Name: Claudia
Location: Germany
Lucky enough, I found this affordable, well located apartment in January. It is teeny tiny but first and most important: it is cozy and mine. The biggest challenge was the size: finding the right furniture and creating storage on 333 square feet.
For example: the shower is in the kitchen, there a book shelves in the hall with doors to hide the mess, my wardrobe is in the living room. I tried to stick with a color concept to create a warm balanced, small but open space. The walls and the furniture are mainly white (painted), but I added some 50s items from etsy and ebay to make it unique.
It has a high ceiling and there is a lot of light due to the large windows which makes the place seem bigger as well. It is also my MelbourNest as I lived in Melbourne and the memories I brought when I moved to make me feel at home.
I thought about painting one wall in the living room moss grey, but couldn't decide yet, that's why I started with the numbers on the lamp. My friends are always surprised that it seems much larger than the actual size. And it's true: it's the perfect size for a single apartment in the city.
Thanks, Claudia!
(Images: Claudia)
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I want to see a shower in a kitchen!!!
I second the shower-in-the-kitchen request! I would love to see how that works, or doesn't.
Our tiny Frankfurt apartment (in the West End) was designed by an architect who specialized in figuring out how small rooms could be. Honest. He calculated how small a bedroom could be and still open the door. We had hot running water....in the bathroom. We brought it by bucket to the kitchen. There was a windowless room on a landing which was rented out during trade fairs. Still, the apartment stayed in the hands of a string of friends for years after we left. The great thing was the bakery down the street. Frankfurt isn't great for tourists, but to live there - terrific.
I love the couch!!!! I need one of those, you just take off the cover ,wash it and that's it!!!!
Lovely!
Beautiful little place! The kitchen shower is intriguing. :)
Love your gallery wall and most things being white gives it a real sense of being spacious~
Really cute! I like all your pillows and the teal pouf on the floor.
I love this little place and it's style!
I 3rd/4th/5th wanting to see how a shower in the kitchen works!!
I had to move into a small apartment, temporarily after my fiancé passed away some years ago. I wanted it to be as small as possible because I wouldn't be there long and I wasn't in the mood for a lot of cleaning at the time. I kinda got what I was looking for, but it was the strangest layout I'd ever seen.
The apt had a living room that was smaller than the bedroom the bedroom, 11x9 vs 12x12, the kitchen was itty bitty-two steps in, literally just stood there and turned around-no counter, just sink, 2-burner stove & sm oven, turn around & small fridge & some shelves.
BUT, the bathroom was huge with both a shower & tub & double vanity!! There WERE lots of windows though & a screened in porch!! Lol, I guess when they split up these old buildings into apartments you never know WHAT you're going to get!!
Why are apartments in Frankfurt so a) small and b)expensive?
I really wish we could see the layout. I don't understand how you have that big bed in there! The photos make the place look bright & airy & BIG!
@Charlotte There always are young professionals in Frankfurt willing and able to rent no matter how small the appartments are - because they need accomodation, fast.
European Central Bank is building its new head office in Frankfurt - guess what the landlords make out of it!
Where can I find that sofa cover? I love it!
yeah, frankfurt is bad but you should try renting in munich.
Thanks--it makes sense that a European city would be expensive, but I know people who have moved to Berlin and they all live in gigantic beautiful apartments for what seems like nothing to me. So I thought maybe FF would be the same.
My Dutch friends all live in far better places than anyone I know here can afford. I can't get quite how, but there seem to be subsidies of some kind?
It's a simple Ikea cover - about 3 yrs old.
And the shower in the kitchen: I don't shower in the sink, but a wall divides both areas. It doesn't go all the way up to the ceiling. A folding door was built in, too. ;-)