We 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...
Tiniest Kitchen Ever? Jack's Micro Home
• 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.
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view classiccook's profile
I'm impressed that he has limited storage and chooses to have both bourbon and whiskey on hand in full-size bottles. Priorities! :)
view nadarine's profile
i loved his apartment on SSBS :)
view Joan in SB's profile
I want to know where he got the world's teeny-tiniest blender! (And it looks like it's even a Waring.)
view magbot's profile
Wow indeed. Did ya get a load of the rolling pin on the back of the drainboard?!
view chartreuse's profile
I'd sooner slit my wrists, or move to Nebraska.
view hdtex's profile
I'd sooner slit my wrists than move to Nebraska.
view alexis's profile
Making the best of it thats for sure, but minimalism can be more elegant than that. Books over the stove? Needs Polish.
view spoiler's profile
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!
view mexcellent's profile
WOW! I am envious of less is more! Seriously!!! Pardon the copy cat, but I must try with my little 1100 sq ft space. Thanks for sharing Jack :)
view VeryDelishVeg's profile
As a graphic designer I L-O-V-E the letter-form above the bed. And as a studio apt. dweller, I too use the ledge above the kitchen counter as a bookshelf. People find it funny, but it's practical, breaks up the monotony, and the spines create a nice color pallet.
Also, as a fan, I must compliment the Cupcake Café cupcake.
This is lovely!
view anonymouscitydweller 's profile
Everything is so neat and clean, yet livable! Very cool Jack! Thanks for sharing!
view flippetyjibbet's profile
Is there really no microwave? Is it hidden, or off camera somewhere? With a kitchen THAT small, how can he function with just a few canisters of dry food stuffs? Does he eat most of the time?
Sorry if I'm being too nosy, I'm just baffled by the lack of a microwave in the pictures.
view Stephie_is_a_dork's profile
Not having a microwave is not that big of a deal. I lived in Brooklyn with a tiny kitchen & thought I would miss it. Then, when we moved to a space with lots of room, we still never purchased one & that was four years ago. It wasn't in vain to live a "modern, simple" life or anything like that--I simply just don't need more counter clutter. I already have my kids backpacks & homework to contend with on the kitchen island all the time......
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