NYC "Swiss Army knife" apartment's walls open, fold & slide
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Rosa and Robert Garneau's Chelsea apartment is small- just 550 square feet of usable space with a bedroom just 8 feet wide-, but they can both work from home, find privacy (even for meetings while the other is sleeping) and fit all their belongings (sports equipment and lots of office gear) thanks to walls that don't stand still. Nearly every "wall" in the Garneau's Transformer Loft opens to reveal cabinets, a bed or even a home office. And all of it was carefully designed for utility and precision. The hydraulics on their Murphy bed are so perfectly balanced that it opens and closes with fingertips. The 500-pound track-mounted sliding wall that both separates their office/kitchen from the bedroom relies on ball bearings so smooth it makes little noise when it moves, despite being heavy enough to act as a real wall. The main table in the kitchen area serves multiple purposes thanks to hydraulic legs that have been programmed with preset heights for meals, work (both sitting and standing work desk) and cooking (different for both 5-foot-4-inch Rosa and 6-foot-4-inch Robert). There is storage everywhere and most of it is well-hidden. In the bathroom, seamlessly tiled walls click open to reveal cabinets and towel rods open to reveal clothes hampers. The bedroom closet has pull-down rods that double the usable closet space. The hall closet has shoe shelves built into the door. Everything serves multiple functions- even the sliding door serves to conceal shelving when the bedroom is closed. "The analogy I love to use," explained Robert to Dwell Magazine, "is that our apartment is like a Swiss Army knife: a compact, well-designed, functional thing of beauty." More info on original story: http://faircompanies.com/videos/view/nyc-swiss-army-knife-apartments-walls-open-fold-slide/ Design (including cabinets & furniture) by Studio Garneau: http://www.studiogarneau.com/
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Pure brilliance. I've always thought murphy beds were timeless, and the lift up table and furniture drawers just make sense.
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I really like it!
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it feels bigger than 550 square ft. its beautifully designed as well
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dopeeee
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its too much fun sliding the wall back and forth kind of exercise kids would also love to play with
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After all that wizardry, he goes to the blinds and pulls a cord? Why not use a remote control mechanism?
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holy shit it's a Transformer apartment. another Fortune spent renovating a small Manhattan apartment.fuck Manhattan!
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Thanks, Kirsten, for another great find. Love the bathroom ideas and would like to find the hardware for the kitchen table/island. Thanks again.
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My BF & I lived in a 10 foot square crawl space. We had plenty of room! The old lady never knew she had roommates... 😝
altho she noticed her pickles were missing
dang Billy Bob, I tole him she wudda seen em gone -
really impressed
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very smart ideas on storage.... good job
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550 square feet isn't tiny. My 2 car garage with extra space in front of parking bays is smaller. My neighbor's house which used to be a garage like mine is the same size with 2 bedrooms.
I love this apartment. I've been sketching and mulling over ideas for space efficient housing and am pleasantly surprised to see he has some of the most radical features I wished existed like the table that rises and the flip down clothes rod! -
absolutely beautiful but what's with the sorry pillows? go get yourself some fresh stuff just my opinion
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he loves that wall "door" yes it is a wall door ,we get it!!
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Totally cool apartment but he sure like closing the bedroom wall!
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open and close that frikin' wall ONE MORE TIME. I DARE YOU!!!
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Dude. Open that wall one more f-ing time.
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Nice!
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Just WAY awesome!!!
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very nice
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