Comments on: Why Furniture Is More Evil Than Google

By: Kem Card

Kem Card — Sun, 01 May 2011 19:02:07 +0000

My father and mother loved everything you had to say

By: Trunk

Trunk — Sun, 01 May 2011 18:51:10 +0000

Based on the tips we know how to benefit

By: Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:51:38 +0000

Thanks for this post, it was pretty nice. Read your other posts as well, all were good.

By: SLR Camera

SLR Camera — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:06:16 +0000

I can see that if you're not in your apartment very often, then having a very spartan setup would be nice.I emptied the dining area and turned it into my mini gym. My treadmill and weightlifting bench are in there, instead of the traditional table and chair combo.

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Sun, 03 May 2009 04:22:38 +0000

[...] takes a radical approach to purposing her home over at Sufficient [...]

By: Tamara P.

Tamara P. — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:36:21 +0000

Bravo!

We swapped our dining and livingroom spaces so we could add a home office to the new dining space. We used to be in a 2 bedroom with an office in the 2nd bedroom. We downsized a lot of our stuff and are now saving about $500/month on rent.

My philosophy on saving money — if you economize on the Big Stuff (i.e. less rent, fewer vehicles), you don’t have to sweat the small stuff. I can have my $4.00 starbucks coffee, and the nice walk along the tree-lined street to get it.

By: NunyaB

NunyaB — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:57:04 +0000

Great thread. Please post a photo of your furniture-less apartment in Portland; some of us need the inspiration.

Did you sell the furniture on feebay or give it away, or something else? Details!

By: theo

theo — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:38:31 +0000

Great Post! This is something that we do a lot of in my apartment. Although perhaps for different reasons. You’re right that furniture makes a place harder to clean, and keep clean. For us, it comes down to clutter and usability. We like our spaces to be a usable as possible.

My friends and I share a four-bedroom apartment. My bedroom has a matress on the floor, a LOT of pillows, a small dresser and a small night-table next to the bed in the corner. It’s a big-bedroom, so we have plenty of floor space for slumber parties, yoga, chit-chat, wild-sex, and ritual.

All our bedrooms are like this, and the only furniture we have in the rest of the apartment is a kitchen table with some chairs (primarily for friends who aren’t spry enough to feel comfortable on the floor). Our desks in the study (All of us are involved in non-profit, organizational, and computer work. Our desks vary by our personality, but they’re all pretty spartan. And book cases. LOTS of book cases. (I count eight of them in my head)

Our living room is a ginormous pile of pillows. The TV and DVD player are on the floor in the corner. We pull them into the middle of the room when in use, but the rest of they time they’re out of the way.

It’s a great, simple way to live!

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Web 2.0 Update: Internet Happenings — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:23:57 +0000

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By: Twila Marie

Twila Marie — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:20:59 +0000

How simply fascinating and refreshing! I live in a very small 2 bedroom home with my 16 yr old son. It was built in the 1800’s, before the “closet era”. By that I mean that there isn’t one single closet in this house! There was also only one cabinet in the kitchen, and it supports the large, antiquated porcelain sink. (It’s an exact match to Drew Barrymore’s kitchen sink in “Riding in Cars With Boys). I’m remodeling the house by myself, one room at a time, and I’m doing it according to what suits my personal needs, instead of conventional methods. It’s been an interesting ordeal at times, as I try to maximize the use of a minimum amount of space. I have to applaud your ability to live with such sparse belongings. I can’t help but sit here and think of all the time, money, and backaches I’d save myself if I could do the same. Go You!