Space-Saving Bachelor Pad Fits 4 Rooms in 1 Former Studio

from: http://dornob.com/

Hoover: Folding rooms, smart use of space, one great apartment for the bachelors and bachelorettes!

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Pack it up, pack it in, then rearrange it again: an upper-story loft made out of 250 feet of usable square footage sounds like a recipe for cabin fever. That would make this the outstanding exception. Combining elements of Japanese architecture and boat cabins, a whole world unfolds from one tiny room in Barcelona.

What starts as a living room becomes bedroom or dining area on demand, utilizing fold-up and flip-down furniture, never-ending nooks, crannies, cupboards and chests to squeeze every last square inch for storage space.

8 Small Space Shelving Solutions

From: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com

Hoover: The main drawback of small spaces is the lack of storage. Well, here are some tips on creating shelving units that will not clutter your small space.

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We can part with our CDs, thin out our closets of clothing, stop coming home with curbside finds...but we must find more room for more books. Laure's Book in the Rafters idea and the wrap around ceiling shelving shown above are both efficient uses of overhead space. Corners, stairways, closets and even doorways can be converted into additional storage.

Christmas in Small Spaces

from: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com

Rent to Own.ph: No space for a christmas tree in your cozy home? Or does your miniature tree doesn't quite bring in the christmas vibe? Don't fret, these "trees" will definitely perk up your home for the holidays!

Perfect for small spaces, wall-hung “trees” have all the festive feeling without the large footprint.

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AN IKEA designed christmas tree that you can do at home.

Lift Off! Floating Features for Small Spaces

Article by: Lily Gahagan, Assistant Editor, Houzz.com

From: http://www.houzz.com

It's a sad fact: There's only so much square footage in a home, and furniture is taking up a big chunk of it. But if you take into consideration all the available space that starts just past the floor and continues up to the ceiling, all of a sudden endless possibilities open up to you. Float some shelves, a desk or even a loft off the ground to start maximizing the spacial potential of your small home.

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The dish rack has long been the bane of my kitchen counter, taking up space and looking none too pretty in the process. A slight lift and it's no longer a space suck. Huzzah!

Innovative Lighting Techniques

from: http://www.home-designing.com

Rent to Own.ph: A minimalistic stark white apartment is given character by the use of creative  lighting.

The absence of natural light sent the owners of this tiny Parisian studio apartment to seek out the renowned French architect team of Betillon/Dorval-Bory. They ingeniously used spectral lighting to bring a polarized effect of artificial light to the tiny 65 sq ft space. The result is a sensation of warm and cool areas as well as a color blocked aesthetic. The architects share their mission for the space, "The apartment is designed in a simple and neutral expression, without color or particular detail, annihilating any architectural expressiveness or narrative to leave only the logic of composition generated by light." 

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The French lighting firm notes the warm and cool aspects of light can be seen here parsed out in the built form. 

Not Just for Kids: 7 Space-Saving (& Adult-Sized) Loft Beds

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From: http://dornob.com

Hoover: Here are some loft -bed ideas for small spaces.

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Adults sometimes have trouble with the associations a bunk bed conjures to mind. Lofting full-sized beds may be the best-kept secretwhen it comes to bedroom layouts: they can make room for entire desks or dressers below and represent a far cheaper alternative to moving apartments when you run out of space.

From a Parisian Bathroom to a Cozy Micro Apartment

from: http://www.treehugger.com/

Rent to Own.ph: With property prices skyrocketting in most European countries, people are becoming extremely creative in designing their small space.

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Though compact apartments are now catching on in North America, they've been common in Europe for some time now. In Paris, France, architects Marc Baillargeon and Julie Nabucet collaborated to convert a space that was formerly the master bathroom of a much larger living space into a standalone micro-apartment of only 130 square feet that's packed full of modern space-saving ideas.

Compact Toilet Designs

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from: http://www.lyring.com

Hoover: Trendy and space saving, this compact toilet design is especially suited for small condos and apartments.

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29sq m

from: http://www.gizmag.com/ and http://reszka.nazwa.pl/

Rent to Own.ph: An amazing use of interior design and architecture, this 29 square meter home looks like 3x its actual size!

3XA maximized the space available in this small urban apartment by creating a "semi-mezzanine," as the designers describe it. Based in Wroclaw, Poland, the apartment was completed in 2012. The kitchen and dining area are combined into one. The designers fitted a bed area over a wardrobe, accessible via a small wooden staircase. A blind door was also fitted to a spare wall, in a bid to increase the feeling of space.

