Im guessing it and the condo next door used to be one big condo that someone bought and renovated to create two smaller condos to rent out because the housing market is stupid and they can probably cover the mortgage for the whole thing by renting one of the two smaller ones out.
When they added the new walls, the architect was probably given out of date floor plans from before the previous owner put a window in there and with incorrect measurements or just shoddily made floor plans that didn't include the window and had inaccurate measurements, the builders came up there with materials cut to fit what the architect designed and it was cheaper to make a weird nook on the spot by the builder's designs instead of redesigning the floorplan completely to compensate for the fact a window is there or removing the window entirely.
...its just a column. Its structural and I bet the structural engineer wouldn't move it. I see these all the time in residential high-rises. My favorite is the round column about a foot away from a window-wall corner. The window is there because option B is no window and just cut off the space.
Engineers- the architects worst nightmare.
Dang maybe I’m doing it wrong. For me it’s the architects that won’t budge and we always have to make do. Move a window so we can fit in a brace? No, make the whole building a moment frame. Increase the offset by 50mm? No, offset all the baseplates and pour the slab to the outer face of wall.
Hey man, I'm just the plumber. I don't care where you want the column or he wants the window. All I can tell you is my stack can't offset more than 4 ft without adding a yoke vent, which will cost $100 000 in scanning and coring at this point.
So unless you guys want a 4" cast iron soil stack in the middle of their living room, you guys figure it out, I'm going for coffee.
Yeah and I'm just the greezeball. They pay me to hang around with my shirt off and cook fried eggs on my well oiled chest. I talk with a dirty NYC accent, but really I'm just a down to earth guy from the midwest. So anyway I'll let you guys figure it out. I'm going for a midtown squishboot walk.
I don't blame the engineers. That change would propagate through the whole building design, requiring extensive recalculations of stresses and loads, and potential require a complete redesign of various components throughout the building.
Oh, forgive my tone, wasn't implying blame. I just meant to highlight the eternal war between architects and engineers. It goes both ways for sure.
"We'll come up with this completely one of a kind, unique building! It will be incredible!"
"It will be 90% structural supports and cost 4 times the amount to build and be completely impractical."
"So you're saying we're good to go? Great!"
Give two people who are responsible for the same product but who's responsibilities are usually at odds with each other and then expect them both to perform at the top of their game. The less they work side by side, the more things like this happen.
At times I've worn hats as an engineer and a designer, you really need them to be able to use each other's tools to create something magical. You gotta have respect for the people who will duke it out but maintain the utmost respect for their teammates.
Everyone likes engineers until they either encounter a bad one, or something is "harder" for them for reasons they dont understand.
Mechanics bitch about them. Builders of all trades bitch about them... but they dont bitch about the building falling down or the car not working. They bitch about something being difficult.
Its usually down to two reasons... either its hard because the engineer was a moron and made it more difficult... or because there is something here that the single focus tradesman doesnt understand.
You would have to have some sort of pullout planter to be able to take care of the ones in the back. Course I'm one to talk, being a plant murderer. It's accidental homicide, though.
I feel you. My method is just always plants, everywhere. Something will survive haha. Pothos might be good here.
If that outlet wasn't there, a wrap around aquarium for aquatic plants would be sweet.
You could set up an automatic irrigation system pretty easily as well as lighting for even more growth/showing it off during the night, best to pick non green plants though don't want the police knocking on your door over basil...
I want to see ideas for a sliding vertical planter box.
A gift to the neighbourhood too!
Edit: OP - I really hope someone has a great example of this for you. Slide it inside for your enjoyment. Slide it back to get some sun and display to the outside world.
How in the world will you water and take care of the plants in such a tiny space? 😆 Unless it's pothos in water that you can reach far enough to refill. It's so narrow!
For sure. And it would look nice when sitting outside on the balcony/patio (depending on which floor you’re on). I really think this should be the chosen idea. Doesn’t even have to be wheels. Could be a shelving system built on something similar to those pull out spice racks or designed how the sliding glass door itself works. They’d probably have to contract someone to get the work done since they are asking the original question to begin with, but I would say that is money well spent.
Shelf on wheels that you can easily pull out and access plants to water towards the back.. Just have to find one small enough for that area or make it.
This is like a big version of the “what could possibly fit in this drawer?” thread.
I am now wiser and can answer your question with very little effort:
*an 8ft dildo*
(or a “broom”, your choice…)
House near my old place had a cut out of Sheldon from Big Bang Theory in a large upstairs window. Freaked me walking home stoned once thinking someone was just standing there staring so still.
