Here's my second peek into nice, juicy largish versions of the pics that are even juicier and bigger in the new book coming out May 11. Over a year in the works, it's filled with 40 small rooms in New York, Brooklyn and Los Angeles, all photographed by Jim Franco.
Each chapter dissects one room of the home and pulls tips and resources so that you can DIY. This second peek features a loft bedroom in LA and a teeny tiny little bedroom in Bklyn. Enjoy!
Each of these pictures is part of a bunch of photos that focus on each room in detail.
The Four Poster Bedroom
From the book: "Since the mattress fills this room, everything is oriented vertically: the bed is raised up to allow for storage underneath, and shelves line one wall all the way to the ceiling. At night, for sleeping, the head of the bed is toward the window, but during the daytime, the bed is made up like a daybed in the other direction with a long headboard on the left wall. This crucial design detail keeps makes the bed seem grander, keeps the window as open as possible, and balances all of the storage/office space along the wall."
The Platform Bedroom
From the book: "Tiffany and Alex Hillkurtz's home in an old meat-tenderizing factory feels big, but most of the space is overhead, toward the immensely tall ceilings. When they moved in this was a raw space, and they decided that rather than fit their bedroom into the open living area, they would build up over an existing wall and create a bedroom nearly fifteen feet in the air."
Veronica & Keith's Handmade Chic 
Before & After: A Bathroom Goes From Pinky Peach to Sleek and Chic
Good Food to Share 
The Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces 
Apartment Therapy Presents 
The Eight-Step Home Cure 
Hunslet Dinner Plate
A Beginner's Guide to Superb Stir-Fry: Quick, Healthy Meals from a Wok
Easy Pitcher Cocktail Recipe: Strawberry Basil Margaritas
Comments (14)
I so look forward to this book. I wish I could explain personally, but early May will be a tough personal time for me. I so look forward to getting it, even though it's coming out mid May.
I love the loft bedroom but I would freak out having to walk down those little stairs! (Could just be the perspective)
Bed on top of a pergala...interesting. Hope the book highlights some regular apartment spaces too and not just loft-type spaces. Oh how I wish I had a loft...
Please tell me those scary scary steps are for cats and the humans have a safer way of getting into that loft bedroom.
can't wait to get my hands on this book!
Whoa to the Stairs!!!! How do you not fall down those stairs, and then the ones below them!
"This crucial design detail keepsmakes the bed..."
EDITING ERROR!
If you look closely, you can see that the stairs have left and right footsteps...looks smaller than it actually is.
Huh. I see the "double" foot boards on the staircase, and I still say "Eeeek help me those are scary what if you have to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night and it's dark?" But maybe that particular loft is owned by circus people or something, and they're just very, very confident.
I laugh every time I see that mattress-filled room. Why not just attach mattresses to the walls and ceiling too?
I agree with ellejaydub - those stairs looks scary narrow!
Yea! We made the book! Soooooooo excited =) I live in the loft with the skinny stairs. They aren't that skinny & as NAV said, they are alternating treads to take up less space. We do, however, come downstairs backwards. They came with a railing but we never got around to putting it up. It works out really well. Thanks AT!
(I wish it looked this tidy right now) =p
1) Since when is Brooklyn not in NY? Puhlease.
2) "We do, however, come downstairs backwards." Seriously? Hope that made it into the book! Other than that, I do love that loft, particularly the sled-end supports. the transparent panels and billowed rug on the ceiling (perfect finishing touch IMHO).
3) I echo the hope that the book does include places that don't have the option to go vertical! I also hope there are better shots of the shelves in that bedroom. I'm loving what appears to be nailhead trim on the shelves. Somehow I think it neatens and defines the space in a way that is helpful to such a tiny room.
I have the same stairs to my attic playroom/ craft area. Though I DID install the railing, but mainly because my son was 3 years old at the time. They aren't nearly as scary as they look. I may take the railing off after he gets a little older. I like the railing-less look and you have the wall to stabilize yourself against.