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Small Cool Condo

By: Rent To Own

From: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com

          http://www.littlediggs.com

Hoover: This apartment on the US East Coast was one of the entries on Apartment Therapy's Small Cool 2008 Contest. Read on and find out how the couple made their 46 sq m home one of the coolest places to live in.

Name: Tony & Hilary

Location: Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY

Size: 460 sf

Rent/Own: Rent

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Living small forces you to live and think creatively. We moved to this apartment from an 800 square foot apartment and had to think very carefully about what we can and can't live without...

Salvage Style

from: http://www.sunset.com/

Rent to Own.ph: Have you any hand-me-down furniture, thrift store finds, bits and pieces that don't really match but you can't let go off because you need them for your home and buying new pieces is out of the question? Don't despair! Here are useful ways in revamping those pieces and making them part of a beautiful whole!

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For Kelly LaPlante, a leading Los Angeles-based interior designer, author, television host, and new mother, green design isn't just about choosing fabrics and furniture made from sustainable materials.

She prefers to help her clients find new use―and often unexpected new love―for things they already own. "There's nothing more green than keeping what you have," she says.

Her own Venice loft is proof that hand-me-downs and thrift-store finds can rise to stylish new purpose.

Tree Cabin Features Rooftop Deck & Top-Down Entry

by: Rent To Own

from: http://www.dornob.com

Hoover: There is a growing trend for compact, livable tree houses and hotels in various parts of the world. 

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This latest lofted tree hotel room in Sweden seems to shoot through its forest surroundings – a suspended steel bullet in the sky.

An Eco-friendly Cleaning Kit by Shannon Lush

by: Rent to Own

article from : http://www.lifestyle.com.au

Shannon Lush is an Australian publishing sensation and radio star. She is the author of best-selling books Spotless, Speed Cleaning and How to Be Comfy (over one million sold in Australia alone).

Below is the list on Shannon Lush's all-important eco-friendly Cleaning Kit. Learn the value of non-toxic must-haves like bicarb soda, white vinegar, unprocessed bran and tea tree oil.

1. Bicarb Soda – an alkaline and mild abrasive. Also a natural cleaning agent. When mixed with white vinegar cleans hard surfaces very efficiently.

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Enhancing Your Entryways

from: http://www.realsimple.com

Rent to Own.ph: Entryways or foyers give your guests their first peek into your home. Clean, minimalist, organized-cluttered or cozy - these entryways can be designed to create an impact or be a functional space in your home.

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Define the space with a bold color like this red, which exudes a warm welcome.

VERTICAL VEGETABLE GARDEN

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FROM: http://www.instructables.com

Hoover: A lady from Somerset, England solved a problem by creating a vertical herb garden. Below is the step by step process that ANYONE can follow. This is a great idea especially for those living in condominiums and apartments with a little balcony space to spare.

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''How to solve a problem like cats digging and toileting in the vegetable patch'', and growing vegetables in a very small garden. I needed a solution and the answer occurred to me after watching The Chelsea Flower Show on TV and seeing walls of flowers and herbs. The only thing I had on hand was a hanging pocket shoe storage and I decided to use it to grow my plants in. 

A Day Made of Glass 2: Same Day. Expanded Corning Vision

from http://www.youtube.com/ We featured Corning's "A Day Made of Glass" some time ago. It showed what our future homes may look like. All those technology for home use was amazing. Now, Corning expanded their vision from the home and beyond. Watch this video and get as awestruck as we are! Wouldn't you want this technology here and now too?

Furniture Transformer – Boxetti Collection

By: www.renttoown.ph

From: http://www.designswan.com

Hoover: More and more companies are coming out with new ideas on compact furniture systems which are expensive at the moment but might become more reasonably priced in the future. Obviously, small spaces benefit the most from these types of furniture. It is exciting to see new ideas on future living concepts! 

Boxetti collection is one of the most fancy furniture designs I’ve ever seen. It is driven by three basic design principles – functionality, advanced technologies and contemporary aesthetics of minimalism. Each of Boxetti modules is designed to achieve maximum efficiency of particular demands for functionality and suitability. The capability of the modules to be transformed into compactly solid blocks is essential for the design concept in order to obtain an unobstructed and comfortable space – free of uselessness.

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A Bed Not Only Made For Sleeping

from http://www.youtube.com

Bridge Building Idea: Modular Mobile Green River Homes

from: www.dornob.com

by: www.renttoown.ph

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The closer you come to the center of a city the more difficult it is to find unused space available for new construction, except perhaps at the cost of all-too-valuable public parks and other civic places.Building above and below bridges is thus of increasing interest to engaged urban designers around the world.

