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Tiniest Kitchen Ever? Jack's Micro Home

2008_03_03-TinyKitchen.jpgWe are always interested in seeing how city-dwellers work with tiny kitchen spaces. Perhaps the reigning champion of tiny kitchen spaces belongs to Jack, an artist and musician who lives in a 10x16 Manhattan apartment. See more of Jack's kitchen and some of the things we noticed about it, below...

• Jack's whole apartment is only 10x16 - our dorm room was bigger than that! The kitchen is immediately to your right as you walk in the door.



• Kitchen storage and pull-out table under the sink.



• Shelves with books and cool jars - we like these colorful plastic canisters.



• Jack chooses even his silverware very carefully - there is a place for every single thing in this apartment.



• A little cupcake! And a vintage Chemex coffee maker - small footprint and great coffee.



• His limited and curated cabinet of foodstuff - see the Perfex pepper grinder! This heavy, solid little mill is one of our favorite kitchen objects.



• More food.



• The sink becomes a dining area with a cutting board and stool.



• Note the steel-cut oats - two cans!



• Two small burners.



• The whole kitchen/library.



• See the whole tour and read more about Jack at AT: New York - NY House Tour: Jack Makes Micro Changes and Jack's Really Small Home.

Comments (9)

Just...wow.

posted by classiccook on 2008-03-03 15:16:07
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I'm impressed that he has limited storage and chooses to have both bourbon and whiskey on hand in full-size bottles. Priorities! :)

posted by nadarine on 2008-03-03 19:18:09
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i loved his apartment on SSBS :)

posted by Joan in SB on 2008-03-04 01:58:43
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I want to know where he got the world's teeny-tiniest blender! (And it looks like it's even a Waring.)

posted by magbot on 2008-03-04 11:49:50
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Wow indeed. Did ya get a load of the rolling pin on the back of the drainboard?!

posted by chartreuse on 2008-03-05 17:48:56
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I'd sooner slit my wrists, or move to Nebraska.

posted by hdtex on 2008-03-08 14:28:03
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I'd sooner slit my wrists than move to Nebraska.

posted by alexis on 2008-03-09 16:48:18
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Making the best of it thats for sure, but minimalism can be more elegant than that. Books over the stove? Needs Polish.

posted by spoiler on 2008-04-13 23:56:38
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actually, i rather appreciate that he's minimal but not too "polished". not all of us are "polished" people. also, i love his random art E above his bed. it looks livable, casual, and not overdone. someone should tell him to move to brooklyn though, where he can get 2 - 3x the space for the same price. manhattan, i've learned, is really not worth living so cramped!

posted by mexcellent on 2008-04-25 14:28:41
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