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Congrats on your beautiful apartment knocking mine out in the first round. I'm originally Canadian, so you're now my favorite to win!


Apartment Therapy San Francisco | Small Cool 2009: Bernard's Light Bright HomeInternational Division #12
4/25/09 11:35 AM

@iroh - bathtubs in hong kong are quite rare actually. At the end of the day, it was a tradeoff between the size of the kitchen and the size of the bathtub. And I like to cook more than I like spending the time in the bathroom... The desk size was a trade-off too. I typically like huge desks facing windows. However, I will have to say that mounting the monitors does free up a surprising amount of desk space, and when I'm working and need extra space to stack papers, etc, I put them on the ledge in front of my bed, which is reachable from my chair without bending down, so it all works well.

@Parul - hint: you were getting close with Caine Road - it's on Bonham. If you're interested, my friend who helped me with this, last year quit his finance job and has a design start-up. He acts as project manager as well which takes the headache out of process in dealing with contractors, sourcing, etc.


Apartment Therapy Los Angeles | Small Cool 2009: Dangerdan's Hong Kong Conversion International Division #09
4/8/09 9:52 PM

Hey all - thanks for the encouraging comments!

First, a hat-tip to my friend, who worked with me on this, and his start-up design outfit (www.chinc.hk).

Some of the cooler things we did to save space was to turn the space under the bed into a sizable storage area. The whole bed lifts up, with the help of pneumatics so that you can open and close it with one hand like a lid. I also really liked the "horizontal bookshelf" under the daybed. The daybed is supposed to be a reading area, and it's great to be able to just lean over, open out the bookshelf, and grab a book. It also saves space and keeps the overall look and feel very clean.

Dan


Apartment Therapy Los Angeles | Small Cool 2009: Dangerdan's Hong Kong Conversion International Division #09
4/7/09 3:04 AM