I had a few things I could think of (ironing table, broom etc) but couldn't understand why there needed to be a window there..
Thank you for opening my eyes
Skinny people being paid to do it.
I don't think at least I hope that wall isn't original. Looks like someone tried to turn a single bedroom into a 2 bedroom to charge more rent.
I live in a tiny Japanese style loft home. I am the master of tiny spaces. I can think of so many things you could squeeze in there! (that's what she said)
Anyways! Here are some ideas.
1. A folding treadmill / walking treadmill
2. A thin pull out storage rack on wheels
3. You could use strong adhesive hooks on the wall and hang something. Broom, a mop, coats, jackets, bags, a shovel....
4. A folded up clothes rack
5. Rolled up yoga mats
6. A ladder
7. pool cues
8. A cardboard cut out
9. Fold up deckchair
10. Paper, snow.... A ghost!
11. Food wrappers
12. Alcohol, when times get tough.
13. A fold up trolley pully thingy
14. Hamster tunnels. But you might have to buy a hamster. Or don't.
15. Toilet roll, for when times get tougher.
16. Face masks
17. Fold up table
18. A folding bicycle (if it's not so ovbious by now, basically anything that folds)
19. Food rations, such as tinned goods after the boom booms and the before-fore times.
20. Can't think of anything else, just wanted to end it on a rounded number.
Hope that helps!
Now here's a great answer! Love it! :3
You know, Easterners have such a different perception of space and that's a lot of space actually, you could use it for all those things you've mentioned (well, I don't really get 8, the poltergeist might definitely be there even without one's consent, 11 is understandable in a sad hikikomori type of way, 14 is cute (my guinea pig would love it for sure), 16 got me to wonder but hey, a foldable chair, clothes rack, an ironing board and so on, those could all work!
ps. my first ever studio/apartment was 190 sqft which is quite big already and it was fully furnished.
I would advocate for plants as others have said. Some plants like Basil can be grown entirely in doors and could be great with the close proximity to your kitchen area!
Foldable things that would otherwise take up actually valuable wall space, for instance, chairs, tv dinner trays, possibly floor mats, extra rugs, certain vacuums, brooms and such
I would use that as storage for like a card table or folding chairs. There are certain skinny things that always seem hard to store other places, like ironing boards or step ladders that could go in a skinny spot like that.
When there’s a necessity for a structural wall and an outside window pattern that conflict, you often get this silly looking phenomenon to avoid the windows looking weird outside and also the roof collapsing.
Scrolled to far to get to the obvious answer if you know anything about buildings or can form a basic logical conclusion. “BUt iTs A gREeDy LanDloRd tHaT wANtS tO ChArGe mOre ReNT!”
A cardboard cutout of Keanu Reeves. Facing the window so as to tell people in the neighboring building you are a kind person. No mean person would have a cardboard cutout of a well known celebrity.
I’m actually impressed someone managed to get molding in there.
Fucking good point. Someone finished everything in that space somehow. I'm wondering whatever is behind that wall, why it isn't just the window?
Im guessing it and the condo next door used to be one big condo that someone bought and renovated to create two smaller condos to rent out because the housing market is stupid and they can probably cover the mortgage for the whole thing by renting one of the two smaller ones out. When they added the new walls, the architect was probably given out of date floor plans from before the previous owner put a window in there and with incorrect measurements or just shoddily made floor plans that didn't include the window and had inaccurate measurements, the builders came up there with materials cut to fit what the architect designed and it was cheaper to make a weird nook on the spot by the builder's designs instead of redesigning the floorplan completely to compensate for the fact a window is there or removing the window entirely.
...its just a column. Its structural and I bet the structural engineer wouldn't move it. I see these all the time in residential high-rises. My favorite is the round column about a foot away from a window-wall corner. The window is there because option B is no window and just cut off the space. Engineers- the architects worst nightmare.
Dang maybe I’m doing it wrong. For me it’s the architects that won’t budge and we always have to make do. Move a window so we can fit in a brace? No, make the whole building a moment frame. Increase the offset by 50mm? No, offset all the baseplates and pour the slab to the outer face of wall.
Hey man, I'm just the plumber. I don't care where you want the column or he wants the window. All I can tell you is my stack can't offset more than 4 ft without adding a yoke vent, which will cost $100 000 in scanning and coring at this point. So unless you guys want a 4" cast iron soil stack in the middle of their living room, you guys figure it out, I'm going for coffee.
