12 Most Popular Home Addition Ideas To Enhance Your Space
Tell your Air Conditioner “AC Ya Later!”
Summer scorchers are behind us. It’s time to take those A/C’s out of your windows, throw on a sweater, and let the cool fall breeze flow through your apartment.
What We’re Storing: P.S.- I Made This
The DIY experts at P.S. – I Made This are some of our favorite MakeSpace users. These crafty ladies can make anything beautiful, and they definitely know how to make a small space shine. Recently, they’ve started to feel a little cramped in their Nolita studio, so they called in MakeSpace
This Saturday We’re Falling For Fall
Summer’s quickly fading into a distant memory of concerts in the park, iced coffees, and outdoor happy hours. But don’t despair! Autumn is on its way in, which means fall fashion, apple picking, halloween, and sweater weather. We want you to really fall for Fall this year, so to kick the season off, we’ll be treating our Saturday customers to an assortment of autumnal treats.
4 Tiny BBQs Perfect for Labor Day Grilling
Here In New York City, our friends are always complaining that there’s just nowhere to store a grill. To solve this problem once and for all, we’ve rounded up some awesome, compact barbecues that will fit in even the smallest of homes. Here are our favorites:
How To Move To NYC The Ike Edeani Way
Moving to New York City sucks. First, you have to figure out how to get yourself here. Then you have to figure out how to get your stuff here. Then you have to find a place to stay temporarily. Then you have to navigate the insane NYC housing market and find an apartment. And then, after all that, you still have to get all of your stuff from your temporary home to your new, permanent home. At which point you’ve basically moved three times. We have good news. There’s a better way, and professional photographer Ike Edeani has found it!
Patrick Janelle’s NYC Summer Essentials
We’ve been obsessed with Patrick Janelle’s Instagram this summer. Burgers. Parks. Skylines. Cappucinos. Staycations. Vacations. He’s pretty much the quintessential New York Instagrammer. So naturally, when he signed up for MakeSpace, we knew we had to make something happen. With a shared love of burgers and parks, we decided to have Patrick curate a bin of his New York City Summer Park Essentials.
Inside Kim Kardashian And Kanye West’s New $22 Million Mansion
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West just bought a brand new mansion in Hidden Hills, California, and it’s going to have you green with envy.
We’re Giving Away Beautiful Tiny Plants From The Sill
This week we’re partnering with our friends over at The Sill to bring a little green to your New York City apartment. We’ll be giving away a few tiny succulents and one Philodendron.
Seems Insane! This Houston Woman’s Closet Is Definitely Bigger Than Your Apartment
Today in news items that make you aware of how absurd living in New York City is, the Huffington Post brings us the story of Theresa Roemer’s “Female Man-Cave” or the “She-Cave” as she calls it.
How to Cook Easily in a Small Kitchen
Cooking and entertaining in your minuscule kitchen, teensy living room, and a dining room that straight up doesn’t exist can be an exasperating process. In order to keep your dinner party happy and your sanity intact, there are a few precautions to take to guarantee that you’ll always be the host or hostess with the mostess.
Clutter For Puppy Love
Whether you’re adopting a dog, or just fostering the pooch until they can find a “forever” home, taking care of an energetic animal in a small apartment in New York City requires a whole lot of work in exchange for a little puppy love
How to Keep an Apartment Cool Without Air Conditioning
Summer in the city isn’t always so pretty. There’s nothing like a sweat-drenched, sleepless night on flannel sheets to make you facepalm yourself for not buying an AC unit. Even if you don’t want to spend the cash, or send your electricity bill spiking dramatically upwards, there are some measures you can take to make sure that your cozy little home doesn’t feel too toasty.