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Apartment living, considered.

Essays and guides on furnishing real apartments — floor plan first. Design styles, city studies, and the practical craft of a well-composed rental.

3 entries Updated June 2026 Filed under Apartment Design

  1. Apartment Design

    No. 001

    The Case for Furnishing in a Plan, Not in Pieces

    Piece-by-piece furnishing produces rooms that never quite resolve. The argument — practical and economic — for composing the apartment once, as a w...

  2. Apartment Design

    No. 002

    How to Read a Floor Plan Before You Buy a Single Piece of Furniture

    Scale, circulation, and the fixed elements no sofa can argue with. A working guide to reading your apartment floor plan the way a designer does — b...

  3. Apartment Design

    No. 003

    8 Apartment Interior Design Styles, Explained

    Eight apartment interior design styles compared — what defines each and how to make one fit your floor plan.

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