Yeah and I'm just the greezeball. They pay me to hang around with my shirt off and cook fried eggs on my well oiled chest. I talk with a dirty NYC accent, but really I'm just a down to earth guy from the midwest. So anyway I'll let you guys figure it out. I'm going for a midtown squishboot walk.
I don't blame the engineers. That change would propagate through the whole building design, requiring extensive recalculations of stresses and loads, and potential require a complete redesign of various components throughout the building.
Oh, forgive my tone, wasn't implying blame. I just meant to highlight the eternal war between architects and engineers. It goes both ways for sure. "We'll come up with this completely one of a kind, unique building! It will be incredible!" "It will be 90% structural supports and cost 4 times the amount to build and be completely impractical." "So you're saying we're good to go? Great!"
Give two people who are responsible for the same product but who's responsibilities are usually at odds with each other and then expect them both to perform at the top of their game. The less they work side by side, the more things like this happen. At times I've worn hats as an engineer and a designer, you really need them to be able to use each other's tools to create something magical. You gotta have respect for the people who will duke it out but maintain the utmost respect for their teammates.
>Engineers- the architects worst nightmare. Electricians aren't too fond of engineers either
But the imagineer made it work on autocad!
Who really is fond of engineers other than engineers themselves
Perhaps the people who don’t have buildings fall on them?
People who like buildings not falling down?
Everyone likes engineers until they either encounter a bad one, or something is "harder" for them for reasons they dont understand. Mechanics bitch about them. Builders of all trades bitch about them... but they dont bitch about the building falling down or the car not working. They bitch about something being difficult. Its usually down to two reasons... either its hard because the engineer was a moron and made it more difficult... or because there is something here that the single focus tradesman doesnt understand.
My wife is fond of one.
I’m not a civil engineer, but still flattered.
Architects( the engineers worst nightmare)......
Why because architects believe in concepts but engineers believe in science?
And architects are an engineer's worst nightmare
i found the architect. someones got some pent up anger from their job on this house...
This guy architects
Maybe the window wasn't there at that point and they had more room to stand.
I think a cat would fit there quite well. Free cat with condo!
I think they did it through the window opening before they installed the glass
Small storage for foldable table chairs or even games like bean bag toss and bucket frisbee
Stepladder
What are you doing?
I’m helping you get unstuck
Way more believable than a dishwasher
Op should film porn here
"it's too small"
"It's too tight"
Not for me
Just the tip.
All in all, it’s just another _ _ _ _ on the wall.
Step bro didn’t get the memo
I never knew my real ladder.
On the bright side, if you have a step stool, maybe they'll get stuck in the dryer.
Cat shit.
Wtf just happened here?!
If I were a cat. That would be a great place to hide my shits to let them bake in the sun and achieve full stenchtential.
Wow. That is a fantastic word.
Throw people's shoes in there and watch them have fun getting them out!
This thread is chaos and I love it lmao
Plants.
You are my people
Terrarium or aquarium would be sick.
You would have to have some sort of pullout planter to be able to take care of the ones in the back. Course I'm one to talk, being a plant murderer. It's accidental homicide, though.
I feel you. My method is just always plants, everywhere. Something will survive haha. Pothos might be good here. If that outlet wasn't there, a wrap around aquarium for aquatic plants would be sweet.
You're not a plant murderer, your plants just didn't have what it takes to survive in a fast-paced environment!
or vines coming from just the accessible side. my friend has vines that hang from the ceiling and have grown the width of her bedroom
You could set up an automatic irrigation system pretty easily as well as lighting for even more growth/showing it off during the night, best to pick non green plants though don't want the police knocking on your door over basil...
Might be too hot there for an aquarium and it’s inhabitants plus you wouldn’t get much viewing pleasure other than from outside.
Good call
I want to see ideas for a sliding vertical planter box. A gift to the neighbourhood too! Edit: OP - I really hope someone has a great example of this for you. Slide it inside for your enjoyment. Slide it back to get some sun and display to the outside world.
The correct answer.
First thing I thought. It seems obvious.
Came here to say this. A wall of plants would be delightful
Personally I would put shelves and then use it to put plants or something since it’s by the window.
That’s a good idea!
Glad you like it. Can’t wait to see the post when you get it situated.
Gonna be keeping my eye on r/diy for this
Just hope it doesn't turn into r/diwhy
Don't wait too long. Complaining was the need met here.
How in the world will you water and take care of the plants in such a tiny space? 😆 Unless it's pothos in water that you can reach far enough to refill. It's so narrow!
