Single Room Living

Single Room Living
How to make small studio apartments look – and feel – more spaciousBy Lisa Mortillaro
A tiny studio apartment can function as well – and look as good – as a much larger home. Multipurpose furniture and a mimimum of clutter are key. Photo courtesy of Use What You Have Decorating.When interior decorator Miles Reed closes the lid on his bathtub, located in the bathroom, it suddenly becomes a chopping block, now located in the kitchen.Miles decorated his 550-square-foot New York studio apartment by concealing, elevating and stacking – three essentials of living comfortably in a small single space.There are definite challenges of living in one room. But with the correct balance of storage, dividers, furniture, color and lighting, a tiny studio apartment can resemble a four-room apartment. "Whether you rent or buy your living space," explains Lauri Ward, author of "Use What You Have Decorating" (Perigee, 1998; 226 pages, $15.95), "the quieter and more peaceful it is for you visually, the larger your space will feel."Cut clutter "No matter how creative you are with your décor," says Anne Wait, interior designer and owner of Los Angeles, Calif.-based AW Design Inc., "the key to single-room living is organization – removing every morsel of clutter." If it's not a piece of furniture or an important or usable accessory, it has no business in your home.
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