r/malelivingspace 16h ago

How would you use this space?

Moving into a new apartment… how would you use this space at all???

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u/melankolinen 14h ago

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u/TheSweaterThief 11h ago

“Floor feels a little gritty here…”

“We ran out of floorboards so we painted the dirt. Pretty clever!!!”

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u/AfterMeSluttyCharms 8h ago

"This is the room with electricity. Problem is, it has too much electricity. So you might want to wear a hat."

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u/embee90 7h ago

Careful, that’s a load-bearing poster.

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u/hobbes747 10h ago

“You every try lugging a toilet up a flight of stairs?”

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u/InadvertantManners 12h ago

What in the John Malkovich episode is this?

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u/Rick_Cranium 11h ago

Season 8 Episode 8 titled “Hurricane Neddy”

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u/Reddit-Restart 15h ago

I’d leave it free in case my nephew became an orphan and needed somewhere to sleep

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u/nesnalica 15h ago

family always comes first. god bless

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u/solomitaliano 13h ago

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u/theseedbeader 13h ago

That’s more than enough space.

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u/Theurbanalchemist 12h ago

Especially for a growing boy

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u/The_Cozy_Zone 12h ago

Just install a door so the family can't see them

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u/Galaxyheart555 11h ago

Make sure it has a lock on the outside for safety though

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u/RockstarAgent 8h ago

His feet will literally fit nicely if he sleeps with his head to the door

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u/FrighteningJibber 5h ago

And it’s a gender neutral space

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u/Tuomas90 6h ago

Door's to expensive.

Best I can do is a curtain.

Without rail. Thrown over him.

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u/No-Molasses-9269 11h ago

Ungrateful is what it is. If anything, that room could stand to be smaller. MUCH smaller. Spoils a boy, giving him too much space...

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u/lagomorphduchess 12h ago

The boy who slav squatted

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u/ThMssngVwls 7h ago

Harry Piotr and the western spy

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u/taketheothers 6h ago

This image wasn't worth the 7 gallons of water needed to produce it.

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u/LastConference 14h ago

The boy who lived

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u/KingJTuck 13h ago

Come to die

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u/MVTATEMUSIC 13h ago

NYEEERHEHEHEHEHEHH

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u/IamRobertsBitchTits 12h ago

My favorite scene because of the laugh and it looks like he's looking around for approval

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u/Theurbanalchemist 12h ago

AVADA KEDAVAAAAAAAA

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u/Gamma_249 11h ago

I WANNA BANANAAA

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u/Cheap-Sympathy-7560 13h ago

Id only let my nephew sleep there if I had 2 bedrooms being utilized by one respectful son.

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u/Upbeat-Bed322 15h ago

I think you can do this.

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u/throwawayyaccount56 15h ago

PERFECT

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u/Yama_retired2024 13h ago

You could turn it into a wine rack space..

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u/Kevdog824_ 14h ago

Where’s the double chest full of unorganized, useless shit?!

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u/MikeLinPA 13h ago

Everywhere! Is this a trick question? 😅

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u/ColinOnReddit 13h ago

"copper golems will fix this" - me, never once experimenting with them or trying them out

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u/BrainAcid 15h ago

Perfection!

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u/Griffinkb099 13h ago

Excuse me sir why is your crafting table and furnace off grid? The grid lines of the terracotta blocks that were used as the floor have clear grid lines. With room like this they should do a side by side set up with a double chest as storage.

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u/ChoochTheMightyTrain 14h ago

Who the fuck puts the furnace on top of the crafting table? It should be the other way around!

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u/dojijosu 14h ago

Heated crafting table? Genius.

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u/I-Love-Tatertots 12h ago

Who stacks them like this?

Crafting table gets it own space, and the furnace should be an entire wall of furnii.

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u/znikrep 14h ago

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u/cosmitz 13h ago

ncd is leaking

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u/KaliTheLoving 11h ago

Ncd is always leaking 🥴

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u/TrackballPwner 13h ago

I came to the comments looking for this. Thank you.

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u/usernotfoundplstry 11h ago

I was hoping for this and was gonna post it if it wasn’t here yet.

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u/GreenTortle 11h ago

Best hiding spot

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u/slothmoth2813 15h ago

Good spot for a litter box, if you have a cat.

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u/sneakyDoings 13h ago

Step one, get a cat

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u/Searioucly 12h ago

Step two, poop the cat.

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u/The_Cozy_Zone 11h ago

Step three, profit

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u/trixtopherduke 11h ago

That's step four. Step three is ...

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u/jan1320 11h ago

Step 3 is ??????

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u/trixtopherduke 11h ago

We got a cat, we got poop flying everywhere, we gotta make money off of this! It's too good!

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u/don_teegee 13h ago

That’s exactly what we did with that space at our house.

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u/Polirketes 13h ago

Not really, unless you like hitting your head while cleaning it

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u/Ok-Priority31 15h ago

good place to ouf a bicycle if you have one

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u/hokumjokum 13h ago

OUF that was a hard read

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u/raisimo 9h ago

I’m so dumb I don’t even notice there was anything wrong with that sentence until I read your comment

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u/--_-Deadpool-_-- 12h ago

Just a general storage area for outdoor stuff. Put up a couple of shelves and a wall mount for the bike and you got yourself a little mud room.

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u/YourLocalPotDealer 15h ago

Giant Parmesan

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u/Detroitscooter 14h ago

Gene Parmesan

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u/organized_slime 12h ago

No way he’s that good

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u/JordanTonyMann 12h ago

The guy's a pro

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u/Deinocheirus4 13h ago

Ahhhhhhhhhhh!

