OS 50M2 DE STEVE SAUER

STEVE SAUER, engenheiro de interiores de aviões para a Boeing, decidiu remodelar e viver num minusculo apartamento porque segundo suas palavras - "What I really wanted was one place with exactly what I needed and wanted. Quality is more important than quantity for me, and extra space only a problem" / pode ler o artigo de Rebecca Teegarden no The Seattle Times / as fotos são de Benjamin Benschneider /

legendas originais do The Seattle Times - Steve Sauer watches television in the video lounge, which has seating for two. The horizontal band around the condo, accenting the powder-blue walls, is coated with blackboard paint.
Sauer relaxes in the cafe area of his 182-square-foot condo. "I was worried as I filled in all the upper spaces that it would feel cramped, but it didn't," he says. The window is at street level. The little table is Ikea. It has a glass top that swivels open, providing storage.

Sauer checks his messages at the dining table, which includes a leaf to expand for company. The undercounter refrigerator is Frigidaire, from Lowe's.

Sauer designed the tiny condo for two. Just inside the door is the bathroom to the left, and a soaking tub inserted into the floor and covered with a 3form Chroma panel.

One bike is tethered to the ceiling for storage. Steam heat comes from the building's system. The ventilation chimney runs across Sauer's ceiling, and was easy to pipe into. "It was passing through here anyway."

The bathroom wall is covered in 1-inch tiles from Tiles for Less. Light filters into the room through a 3form Chroma panel, shared with the kitchen. The ceiling is tempered glass meant for a table top from Ikea. The toilet is Philippe Stark for Duravit. Sauer designed and manufactured the stainless-steel shower caddy and towel bar.

The video lounge is tucked beneath the cafe area and next to the dining table. "All along the way this project's had good chi, so that's good," Sauer says. The bureau is from West Elm. "It fit to within 1/8 inch. It was a nice find. I didn't want to build another piece of furniture." The floor is Brazilian walnut.