Tiny nyc apartment

Buying an affordable apartment in New York City can be next to impossible. Seriously, we’ve done our research. But when you find a diamond in the real estate rough, you go for it and figure out a way to make it work.

There’s peel-and-stick wallpaper in the entryway, peel-and-stick panel molding, a gorgeous sketch from 1884, and a ton of other traditional, refined details.

It is the "quintessential New York studio."

After moving, Samantha started with nothing, but furnished this whole apartment (hardware, lights, painting, installing shelves and art etc.) in about a month.

Name: Carly Fuller and fiancé, Martin Location: Hells Kitchen — New York City, New York Size: 450 square feetYears lived in: 6 years, renting Carly Fuller‘s rental apartment might only be 450 square feet, but she’s absolutely made every single inch work for her and her fiancé, Martin. “I love it with all my heart for the memories it’s given me the last six-ish years,” she confesses.

My micro-studio apartment in the West Village has no kitchen or closet. Here's what my rent costs and what a day in my tiny-living life is like.

When NYC rents lowered in the pandemic, children's book editor and author Anna Membrino took the opportunity to live alone for the first time. Mirrors, white walls, and lots of plants help make the small space feel much larger.

Amanda Phillips pays $2389 a month for her 425-square-foot studio apartment in Manhattan’s Rose Hill.

When you see how lovely Melina's West Village studio apartment is, you'll understand why she's willing to live in only 300 square feet and walk up multiple flights up stairs.