Minimalist Living -- What We Own | Loving Simple Living. There is a revised post of what we owned before we started traveling here – Minimalist Living – What We Own Now. Want to come wander through our minimalist apartment? We are pretty social people and would love to have you over, but it is a bit far to travel for most of you. This way is probably not too exciting but I get a lot of questions about what we actually do own. …so here is the nitty-gritty. Our simple minimalist living – summer 2012 Let me take you on a tour of sorts. First here is the living room In the living room we have: 4 pictures on the wall my super amazing photographer hubby took. Moving to the kitchen The kitchen doesn’t have much for being a kitchen, but it has a pretty big percentage of our stuff. In the cupboards there is: On the bottom #5 oven drawer has pans – pizza, cake, muffin, mini cheese cake, and cooling racks#6 lower on left has pots and pans, and food stuff – potatoes, beans, rice, cans, cereal, chips crackers, etc.
Second closet is the kids closet: Off site. Minimalist Kids - Our Minimalist Apartment - Loving Simple Living. Last week I told you about our Simple Living – Take 2 where we downsized again. We went from a 2 bedroom apartment to a 1 bedroom apartment. Many of you (rightly) asked about the kids. We are a family of 4 living in a 1 bedroom apartment… that doesn’t work right? How does this work for the minimalist kids? Before I start I should say that we have grand dreams of downsizing again someday.
Minimalist Kids Because you hear from me and my perspective a lot I wanted to write this post to you introducing you to our minimalist apartment through my kids eyes. Living RoomBedroom Here is the living room area: It goes the by the name living room but here is what it really is: Living roomGame roomDinning roomPuzzle roomPlay roomArt roomActing and dancing roomKids night sleeping roomDaytime awake roomLily’s nap-time roomMusic room…also in the last few days the rollerblading and scootering practice room Here is an add-on to the living room that works as an: The bottom holds blocks and balls.
Books. A Closer Look at Our Minimalist Wardrobe. As I’m sure you can imagine, I’m NOT a huge fan of clothes clutter. I hate it when drawers and closets are so jammed full of clothing… and I’ve always said that I won’t have more clothing than can fit comfortably in my closet. Every piece of clothing Dave and I own is in our closet or in our dresser drawers {besides our winter coats and boots} and we intend to keep it that way, partially because we live in an old farmhouse where extra closet space is slim to none, but also because we personally feel like we don’t NEED more clothing than we have space for.
And remember, I hate clothes clutter As you can see by the picture above, we have plenty of room left in our closet — however, I don’t plan to fill it any time soon. Over the past several months, I’ve talked a lot about clothes clutter and I’ve shown many pictures of how we organized our master closet. They are REAL pictures of our real clothing… and no, I don’t take a bunch of stuff out and try to make it look perfect for the pictures. Fascinating and Fashionable: Sarah the Minimalist | Already Pretty | Where style meets body image. This is the first in a new series of interviews with fascinating folks about their unique perspectives on style, fashion, and body image. I’m launching with Sarah Von of Yes and Yes, who is one of the most stylish women I know yet owns an absolutely tiny number of wardrobe items.
Call her a minimalist, a capsule wardrobe aficionado, or a thrifty shopper, she’s got a good thing going. Let’s hear from Sarah! How many pieces of clothing do you own? How many are thrifted? It should also be noted that I’m self-employed and I work from home. What’s your philosophy of wardrobe-building? Also, if I find something I really love, I buy it in multiples. I spend about three months of each year traveling, so I’ve become very accustomed to living out of a carry-on for weeks at a time. Until about a year ago, 99% of my wardrobe was thrifted but it’s quite difficult to find clothing that meets the above mentioned needs at a thrift store. Sarah’s closet Do you ever get bored with your clothes? A minimalist wardrobe: in photos | living lagom. As a supplement to last week’s post, I put together a photo gallery of what a minimalist’s wardrobe looks like. So without further ado, I present my minimalist wardrobe. main characters supporting cast dress rehearsal noteworthy A few points to consider: My present wardrobe is more minimalist than lagom.
Special thanks: To my sister, aka Lizzie Lizard, for providing the use of the props. Update: I’ve decided to deactivate my Pinterest acccount, as I prefer Instagram. My Tiny Apartment Tour: Minimalist Bedroom. After last week’s post (400 Square Feet is the New Black), I received quite a number of emails and comments requesting more photos of our tiny apartment. Today, I thought I’d give you a sneak peak into the bedroom. I feel a little shy inviting thousands of people into this space, but what the heck – here goes. To be honest, there’s really not much to see. It measures only 9.75 x 9.25 feet, for a grand total of 91 square feet. Suffice it to say, photographing it was somewhat of a challenge! Tiny minimalist bedroom A few notes: * I know a mattress on the floor is not everyone’s cup of tea, but it works for us.
