Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Unit SF [was Private home dishwasher: 18 vs 24 inch}

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On Oct 25, 2013, at 2:54 PM, R Philip Dowds <rpdowds [at] comcast.net> wrote:

>   •  Studios work better than 1 bdrm at this size, but you have to figure out 
> how to handle the bed so it doesn't own the room.

I was in a very upscale apartment in DC that had Murphy bed. It was originally 
a one bedroom. 

The architect opened it up by taking out most of the walls. The kitchen was 
made very small. The kitchen was surrounded by the living room, a wide hall 
created from downsizing the kitchen to join the space with the former hallway, 
and the bedroom became a dining room.

The bed was in a wall of closets on one side of the wide hall. Somewhere was 
the bathroom. That wall was solid cherry panelling. One had no idea a bed was 
in there.

The bed folded down into the hallway. 

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org