| Besides having the most amazing living space of | | | | 1. Open Space and Delineate Your Own Areas- |
| any apartment layout, loft apartments offer | | | | The simple design of a loft apartment is |
| much more than just a roof over your head. Loft | | | | straightforward- literally. A wide-open space |
| living is a lifestyle craved by those who dream of | | | | replaces walls, doors and rooms of traditional |
| living in the big city, just as Hollywood painted this | | | | apartment floor plans, allowing you to move |
| picture of existence in our minds. After all, who | | | | around and place your belongings and furniture |
| can forget about Tom Hank's colossal loft | | | | wherever you'd like, not where you "have to". |
| apartment in "Big" that had ceilings high enough for | | | | The open floor plan allows you to make your bed |
| him and co-star Elizabeth Perkins to jump on the | | | | in one area one week, and in a completely |
| trampoline next to his bunk bed! | | | | different spot the next. |
| Loft apartments began to make their mark back | | | | 2. Eclectic Style- Bringing the old and new worlds |
| in the 1950's Soho District of New York. | | | | together is part of the ambiance of loft living. |
| Once-prosperous industrial buildings weren't able to | | | | Where else can you reside and have 100 year old |
| change and modernize with the world around it. | | | | plank-wood floors, 6-foot tall windows, an |
| Frantic landlords began renting the high-ceilinged, | | | | off-white sheet for a curtain (with duct-tape |
| large windowed spaces to the growing art | | | | pull-backs), all pulled together by the latest |
| community of the area, as studios were tough to | | | | contemporary sofa, straight off the line from |
| come by at a reasonable rate. The artists began | | | | your favorite New York designer? |
| living in these "lofts", even though zoning laws of | | | | 3. Big City Living without Sacrificing Breathing |
| the day prohibited such uses. A series of pulleys | | | | Space- Living in a city has traditionally meant a |
| and false walls could trick even the cleverest | | | | tiny apartment without room to breathe. The |
| inspector from catching a glimpse into the living | | | | other option was to live in suburbia, which meant |
| area of the artist's "studio". | | | | a daily commute into work in a car, bus, or |
| Since then, Loft apartments have popped up all | | | | commuter train. Loft apartments grant their |
| over the globe, and taken on a whole new genre | | | | residents the best of both worlds, as this type of |
| of occupants in the process. If you're | | | | residence is much cheaper to construct and/or |
| contemplating the possibility of this carefree living | | | | maintain from a landlord point of view, and the |
| style, below are the Top 3 Reasons for Living in a | | | | savings are typically passed onto their tenants. |
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