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Wee Washrooms: Stylish Subcompact Apartment Bathrooms

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 10:00 AM PDT

[ Filed under Interiors & in the Bathrooms category ]

Small-space living often necessitates compromising on style, functionality, or both. The Subaco line of tiny bathrooms from Japanese company Spiritual Mode is rich in style but doesn’t skimp on function – and manages to cram it all into an impressively tiny footprint.

The sub-compact bathrooms can include tubs, toilets, sinks, and perhaps even laundry and/or kitchen facilities in an area no bigger than 2 square meters. Although definitely not large enough to be considered luxurious, the bathrooms offer just enough room to take care of necessary hygiene tasks.

The designers user vertical space in their designs as well. The bathrooms can be lofted to allow for a second level, giving a bit more space (and a fair dose of minimalist design cred) for those essential functions without taking up more precious floor real estate.

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Simple Patio Table Tweak Keeps Plates Put, Even in the Wind

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 04:00 PM PDT

[ Filed under Tables & Stands & in the Furniture category ]

Eating meals outdoors is one of the simple pleasures of summer. But it is also one of the biggest annoyances when your carefully-set table falls victim to a rogue gust of wind. The Bye Bye Wind table from designer Marco Marotto takes a unique approach to keeping plates and cups on an outdoor dining table.

The table and chairs are a casual patio set for four people that features indentations for plates, cups, silverware, condiments and tools. The indents allow your outdoor meal to sit below the surface of the table so that it stays put even when the wind flares up and threatens to blow everything onto the ground.

Even the chairs feature small pockets on the back to keep your books, music, toys and whatever else you need comfortably at hand. At each of the table’s four corners, a small pocket can act as a bowl, a condiment holder, or even an herb planter.

One of the oddest elements of the Bye Bye Wind (other than its name) is the bottle crusher right in the center of the table. Apparently, the empty two-liter soda bottles really pile up during outdoor meals and this is the justification for the table-embedded bottle smasher.