Posted by Jared on January 2nd, 2010 in Exterior, Gardening
You may not be the green-thumb type but a little green in your little abode can surely add to make it feel more like home. Living in the city is not an excuse not to have some greenery around. Although of course, if you are indeed contemplating to start a small garden of your own, be sure that you are committed to the idea. Plants, like all living things, need TLC and being too busy is not an excuse to forgetting to water them. However, if you feel that you can live up to the responsibility, then you’ll be rewarded of the certain benefits of urban gardening. How?
1. Plants help beautify the surroundings. Seeing colorful blooms can help divert the monotony of the drab grey of the urban landscape.
2. Plants help purify the air. Forget about inhaling the usual city smog by seeking some oxygen break around your mini-garden.
3. Gardening is relaxing. It’s one fine way to help reduce the urban-living stress.
Posted by Jared on December 20th, 2009 in Information
What defines a loft? High ceilings, open spaces, town location, huge windows. It can be an expensive way to live but Capitol Hotel makes it relatively affordable. They are the epitome of cool – urban living personified and every yuppy’s dream. We are talking, of course, about lofts. Once the work-cum-living space of struggling artists, now a chic living concept. Popularised by Hollywood movies, loft living was literally invented in New York’s SoHo in the 1960s. Sit back and relax: Snuggle up in the wicker chair and watch the day pass from the windows of your loft.
Originally vacant warehouses or factories converted for residential use, lofts denote functionality and minimalism. Today, loft living has become so fashionable that developers are building loft spaces to cater to affluent urbanites.
Posted by rhodora on November 7th, 2009 in Information
More city dwellers are now hitching their lifestyles to loft living. This is because of the practicability of loft dwellings mainly for professionals and career people who are too busy even to take leisurely breakfast.
Lofts come with condo amenities that are hard to resist when you are a buzzing corporate worker who sips coffee on your way to work. Lofts, like condos, offer attractive services such as laundry, housekeeping, fitness clubs, gyms, salons and even restaurants. They are also conveniently situated for easy access to markets, groceries, shopping and entertainment centers. Based on this, lofts have become hot picks among people who go for comfortable and convenient living.
Posted by editor on October 4th, 2009 in Information
As urban living is becoming more and more popular, lofts are also becoming such a hit especially because of the wide space it offers and the convenience it brings in an urban area. In Downtown LA, many industrial buildings are being converted into loft apartments and condominiums. Lofts are also very common across the US country like in cities such as New York, San Francisco, Miami, Atlanta and Chicago where renters and owners turn their industrial areas into living spaces. Such spaces provide high ceilings, oversized windows and open floor plans which can be a perfect venue for artists looking for a wide space in unleashing their creativity. Lofts can indeed give you much freedom.
Posted by rhodora on September 26th, 2009 in space
Working from home is now becoming very popular among professionals more particularly the younger ones. And based on the increasing number of people who now do their work at home, the day will come when people no longer need to ride their cars or commute to get to work. Gone will be the time when people hurry off after office hours to catch the ride home for dinner. In the soonest future people will no longer need to leave their homes in order to work.
The widespread availability of modern technological conveniences such as telephones, emails, faxes and high speed internet has paved the way for more people to work from the comfort of their home. This set up is very ideal especially for young couples who are in the stage of raising young children for they can baby sit while working in their home.
Lofts are very ideal for people who work and live from home. Since they come with all the basic life necessities one can use, lofts are among the top choices of work from home folks.
Posted by editor on August 18th, 2009 in Information
One of the first things you have to consider about living in a downtown loft is the security and privacy it can provide you. If it is too important for you, then lofts are very sensible choice for you since you can make noise without fearing for neighbors to complain about it and you can have much freedom in making decorative alterations. Your friends and acquaintances can come by any time with lots of space to move around and party. Concerning parking spaces check the options available for you and ask about the payment for such amenity. Cities do have a limited street parking policies.
Posted by Jared on July 8th, 2009 in Design Tips, Information, Interior, Loft designs, tips
With large floor areas associated with some lofts, it is quite difficult to get proper floor covers that would make it unique and interesting even for you, who is to live within the said space that can get tiring if you see the same floor tiles all over the place. so why not divide up the space into zones, setting tiles and other durable floor covering for heavy used areas while leaving carpets and wooden floor panels for living areas such as bedrooms. You can even create your own design with the various materials to make them stand out, while attaining the lines of division but do consider cleaning, which is something you’d be sure to go through when selecting the proper floor covering.
Posted by Jared on June 8th, 2009 in Information
Walls are an integral part of lofts and that being the case they can be quite massive and bland left to its own accord. A splash of paint may give it some life or why not consider some art for sophistication. Prints or copies of the original artwork also works fine as long as they are framed to protect them from fading and other issues. have a wall collage composed of memorable pictures, blown up to proportion or simply wing-it, mixing different size photos to make a unique yet interesting wall covering you can talk about with your guests. Space is also quite abundant in former industrial lofts so be creative in designing dividers to cut up the utterly large space. Stand-up dividers or glass ones work fine, they’re also easier to move when time comes to flee the loft.
Posted by Jared on May 2nd, 2009 in Design Tips, Green Tech, Information, Remodeling, tips
Mother Nature can only take so much and if we had paid attention more to the people called environmentalists of the sixty’s or seventy’s or even nuts, we may not be suffering from the many extreme environmental changes we are now seeing and feeling all over the globe. But, as always, each and every person on earth doing something small can amount to a lot of help for the environment that seems to be on the verge of it’s limits. Simple upgrades from incandescent to CFL’s or even LED lighting helps reduce carbon emissions a lot if all the world’s homes and lofts simply took the time and spent more cash for the simple yet effective retrofit. As discussed with the previous two posts, going off the grid or a more realistic partial Continue reading this post…
Posted by Jared on April 2nd, 2009 in Green Tech, Information, Remodeling, Safety, tips
Wind turbine technology has also improved considerably that a small roof-mounted wind turbine can also provide enough power to such small living spaces. The problem with most of them is the hardware and storage batteries which can amount to a lot, space of which is a premium. If ever there is a downstairs garage or ample storage space then space is of no concern. Some of the smaller wind generators can provide 400 to 600 amps of power easy, enough for a small loft. Most of the smaller types can simply be mounted directly onto the roof of your loft, without the need for towers and other supports. They are simple and easy to install and the cost will surely be offset in terms of savings from power you may otherwise have to pay for from the grid. Continue reading this post…