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Small Cool 2008: Get Ready for April!

3-180small2.jpgSMALLER THAN EVER! Yes, it's that time again. It's our annual Smallest Coolest Apartment Contest, which is sponsored this year by Room & Board. And we want you to know that we'll be accepting entries very shortly, so get yourselves ready SouthWest residents! The starting teaser info is below...

 
 

The Rules:

What apartments are eligible?

1. You can live anywhere in the world but your apartment must be no more than 850 square feet and it must be your primary residence.

2. It doesn't matter if you own, rent or even sublet your apartment.

3. If you are a professional designer and designed your entry, you must live in it at the time of submission.

4. To enter (and once we have the entry form live online) you will be asked:

• your name (how you would like to be referred to online),
• your location,
• the size of your apartment,
• the apartment type (studio, 1-bdrm, etc.),
• your favorite element,
• a favorite resource,
• and your pitch: What is the advantage of SMALL? (100 word maximum).

In addition please prepare to send us:

• a floor plan of your home, and
• 3 digital photos (with description of photo as name of file—ie. streetfacingwindow.jpg).


Scheduling:

1. You may submit your Small Cool entry from March 18th through April 7th, 2008. No late submissions will be accepted.

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Comments (7)

850 sqf? smaller than ever??? not so much.

posted by Meg on March 19th 2008 at 8:53am
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Ditto Meg. Terrible choice of a tag line.

posted by hja on March 19th 2008 at 9:54am
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I wonder why Room and Board instead of DWR this year?

posted by Modfan on March 19th 2008 at 11:05am
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Wow, I was just inspired to figure out my square footage. No WONDER my building manager "had no idea" what it was when I moved in. Let's just say that 850 square ft would be a palace in relation.

So...yeah. I wouldn't say 850 is SMALL (especially not in all caps). Still excited to see the entrants, though.

posted by CassieB on March 19th 2008 at 2:09pm
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yay! i've been waiting for this- too bad i'm moving out of my current place and wont be moving into a new space in time! oh well maybe next year.




i'm glad i'll have new places to inspire me!

posted by Oneformybaby on March 20th 2008 at 11:36am
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Yeah. What's up with the "smaller than ever" and then 850 sq ft max?

posted by lindsay on March 20th 2008 at 3:48pm
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aaawwww.....bummer, I just found this sight and I wanted to enter the contest.....but perhaps it's better to wait for next year.
705, SF, man, girl, and dog......1/2 million dollars!
but....cool.......please send me your tips;

Here are my biggest problems....
1. No real closet
2. One big (705 square feet) 'big' room
3. Love to party, but need a cool space
5. Fiancee is a dog walker, some dirt necessary
6. Clawfoot tub/shower....how do you make the inner plastic curtains be cool?....they probably never will be, of course........what should I do "in the meantime"?
7. Went from renting 3000 square feet in the depths of the Mission, to buying 700.....the adjustment has been quite interesting.

Thanks and I am looking forward to hearing your thoughts ..........fellow small spacer's
enlighten me.....

posted by mtbof on April 25th 2008 at 6:37pm
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