Comments on: Minimalist Confession: I’m an Empty Space Junkie http://www.missminimalist.com/2009/12/minimalist-confession-i%e2%80%99m-an-empty-space-junkie/ living a beautiful life with less stuff Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:23:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Kristina http://www.missminimalist.com/2009/12/minimalist-confession-i%e2%80%99m-an-empty-space-junkie/comment-page-1/#comment-182181 Kristina Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:41:43 +0000 http://www.missminimalist.com/?p=285#comment-182181 My jaw is dropping at the notion of spending $150,000 to live in a closet and store half of your wardrobe at the dry cleaners. I can see renting a space like that for a while, but owning? It would drive me crazy not being able to wash my clothes or make anything decent to eat at home--to say nothing of having to cook next to a litterbox. Ugh. My jaw is dropping at the notion of spending $150,000 to live in a closet and store half of your wardrobe at the dry cleaners. I can see renting a space like that for a while, but owning? It would drive me crazy not being able to wash my clothes or make anything decent to eat at home–to say nothing of having to cook next to a litterbox. Ugh.

]]> By: clm http://www.missminimalist.com/2009/12/minimalist-confession-i%e2%80%99m-an-empty-space-junkie/comment-page-1/#comment-41778 clm Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:44:25 +0000 http://www.missminimalist.com/?p=285#comment-41778 The renovated cement factory is lovely! After looking a bit closer at some of the photos, I don't think they are truly minimalist. The have a normal amount of stuff (plus a lot of seating and a huge piano); they just happen to live in an old factory(huge) and therefore have more space than most people could ever fill. I do love the factory. I'm not a minimalist, but I can get on board with the space junky! The renovated cement factory is lovely! After looking a bit closer at some of the photos, I don’t think they are truly minimalist. The have a normal amount of stuff (plus a lot of seating and a huge piano); they just happen to live in an old factory(huge) and therefore have more space than most people could ever fill.

I do love the factory. I’m not a minimalist, but I can get on board with the space junky!

]]> By: miss minimalist http://www.missminimalist.com/2009/12/minimalist-confession-i%e2%80%99m-an-empty-space-junkie/comment-page-1/#comment-32846 miss minimalist Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:33:13 +0000 http://www.missminimalist.com/?p=285#comment-32846 Thanks for all your wonderful comments! @Maarten, that house is spectacular -- thanks so much for the link! Thanks for all your wonderful comments!

@Maarten, that house is spectacular — thanks so much for the link!

]]> By: Julie http://www.missminimalist.com/2009/12/minimalist-confession-i%e2%80%99m-an-empty-space-junkie/comment-page-1/#comment-31456 Julie Sat, 11 Dec 2010 03:12:34 +0000 http://www.missminimalist.com/?p=285#comment-31456 We have a five year plan to get out of our mortgage (and 1600 sq. ft. house) and into an RV and be location independent. I am NOT into tiny living though (it's too claustrophobic)...so we are researching fifth wheels and toyhaulers with popouts that have lots of windows and a floor plan that has most of the built in stuff around the edges (so that I still get a nice open area in the middle of the main room in any case)!! We have a five year plan to get out of our mortgage (and 1600 sq. ft. house) and into an RV and be location independent.

I am NOT into tiny living though (it’s too claustrophobic)…so we are researching fifth wheels and toyhaulers with popouts that have lots of windows and a floor plan that has most of the built in stuff around the edges (so that I still get a nice open area in the middle of the main room in any case)!!

]]> By: Timbrel http://www.missminimalist.com/2009/12/minimalist-confession-i%e2%80%99m-an-empty-space-junkie/comment-page-1/#comment-31141 Timbrel Thu, 09 Dec 2010 23:19:12 +0000 http://www.missminimalist.com/?p=285#comment-31141 Just so you know, I lived in a house of over 2000 sq feet recently (we just relocated) and barely had anything in it! It was glorious! The oversized rooms and ceilings and halls and closets were all perfectly beautiful without even a single picture hanging and hardly any belongings or furniture (we don't even own dressers!). :) You would have been in love. Oh how I miss it so! <3 (Oh, but I will admit that we have a large couch that made it even more wonderful. ;)) Just so you know, I lived in a house of over 2000 sq feet recently (we just relocated) and barely had anything in it! It was glorious! The oversized rooms and ceilings and halls and closets were all perfectly beautiful without even a single picture hanging and hardly any belongings or furniture (we don’t even own dressers!). :) You would have been in love. Oh how I miss it so! <3 (Oh, but I will admit that we have a large couch that made it even more wonderful. ;) )

