UrbanHippie79's Profile

My boyfriend and I just did something similar in January when we moved in together. He was moving from a 1200 square foot house. Luckily I was coming from 270 square feet. But we moved into less than 550 square feet and, as minimal as we thought we were, both had a LOT of stuff. Here are a few things that helped us, some of which have been mentioned, but since we just did a similar move, I thought I'd share all of them. We do like a minimalist look so it has been an amazing feat to try to remove the junk and hide the remaining items from view so as to not clutter up our small space. We:
Sold any furniture on Craigslist that was not unique or sentimental (ie most of it). But since yours is newer, selling excess still shouldn't be tough in New York.
Got a storage unit for 2 months. Even after the first week, it was clear what we didn't miss at all.and it quickly made it much easier to weed through.
Are attempting to go digital to avoid mail clutter and paper file storage.
Bought on Craigslist a wall unit murphy bed. We LOVE it. It was a steal for us (the cost of the unit used balanced out to what we would pay for a year of storage) and stores all the other daily items we can't part with, but don't want cluttering up our space. The murphy bed opens and closes in about 20 seconds (linens on) and probably takes less time than making a bed.
Got rid of duplicates and multiples of everything and specialty gadgets, ie a pot works for everything- a rice cooker just for one thing.

Also, multifunctioning pieces are useful but I don't believe that everything has to be small. We have a 5 piece modular/sectional couch and it doesn't feel imposing in our space.

Wishing you lots of luck. I hope you do what suits you best. We love small living and will be writing about more of it on our blog:
youandmeandwalliemakethree.com

I would love to see a picture of the loft bed from below! I have a space about this small and am curious how how high her ceilings are and how the space under the loft is used. I would love some inspiration!