Eames Plywood Lounge Chair in Small Space Living Color

Herman Miller is now producing the original Eames Molded Plywood Lounge in seven new colors. The new pallet is being produced to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Charles Eames’ birth, or is it to celebrate the color pallet of Small Space Living — you decide.

This chair has earned a permeate place in New York’s Museum of Modern Art. If it’s good enough for the MoMA, then it will likely be ok in your home.

Etsy Find of the Week: HiFi Speakers

Good speakers are a necessity. They don’t necessarily have to be huge to sound great, however looking good is always a plus.

Exeluxe sells these amazing Custom HiFi Speakers. They can be made for you in almost any color you choose. They look like vintage Fender guitar amps, but they are actually high quality home stereo speakers. They are constructed with high-quality Audax coaxials, 5 1/4" drivers plus 1"dome tweeter. The speaker dimensions are 11.5"x12.5"x7". At $295 they are not inexpensive, but not at all near the high end of audio equipment.

If you have read my previous Etsy posts you know that I’m a big advocate for buying hand made.

Small Space Renovation

Photo Credits Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times

I Love this New York City apartment renovation. This is a great example of what a person can do in a limited space. The tiny studio apartment is just 400 square feet, but it has the feel of a much larger space.

Mark Robohm, a web designer and drummer, renovated the space. He took on some pretty daunting demolition tasks including removing a non-working fireplace. And he did it all while living in the space. One of my favorite aspects of this remodel is that Mark even saved and reused 2x4 framing studs and electrical wire.

There are many things to love about this renovation — the natural light is an outstanding feature. Mark installed a plastic translucent window between the bathroom and living area. This allows light form the bathroom window into the living area while retaining privacy. There is also a sleeping loft that is big enough to sleep in but small enough to be unobtrusive. The stainless steel countertops have a much higher end look than the $700 price tag would let on.

The single most incredible part of this remodel is the cost. The whole renovation — demolition included — was a meager $11,600. Amazing what you can do with your own hard work.

Read more about it here: Living in Dust: Gut Renovation on the Cheap.

Tiny Houses

Photo Credit tinyhouses.net

Needless to say at Small Space Living we have a real zeal for all things small. With our special focus on small living spaces, it would only be natural that we love tiny houses.

TinyHouses is a great web site with a compilation of photos of small houses from all over. There is also quite a nice gallery of artwork. However, it does leave me wanting more. I crave more information. Who lives in these houses? Some of the homes do have interior photos and descriptions, but others do not.

Anyway you look at it, TinyHouses has some great eye candy and is rich with ideas.

IKEA Hacker

Spawned by my recent Multi-Function Furniture post I feel the time is right to wade into the IKEA discussion.

IKEA, the friendly Swedish furniture giant — love them or hate them — offers a dazzling array of modern home furnishings at reasonable prices. I love going to IKEA. It is packed with almost everything you could ever want to furnish your home. They have all these cute little rooms staged with their products. It looks amazing. But then there’s the Q word — Quality. Well there it is.

To be fair, I have IKEA furniture in my home now — a bookshelf. It has functioned well for quite some time. I have also had several bad experiences with IKEA products. I could go on, but let’s just leave it at let the buyer beware — try it before you buy it. There are some real gems at IKEA and some real headaches as well.

Which brings me to IKEA Hacker. IKEA Hacker is a great blog that can help make your IKEA experience much more enriching. They post an assortment of idea for use and modification of IKEA stuff. They also show ideas for improving IKEA products.

A great example is the image above. It is a bamboo plywood sofa table made with legs from an IKEA IMFORS table.

Official Lunch Day

Well today is the day. Small Space Living is officially launched!

Look for updates everyday. We will scour the web, periodicals and the news to bring you the finest finds for your small space.

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