Nester is a Canadian company that makes adaptable, transformable furniture that would work well in small homes. The two pieces on offer are the Kameleon table and the Repeater chair. The former is a table that transforms from 15″ x.
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One of the marvels of Kickstarter is that successful products tend to be either: A. common products done well (backpacks, dress shirts, etc) or B. products whose usefulness is so profoundly obvious, you wonder why no one made it up.
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Perhaps it’s because this author recently had to put all of his furniture in storage while his future home is being renovated–whatever the reason, I’ve become very fond of furniture that’s easy to disassemble and store. First it was the.
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We throw the name Resource Furniture around this site with a high degree of frequency. The New York City-based retailer–who also has seven other outlets around the world–has one of, if not the largest collection of transforming furniture on the.
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Paul Menand is a French industrial designer who works with common materials to make furniture that is anything but. Of particular note are his Triplette Chair and the Modest Stool (Chaise Triplette and Tabouret Modeste en française). Upon first glance,.
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Few things are as prohibitive to living a lightweight lifestyle–one where you throw your stuff in small storage locker for a month or two while you travel–than furniture. Furniture tends to be awkward to move, it gets dirty easily and.
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Chances are milk crates somehow made their way into many of our first forays into home decoration. The ubiquitous plastic crates stack great, provide lots of usable storage, and can be used as a stool or end table in a.
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Maybe it’s because I am in the process of moving, but the prospect of having a lighter existence is very appealing right now. I am not referring to a metaphoric lightening–fewer obligations, less stress, etc. I am referring to a.
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Building vertical storage makes buckets of sense in small spaces, but accessing it can be difficult. What’s the point of storing stuff if you can’t access it? Designer Danny Kuo has a brilliant solution for this conundrum: use the bottom.
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One of the biggest mistakes you can make decorating a small space is shoehorning furniture designed for more conventional spaces into your compact space. If the space you’re working with is 81 sq ft, not only is there no space.
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