Comments on: DIY apartment furniture

By: dillinger

dillinger — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:21:24 +0000

True Genius !!!

We are trying to make our flat look decent within the space of three weeks on a very tight budget…….(agreed to a family reunion at our place) ….. your post has left us feeling very inspired, so thank you. I won’t be attempting anything so fancy though, all we want is boxed-in pipes in the kitchen, bathroom and living room, that will make everyone happy. Might have to get someone in to do it after all. Anyway, thanks for the read, much appreciated.

By: kris

kris — Mon, 30 May 2011 06:32:43 +0000

Mike, you’re exactly correct. You can either build the internal frame an inch smaller than the wall dimensions and then wedge a phone book or something similar to stabilize everything, or you can have overlapping beams somewhere in the structure that allow you to snug everything to the walls. If you need more specific advice on your design, don’t hesitate to ask. Have fun!

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 29 May 2011 05:40:14 +0000

So, If I read, and look at the pictures correctly, the internal frame around the outer walls of the room are made from 2×4′s, cut to length so that when the 2×4 headers are put in at the ceiling, the whole thing is basically wedged in, and held in place by friction? Once the fram is built, you can then build off of it just as you would for a stud wall in regular construction. Am I getting this right?

I ask because I have a situation where I live that I’m very short on storage space, and my landlord won’t let me drill or nail into the plaster walls due to the age. If I can use this internal frame deal, it could work out very well.

By: Charles

Charles — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 03:44:44 +0000

I know this is an older post, but I’ve really enjoyed looking at your furniture pics here. Wonderful designs.

By: Brent

Brent — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:31:48 +0000

Kris, I’m absolutely blown away. For years I’ve complained about not having enough space to have a shop where I could build stuff, but obviously, I have NO excuse after seeing all you’ve done. Your creations are so thoughtful, intuitive, and useful. The storage in the floor and those dent things to pick up the panels – brilliant. If you didn’t provide us with such awesome music I would have said you missed you calling. Thanks for the inspiration! Great, great post!

By: Luis Alfonso

Luis Alfonso — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:10:32 +0000

Great post, This is what i’ve been looking over the internet. I’ve moving around every year since 6 years ago and is always the same problem, temporal fixtures, furniture limitations etc… I’ve lost the deposit many times for making holes and gluing things…

Your post gave me lots of ideas… i’d encourage you to develop it, i don’t know if there is a community of this kind or if you know anyone… but you could expand it, like me, is the problem of many “nomads” around the world.

Please, if you have any information, links, photos, recomendations etc etc… i’ll apreaciate it.

… and keep on!

see ya

By: Futons

Futons — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:53:57 +0000

Wow! this is ingenius. I love it and it looks great too. I lived in Europe for a while and the appartments there can be really small too, especially for a family. I love what you’ve done. It’s such an efficient use of space and resources.

By: kris

kris — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:06:56 +0000

Thanks so much, Jamie! It’s looking like the kitchen bowl shelf design might make it into the dream home, so I’ll get to build it with nice materials and attention to detail. In that design, I’m going to try and make it so one can put wet bowls in the rack and the drips don’t fall on other bowls. Like the current design, the bowls will be angled a bit so the back lip is lowest. Also like the current design, the smallest bowls will be on bottom and the largest on top. But in the new version, I’m going to make some kind of stop at the back of each shelf so that the back lip of the upper bowls will overhang the lower bowls.

If you build anything, please send us pictures!

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:26:59 +0000

I just stumbled upon this site, and this stuff is amazing! I can’t wait to try out building an interior frame, which is a genius idea. It’s blowing my mind right now, just looking at the pictures. I especially like the kitchen shelving units in the Torrance apartment. Very clever.

By: noze

noze — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:20:05 +0000

awesome! thanks for posting this for all. Just moved into a small apartment after living in a big home with a garden and boy do I need these tips and info. Thanks!!!