smart people

I found an article on dwell.com about this couple who bought an old 19th century apartment in Barcelona. Very smart people. The apartment building is in a land zoned for redevelopment, but they loved the apartment so much that they bought the apartment and renovated it anyways even though they risked the possibility of getting evicted. The original decorative plasterwork on the ceiling and the original tiles are still there. But the cool thing that they did was renovate the rooms so that the appliances are all in one piece of furniture. For example...


All the appliances for the kitchen - refrigerator, stove, dishwasher, etc. - are all in one big piece of furniture so nothing is attached to the wall. This way they don't have anything connected to the wall in the case they do get evicted so they can just take everything with them. Pretty cool huh? And it saves space and makes cleaning a lot easier. Btw, don't those tiles look ridiculously awesome??? It has this cool indie hippie style to it but very classic at the same time. Totally love it.


Again, the tiles and ceiling.....boooootiful.


Okay, how cool is this? They built this freestanding bathtub/sink to save space in their bathroom because they were sick of the tiny shower and the tiny sink in their previous apts.


I've always wanted a cool vintage door like that.