My husband and I have now lived 8 months in a very unique loft apartment in a small town. It is a huge 2,000+ square feet with huge open spaces, 100+ year old brick walls and pine floors. It is our dream place with room for everything we want. Unfortunately, the space can be a bit overwhelming, and the small furniture we brought from college dorms and apartments are too small to fill the space. The other major downside is the lighting. There are only windows on the front and back wall, which makes for a windowless bedroom, bath, and kitchen, and a dungeon-like hallway. As you can see, the hallway is very wide and dark. Our runner rug looks awkward and dwarfed on the floor. We use the space as storage for bicycles, unfinished furniture, and other unattractive junk. You can also kind of see my husband's bookcase. One of three, the bookcases are kind of long and awkward, but they look nice and were handmade by his dad. I hated walking through the entry door (in the back) and seeing this waste of space everyday. Finally, I figured out that if we rearranged the bookcases we could use the hall as a reading area/library, and use them to disguise the bicycles/create a foyer area instead of an endless dark alley of junk.
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