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9 links: Small Spaces Home Design Edition—One stop inspiration shop for new renters and renovators!

posted on August 14, 2011 by Gina Hong

Normally we bring you 9 funky fresh links every week; this week, we're switching gears and bringing you 9 links you may have missed this summer while running around looking for apartments and moving! New Yorkers, get ready: 9 links for a rainy Sunday afternoon--small spaces home design edition.

In case y'all haven't head, Apartment Therapy has been teaming up with Ethan Allen to bring you some amazing posts on American home design and style: all of them are a must read, but if you have to pick one, check out AT's post on NYC style: 10 Homes Under 600 Square Feet! And they're all absolutely beautiful.

HGTV is not just for watching when there's nothing on TV but USA reruns of House, M.D.! Their small spaces design guide is one of the best around: they let you know which rules to break and which ones to follow to make every inch count!

Earlier in the summer, AT also brought us 100 pieces of inspiration for small spaces, from ideas for small balconies and kitchens, to inspiration for small spaces with humor and smart ways to divide a room!

Speaking of American style--who doesn't love a little Martha Stewart? The editor-in-chief at Martha Stewart Living tracks her West Village one-bedroom makeover with great DIY tips for transforming a small space.

Elle Decor's given us some amazing articles on how to tackle design in small spaces, including this slideshow of ideas.

You can't forget the furniture! Elle Decor's also offers this great slideshow packed with ideas for modern furniture solutions.

Affinity's semi-annual poll has found that Dwell magazine tops the list as the most innovative digital magazine, followed by Popular Science, Architectural Digest and Wired. Dwell has an entire section on their site dedicated to ideas for small space-- from tips for editing clutter to furniture suggestions and amazing slideshows of inspirational spaces.

A constant problem for New York apartments: kitchen storage. Here are some great ideas for storage that are sure to give even a studio apartment a great, utility-packed kitchen.

If you're dying for more gorgeous inspiration, check out the entries in AT's annual small/cool contest! Every year AT partners with Benjamin Moore to host a smallest, coolest home contest: start decorating now with your new apartment, or make plans for renovations if you want to enter in 2012!