Transformer Shelf

from: http://www.martinsaemmer.de/

:Rent To Own.ph: Transformer furnitures are always trendy and space saving. The bonus is in creating different looks for your home. Check this out!:

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transformer-shelf

The 120 x 85 x 75 cm size piece of furniture is composed of eight different modules, which are connected by an interlocking construction system to form a rectangular object. Drawn up in a reduced style, the compact body of the Transformer can be expanded through the active use of the drawer elements, simultaneously revealing the open inner structure. There are overall 20 different possibilities to insert elements in different sizes. The harmonised arrangement of shelf areas, recesses and lateral notches offers a maximal effective area of the modules, which are assimilated to standardised measure-ments. The cumulative height of the object, for example, corresponds to the dimensions of a worktable, while the drawer slots are in accordance with DIN. With a potential extended size of up to 3,7 meters per side the Transformer not only functions as a fluid shelving system, as a free-standing piece of furniture with a levitating character it can also serve as a partition.

Open+Hidden: Space-Saver Dining Room & Kitchen Concept

by: www.renttoown.ph

from: www.dornob.com

Hoover: More space-saving, eco-friendly furnitures!

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Conserving energy, reusing and recycling are all well and good sustainable living strategies, but reducing waste in the first place – particularly when it comes to home construction – is perhaps the most important step in saving on power and materials costs. Powered by rooftop solar energy, this transforming kitchen emerges for meals and then disappears at the push of a button to make way for movement and gathering space.

Top Chalkboard Paint Ideas

from: http://www.hgtv.com/

Rent to Own.ph: Chalkboards are not just for classrooms these days. A new emerging trend is using chalkboards in various ways inside your home.

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Black Is the New Black

Forget white walls — bright accessories make a bigger impact when arranged against a black chalkboard wall. Bonus: The wall art (and its shelf life) is totally up to you!

Sustainable Cabin at Texas Tech

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from:www.smallhousestyle.com

Living in a trailer carries with it a certain stigma but this didn’t stop Urs Peter Flueckiger and his students at the College of Architecture, the College of Visual and Performing Arts, and the College of Engineering atTexas Tech University from requisitioning part of a derelict doublewide and turning it into the prefabricated Sustainable Cabin. Destined for a landfill, the professor et al. extensively remodeled a section to test sustainable architectural concepts in construction materials and techniques, with the end goal of better understanding their methods and applications.

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Smart kitchen design by Faltazi

from: http://www.minimalisti.com/

Rent to Own.ph: I am always fascinated with how kitchens will evolve in the future. It has to be a "smart" kitchen, balancing function, eco-efficiency, and design. This is one of those.



Ekokook is a one-of-a-kind modern kitchen design created to save energy and water and to recycle non-organic waste. Developed by French design studio Faltazi the innovative smart kitchen design combines a fresh contemporary look with effective built-in features that represent a real ecological system ready to be installed right in your kitchen space.

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The overall look of the Ekokook smart kitchen design is very modern and fresh. It has a cool steel finish mixed with a number of bright green elements. It provides a lot of storage space in the form of sliding cabinets and containers. A set of conical green forms are suspended above the kitchen counter. Some of them are used for additional storage and others as pots for kitchen plants that complement the green image and clear the air.

Stunning Shipping Container City Springs up in Mexico

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from: www.inhabitat.com

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This hip, colorfully painted shipping container city recently sprung up just outside of Mexico city. Created by a small community of businesses, the project features restaurants, gallery space, bars, funky stores and even living spaces constructed completely out of recycled shipping containers.

Peter Kubik's Electrolux Futuristic Table

from: http://www.yankodesign.com/

Rent to Own.ph: Read about this technologically advanced smart table!  

The two things that I see common regarding perception of futuristic technology is that products are going to be compact and well integrated. Take for example this futuristic dining table, its designed with all the modern convenience integrated within its belly. Once you sit down, you needn’t get up to make a toast or fetch the coffee, get an apple from the fridge or even wash your dishes. It’s all integrated into the table.

 The Form:

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1)   A circular five-seater table with retractable chairs that fit flush with the frame of the table when not in use.

Room in a Box: Saving Interior Space via Bedroom Cubes

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from: www.dornob.com

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Some people walk into unfilled apartments for rent and find it impossible to envision living in them – others see a blank slate to be filled with creative possibilities. For those in either camp, this self-contained, twelve-piece prefabricated room is a great plug-and-play solution.