# Speaking of Small Living Spaces . . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 19, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-small-living-spaces/564755 "2010-12-19T22:30:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-small-living-spaces/564755/1 "2010-12-19T22:30:24Z")
The subject of furniture for small living spaces has come up a lot lately. If you’re interested, check out this little batch of brilliance! [http://www.homedit.com/space-saving-furniture-from-resource-furniture/](http://www.homedit.com/space-saving-furniture-from-resource-furniture/) ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-small-living-spaces/564755/2 "2010-12-20T03:11:55Z")
Great stuff - thanks! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-small-living-spaces/564755/3 "2010-12-20T03:45:25Z")
Ingenious. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-small-living-spaces/564755/4 "2010-12-20T06:26:50Z")
Thanks for sharing that. Brilliant designs! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-small-living-spaces/564755/5 "2010-12-20T16:14:19Z")
That stuff is amazing. I bet it’s expensive, tho! ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-small-living-spaces/564755/6 "2010-12-20T16:32:44Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > That stuff is amazing. I bet it’s expensive, tho! I was wondering that myself. I’m betting for the price you could just get a bigger apartment! LOL! Still, for areas like San Francisco, or New York, or Hong Kong where more space just isn’t available. . . As a reference, the bunk beds, as shown, would go for around $5,500. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-small-living-spaces/564755/7 "2010-12-20T16:43:20Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > I was wondering that myself. I’m betting for the price you could just get a bigger apartment! LOL! > > Still, for areas like San Francisco, or New York, or Hong Kong where more space just isn’t available. . . > > As a reference, the bunk beds, as shown, would go for around $5,500. We’re talking about New York, where we all know, [the rent is too damn high.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg5SwyTvAHw) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-small-living-spaces/564755/8 "2010-12-20T18:47:50Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > That stuff is amazing. I bet it’s expensive, tho! Depends. Some of those tables can be had from The Room Store for a few hundred bucks. Saw 'em when buying a bed frame. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-small-living-spaces/564755/9 "2010-12-28T19:41:08Z")
I seem to have become a repository for all things small-living. check out this link a friend sent: [http://cernulois.cgsociety.org/gallery/](http://cernulois.cgsociety.org/gallery/) [cornelius comanns: bufalino](http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/11255/cornelius-comanns-bufalino.html) Just, Wow! ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-small-living-spaces/564755/10 "2010-12-28T19:52:59Z")
This makes me wish that I lived in an even smaller space. Very cool indeed! ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-small-living-spaces/564755/11 "2010-12-28T21:32:24Z")
Excellent use of design! I could see where a single parent, or perhaps a divorced parent who only gets to have the kids over occasionally, would love some of this stuff instead of being forced to buy/rent a larger apartment in the city! Plus, be honest - I am sure the resale of these items would be high - so even if the original investment might be a bit pricey, it saves on the cost of moving a larger place, and you could always re-sell it should you move or the kids no longer come over. Even a young, single person could get away with renting/buying a small apartment in the perfect location and living quite well!