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Loft Ideas from Colorama

We love lofts. It's hard not to be drawn to high ceilings and walls of windows. The downside of loft living, on the other hand, is the difficulty of separating functional "rooms" in a sea of open sp...

Wilco's Loft in Chicago
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Wilco is closely linked with Chicago in many peoples minds - in addition to being famous long time residents, they featured the iconic Bertrand Goldberg towers on the cover of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Ph...

Look! Vibrant Yellow Porch Ceilings!

It's a rainy day here in the central Midwest and we'd like nothing more than a little sunshine. If we lived in these new lofts, we could sit on our patio and enjoy a little warmth from our ceiling! ...

Richard Takes Downtown
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Name: Richard Location: Downtown, Toronto, Canada Size: 790 square feet | 1 bedroom loft Years lived in: owned for 6, though rented it while living abroad for 3 years Richard knows what he likes wh...

Loft Bedroom by Black Bamboo

Lofts and studio apartment arrangements often leave the bed out in the open. Establishing privacy in this situation is always a design challenge and we love the screened solution in this downtown Ka...

The Loft Disaster

As some of you might recall, 7 months ago, my husband and I moved into a loft in Kansas City. Now this wasn't a typical loft, it was a true, dare we say "rustic and as-is" artist space. It was 2,5...

Temporary Attic Abode Awesomeness
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click thumbnails for larger pics When you think of the word attic, usually words like, cobwebs, dusty, musty, dark and hot come to mind. The owners of this factory are living in their attic while re...

How To: Hang 30' Of Curtains For $40

click thumbnails for larger pics On Friday we shared a small part of our weekend project with you. We've been trying to make the "living area" of our loft actually livable while the sun is out. We ...

Repairmen On Site: Should You Stay Or Should You Go?

We only wish that was a skylight over our bed! Instead, today we have a whole slew of handymen and roofers in and out of our loft. The rains over the last few days have taken a toll on our roof (an...

How To: Make Hanging Wooden Walls With Grommets

Click On the Thumbnails to View All Photos Project: Hanging Wall With Grommets Time: 30 Minutes Cost: $25 When moving into a space that is in need of division, you have several choices. Walls and d...

Lack Luster Lighting
Adventures In Loft Living Day 5

As most of us know lighting in your homes and spaces can either make or break the feel of them. Bad lighting can make even the most well designed room feel insignificant and great lighting can make ...

Whoa! Color Overload And Then Some
Adventures in Loft Living Day 3

One of the joys of moving is deciding what colors to paint your new space. Is it going to be something calm and serene or something bright and shocking? We are guessing that the people who moved fr...

What's The First Thing You Unpack?
Adventures in Loft Living Day 1

This past weekend was chilly and overcast in Kansas City. A perfect weekend for moving! My husband and I packed up all of our stuff and headed downtown to our new loft. It's a very raw space just ...

At On: Floor to Ceiling Windows
To Cover Or Not To Cover?

My husband and I are moving into a downtown loft in the heart of Kansas City. While hunting one space we admired was this loft and it's amazing floor to ceiling windows. It's a super great place, t...

Sale Alert: Steve And Barry's Fixture Liquidation

Steve and Barry's is closing 52 stores in 23 states. As the stores close they are selling of all of their retail fixtures down to the bare walls. Why does that matter? Because let's face it... she...

Look! Wooden Ruler Backsplash

This weekend we came across the DIY backsplash of Kimbery Ann Swiderski, a resident of the Coffee Lofts in downtown Kansas City. We love the look of taking something rustic and applying it in small do...

Small Space Solutions From a Large Open Loft

Amazing things hit our inbox...yesterday we received an email from Poland, with a link to some really great photos of an open plan loft. Even though the loft is very large, we saw so many smart and sp...