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These Tiny Apartments Could Be an Affordable Way to Fight Homelessness

With homelessness on the rise in New York City due to government funding cuts, rising rents and stagnating wages, the overburdened shelter system is failing those who need it most. As the government works to figure out how to support the cities homeless, many of whom are working but simply can’t afford the city, individual architecture and design firms are also considering new and inventive ways to provide low-cost or free housing.

Nora Taylor

Mar 23, 2018

Everything You’ve Been Told About Thread Count in Sheets Is Wrong

Have you, too, stood in the linens department, eyes glazed as you try to figure out the best sheets? It doesn’t help that they tend to be folded up and jammed into a plastic container so that you can only feel a tiny corner of them. How are you supposed to know how it will feel on your entire body if only the tip of your finger can brush a sliver of the sheet? Well there’s always thread count, which is what it seems “they” want us to rely on.

Dana McMahan

Mar 23, 2018

Before and After: A Budget $6K Bathroom Three Years in the Making

You might think that the issues with this bathroom are mainly aesthetic — the dangling door, the intensely peach tiles, for starters. But, in fact, the problems go much further than these superficial concerns. Unfortunately, reader Rachel found that removing the ruffled curtain did nothing to alleviate the mold-infested walls.

Tess Wilson

Mar 23, 2018

A 195-Square-Foot Hand-Built Tiny Home Proves Basic Is Beautiful

Name: Maximilian Monahan Location: Boise, Idaho Size: 195 square feet Years lived in: 1.5 years, owned I am a classic car dealer and I specialize in importing and retailing affordable Italian vintage cars. My father and I bought this 25′ x 120′ property in 2005, and it had a 550-square-foot concrete cottage built in 1948 that my dad used as his retirement pad.

Apartment Therapy Submissions

Mar 23, 2018

The $200 Bedroom Refresh

Mar 23, 2018

Beginner's Guide to Bullet Journaling

Mar 23, 2018

3D Printed Tiny House

Mar 23, 2018