sure feels good to be back in New York back in my cozy apartment welcome back
to the channel for everyone new here my name is Eric about two months ago I made
a tour of my apartment and I got a ton of comments and questions from people
asking Eric how can you manage to live in such a tiny apartment and it's pretty
safe to say that I have mastered the art of living in tiny spaces in this video
I'm gonna share with you my top 7 tips for saving space oh that's not good
that's oh that's really bad damn I just ding my Murphy bed that's actually a
pretty bad thing anyway these are my top 7 tips for saving space while living in
a tiny apartment that I use in my everyday life space-saving tip number
one is everyone's favorite party trick it is the Murphy bed so this is what my
apartment were to look like if I had a normal bed in the studio and as you can
see the bed takes up a lot of real estate when you're working with the
place that's around you know 300 400 square feet the bed takes up a lot of
room and I was thinking about this the other night if I didn't have this Murphy
bed I don't think I would be able to live in a place this small like that's
how much of a game changer this is look at all this space
that becomes available when we fall up the Murphy bed having all this space
opened up I'd say this is almost a third of the apartment is taken up by the bed
so the Murphy bed is the go-to the only real drawback that I can find for the
Murphy bed is the fact that they're pretty pricey my specific model was from
a company called great of beds and it was just about $1,700 I have the white
on white which is nice because it pretty much disappears into the wall and you
can't really notice it a lot of times when people come over they think that
it's a dresser or some storage unit and then I take down the bed and it's kind
of a cool party trick you know not many people expect you to have a fold-up bed
tip number two on my list is the hanging bike rack a bike in the apartment can
take up a ton of space I have here this industrial bike rack made from some
metal piping with some leather accents that I mounted to a piece of wood and
then put my wall the amount of for space that the fight
actually takes up is a lot more than you would think
bike on the wall kind of adds that New York aesthetic to the apartment a little
bit of a confession the other night I'm sitting at my desk getting some work
done I kind of hear like a noise like something's like I the world-famous bike
mount rack kind of wall device thing it fell out of the wall while I was working
the bike almost fell on my head luckily I have cat-like reflexes and I got out
of the way really quick so the bike rack rest in peace I'll have to reinstall
later this week the bike rack has go-to for saving space when you live in a tiny
apartment and you have a big white wall there's a few things you could do with
it you could hang a huge piece of art you
could get a massive TV or you could get a full-length full-body mirror that you
put right by the bed it will make the apartment seem double the size like the
first thing I do when I wake up is actually look into the mirror and I can
see the skyline of New York from the mirror which is pretty amazing I got
this mirror from a company called Ballard Designs for just about seven
hundred dollars when you live in a space this cozy having a full length full wall
mirror can make the apartment seem double the size also it's important for
getting ready you know you're getting ready for that meeting that day you
gotta have that full-body mirror to see how you're looking before you head out
the door normally a coffee table is something that is really big it's just
it's ready from the couch and it doesn't move it collects dust and crap and it
just sort of sits there a great space-saving solution to that in a tiny
apartment is having multiple lightweight and tables these end tables were all
handmade they are reclaimed water they make the perfect coffee table if you
have friends over I have this one off in the corner which acts as a more
permanent table and then I have a 24 by 24 pub table which serves as my dining
room table and breakfast note they're easy they're clean and when you're not
using them just move them right out of the way so now this next tip might be
the most important one on my list just for the video of the demonstration this
is how I normally keep my apartment very clean but for the video I'm gonna just
throw my dirty wash everywhere so you can see a tiny apartment can amplify the
mess so as you can slip slip here put stuff on the couch to
is this messy enough yeah now it looks disgusting this is a huge tip and it's
so underrated when you live in a small apartment you have to keep it clean like
there's no I mean unless that's your thing and you don't mind living like
this but for me I mean everything has its set place because it's very easy for
it to get very cluttered and super messy very fast you know most people they wait
till the end of the week the end of the workweek and they clean everything at
once which can kind of just be a hassle and ruin your weekend what I do is I
clean a little bit every day I get done my workout and I don't throw my gym
clothes on the windowsill here like this you know I fold it up right away and put
it in the closet so normally your apartment does not look like this I've
never seen your apartment this mess no it's trash okay but this is just for an
example to show that a mess is a huge way to save space in a tiny apartment or
a lack of a mess all right how about this I'll help you clean up if you saw
my apartment tour video you know that my kitchen is one of I mean I have yet to
meet someone who has a smaller kitchen it's one of the coziest kitchens in all
of New York City the next tip for saving space and a tiny apartment on our list
is kitchen utensils this tip is very simple only have two of everything
two plates two bowls two forks two spoons because honestly you can't
comfortably have more than two people in the apartment at a time for a meal the
number seven tip I have for saving space is utilizing your closet I'm very lucky
and I have a pretty large walk-in closet in this apartment the closet came with
this bar for hanging and I actually put in these shelves so I can put all my
clothing in there I have all my electronics stored here miscellaneous
things my air mattress this one's out of necessity because I don't really think
that I could fit a dresser in this apartment I mean there's not really too
much room anywhere in here that I could put a dresser I mean that right there is
the 360 tour of the apartment I was wondering how many of you actually live
here in New York comment down below if you live in New York City if you ever
have lived in New York City or if you've ever spent time living in a tiny
apartment or tiny house but if you enjoyed the video make sure to leave a
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city for the next month I will see you in the next video so as always for the
gee viewers smile more worried less and get out there and live your passion
peace guys