Friday 27 February 2015

After the panic: How one New Yorker lives happily in 90 square feet






Photos: Living comfortably in 90 square feet
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Rowell found the place two years ago through a friend, who saw the listing on NYU’s student listserv. “Everyone was laughing at the tiny box that was for rent,” says Rowell. Even when she visited, the landlord seemed embarrassed to show it. But the rent was just $750 a month (now a whopping $775), and she took it on the spot.“I really like getting rid of things,” says Mary Helen Rowell, as she stands in the middle of her minimally furnished apartment in Manhattan’s West Village. “It’s my

favorite thing.” Considering that Rowell’s apartment measures all of 90 square feet, purging is more of a necessity than a hobby, but enjoying the process makes it easier to keep the tiny space neat. “If there are three things on the floor, it’s a disaster.”



A few moments of panic set in once Rowell started measuring the space

Photos: Living comfortably in 90 square feet


Photos: Living comfortably in 90 square feet

Photos: Living comfortably in 90 square feet





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