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I like what I currently have, a nice laundry room in the building. I am able to go do laundry at off hours which is super nice. And it is great to be able to do it all at once. I have had to do it during a crowded time once or twice and that was awful, though. Still, when I had private laundry when I lived in a house, it seemed like I was constantly doing the wash, dry, fold, repeat routine.

I bought an extra high bed frame and an extra long bed skirt so I could put those big Home Depot plastic crates with the red lids under the bed. We need all the storage we can get- 2 adults and 2 cats live in a 350 foot studio apartment. We have 4 of those crates under there now, along with a cat bed/hideout and a huge suitcase- but if needed, we could probably get 8 of them under there.

Lima, we'll all be sure to hit up our local milk specialty store. What on earth are you talking about?

Why be so nasty? He came up with this idea and even made one (maybe? I can't really tell from the photo if it's real or cgi now that I'm looking closer). What have you done with your ideas, critics? There are all sorts of crazy things out there and people make a ton of money selling them. I was kind of taken aback by the "give me money" aspect of this post, but that's not the inventor's fault. AT didn't have to post it.

meecee, that was very well-said. The world would be a better place if we all tried to be as kind and reasonable as you....:)

A friend of mine actually widened his doorway to get his couch into his media room. I think he finished it off and left it wide (no door) but if you're handy or got a contractor, you could widen the doorway, move the couch in, then have the wall and doorway repaired. Of course you'd never be able to get it back out unless you repeated the process.

If you're just wanting the size and shape and not these particular pillows, the other posters are right, down inserts give that non-overstuffed, squishable look. You can get the inserts in various sizes online. TJ Maxx/Home Goods has tons of down throw pillows, too. I got some from Target that were big like these and had a removable cover.

I had a similar problem in my old house. Heavy curtains are no match for traffic. I was never able to find a solution- altho I tried all suggestions for the year that I lived there. You may just have to use earplugs. I hate earplugs and I never got used to the noise, so finally just relocated the bedroom to a room on the other side of the house where the traffic noise was slightly less intense. BTW, other people slept in the noisy bedroom fine without being bothered, so I guess some people are just more sensitive to it. You sound like one of those people, as am I.

Maybe start by getting one of those pieces of art in a larger version.

You guys are going to have to work on this together and he needs to be willing to part with a lot of his stuff. If he can do that, it should be no problem (altho 224 is miniature- I can't even picture it). We recently went from 1650 sq ft. to 375 in a new city. Since we don't know if it's a permanent move or not (I hope eventually to not be living in 375 sq feet), we left most of our stuff in a 10x10 storage space in the old city. We brought a queen sized bed and one set of sheets, a small desk, 2 folding chairs, and two computers (the desk, computers, etc is a huge space suck and when it's time for new computers we're getting laptops- so if you could live without a desk and computers 224 ft. might be easier), a small TV, a futon/couch, a small trunk that doubles as a coffee table, and a small metro shelf for kitchen stuff. We each brought one suitcase of clothes and shoes, a few boxes of kitchen stuff and that's it. We've been fine without 75% of our stuff. But we agree on how much we need and the level of clutter and cleanliness we will tolerate, which is huge in a small space. If you can sort that part out (maybe you should ask Dr. Phil rather than AT?), there are millions of ideas here and elsewhere on how to decorate a small space. We're doing all white and light woods to keep the space airy and bright (and because it's what we have).