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Name:

Laura

Location:

New York, NY

Square Feet:

450

Division:

Tiny

What I Love About My Small Home:

It’s efficient! We’ve squeezed two adults and a small dog into our tiny apartment. The separation of space with the upstairs and downstairs is what makes the space work for us. The two separate floors (and two 3-piece bathrooms!) make our apartment “live” like it’s much larger than 450 square feet; they give us a nice level of privacy when we’re there together as well as when we have overnight guests from time to time. Even though our space is small, we can host cocktail parties for eight downstairs in the living area or dinner parties for five upstairs in the kitchen/dining room. Fortunately, most of our favorite used pieces of furniture from Washington, D.C. and Chicago were small and able to fit. We’ve been able to add a few select pieces from New York, too, such as the small cabinet in the kitchen that Nick found on the curb shortly after we moved in.

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Name:

Jessica

Location:

Los Angeles, CA

Square Feet:

410

Division:

Tiny

What I Love About My Small Home:

It encourages me to think about what I truly value, to craft a space that serves my needs and to constantly reevaluate what is necessary and useful and what is getting in the way. Also, the small rooms are quicker to paint, so I get to experiment a lot with color.

No frames? No problem. Photographs, especially instant shots like Polaroids with their natural vintage styling, are plenty beautiful for display on their own. And when grouped together, the effect — which manages to be bohemian, artsy and modern at the same time — is multiplied.

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Name:

Dindi

Location:

São Paulo Brasil

Square Feet:

248

Division:

International

What I Love About My Small Home:

The apartment in which I live remained closed for more than 10 years before I moved in. That's the reason why it kept it's original architectural and coating features. I love all its details.

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• Teeny-Tiny: Tommy's Top of the Hill
  
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• International: Emily's Cozy English Cottage
  
• International: Ragnhild's Soaring Ceilings
  
• Teeny-Tiny: Linsey's Cheerful Personality
  

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Name:

Linsey

Location:

New York, NY

Square Feet:

290

Division:

Teeny-Tiny

What I Love About My Small Home:

I love how cheerful it is, and that I get to wake up to trees and gardens outside my window - it's a nice escape from New York. I fall way too in love with objects, and everything in here has a story behind it. I like that my personality comes through.