A Loft Bed With Storage Underneath Makes This Small Micro Apartment More Liveable

January 29, 2021
A small remodeled micro apartment that includes a full kitchen, a loft bed, and a bathroom.

Interior design firm Co+in Collaborative Lab has completed the remodel of a small 290 square foot (27sqm) apartment in the city of Jakarta, Indonesia, transforming two small rooms into a compact open plan studio.

Wanting to make the most of the limited floor space, the apartment had a partition removed to create a more open space that would benefit from the natural light provided by the windows.

A small remodeled micro apartment that includes a full kitchen, a loft bed, and a bathroom.

Stepping inside the apartment, we can see there’s a kitchen that partially lines the wall. The kitchen, designed with light wood cabinets, has strips of LED lighting that keeps the space bright.

A small apartment kitchen, designed with light wood cabinets, has strips of LED lighting that keeps the space bright.
A small apartment kitchen, designed with light wood cabinets, has strips of LED lighting that keeps the space bright.

At the end of the kitchen is the living room, where a small sofa can double as a guest bed, and as seating for the dining table. Above the sofa there are three small white wall-mounted shelves as well as a wood shelf closer to the ceiling, making the most of the available space.

A small apartment that has a sofa that can double as a guest bed.
The living room of a small apartment that includes a moveable dining table, and high shelves.

On the wall opposite the sofa is the entertainment unit and the dining table, which can also double as a desk. Multi-functional cabinets are used not only for storage but as the stairs to access the loft bed.

In this micro apartment, multi-functional cabinets are used not only for storage, but as the stairs to access the loft bed.

The queen-sized loft bed includes storage underneath and complements the interior palette of white, grey, and wood, chosen to create a tranquil atmosphere.

In this micro apartment, the queen-sized loft bed includes storage underneath, and complements the interior palette of white, grey, and wood, chosen to create a tranquil atmosphere.

In the bathroom, located by the front door, large tiles cover the lower half of the walls, while the upper half is covered in square gray tiles.

In this small bathroom, large tiles cover the lower half of the walls, while the upper half is covered in square gray tiles.
In this small bathroom, large tiles cover the lower half of the walls, while the upper half is covered in square gray tiles.

To understand how the layout of the apartment changed during the remodel, here’s the floor plan and exploded axonometric view.

A remodeled micro apartment with a kitchen, living space, loft bed, and bathroom.
The layout of a micro apartment with a loft bed.
Photography and Interior Designer : Co+in Collaborative Lab / Nico Andriano