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Awkward spaces

5 Bold Design Ideas Inside a Small Milan Loft-Style Apartment

Curtains that hide a kitchen, a travertine-tiled loft cube and a colour-drenched bathroom — this Milan apartment shows how bold ideas can shape a small studio apartment.

Projects

“We Use the House to Create”: How Koen Fraijman and Fadime Gökkaya Live Small

A LEGO castle, mischievously sourced art, a TV on rails, a floating deck, and a cat named Sok – just a few of the many elements shaping the worlds inside Koen Fraijman and Fadime Gökkaya’s 45sqm/484sqft home.

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A 13-Square-Metre Chambre de Bonne with a Skylight Loft

Interior designers Sarah Chayeb and Pauline Paradis took a 19th century chambre de bonne in Paris and turned it into a functional, stylish apartment.

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A New York–Style Penthouse in Sweden with a Sleeping Loft

Structural design engineer Niklas Lindén channeled his childhood passions for building treehouses and his lifelong love of New York aesthetics into his dream home.

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A 60-Square Metre Paris Apartment with a Trompe l’Oeil Door

The more playful the better, says Pierre Savajol. The architect and founder of Paris-based PS Studio took Never Too Small on a tour of his home that puts the fun in functional.

Projects

Two 23-Year-Old Designers’ Restored Parisian Apartment

Minimalism and simplicity was the mantra behind Marceau 6 – a 59sqm/635sqft top-floor Paris apartment designed by lifelong friends Yosua Grunitzky and John Trippel.

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A Paris-based Architect’s L-shaped Attic with a Wardrobe in the Staircase

Paris-based architect Quentin Sommervogel likes simplicity and sincerity in the use of material, form, and details. His 33sqm attic brings that ethos to life.

Small Living

Beautiful Bedrooms

We’ve put together show-stopping bedrooms from across NTS episodes that flex some simple tricks for prioritising the sleep space while working with a little space.

Tips & Tricks

Looking Up: Tip-top Ways for Using the Space Above in Small Homes

What if the sky actually was the limit? For spaces with top-floor status or really tall ceilings, looking up could be the solution to spatial or atmospheric desires.

Projects

Van Life–inspired Apartment in Refurbished Paris Department Store

Life is a highway for interior designer Adrien Dupuy, who took inspiration from van life to turn his compact Paris apartment into a “liveable piece of furniture”.

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