Stop making me miss Brooklyn! I love this place. Quirky cutetasticness!

As a fellow Brooklyn-ite whose tiny apartment is also bathed in sunlight for only one hour a day but is also in a good location, I salute you! I love your nice wood floors and cool surf board.

Amazing, tiny homes are the best, living in one myself I admire your ability not to over clutter, and YES he should let you paint the kitchen cabinets blue!

If you win your landlord should totally let you paint!

best use of bright white i've ever seen!! kudos.

...and interesting layout with the bathroom near the OUTSIDE wall, lots of bright light!

Where do you hang clothes?

It looks like there's a little closet under the stairs...

@ Nikkianz --

I could be wrong, but that looks like a small closet under their stairs.

Is this really in brooklyn?? I've looked at apartments in NYC, granted they were all online but NOTHING like this was EVER available. How did you get so lucky?!

LOVE how bright and airy it feels, and really love the muted blues and tones that are tied together throughout and the rustic features added to a modern place - nice touch! This place does not at all feel nearly as small as it is. Just beautiful. I really love the surf board too - my boyfriend has been trying to convince me that surfboards can be art and so far I've been resisting, but you may have just changed my mind...

Hard to believe it can be this un-cluttered in that *tiny* amount of space. Well done!!!

If my apartment was this pretty, I wouldn't mind if it was 240 sq. ft.

I am in love with your vintage furniture! That little table in grey... *swoon* Not to mention that dresser~

You should show your landlord this entry. Slate blue on the kitchen cabinets would be perfect with those counters!!

Love this. Will you take a roommate? lol

This is probably a long shot, but did you paint your dresser yourself? If so, do you have any idea what the paint color was? It's the most perfect blue/green shade that I'd love to recreate.

Also, your place is so obviously gorgeous.

your landlord did provide you with very cool stairs and shelving

thanks for all the nice comments!

@NIKKIANZ that is a small closet under the stairs! we took the door off and added a curtain to make for more room and easy access!

@K.MCG thanks for your note! i did paint all the furniture, alas i don't remember the exact name of the paint! good luck with your project!

I love everything about this tiny space! The built in features of this apartment are so awesome - what a fantastic and practical layout!!

Love the kitchen table and chairs! The dressers and little side table are also beautifully done. I'm feeling inspired to finally paint a few pieces of my own.

Wow. Really beautiful, simple, and elegant.
Thank you. You have inspired me to declutter my apartment too.
I hope you win :)

Very nice! Amazed at how few possessions you have!

LOVE. want. sigh.

Hard to believe it's just 240sq ft! It looks amazing. Well Done!

What a dreamy little place.

Okay... I give... *where* is the front door located!? I love your space and LOVE seeing "teeny-tiny" places featured because I'm trying to get ideas for converting my garage into a livable space. This has the same footprint, but I just can't figure out where you enter!

Again... you have a beautiful space. Thanks for sharing!

First of all, the flooring is gorgeous. Flat out. This is one of the best entries I have seen.

hey @PHOENIXINFLIGHT, the entrance is right in front of the kitchen table--the first shot is taken from the doorway!

Nice. Where did you get the kitchen table?

@PESTLE hilariously, we found it on the sidewalk the day we moved in. no joke. our old table would have blocked the door, so we were stoked to find it.

This is amazing. I have a super teeny tiny place in Brooklyn myself and have gotten so frustrated with the size. Wish I had the loft space but this apartment gives me hope. *Thanks and good luck*

Wow. Just... wow. Tiny = perfect, apparently. Ok, maybe not with a loud cat, a dog and a toddler, but I'd like to live in your place for at least a day :)

The one suggestion I have is to change the curtain. The one you have is a little too short, and although it could just be the picture, it looks kind of dingy next to all of that bright white. It might be nice to use a curtain that picks up on the soft blues you have going on which are so pretty.

