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HAVE YOU EVER HEARD ABOUT ONE-ROOM LIVING? |
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We all know that apartments come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and layouts. Still, many of us have always believed that apartments and houses are a grouping of clear-cut, separate rooms, each designed for specific functions, and that four walls and a door designate those areas. And often, this is how it works. But not always.
As a teenager, I visited a loft apartment for the first time. It was an incredible space in an old warehouse building. The ceiling was soaring, and I could only guess that it was at least twenty feet high. In its original state, the loft was one, huge square with no interior walls defining any of the areas, not even the bathroom. (That was simply a commode and a shower in one corner.)
The woman who lived there was an artist, and she was quite ingenious when it came to designing, decorating, and manipulating her space. To preserve the open, airy quality of the loft but still construct some private areas, she created "walls" that were about five feet tall. They resembled office cubicle walls but were much more stylish. (Some were actually frosted glass panels that let in the light but obscured the |
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