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Expand Your Pathetically Tiny Apartment With a DIY Microloft
Achieve an extra 160 square feet in your tiny-ass home for only $3,115.
Live in an apartment so cramped even squeezed dorm-dwellers would send you looks of pity? Relief might be found by building upward, as you can do with this pricey loft assembly from Expand Furniture.
The company, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, is run by a team of “small space specialists” who excel in room-embiggening tricks like installing modular storage and painting surfaces with neutral colors. The “DIY Loft Kit,” intended for New York-style lofts, is an extreme measure for tiny-home dwellers. It includes a steep, varnished-wood stairway, a wrap-around railing, and a 160-square-foot mezzanine that attaches to the walls for stability.