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The Washington Post: Living Small

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Tiny Tease. Reader Ibie tipped us off to the story of D.C.'s Dupont Circle resident Marc Boutin whose 187 square foot studio was featured in The Washington Post. In addition to publishing 8 Tips for Small Spaces, the article includes the owner's surprise and satisfaction with his experience of hiring a designer...

 
 

Hiring a designer was a step he hadn't planned on and was thrilled with the result. We're only finding a single photo online — did the print version feature more photos? When it comes to living small, nothing gets the point across more than good photos. We want to see more! Thanks Ibie!

(Photograph by Len Spoden)

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The print version had more pictures--he did a great job with the apartment. 187 sq feet is a little deceptive--because there is an upstairs bedroom and bathroom--but I'm sure it's still a pretty small place.

I will try to get pictures scanned in if someone doesn't beat me to it.

posted by d in dc on May 25th 2007 at 9:12am
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Yeah, if you read the article it sounds more like he has a 187 square foot living room and a separate kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. Not exactly the same thing. A little misleading.

posted by Laura on May 25th 2007 at 9:34am
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how exciting to have a Dupont Circle feature story on AT.

posted by Leslie in Adams Morgan on May 25th 2007 at 9:34am
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d in dc,
Yes, pls post more photos.

Will D.C. be the next branch of AT?

posted by gekko on May 25th 2007 at 2:49pm
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AT:DC, sounds perfect to me!

posted by Lisa from VA/lsaspacey on May 25th 2007 at 11:22pm
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I don't have a scanner here but will bring the Post into work on Tuesday.

posted by d in dc on May 26th 2007 at 6:39am
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Clearly, this story is about the occupant's using a decorator for his living room of 187 square feet. But it doesn't pretend to be anything else. Of course, if the main room is that small, the bedroom must be even smaller, which means the entire apratment isn't very spacious. And the work on the room, and the tips, can be applied to any small space.

posted by LauraE on May 26th 2007 at 11:47am
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I'd love to have an AT DC, but I worry that we don't have enough diversity of local shopping options to warrant it. What would our local bloggers say?

posted by SYB_in_DC on May 26th 2007 at 2:35pm
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I agree with SYB. While DC residents understand the small-space life style, we don't have a lot to offer in terms of shopping. It would be nice, though, if we could have an occasional guest post the way AT Europe is profiled and maybe one of the more design-saavy DC bloggers could cover our area?

posted by Leslie in Adams Morgan on May 27th 2007 at 4:41am
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Even though we don't have as many places to shop as NY, I am pretty sure, between DC, MD, & VA, we have just as many places to shop as Chicago. (Maybe I'm wrong) At any rate, there seems to be more than enough member that reside in the DC area to support a AT:DC. With all of the gentrification, I mean growth going on in this city, it makes sense to me.

posted by Ka-ton on May 27th 2007 at 9:21am
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