Closet Demo & Doors & Organization

I live in the Co-Ops, and the woman I bought from raised her 2 kids in my 1 bedroom apartment. She, however, had converted the dining room area into a very liveable 8x10 bedroom. I know many other people in the Co-Ops who have done this.

I'm not sure I can conceive how you can split the bedroom into 2 -- would you do it so you have to walk through one room to get to the other? It is a large bedroom on its own, but I'm having a hard time picturing it split into 2.

Posted by: ch_nyc at May 5, 2008 11:40 AM in response to Size matters... how small is too small

11:03: You won't find find a dorm room on any campus in the country that's 7.5" x 6" (and 10" x 7" might be a rare find too).

OP: The reason you can't find layouts/pictures is because no one considers 7.5" x 6" to be sufficient for a bedroom. Is your apartment so spectacular that its worth raising your kid like a veal?

Posted by: guest at May 5, 2008 11:42 AM in response to Size matters... how small is too small

Probably couldn't do it "legally" btw, as wouldn't this change the c/o for the whole building? Seems to me, however, that there is a whole industry in Manhattan which is set up to build very sturdy "temporary" walls. Why not try it (or even test it with hanging sheets) and see how it feels? And 11.42, where's the love?

Posted by: Putnamdenizen at May 5, 2008 12:20 PM in response to Size matters... how small is too small

yes you can do it, at least for a few years. you may even have the kid in your own room for at least a year, so you can wait out your decision for a while without doing anything drastic

Posted by: guest at May 5, 2008 1:45 PM in response to Size matters... how small is too small

The legal size limit for a room is really, really small - we learned the hard way when one of our real estate agents told us that we would have to rent our floor through 600 square foot apartment (no separate rooms, mind you) to a family of 6 if they wanted to rent our apartment, because that was way below the NYC legal size limit for 6 people. IN fact, such a family did look at our apartment and actually considered it - plus a baby grand piano the mom wanted her children to learn how to play. Thank goodness she came to her senses and rented a 750 square foot apartment in the next block. So the fact that your child will have any size room at all is fantastic, no matter what the size.

Posted by: guest at May 5, 2008 2:40 PM in response to Size matters... how small is too small

I was also going to suggest the temporary wall division thing. Easier to do - don't have to get it past a coop board for approval, I don't think. I woudln't bother doing it permanently yet, even if you think you want to stay there forever. 1) you may later decide to move to more space as your kids grow, and 2) if you do this, it will lower the value of the apartment when you want to sell. Take it slower - have the kid, think about temporary walls later...and then see.

Posted by: guest at May 5, 2008 4:28 PM in response to Size matters... how small is too small

A legal bedroom has to be 8'x10' minimum.

Posted by: guest at May 6, 2008 11:40 PM in response to Size matters... how small is too small

Maybe a bedroom ha to be 8 X 10 - but the number of people you can legally put in it is large. Maybe 8...or 10!

Posted by: guest at May 7, 2008 12:11 AM in response to Size matters... how small is too small

Maybe a bedroom has to be 8 X 10 - but the number of people you can legally put in it is large. Maybe 8...or 10!

Posted by: guest at May 7, 2008 12:12 AM in response to Size matters... how small is too small