]]> By: Maarten http://www.missminimalist.com/2009/12/minimalist-confession-i%e2%80%99m-an-empty-space-junkie/comment-page-1/#comment-30623 Maarten Wed, 08 Dec 2010 09:58:08 +0000 http://www.missminimalist.com/?p=285#comment-30623 I totally agree with you (but am not sure about the 100% white, that is the color scheme of mental institutions over here). Check this out: an episode of the TV-series Grand Designs: The Chesterfield Water Works Plant conversion. http://www.channel4.com/4homes/on-tv/grand-designs/episode-guides/chesterfield-the-water-works-08-06-11_p_1.html Now, that's a place I would like to call my home! I used to live in a 2-room, 250sqft (28m2) appartment and am now sharing a 3-room, 576 sqft (64m2) appartment with my wife. I really like the houses that Jay Shafer designs (www.tumbleweedhouses.com), but we both are 6ft3 tall and we -like you- enjoy the large spaces that converted factories offer. Maarten (the Netherlands) I totally agree with you (but am not sure about the 100% white, that is the color scheme of mental institutions over here).
Check this out: an episode of the TV-series Grand Designs:
The Chesterfield Water Works Plant conversion.

http://www.channel4.com/4homes/on-tv/grand-designs/episode-guides/chesterfield-the-water-works-08-06-11_p_1.html

Now, that’s a place I would like to call my home!

I used to live in a 2-room, 250sqft (28m2) appartment and am now sharing a 3-room, 576 sqft (64m2) appartment with my wife.
I really like the houses that Jay Shafer designs (www.tumbleweedhouses.com), but we both are 6ft3 tall and we -like you- enjoy the large spaces that converted factories offer.

Maarten
(the Netherlands)

]]> By: Mike C. http://www.missminimalist.com/2009/12/minimalist-confession-i%e2%80%99m-an-empty-space-junkie/comment-page-1/#comment-30483 Mike C. Wed, 08 Dec 2010 02:40:03 +0000 http://www.missminimalist.com/?p=285#comment-30483 My first place was well under 400 sq feet. My son had his own room (a closet with his own tv), and I had a queen size bed with a 48" TV. Not having to pay any bills, payed cash for the place, I was able to parlay that into the Mcmansion I'm living in now. There's no question, being frugal has its rewards. My first place was well under 400 sq feet. My son had his own room (a closet with his own tv), and I had a queen size bed with a 48″ TV.

Not having to pay any bills, payed cash for the place, I was able to parlay that into the Mcmansion I’m living in now.

There’s no question, being frugal has its rewards.

]]> By: A Year Ago on miss minimalist « miss minimalist http://www.missminimalist.com/2009/12/minimalist-confession-i%e2%80%99m-an-empty-space-junkie/comment-page-1/#comment-30355 A Year Ago on miss minimalist « miss minimalist Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:11:07 +0000 http://www.missminimalist.com/?p=285#comment-30355 [...] Minimalist Confession: I’m an Empty Space Junkie: This week the New York Post ran an article about a couple that lives in the city’s smallest apartment. Their “microstudio” measures a wee 175 square feet—only 10 feet wide, and just under 15 feet long. The kitchen is equipped with a mini-fridge and hot plate, but the couple never cooks; they use their cupboards for clothes storage instead of pots and pans. Of course, such an extreme example of minimalism made me wonder if my husband and I could do the same… {read more} [...] [...] Minimalist Confession: I’m an Empty Space Junkie: This week the New York Post ran an article about a couple that lives in the city’s smallest apartment. Their “microstudio” measures a wee 175 square feet—only 10 feet wide, and just under 15 feet long. The kitchen is equipped with a mini-fridge and hot plate, but the couple never cooks; they use their cupboards for clothes storage instead of pots and pans. Of course, such an extreme example of minimalism made me wonder if my husband and I could do the same… {read more} [...]

