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Tiny London Loft is a Light-Filled, Storage-Rich Dream Home

Posted: 27 Jun 2013 10:00 AM PDT

Loft spaces in London – particularly in densely-populated Camden – are notoriously small. This Camden loft used to be an office space, but when it was to be converted into a flat, Craft Design Studio came up with some innovative ways to make this small space feel like a spacious, stylish home.

Storage has been fit into every possible space in the apartment. Along every wall you’ll find shelves, cubbyholes and niches to hold the owner’s collection of books, art and objects. Built into the staircase along the back wall is a narrow staircase that leads upstairs to the mezzanine-level sleeping area.

The sleeping and working area resides atop a central volume which looks like a big white box and sits in the middle of the living area. It houses the bathroom facilities and even more storage. This central volume, illuminated with natural light from several skylights, allows the loft to feel larger thanks to the space between it and the ceiling.

The rest of the loft on either side of the central “box” contain every other amenity needed for living comfortably. A sitting area occupies one side while a kitchen/dining room inhabit the other. The simple, clean color palette lets the owner’s personality shine through and increases the visual space of the otherwise-small living quarters.

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Suspended Bathtub: Hammock + Tub = Supreme Relaxation

Posted: 26 Jun 2013 04:00 PM PDT

If you think of the most comfortable places to relax, a hammock and a warm bath are probably near the top of the list. UK design studio Splinter Works combined the two into what might possibly be the most relaxing bathtub ever.

The Vessel is suspended from two walls via brackets and doesn’t touch the ground at any point, contributing to the illusion of a hammock in the bathroom. A tall, elegant curved faucet is mounted in the floor to cascade water into the tub.

A floor drain carries away the bathwater through a drain in the tub’s bottom after you’re finished soaking. However, you don’t have to hurry out of the tub – a foam core between the layers of carbon fiber insulates the water and keeps it warm much longer than a conventional tub.