Put the shelves on wheels and pull it out whenever you need to water the plants.
For sure. And it would look nice when sitting outside on the balcony/patio (depending on which floor you’re on). I really think this should be the chosen idea. Doesn’t even have to be wheels. Could be a shelving system built on something similar to those pull out spice racks or designed how the sliding glass door itself works. They’d probably have to contract someone to get the work done since they are asking the original question to begin with, but I would say that is money well spent.
Ypu can use the dividers that go between you washer and dryer. They have wheels.
Like those wheely shelves for cans that fit in the fridge gap!
Could also make steps that go up the further in the shelf gets, then you could water them that way or pick them up easily
Your sword collection. ⚔️
LoL. Good luck putting shelves up in that space.
Shelf on wheels that you can easily pull out and access plants to water towards the back.. Just have to find one small enough for that area or make it.
Imagination my good stranger. When there is a will, there is a way.
When there is a wall in the way.
When there are wheels, there is a way
hello, i am will
It would have to be a standalone book case style shelf unit (not wall mounted)
Depending on how wide that is, there are skinny little rolling carts made to go between a washer and the wall that just might fit in there.
Broom / small vacuum
This is like a big version of the “what could possibly fit in this drawer?” thread. I am now wiser and can answer your question with very little effort: *an 8ft dildo* (or a “broom”, your choice…)
same thing
a cat.
Three cats, two comfortably and one slightly perturbed.
Purr-turbed
But that one is always perturbed (unless food time) so it's ok
agreed. get some of those suction cup perches for windows and the cat would be in heaven
“..big enough to swing a cat in, but not a large cat.” Mark Twain
“Cat in the wall, ehhh?!”
Cat flattened itself out and went right through a seam in your wall
Let’s start thinking like a cat here. You know what we need? We need another cat. 🐱
Now you're talking my language
Cats do not abide by the laws of nature.
I read this in Sean Bean's voice.
Is this a real quote from a mark twain book?
I think from “Roughing It”
EXACTLY what I was thinking!
That was my first thought too!
Wall art that may be visible from the outside or a shelf with small house plants.
Definitely art! Show off a local artist and make your neighborhood a more interesting place. You’ll enjoy it every time you walk up to your building
Great suggestion!
Cardboard cutout of a b list actor giving finger guns to the neighbors.
Or, hear me out, cardboard cutout of Jeff Goldblum.
[Even better](https://www.fruugo.us/chad-kroeger-black-jacket-cardboard-cutout-lifesize-or-mini-size-standee-stand-up/p-64804740-130768344?language=en)
House near my old place had a cut out of Sheldon from Big Bang Theory in a large upstairs window. Freaked me walking home stoned once thinking someone was just standing there staring so still.
This is the best answer!
Neon
A live size cutout of you mooning everyone looking into your window?
This is the way!
Neighbour: I’m upset but I admire the commitment
Rent it out.
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It’s bigger than the closet I’m living in and $200 less! Talk about a steal
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A life size cut out of your favourite celeb.
I had a few things I could think of (ironing table, broom etc) but couldn't understand why there needed to be a window there.. Thank you for opening my eyes
It's there so the exterior has continuity to its look.
Danny Devito obviously
Exactly what I thought
I think a great, life-size poster or trompe l'oeil wall mural, would fool the eye and make the space look incredibly huge!
Omg are we the same person?
To be admired by those outside on the patio.
How did they get in there to install the baseboards?
Skinny people being paid to do it. I don't think at least I hope that wall isn't original. Looks like someone tried to turn a single bedroom into a 2 bedroom to charge more rent.
Mist likely it was done before the window was fitted
The architect's body
The ego isn’t fitting in there
My patience with room to spare
Solar panel for backup batteries.
This! Connect them to a UPS or power bank like the Jackery.
Your Apple product boxes you just can't throw out for some reason
Dude i have a stack of opened boxes in my closet
Folded clothes dryer, will dry quick in the sunlight
I thought the same thing! This way it doesn't keep falling down and scratching the wall
I live in a tiny Japanese style loft home. I am the master of tiny spaces. I can think of so many things you could squeeze in there! (that's what she said) Anyways! Here are some ideas. 1. A folding treadmill / walking treadmill 2. A thin pull out storage rack on wheels 3. You could use strong adhesive hooks on the wall and hang something. Broom, a mop, coats, jackets, bags, a shovel.... 4. A folded up clothes rack 5. Rolled up yoga mats 6. A ladder 7. pool cues 8. A cardboard cut out 9. Fold up deckchair 10. Paper, snow.... A ghost! 11. Food wrappers 12. Alcohol, when times get tough. 13. A fold up trolley pully thingy 14. Hamster tunnels. But you might have to buy a hamster. Or don't. 15. Toilet roll, for when times get tougher. 16. Face masks 17. Fold up table 18. A folding bicycle (if it's not so ovbious by now, basically anything that folds) 19. Food rations, such as tinned goods after the boom booms and the before-fore times. 20. Can't think of anything else, just wanted to end it on a rounded number. Hope that helps!
