How to Protect Your Antique Furniture While Moving
7 Refreshing Ideas for a Delightful Springtime Staycation in NYC
The weather here in New York has been a little unpredictable lately, but we don’t want that to keep you...
13 Free and Cheap Things To Do in NYC in Winter
It’s always a good time to visit New York. And the wintertime --- despite its bracing, sub-zero temperatures --- holds...
7 Super Convenient NYC Dog Services Every Pet Owner Needs to Try
While some people worry New York City isn’t a good place to own a dog, that couldn’t be further from...
How To Move To NYC The Ike Edeani Way
Moving to New York City sucks. First, you have to figure out how to get yourself here. Then you have to figure out how to get your stuff here. Then you have to find a place to stay temporarily. Then you have to navigate the insane NYC housing market and find an apartment. And then, after all that, you still have to get all of your stuff from your temporary home to your new, permanent home. At which point you’ve basically moved three times. We have good news. There’s a better way, and professional photographer Ike Edeani has found it!
We’re Giving Away 2 Tickets To See Girl Talk At WeWork Summer Camp
While your winter clothes are enjoying Camp MakeSpace, you deserve to get some fresh air too. That’s why we’re giving away a pair of tickets to WeWork Summer Camp.
NYC-Based Artist Designs Technology For Windowless Future
Artist Bernardo Schorr envisions a bleak future of urban density so intense that most city-dwellers will be forced to live in 100 square-foot, windowless apartments. To address the challenges these small, windowless spaces will present, Schorr designed a futuristic solution: The Mixed Reality Living Space
Clutter For Puppy Love
Whether you’re adopting a dog, or just fostering the pooch until they can find a “forever” home, taking care of an energetic animal in a small apartment in New York City requires a whole lot of work in exchange for a little puppy love
How to Keep an Apartment Cool Without Air Conditioning
Summer in the city isn’t always so pretty. There’s nothing like a sweat-drenched, sleepless night on flannel sheets to make you facepalm yourself for not buying an AC unit. Even if you don’t want to spend the cash, or send your electricity bill spiking dramatically upwards, there are some measures you can take to make sure that your cozy little home doesn’t feel too toasty.
How Tyler Tringas Uses Clutter to Live Like James Bond
Tyler Tringas was living out of a backpack and working off his laptop in SouthEast Asia when he had to make a quick trip back to the States to attend a friend’s wedding in Vermont. This probably sounds like a logistical nightmare, but Tyler had a plan. He landed in New York City, met a MakeSpace driver in the lobby of his hotel, unpacked his tuxedo, and went to the wedding the following morning. No sweat.
Clutter, For Your Health!
Well, it’s taken an incredibly long time, but it looks like winter is finally, truly, wonderfully, superbly gone from New York City. May is pretty late to be thinking about spring cleaning, but what are you gonna do?
How To Break Up In 2014
It’s 2014; we live on our smartphones, our relationships are as textual as they are physical, and as impersonal as it sounds, people actually break up over gchat. At this point it’s pretty much a cliché to send a breakup text, and in New York City, where no one has a car and apartments are in short supply, dealing with a breakup is especially hard. Here at MakeSpace, we truly want everyone to find love, but we also know that sometimes it’s just not meant to be. That’s why we’re going to teach you how to transition through a breakup in 2014, using the luxuries afforded by modern technology.