Studio Living

[Regards]

So i'm debating on renting out a studio in the city to save on money. My question is, has anyone ever lived in such a small space? Can you share some experience? I'm a bit hesitant, and I believe it might be weird having company over with my bed in the living area.

[cookderosa]

So i'm debating on renting out a studio in the city to save on money. My question is, has anyone ever lived in such a small space? Can you share some experience? I'm a bit hesitant, and I believe it might be weird having company over with my bed in the living area.

My first apt in NY was a studio. My bed was a futon, so it wasn't very strange. I think, however, that it's easier to save money with a bigger apt because you can rent out the extra bedroom(s).

[Johann]

I had a real beauty, when I was suddenly single again, about 39 years ago. On summer weekends, I used to wear a path between my little bar and the swimming pool - and back again. I put the building's pull-out couch in a storage locker and bought a (now) 100-year-old mahogany double bed, that I still have. And yeah - it did look a little weird - but did I care?

I'd have another place like that in an instant. But besides that bed, there are around 5,000 books, four guitars, a keyboard, computer peripherals, a walnut credenza ... zillions of pictures... I don't think it would quite work.

J.

[Johann]

I had a real beauty, when I was suddenly single again, about 39 years ago.

And I remember now, I paid $175 a month for it. Not very much then, almost nothing, now. Dang, I miss that place!

J.

[bluebooger]

studios are great

rent is not
https://ny.curbed.com/2017/4/11/15251726...yc-rentals

https://ny.curbed.com/2017/3/28/15079988...comparison

[zapproximator]

I had a real beauty, when I was suddenly single again, about 39 years ago. On summer weekends, I used to wear a path between my little bar and the swimming pool - and back again. I put the building's pull-out couch in a storage locker and bought a (now) 100-year-old mahogany double bed, that I still have. And yeah - it did look a little weird - but did I care?

I'd have another place like that in an instant. But besides that bed, there are around 5,000 books, four guitars, a keyboard, computer peripherals, a walnut credenza ... zillions of pictures... I don't think it would quite work.

J.

4 guitars!!! My dream...

[Johann]

4 guitars!!! My dream...

Yeah. Funny how that happened. I'm 74 now and up until I was about 70, I only had one - the SAME one, a Japanese classical, a 1967 Christmas present from my late father-in-law. The other three have come home since 2013. A Gypsy-style Takamine cutaway, a cheap solid-body electric and a made-in-Germany Höfner - a really pleasant nylon-string folky-guitar I couldn't resist for $20 in a Thrift Store. Well-made, maple laminate (back and sides) spruce laminate (top). All it needed for perfection was $10 and elbow-grease - new strings, clean & polish. Over the years, I've bought four guitars for others - A Fender and a (Canadian) Art & Lutherie (Godin) for my sons - a decent Yamaha for my granddaughter - and there's a Les Paul I've just put away for my grandson's 18th, in July. I may give away my low-budget ($50) electric and get myself a Les Paul, or maybe an Epiphone ES-175 to replace it.

Nice to have a bunch of guitar-pickers in the family. Gives us something to do, while makin' moonshine ...

J.

[zapproximator]

Nice!! My dad writes Christian music and I play his takamine all the time and I have a nylon-string Ibanez

[Joeman200]

I know it's kinda getting off topic, but just wanted to throw out that TESU has a bunch of musical courses you can PLA.

[zapproximator]

I know it's kinda getting off topic, but just wanted to throw out that TESU has a bunch of musical courses you can PLA.

Nice! This will be my last post on this thread, I guess...