| Apartments in New York are famous for being | | | | strength milk crates behind New York restaurants |
| ridiculously tiny. Studio apartments are sometimes | | | | and shops and stacking them on top of each other. |
| barely able to contain a twin bed, never mind any | | | | Purchase some pretty colored spray paint and use |
| other sort of furniture or appliances. Apartments in | | | | the paint to make the otherwise ugly milk crates |
| New York are also famous for being ridiculously | | | | pretty. These "shelving units" can be used for books, |
| expensive! Some New Yorkers have to work two | | | | knick knacks, clothing, whatever. |
| jobs: one job to pay for their rent, the second to | | | | 3. You know those huge wooden spools that cable |
| pay for everything else. | | | | gets rolled onto? If you can find one of those, you |
| Thankfully, with a little creativity you can decorate | | | | have a great table. It's a little on the short side, but if |
| your New York apartment very cheaply. With a little | | | | you stack it on a couple of risers, you should be able |
| bit more creativity you can fit a whole house worth | | | | to elevate it to a normal table height without |
| of furniture and decorations into an apartment the | | | | problems. Again, you can paint it or, if you don't feel |
| size of a toddler's shoe box. | | | | like painting, simply cover it in a nice piece of fabric |
| Anybody can go to IKEA and copy one of their floor | | | | and it will look fine! |
| plan designs. Anybody can copy the decorating page | | | | 4. Use a trunk as a coffee table and use it to house |
| out of a magazine or the style section. These are | | | | blankets and pillows or old books and magazines. |
| not tips that you will find on any "fancy" website but | | | | 5. To save space in the kitchen use pretty hooks |
| they will save you space and money. | | | | (can be found for pennies in New York's second hand |
| 1. Get a loft bed. Loft beds can usually be purchased | | | | shops) to hang your pots and pans on the wall. This |
| relatively cheaply in New York. You can also | | | | will free up your cabinets for food or whatever else |
| construct a loft bed from some tall and sturdy | | | | you need to store. Plus, hanging the pots and pans |
| bookcases and an old door. Bolt the bookcases to | | | | gives your kitchen wall a great, three dimensional |
| the floor and then bolt the door over the top of the | | | | arty look! |
| bookcases. Place your mattress on top of the door. | | | | 6. Use an old dresser as a television stand and then |
| Instant loft bed with plenty of room underneath! If | | | | store your DVDs in the drawers! Put the DVD player, |
| you construct your own loft bed make sure that | | | | video game consoles, VCR, etc. on a small bookshelf |
| everything is steady enough to remain standing in the | | | | that sits next to the television set. |
| event that you toss and turn in your sleep. | | | | You'll be surprised at all of the ideas you get as you |
| 2. Shelving can be constructed by finding old industrial | | | | get into decorating your New York home! |