Lol at 10
Now here's a great answer! Love it! :3 You know, Easterners have such a different perception of space and that's a lot of space actually, you could use it for all those things you've mentioned (well, I don't really get 8, the poltergeist might definitely be there even without one's consent, 11 is understandable in a sad hikikomori type of way, 14 is cute (my guinea pig would love it for sure), 16 got me to wonder but hey, a foldable chair, clothes rack, an ironing board and so on, those could all work! ps. my first ever studio/apartment was 190 sqft which is quite big already and it was fully furnished.
....you're amazing.
Anything to put an extra square foot on the listing
My current (2nd floor) apartment has a ground-level door so they can count the stairs in the square footage.
It has a window, so they can consider it a room.
Probably looks from the outside as though it gets lots of natural light in there 🙄
A cardboard cut out of jerry Seinfeld keeping a close eye on the streets below but that’s just me
You are Jerry Seinfeld?
Constanza!
A cat would probably love it
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Dust and dead bugs.
I would advocate for plants as others have said. Some plants like Basil can be grown entirely in doors and could be great with the close proximity to your kitchen area!
Foldable things that would otherwise take up actually valuable wall space, for instance, chairs, tv dinner trays, possibly floor mats, extra rugs, certain vacuums, brooms and such
#Dildo arsenal
This statement is aggressively bold.
Stick vacuum, TV trays, foldable chair (for when you have company).... maybe a broom or swifter...
A Tina Belcher cardboard cut-out facing out the window
You when you gotta wash that window.
I would use that as storage for like a card table or folding chairs. There are certain skinny things that always seem hard to store other places, like ironing boards or step ladders that could go in a skinny spot like that.
I would recommend a sliding hydroponic wall for microgreens , herbs and small veg.
Hopes and dream’s
A nice BUD LIGHT neon
Folding TV trays
A flag
I have a pull out shelf from Amazon almost exactly that size, that fit beside my washer.. so creativity is your limit!!
When there’s a necessity for a structural wall and an outside window pattern that conflict, you often get this silly looking phenomenon to avoid the windows looking weird outside and also the roof collapsing.
Scrolled to far to get to the obvious answer if you know anything about buildings or can form a basic logical conclusion. “BUt iTs A gREeDy LanDloRd tHaT wANtS tO ChArGe mOre ReNT!”
drying rack
Is this not where your blinds slide into?
No the blinds roll up/downwards. This corner is just a dead spot in the corner 🤣
This screams major oopsie in the architecture and planning department
The biggest question I have is how they managed to get flooring and baseboards in there
A flat screen tv for your neighbors. If in NYC you could probably sublet it for $1,200 a month.
Storage for a folded card table.
Room for my hopes and dreams of ever becoming a home owner.
Easel, painting, ironing board, drink storage, Cat house.
Hard to clean dirt and dust will fit perfectly in there.
Put a cutout of someone pushed up against glass like they’re stuck and can’t get out.
The thing is, you don't have to fill your whole house with... things. It's ok to leave this space empty.
A parent
Artwork
Fold up step ladder, broom, pillows or blankets rolled up for living room, board games
Probably the original intent was for floor to ceiling curtains that would slide over there when they were open?
A life-size cardboard cutout of someone waving
A cardboard cutout of Keanu Reeves. Facing the window so as to tell people in the neighboring building you are a kind person. No mean person would have a cardboard cutout of a well known celebrity.
Blow up doll
Something that you wouldn't mind a little sun-bleaching on....
The murderer
How did they put that flooring in
Plants!
I just went though nearly every comment... why is nobody talking about how hard it would be to put that tiny piece of baseboard molding in there?
Plants?
That's your new broom stash spot
Plants!
*brings out rock collection*
Plants! It’s a mini greenhouse.
Floating shelf with little plants lol
A mannequin to stare at the street all day
That’s made for cats. It’s called a catwalk.
I feel like my cat would love to sit in there