Posted on 08/04/2011 12:49:17 PM PDT by lowbridge
Remember that 90-foot “microstudio” on the upper West Side we told you about in April? An architect who lives in Hell’s Kitchen has it beat.
In a video posted on Faircompanies.com, Luke Clark Tyler gives a tour of his 78-square-foot studio and the furniture he’s built to make the most out of the shoebox space.
(Excerpt) Read more at bestplaces.nydailynews.com ...
A couple years ago, Manhattan architect Luke Clark Tyler lived in a 96 square foot apartment. Instead of upsizing with his latest move, he chose to squeeze himself and his belongings into even less space.
Luke now lives in a 78 square foot shoebox studio. It’s too narrow to fit a bed lengthwise, but using a bit of plywood and 2x4s he built his own custom bed/couch.
When it’s down as a bed the room is mostly bed and when it’s up as a couch he has a very close relationship with the wall, “but I just use it as an excuse not to buy an ottoman because... I can just prop my feet right up on the wall.”
He keeps his clothes, plates, microwave, books, spices and shaving and cleaning supplies in a large built-in cabinet. The rest of his kitchen is a tiny refrigerator that helps hold up his desk (he works for home as a contract architect).
While he admits he misses being able to cook a real meal- though he’s vegetarian so eats a lot of vegetables and nuts and can even microwave eggs- Luke doesn’t see living small as a sacrifice.
He loves living in the heart of New York City- his place is in Midtown Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen- and he likes paying just $750/month (cheaper than the shared housing he could find in the area).
Perhaps it helps that his neighbors live in similarly-sized studios- he shares a bathroom with 3 other tenants on his floor-, but he is happy in what he calls his “Midtown Mansion”.
“Having lived in both the largest shelter in the Southeast as well as the largest slum in East Africa, I don’t think living small is a challenge. So we can call it anything; a room, a hallway, a live-in-closet, but to me it’s just home.”
http://faircompanies.com/videos/view/manhattan-shoebox-apartment-a-78-square-foot-live-in-closet/
This is the left’s vision for America.
Nope. They're incensed that he is allowed to live i a 78 square foot apartment while some homeless people live in a cardboard box.
His hipster skinny jeans means he wont reproduce. Shwew.
That is small, even for New Jack City!
And people wonder why New Yorkers vote the way they do.
It’s because they’re all bat-shit crazy.
Living in a box the size of a handicap restroom stall, and being excited at ‘only’ having to pay $750.00 a month to do so.
Absolute ‘tards.
My bathroom is larger than this.
This is small than two king size mattresses.
I disagree. This guy is too resourceful. It's not a bad ad for what he does.
ML/NJ
My truck has more space.
bttt
You live like that when you are a college student. Once you graduate and your taste DEVELOPS, you can have something better.
This lifestyle is NOT a goal for any ADULT
I know! The bathroom off my spare bedroom is 110 sq.ft. I'd let him live in it for only $700.00 a month LOL!
Hell, he'd be livin' large; his own toilet, full size shower/tub, a sink...
Completely correct, Yell
He seems inventive, self-reliant and I heard no whining.he seems okay to me.
Didn’t Elwood Blues own the SAME size apartment in “The Blues Brothers” movie?
“The inch can make a difference”
That’s what his boyfriend says..
'"He pays about $800 a month..." -the fruits of nearly twenty years of republican rule in NYC. Gutted rent regulations.'
If ever there was a teachable moment. Alas, some people don't want to learn.
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