Ok, K.C....!
Babes, it's not how much you've got. It's how you use it. And there’s proof of that.
This apartment is a total mood, especially this winter, when I’m seeing a ton of gray and brown very early. And also I love plants! I don’t really care much for pets and their forced codependency, but plants? Yes, please. And he’s adorable and seems to have adapted to his space well. The single life and all that. And then there’s the station, so close by.
Also, this is not America, where MacMansions rule and have warped the perception people have of dwellings and are spoiled by their square footage in non- urban areas (I could get a house deep in the exburbs or in the countryside for more or less what I pay for an apartment in Chicago but then I’d have to commute to work. Choices). This is a city in Japan, where a one bedroom/efficiency could go from 164,140 Yen to 90,996 Yen (the average monthly salary is around 376, 413 Yen for comparison).
This is really not an inspo video, though. It’s more a look at how people live. Especially in other countries.
My apartment right now is not this small, but it’s close! I need to give you a peek soon. I keep forgetting to take some pics to show you…
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P.S. his insta is @shinjuku_jungle and it’s very cool!!
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I like all the plants but feel they are encroaching on that very tiny space.
ReplyDeleteBut again, one man's castle ....
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Absolutely.
DeleteHe seems to love his space and has plans to extend his plant-supporting tricks. Love that for him.
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Oh, he's a bottle blond.
ReplyDeleteWait.
DeleteSo hair dye doesn't let people have small apartments?
Or like plants?
Or live in Japan?
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Big says,
ReplyDeleteHoly crap.... I like plants (though we can't seem to get much to survive and thrive) and plants are good (uh, we'd be dead without them, right?). But that's over the top. Having to push leaves out of the way to accomplish some task would be annoying.
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LOL
DeleteI think he does not mind it. And I've had plants where other people would have considered them annoying (I had a kitchen with a window, so there were plants hanging there). We all have our pet peeves...
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I love the greenery but that might add to a claustrophic feeling. For myself, I don’t need a lot of space and would have a ball designing a small functional space, as long as the ceilings don’t lose in on me. But, if I have to share, I NEED MY SPACE!
ReplyDeleteYou see, I think the greenery makes living in a tiny, urban space more... tolerable? I like the idea of something green close to me.
DeleteIt's been like that for years!
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I couldn’t keep plants alive to save my own life—even if they were hanging in the shower where I was reminded to water them.
ReplyDeleteOops that was me…not sure why it was anonymous?
DeleteHahaha
DeleteOh, I know a ton of people like you.
And I have killed quite a few plants in my time. I think I've overwatered them, to be honest. That's why I love succulents and low maintenance plants...
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Remember when ferns and other verdent plants were a thing in the 1970’s ? The macrame plant holders, pottery plant pots, hanging metal plant baskets from either the Akron or from Tia Juana ruled the roost in many homes.
ReplyDeleteBlondie boy from Japan certainly has a green thumb and makes the most of his living space, as many people in Japan have to do. And to think the first tract homes in America were 2 bedroom, 1 bath small houses with a 1 car garage and most importantly affordable !
-Rj
Ok, so now I want a macrame plant holder!!!
DeleteYes! Preferably with one of those spider plants! And I'd love to have his green thumb, TBH. His apartment is so vibrant with life!
Oh, yes. The days when houses were affordable (and reasonably big!).
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Those plants would drive me right around the bend.
ReplyDeleteHahahaha
DeleteYou know what? I would not mind them. It would also make me more prone to take care of them. Sometimes I forget I have a plant because I don't see it often.
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HuntleyBiGuy:
ReplyDeleteA great use of space, but I think the plants would give me nightmares!
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Hahaha
DeleteI love them. And it is a great use of the space. That place is TINY!
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I love it...but then again I think I'll partially Poison Ivy, lmao!!!!!! In my house now, not many houseplants...I have no luck, but as you have seen...outside? That is another story.
ReplyDeleteOh, you're deffo Poison Ivy in the flesh.
DeleteAnd you do have an awesome garden!!
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What a lovely passion. I appreciate his limitations re: space - that has not stopped him from pursuing his passion. What a lovely man and a lovely little space. How can you not wish him well? He cares for those plants so gently, with devotion. Such an honor to know his story. Kizzes.
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