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Display Name: artdirectingmylife
Personal URL: http://www.artdirectingmylife.com
Member Since: 3/22/10

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I used to work for them! I wrote their designer bios. Glad to know they are doing well!


The Latest Crowd-Sourced Designs From StyleFactory
4/1/11 11:31 AM

My boyfriend and I have a deal but it is 2 of us living and working (we are graphic designers and writers so we are together all day) in 250 sq feet. It actually doesn't bother me (or him I think) but we live in Soho for $1150 a month and we make it work.

Its kind of like this funny blog post I wrote about being Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. You feel like your location is the Golden Ticket but you live like the grandparents did in one bed...

Here is the post
http://www.artdirectingmylife.com/2010/09/05/living-in-soho-is-like/


The High Cost of Small Spaces in the Big City
New York Times

11/18/10 3:02 PM

I once had a roommate in a 6 by 8 dorm who had family reunions in our dorm. Every afternoon, I would come back from class to her mother eating popcorn on her bed and cousins, aunts, and uncles, playing in the 3 foot of floor space that we had.

Our living situation came to a head when she told my I needed to clean the WHOLE bathroom because my boyfriend had used it (and I mean lightly used it) after hanging out on a Friday night when she was out.

Mind you we switched off every other week to clean the bathroom and it was her week. Mind you I cleaned it during every one of her family reunions including potty training her 2 year old boy cousin (which meant urine was everywhere).

This confrontation resulted in my one and only fist fight in my life. She poked me in the head and kicked my camera and it was go time.

She had 30lbs on me but I was on top. I won round one but she won the battle as I moved out within the week because I was sick of sleeping with one eye open.


Top 10 Worst Roommate Stories
Jezebel

11/11/10 10:26 PM

1150 a month for a small soho studio. a great deal but 3rd floor walkup in an OLD building. I dont mind it though n=because my 250 sq feet is on probably one of the best blocks in the world!


Survey: How Much Is Your Monthly Rent or Mortgage?
8/22/10 12:34 AM

this is really unattractive. This is one of those photos that people will use in 40 years to typify dated decor


Recipe for Style: Diane Von Furstenberg Room at Claridge's | Apartment Therapy Chicago
7/13/10 6:51 PM

so annoying how people say not to use a full size bed. SHE IS BRINGING HER FULL SIZE BED. stop with the 'space is too small' nonsense. I live in a 230 sq ft studio and have guess what... a full size bed. and it does not feel cramped. anyway, sorry for my rant... but that gets old


Layout Ideas for My New Studio? Good Questions | Apartment Therapy Chicago
5/24/10 7:18 PM

I cant find it (the rug) on the website! That would be perfect in my apartment!!! Sigh!


Small Cool 2010: Brynn's Color Light Teeny Tiny Division #18 | Apartment Therapy New York
4/20/10 10:54 PM

I love it. Where did you get your rug? (you may have answered it but I didnt read through all the comments)


Small Cool 2010: Brynn's Color Light Teeny Tiny Division #18 | Apartment Therapy New York
4/20/10 7:09 PM

Very Pretty, but seems so small. I have 100 less feet (i wish i could enter, but definitely next year) and from the pics mine appears more spacious!


Small Cool 2010: Louise's Cocoon Teeny Tiny Division #11 | Apartment Therapy New York
4/14/10 3:45 PM

Visually it is interesting, but the layout is very off. you have to basically climb over the bed to get anywhere else in the apartment (or so it seems)


Small Cool 2010: Apisit's Hong Kong Studio International Division #11 | Apartment Therapy San Francisco
4/13/10 6:33 PM

I dont understand the idea of a murphy bed or a loft bed. I live in 250 sq feet and have a beautiful full size bed and couch etc...!


Furniture Layout Ideas for My New Studio? Good Questions | Apartment Therapy New York
4/9/10 11:16 AM

im sooo confused by this layout... but the design appeals so much to my inner girl. thumbs up


Small Cool 2010: Shelbey's Itty Bitty Abode Tiny Division # 5 | Apartment Therapy Chicago
4/8/10 2:13 PM

2500 sq feet is huge as well... but then again I live in less than 250 square feet so perhaps I am biased. My point is... they are saying that these are small spaces however, there are not many things you cant do in 950 sq feet that you can do in 2500... but there are many many things you cant do in 250 square feet that you can do in 950 or 2500...

think of it like this... a 16 year old and a 26 year old are alot different but a 36 year old and and a 46 year old arent as different as the 16 and 26 year old even though they are both separated by the same number of years... whoa too many numbers. but true


Great Small Spaces: 900 to 1200 Square Feet Inspiration from Small Cool 2009 | Apartment Therapy DC
4/8/10 1:02 PM

they are all huge...


Great Small Spaces: 900 to 1200 Square Feet Inspiration from Small Cool 2009 | Apartment Therapy DC
4/8/10 11:18 AM

I love this. Very ingenious. This is double the size of my apartment...ooh what I could do with a little more space!


Small Cool 2010: Chris's Furniture Tetris Tiny Division #2 | Apartment Therapy Los Angeles
4/7/10 3:52 PM

eek... very South Beach


Small Cool 2010: Ruben's Black Wall Small Division #3 | Apartment Therapy DC
4/7/10 3:49 PM

Maybe I was seeing a different house tour. I did not like it at all! I felt like it was trying too hard to be eclectic and stylish. Like it wasn't sure which style it was going for and ended up being a hodge podge of stuff. With that being said some of the artwork was cool, but I could have lived without the picture of the bathroom floors.


Philip Leong's Live / Work City Space House Tour | Apartment Therapy New York
3/24/10 2:18 PM

I was thinking the same thing... "keep calm and carry on" has been going strong for a good 2 or 3 years now. Someone made some serious money off of that print.


Sonia Mike's "Quaint Cozy" LoftHouse Call | Apartment Therapy Chicago
3/22/10 1:33 PM