When deciding to move, what is the main thing almost everybody will tell you to look out for?
Location, location, location!
For one woman, she took that to mean location over everything else.
Felice Cohen, an artist and best-selling writer from Manhattan, decided she cared more about her proximity to what she calls ‘essentials’, than the size of her apartment.
Felice, who luckily is also a professional organizer, lives in a teeny tiny 90 sq. ft. apartment only a block away from Central Park.
She manages to fit everything she needs in the space, though she spends most of her time out and about in the bustling city.
As a writer and artist she rents space at Paragraph, a writer’s studio located near Union Square, where she goes when she wants to be around other people.
When she would rather write in a more solitary setting, she has set up her apartment to focus mainly on her desk area, she also works on some of her art here.
Beside her desk is a makeshift kitchen, there was no kitchen area at all when she first moved in.
She has a mini-fridge that can only hold a small amount making her have to grocery shop multiple times a week.
On top of the fridge is a toaster over, and of course, she has a hotplate and other appliances like a crockpot and a rice cooker.
Behind the apartment’s door is a decent-sized closet where Felice stores most of her clothes, the rest are in totes stacked above her desk.
She also has a small bathroom area, which for the size of the apartment is actually pretty big.
The only other room in the apartment contains a shower stall, sink, toilet, and radiator; she has to sit sideways on the toilet so as to not knock her knees into the radiator.
Her bedroom is a loft style and, though she didn’t like it at first, it’s now her favorite spot in the place.
Felice explains that on her first night sleeping in her new apartment, she woke up and had a panic attack due to the claustrophobic feeling of the loft area.
With the ceiling only about a foot away from her face, and dark walls on 3 sides, she was not loving the sleeping situation.
Now, however, she loves the cozy space.
With a light up beside her bed, Felice now enjoys laying there at night and reading some of her favorite novels.
Back on the main floor, she has a reading nook where she enjoys sitting, and has a window she can look out of to see the city.
Felice says she has had up to 9 people over to her apartment at one time and it has never been a problem.
She also mentions that she has a friend with an apartment a few blocks away but that they normally end up at her place due to the cozy nature of her living situation.
What was originally supposed to be a year-long experiment has now turned into a 3-year stint, and she has no plans to move anytime soon.
At the time of filming, Felice was only paying $700 a month for the micro-apartment, which is low when it comes to living in the Big Apple.
So, could you live in a tiny space like this if it meant residing in your dream location?
Take a tour of Felice’s tiny abode in the walkthrough video below!
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