. * We have no built-in closets, so all our clothes are in these two wardrobes (mine on the left, DH’s on the right) . * I’m not a huge fan of the carpeting, but when you’re in rented accommodations, you learn to live with less-than-ideal finishes. . * This bedroom was made for a minimalist – there’s not enough room for a dresser, nightstand, or any other piece of furniture.
Related posts: Wardrobe. One of the most frequent questions I’m asked is how to create a minimalist wardrobe; and boy, do I love to answer it! I devoted an entire chapter of my book, The Joy of Less, to the topic; however, some readers have expressed the desire to see my tips in action. Ask, and you shall receive –- in this post, I’ll illustrate some key strategies using items straight from my own closet.
(Men, don’t stop reading; although the clothes pictured are my own, the tips are gender-inclusive!) What I’ve done is selected my core, or capsule wardrobe: ten items that can get me through the majority of my daily activities, in every season. I didn’t include socks and unmentionables (we’ll take those as a given), or exercise/specialty wear (in other words, I don’t go hiking in my little black dress). Furthermore, these items are particularly tailored to my urban, business-casual lifestyle, and work from office to dinner to weekend.
Okay, here we go — pictured below is my 10-Item Wardrobe: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. How To Minimally Furnish an Apartment | minimalist packrat. I tend to go off on tangents. What, you mean you haven’t noticed? I start typing and I just keep going. So on New Years Day I promised myself I wasn’t getting on the computer, wasn’t responding to any comments, and was taking a day off. Ehh, well there was just one itsy bitsy little comment that maybe I had time for… next thing I know I’ve written almost a whole blog post as a reply! So I decided to turn that response into a post, make Regina wait 2 days for her big response, and put it up where more people could read it. I also wanted to open it up to other minimalists to share tips for Regina as well, so make sure to leave your ideas in the comments section!
Regina’s moving into her very first apartment (exciting times!) Hey there, I just discovered your blog through Miss Minimalist and I’m really enjoying it, especially the Holidays post. Thanks and keep up the awesome posts, ~Regina Glad you found me! So when I moved out on my own a table to eat at wasn’t a priority. Airy and light. Tour My Minimalist Apartment. The Allure of Minimalism in Photographs Step inside my apartment for a moment. Welcome. I’m glad you could spend a few minutes chez Millburn. Please pardon the mess. Just kidding. People are often intrigued by my living space, or rather by the idea of my living space, wondering what it looks like, how a minimalist really lives, often posing all sorts of voyeuristic questions: How many things do you own? But that’s okay—I understand the allure. When Ryan and I first started this website, I counted my things as a parody, showcasing the fact that I didn’t have the desire to be as extreme as some minimalists.
When I left my corporate job, however, I decided to downsize; I decided to reduce my expenses so I could afford to live my dream. At first, I wondered whether I could be as happy with my new apartment. Fast-forward a year and, truth be told, I enjoy my new, smaller apartment more than my old loft—a feat I thought impossible a year ago. Photos of a Minimalist’s Apartment Entryway. Revisit: My Current Apartment | The Everyday Minimalist. David from Simple, Organized Life asked about pictures of my apartment. Some of you long-time readers from Fabulously Broke in the City will have already seen this but here goes: The Tour of my Studio! Walking in, this is what our front hall way looks like. The front closet is actually my clothing closet. Here’s my closet, in the front closet. My clothes are on the far right. Note: This was all taken before winter. Kitchen to your right… And just above the right side, near the sink area, there’s a bar top counter where we keep all of our fruits and veggies.
This really frees up a TON of space on our dining room table. On the other side is our other walk-in storage area with a fridge (don’t ask) and more shelves, plus a little storage room (straight ahead). Here’s the storage closet in the walk-in storage area. The walk in storage area also leads into the bathroom on the right. We don’t have towels in there because we hang it up in the walk-in storage area (see? That’s it! Small eh? Turn Stuff You Don't Need Into a Good Deed | DonateStuff.com. Minimalism Is Not a Radical Lifestyle. Some people meet me and when we talk about minimalism they think I live a radical lifestyle. They say things like “I could never be a minimalist.” But the truth is that my lifestyle is not radical. I don’t consider myself a radical person. If you met me today and we didn’t talk about minimalism (which we probably wouldn’t), you wouldn’t think my lifestyle is much different from yours: I don’t count my stuff, but I have hundreds of things, even after I got rid of 90% of my stuff.
But there are three key distinctions 1. 2. 3. Minimalism is not a radical lifestyle. How about you—what could you strip away from your life that would allow you to focus on the important aspects of your life? Sharing is radical.