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I love how insane this is. And the little ingenious solutions to an absurd situation. I hope your place is prime real estate and dirt cheap (so you can go out to dinner everyday). I wouldn't like there but it my favorite!

This is an old thread but... in case anyone is still interested - can one but replacements for the Togo covers? I'm thinking about buying on craigslist but the color is a little funky (in a bad way) for me.
Thanks.

Thanks, I'll try to get a better photographer in here! I love your place too dahlush (I think it's yours in the contest?).

Lovely place! Very nice light.

Hi Everyone, Dehlia here - thank you so much for your comments and your thumbs up. First of all - I wish I had put the kitty in now! He was all over the place while I was taking pics... I'll be sure to get him in if I make it to the next round, he's really the best part of the house anyway.
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A few answers to some questions - yes, its a Kohler Greek tub (good call bepsf), and a Kohler Escale toilet, and a Lacava Auquapicolo sink. I took the bathroom picture through the skylight by climbing up onto the roof and shooting straight downwards - it opens but there's a screen. I'm surprised it came out so well through the screen actually. Also, a key to making this bathroom so open feeling is that the shower curtain is hung by a track from the ceiling.

The bed is Atlantico/De La Espada (also off craigslist!!!), the light - I'm not sure of the brand, but I bought it at Future Perfect in Williamsburg and they have a website with another version that's also gorgeous. The rug I bought in Mexico when I was 14, one of my first decor finds and I still love it. It is natural black sheep/white sheep. I go for natural materials and dyes most of the time, they tend to absorb the light in a certain wonderful way.

As for the how to - I designed every inch of the place myself, plumbing, electric, demo, everything and did what I could with the help of my girlfriends, then we discovered some serious structural problems and the project grew way beyond my abilities and was turned over to the pros - thanks Mike! They did the bamboo, actually it would be easy to DIY *if* your ceiling is level. Then you can hang it just like I did the curtains for the closet, materials from Simon's Hardware.

Thanks again! I'm so glad you like it!

Nothing against 1200 sq ft apartments, in fact I recently moved from big hovel of an apartment into an officially "tiny" palace that I designed every inch of. It really is about the creativity aspect for me. I learned tons about how to make a tiny footprint feel spacious from the smallest coolest contests and other sources on really small apartments - not just relatively small ones. Sourcing or making furniture and appliances that fit into a >600 sq ft space is a lot more difficult than just picking out the standard sized stuff and arranging it to look pretty. A space that *everyone* can agree is small is a totally different project.

Thanks for your help thus far. What do you think, is borate non-toxic for people and cats? Now that I know what these devilish beetles do its all to familiar. They must be everywhere.... What do you think? Should I keep the armoire, beetles included?

PS - That's a jens risom lounge chair in the picture with a junkie west elm cushion on it (from an outdoor sofa they sold last summer).

The contractor who did this house, Michael Streaman, also did my apartment. He is really fabulous - I'm so excited to see him and all of the people that worked on this project getting the recognition that they deserve!

I'm looking into doing the same thing and have found a mirror and glass store that will fabricate the glass in the right size. As far as I can tell so far it will be pretty easy to paint the back (or the wall - in case I hate the color later) and attach the glass with some epoxy and little wooden ledges around the edges. But I've also considered a much more basic option that I saw on here a while ago - just a piece of glass leaned up against the wall behind the stove.

This is a great discussion. I just renovated my tiny 4x6" bathroom and tried as hard as I could to figure out how to fit a bidet in there. After learning how to use one properly in the course of my travels it seems hard to go without one. There is a lot of confusion about how they work in this thread. Since I am used to the American TP way, I just add the bidet in to the equation when its available. Basically, I treat it just like a bath or shower, soap, rinse, etc. This cannot but be cleaner than TP alone. Q: how do you attach the sprayer to the toilet - and doesn't that mean the water is really cold?!

Actually, I was inspired by a really interesting art exhibition in New York a few years ago about Lotahs, a South Asian version of the bidet, a water jug that sits in the bathroom for this precise purpose. For more great discussion of culture class over bathroom practices, see this review of Lotah Stories. A whole new decor question too!