Is This The World's Smallest Apartment?

 

New Yorker Felice Cohen lives in a micro apartment measuring just 8.3 square metres

Felice Cohen sleeps with her bed almost touching the ceiling but says she finds it cosy now that she is used to it. Picture: Free Companies.

• Woman rents 8.3 square metre apartment
• Pays a fraction of her neighbours' rent
• Has to sit sideways to fit on the toilet

There’s small and then there's this apartment - a US woman has spent three years living in a 8.3 square metre room in New York's Upper West Side - so tiny the ceiling is less than 60 centimetres from her face when she sleeps.

The bathroom is so cramped that Felice Cohen has to sit on her side to use the toilet.

The tiny bathroom is difficult to get in and out of says Ms Cohen - who has to sit sideways to use the toilet. Picture: Free Companies

She told the Daily Mail the apartment felt so cramped on the first night she slept there, she suffered a panic attack.

However, three years on Ms Cohen says it's been worth it, with her rent coming in at just $US700 ($672), while her neighbours pay around $US3000 ($2880) for a small apartment to live in the exclusive Manhattan enclave.

"I wanted to live in Manhattan, but I didn't want it to take all my money and found this place through a friend," said Ms Cohen.

"It's a great location, its right near Central Park."

Ms Cohen works as a personal organiser and quickly put her professional skills to the test in making the tiny sliver of space liveable. First she installed a desk with draws above and then removed the wardrobe doors and replaced them with a thin curtain. She stores fruit in a toaster oven, owns just two plates, one knife, fork and spoon and has cut down on personal items like clothing.

Ms Cohen used her skills as a personal organiser to maximise space in her studio of just 8.3 square metres. Picture: Free Companies.

There is no kitchen but Ms Cohen has a hot pot and a small fridge to compensate.

"I guess I just think that people have too much space and so much stuff. I grew up in a house with two walk-in closets that are about as big as my entire apartment is now, but I've cut down," she said.

"How much stuff do we really need? It's less than you think."

Read more about the micro apartment at The Daily Mail.