At .... The counter is broken .... It deducted votes when I favorited

@JEN suggestion noted--and good eye, the curtain's barely visible in these shots! a little more about the curtain: we try to be thrifty. the curtain is actually an organic linen shower curtain that we repurposed for this tiny space. we're happy as clams with how it turned out and we think the soft ivory warms up the place a bit. as for the length, we had to be sure that the curtain didn't drape over the radiator that sits under the length of the window. don't want to burn the place down after all!

@JEN realized that perhaps you're referring to the curtain over the closet! a blue would be lovely (though we don't mind the flax). maybe if we win...

Come to Boston and declutter our comparatively gigantic apartment!!!

Hope you win, Allison

I like the way that the flax closet curtain and the wool blanket above it tie in together. Nice texture.

Seems like a tad smaller couch would have made easier access to the closet.....and why not an ottoman or something? The couch kind of looks lonely. Anyways, I do like however.

@greenwoodgal at only 60 inches wide, this couch is about as small as we could find. it's the elton settee from west elm {http://bit.ly/HQ3VsA} and it has a really slim profile, which makes access to the closet not so bad after all! as for an ottoman--boy, oh, boy do we wish there was room! alas, mobility is pretty limited as it is. we can't imagine adding another thing to that tiny space!

the place looks great! ps really enjoy your blog :)

thanks so much @marisacatherine !

So simple; I love it. My husband and I are looking to add a loft to our tiny rowhouse. Could you tell me how tall your ceilings are in the main room, how tall the ceilings are in the kitchen, and how tall the ceilings are in the loft bedroom space?

hi @midvale person the total ceiling height is 12 feet. the loft is probably about 5' tall, the kitchen ceiling about 7'. it's workable, and in this case, gives us so much more room. i would say that if you have the choice, being able to stand up straight in the morning is a nice thing.

i really like it.. the kitchen throws everything off.. Listen up landlord- let your awesome, creative sensed people paint the cabinets!

Love your apartment, we also have a mezzanine level - http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/rebeccas-magical-platforms-small-cool-contest-169497
although yours looks so much more spacious than ours! You're so lucky that you have space to stand up. And your style is beautiful :) Great use of space

Oh my! I have always wanted a loft and yours is gorgeous! I have a typical studio in Brooklyn now and love it but am growing tired of looking at the bed all the time. If you ever move, can I please take over your lease?! Seriously :)

I love this place! I can't believe two people live here with so little clutter. And that bathroom is bright! Nice!

You have my vote...your declutter strategy is brilliant

As a follower of your blog, how exciting to see your place in its entirety! And as someone who lives in a 2000+ square foot house, this is very inspiring. With more space its easy to accumulate a lot of stuff by not being highly selective about what you bring home. I am working on ridding myself of anything that isn't highly functional, or doesn't mean a lot to me for one reason or another. Good luck!! - amanda @ dear frances

Oh, this is my FAVORITE favorite!

WOW, you two did amazing with the small space. Awesome place, keep life simple. Love you guys.

-Nathan

What a calming minimalist atmosphere with a GREAT aesthetic! Nice work guys!

I'm so sad that I can't favorite this more than once!

Beautiful little space. I love what you have done with it. Looks so simple amd efficient.
Hey commenters, can somebody please post the LINK to this peoples blog?

!!!Pleeeaaaase!!!

Hey Erin/James,

First, the place looks incredible. Second, I always see well put-together lofts in Brooklyn. This was there when you moved in, correct? Is that fairly common in the little sq. ft.'d spots out there?

ALSO: Would you mind telling us what your rent is there? I can't be the only one wondering.

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Could you please provide the source for your black curtain rod? Thanks!

hi @anandajo we actually got a $5 piece of iron from our local ironworks and used two hooks from brook farm general store!

Thanks a lot for the link Erin. I enjoyed looking through many nice pictures and posts. I think with a few more pictures of your apartment in that blog, your voting scores would rise dramatically. I would love to see more pictures to.

Nice loft however my landlady will let me paint pretty much anything.

I clicked a link from your blog only to realize "oh! I looked at this before and loved it." So glad to make the connection.