the boys go to sleep in the back bedroom—into the parents’ lair. As Krastev puts it, “During the day it’s a one-bedroom apartment, at night, a studio.”
In the apartment’s new incarnation, the main living area is a family room that morphs—after the boys go to sleep in the back bedroom—into the parents’ lair. As Krastev puts it, “During the day it’s a one-bedroom apartment, at night, a studio.”
This Murphy bunk bed, the Lollipop IN model from Resource Furniture, stows away flush to the wall when not in use.
This Murphy bunk bed, the Lollipop IN model from Resource Furniture, stows away flush to the wall when not in use.
A husband-and-wife architect team transformed a 607-square-foot Manhattan apartment into an open and bright home for two graphic designers and their son. “One of the things we were really concerned about having a kid was, Can we do it here?” one of the residents says. “And you can. You give up certain things, but it’s totally doable if you understand what your perspectives are and what you want.”
A husband-and-wife architect team transformed a 607-square-foot Manhattan apartment into an open and bright home for two graphic designers and their son. “One of the things we were really concerned about having a kid was, Can we do it here?” one of the residents says. “And you can. You give up certain things, but it’s totally doable if you understand what your perspectives are and what you want.”
Even in the Stonorovs’ tiny first-floor room, the curse of the kitchen as the inevitable gathering place lives on—–though the two-foot space between the sink and metal island is less than ideal for the family of three and their blue heeler, Oscar.
Even in the Stonorovs’ tiny first-floor room, the curse of the kitchen as the inevitable gathering place lives on—–though the two-foot space between the sink and metal island is less than ideal for the family of three and their blue heeler, Oscar.