When Im and David Schafer moved in together they faced the challenge of combining the contents of David’s 880-square-foot loft and Im’s 550-square-foot apartment into a one-room, 426-square-foot downtown loft in San Diego. The couple's furniture includes an Eames Aluminum Group lounge chair ("and ottoman!" adds Im.) A coffee table made of glued, corrugated cardboard was the couple's first project together, when they met in college eight years ago. Photo by Misha Gravenor.
We take a journey from San Diego to Brooklyn to Warsaw and beyond to check out the myriad ways to rework a loft space, all from our pages.
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