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Discussing Small Space Solutions for the Miami Condo

The interior of the Miami condo is complete and ready for a getaway. In this small apartment, less than 1,000 square feet, it was important to select and place items that would maximize space rather than cluttering it. Bob points out the chrome and glass bar that was built into a recessed niche. He also discusses vintage finds and their use as functional design elements, like the home office space created from a side table. Bob is joined by Bill Petters of Sound Components who designed the plasma flat-sceen television installation using a flexible swing-arm bracket. The 37-inch Sony t.v. from Sears.com can go flat against the wall when not in use, but extend and be angled for optimal viewing.

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Discussing Small Space Solutions for the Miami Condo

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" When you have a small apartment less than a thousand feet want to maximize all the square footage in here we found in each between a structural column and the HBC equipment so we fit in a little bar area. Now one other aspect of the big living area here that we didn't mention is. Vintage furniture which sometimes is just perfect better than finding something new there's -- probably 3035 year old table from Hasina. And we picked it up to one of the vintage houses here but it creates a perfect home office area place for your laptop you can decorative arts and stuff the less they had built tatters. Who is here from sound components. Here in south Florida hi Bob Korea we could've done it without consultant but the the TV aspect of the installation was key because we don't have room for big furnishings or big. Cabinets and this is possible kind of tedious it. This is a plasma technology that's offered by Sony this particular models -- 37 inch and it's always high definition capable now off the bat a lot of people talk about whether plasma is here to stay or whether it's gonna be replaced by liquid crystal what do you think. I think that plasma will be around for quite some time yet typically your plasma monitors are going to be your larger size. 42 and a -- and the key thing here. I mean shopping online is one thing is we bought this just at Sears dot com but the key thing is that you mounted it on this fabulous bracket. Who makes this this is -- I company called chief manufacturing out of burns on Minnesota and they make a wonderfully designed. Swing arm that allows us to actually push the TV against the wall. When you want to recess it and get it all the way and of course when you want to watch it you can simply pull it away from the wall and salted in the angle that you want awesome nice shot like picture pros start thank you bill they thought."

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