]]> By: karmin http://www.missminimalist.com/2009/12/minimalist-confession-i%e2%80%99m-an-empty-space-junkie/comment-page-1/#comment-21637 karmin Sun, 31 Oct 2010 23:25:41 +0000 http://www.missminimalist.com/?p=285#comment-21637 I started being a Minimalist when I saw a home decorating book that had lofts very similar to the one on the website you liked. I was hooked. Too much stuff overwhelms me. I watch the show Hoarders and totally freak out. I always have a box in my condo ready to put stuff into that will go to goodwill . I have gathered 5-6 items I have listed on ebay. I may have a few more items than you but I don't travel that much. I believe that the only items that should be in your home are useful and beautiful. I would like to share a few photos of my bedroom and my sewing closet. My room only has a mattress and box springs and a plant in the corner. I have a long table that serves as a headboard (the kind you see behind a couch) that I put my lamp on and it also serves as storage (underneath the table) I put my alarm clock and few extra storage boxes there. I made the curtains and duvet cover. The sewing closet has a wooden TV table in there for the machine and the top shelves hold material and patterns and my serger and I have a thread holder that hangs on the wall behind my sewing machine. I also have a fold up stool to sit on. I also bought one of those clip on lights that clips to the top shelf. I have to use and extension cord but that is the only inconvenience. Let me know how I can post my pics so I can share. Thank you for the great website. I started being a Minimalist when I saw a home decorating book that had lofts very similar to the one on the website you liked. I was hooked. Too much stuff overwhelms me. I watch the show Hoarders and totally freak out. I always have a box in my condo ready to put stuff into that will go to goodwill . I have gathered 5-6 items I have listed on ebay. I may have a few more items than you but I don’t travel that much. I believe that the only items that should be in your home are useful and beautiful. I would like to share a few photos of my bedroom and my sewing closet. My room only has a mattress and box springs and a plant in the corner. I have a long table that serves as a headboard (the kind you see behind a couch) that I put my lamp on and it also serves as storage (underneath the table) I put my alarm clock and few extra storage boxes there. I made the curtains and duvet cover.

The sewing closet has a wooden TV table in there for the machine and the top shelves hold material and patterns and my serger and I have a thread holder that hangs on the wall behind my sewing machine. I also have a fold up stool to sit on. I also bought one of those clip on lights that clips to the top shelf. I have to use and extension cord but that is the only inconvenience. Let me know how I can post my pics so I can share. Thank you for the great website.

]]> By: susanna eve http://www.missminimalist.com/2009/12/minimalist-confession-i%e2%80%99m-an-empty-space-junkie/comment-page-1/#comment-12692 susanna eve Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:27:44 +0000 http://www.missminimalist.com/?p=285#comment-12692 For me, the reasons for a smaller living space are: not paying for heating a larger space, not paying higher taxes (if you own the place) and also not having to spend a lot of time cleaning a bigger space. We currently live in a house that had an extension built on to it to give more room to our 5 children, 4 of whom were boys and who all shared one bedroom (2 sets of bunkbeds) until the oldest was 17. Now we are just 3 and are not using most of our big house. My daughter who is 13 is not comfortable having strangers live with us so renting out rooms on an ongoing or regular basis is not really an option although we have done this a couple of times on a very short term basis (3 weeks was the longest so far). We are currently paring down our belongings in anticipation of a move sometime in the next 5 years to a smaller space. I aspire to be a minimalist:) I am doing the 10 things a week challenge, I find that easier than the 1 a day. For me, the reasons for a smaller living space are: not paying for heating a larger space, not paying higher taxes (if you own the place) and also not having to spend a lot of time cleaning a bigger space. We currently live in a house that had an extension built on to it to give more room to our 5 children, 4 of whom were boys and who all shared one bedroom (2 sets of bunkbeds) until the oldest was 17. Now we are just 3 and are not using most of our big house. My daughter who is 13 is not comfortable having strangers live with us so renting out rooms on an ongoing or regular basis is not really an option although we have done this a couple of times on a very short term basis (3 weeks was the longest so far). We are currently paring down our belongings in anticipation of a move sometime in the next 5 years to a smaller space. I aspire to be a minimalist:) I am doing the 10 things a week challenge, I find that easier than the 1 a day.

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