A Family of 5 Shares This Stylish, Modern Loft (and Everything Has a Place!)

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Adrienne BreauxHouse Tour Director
Adrienne BreauxHouse Tour Director
Adrienne loves architecture, design, cats, science fiction, and watching "Star Trek." In the past 10 years she's called home: a van, a former downtown store in small town Texas, and a studio apartment rumored to have once been owned by Willie Nelson. She currently lives in her…read more
published Jun 27, 2024

A Family of 5 Shares This Stylish, Modern Loft (and Everything Has a Place!)

Written by

Adrienne BreauxHouse Tour Director
Adrienne BreauxHouse Tour Director
Adrienne loves architecture, design, cats, science fiction, and watching "Star Trek." In the past 10 years she's called home: a van, a former downtown store in small town Texas, and a studio apartment rumored to have once been owned by Willie Nelson. She currently lives in her…read more
published Jun 27, 2024
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Home Type
Bedrooms
Square feet

1400

Sq ft

1400

Anaise Prince, a documentary wedding photographer, and her husband have done an impressive feat: Rented this 1400-square-foot loft apartment in Hartford, Connecticut, for 10 years. Over that decade, their rental space and their family has changed; three kids now also call this two-bedroom apartment home.

“Our apartment is a two-bedroom loft, which I guess technically means it’s a one-bedroom with a loft. Our bedroom has no doors,” Anaise admits.

“It’s located in a converted factory building with exposed brick and concrete,” Anaise describes of their apartment. “We have one large window in the entire apartment overlooking the city, and we get to experience the most amazing sunrises and sunsets.”

And although Anaise says she wishes her kids were a bit more tidy, they’ve done an amazing job of keeping their space in shape. “We try hard to keep an organized space with everything in its place, because while the space seems large, we have outgrown it with three children,” she writes. Some of that organization is thanks to her husband, who is a carpenter and has built “all of the furniture in our apartment.”

Along with the gorgeous architecture of the loft’s space, Anaise says they “love modern design, and that can be seen throughout the apartment’s decor.”

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DINING AND LIVING AREA

  • Dining table — Made by husband; the top is an old high school wood shop table top, and the legs are made from pipes
  • Green chairs — Blu Dot
  • White chairs — IKEA
  • Story bookcase — Design Within Reach
  • Coffee table — Made by husband
  • Painting — Thrifted, and husband made the frame
  • Record credenza — Made by husband
  • Wall hanging — Was a gift
  • Anthony Burrill Print

Thanks, Anaise and family!

This tour’s responses and photos were edited for length/size and clarity.