DIY, recycled pallet house with IKEA-style assembly instructions. NYC "Swiss Army knife" apartment's walls open, fold & slide. Rosa and Robert Garneau’s Chelsea apartment is small- just 550 square feet of usable space with a bedroom just 8 feet wide-, but they can both work from home, find privacy (even for meetings while the other is sleeping) and fit all their belongings (sports equipment and lots of office gear) thanks to walls that don’t stand still.
Nearly every “wall” in the Garneau’s Transformer Loft opens to reveal cabinets, a bed or even a home office. And all of it was carefully designed for utility and precision by the couple (both architects self-employed by Studio Garneau). Kirsten Dirksen of *faircompanies. Kirsten Dirksen of *faircompanies. Modern hobbit house: a tiny cob home.