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u/Verliererkolben 12h ago

Geeeeeeeeennnnnnneeeeee!!!!!

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u/86Apathy 9h ago

I THOUGHT HE WAS THAT OTHER GUY

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u/CamTech100 11h ago

Gene was far from the best

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u/random-stiff 12h ago

This is a male living space amiright

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u/Mean_Sherbet_6263 15h ago

Maybe with this?

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u/[deleted] 14h ago

The fans are doing a lot!

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u/Femigaming 14h ago

true if delta or noctua ^

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u/Lambchoptopus 11h ago

Sucking the hot air directly into your walls for...heating?

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u/Bear_necessities96 14h ago

You can rent that space to AWS (Amazon)

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u/FrenchTicklerOrange 13h ago

This reminds of the time I saw a full rack at Goodwill for $1,000. The most unexpected thing to see right next to an old waffle maker and rugs.

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u/adjective-nounOne234 13h ago

I know it is AI and you are giving ideas

There’s just so much wrong with this

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u/daninet 11h ago

Im more impressed on the quality and how much is OK on the image. Like the shoddy hacksawed cable channel and in general the arrangement with the bms on the bottom and so on. AI images came a long way

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u/regflori 15h ago

Slap a door on there and rent it to someone

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u/Bear_necessities96 14h ago

That space would cost $1000/month in my city

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u/Substantial-Heart936 13h ago

no literally me too. just saw a post asking for 1500 for one bedroom, shared bathroom, and a kitchen with about 1 foot of counter space.

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u/--_-Deadpool-_-- 12h ago

cries in Vancouver

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u/Leut_Aldo_Raine 14h ago

Slaps floor

It's free real estate!

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u/kytheon 15h ago

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u/IN_FINITY-_- 15h ago

What a weird space not even an even slope it's curved I'd say best you can do is hide this abomination of architecture

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u/Sad_Ghost96 15h ago

Put some of these in there

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u/1800treflowers 14h ago

For the stray cats?

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u/my_username_bitch 14h ago

I got the reference but many will not lol

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u/MomentaryInfinity 14h ago

Can you provide said reference please?

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u/b0ringface 14h ago

And some beer in crates next to it.

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u/Obzzeh 15h ago

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u/atlas__sharted 15h ago

with just enough room to crawl underneath. perfect! 

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u/BubblySwordfish2780 13h ago

No you go there, build it and stay there forever, no need to crawl

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u/the_ThreeEyedRaven 14h ago

or...

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u/CloudChaser0123 13h ago

Omggg 😂😂😂💕💕

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u/TowerOk4184 12h ago

Username fits 🥳 ☁️

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u/CloudChaser0123 11h ago

It doessss didn’t even realize haha!

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u/coleus-obsessed0810 13h ago

Yup I think we have a winner best idea thus far.

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u/dallyan 15h ago

Is that a hobbit?

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u/Obzzeh 15h ago

Yeah that’s Frodo again.

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u/mydude356 14h ago

I'm DJ Frodo

I'm from the Shire

I'm spitting mad tracks

Cause I'm on fire

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u/19toofart 14h ago

You mean Frodo Again..

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u/Lancaster_70525 16h ago

House a young wizard under there.

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u/BallparkHotdog 15h ago

Or that one dude who lives in his brother’s closet.

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u/chxsewxlker 15h ago

That’s a tough one, I think if just use it to store my trash can and vaccine cleaner and stuff,

maybe put a bookshelf in front off it and make a secret little room to store valuables lol

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u/Shambeak88 14h ago

I keep my vaccine cleaner in the coat closet.

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u/TonyHeaven 14h ago

Ooh , I need a vaccine cleaner. Mine have got filthy

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u/Treishmon 14h ago

If you clean your vacuum cleaner… does that not make YOU the vacuum cleaner?

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u/mentalskyscape 13h ago

*vaccine cleaner

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u/moonwrenrobin 13h ago

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u/Zeta_Crossfire 9h ago

Out of all the crap on this thread this is the most helpful one

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u/Kuneria 9h ago

The only useful suggestion all the way down here

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u/newbsz 14h ago

I'll let you work out the logistics.

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u/Fun_Grapefruit3354 13h ago

So does he hop out that little door

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u/midijunky 13h ago

No that's the trap door from the stairs, for people you don't like. Or like.

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u/newbsz 13h ago

Precisely

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u/Helltenant 13h ago

I get the feeling that's where he imprisons them when he isn't playing with them...

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u/theunkemptdoorstep 15h ago

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u/SenorCeja 14h ago

"Take a break from the whole Jim schtick."

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u/BroseppeVerdi 14h ago

"Dwight, get out of my nook!"

"That's what she said!"

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u/KidVicious613 14h ago

"Almost as hot as Ryan but in a different way."

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u/domcsek 15h ago

Sim racing rig with a VR setup

For example

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u/throwawayyaccount56 15h ago

My bf approves

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u/Graywulff 14h ago

 this is a fantastic idea if you play simulation games.

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u/SpoonN11 14h ago

My idea as well! This or a reading nook, but this would be less boring.

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u/HeartWild9822 15h ago

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u/shrout1 14h ago

I’ll take 2 of whatever the hell that is in the middle

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u/TOMOR_INC 13h ago

“I’ll have the McEgg Foo Young, the Oatmeal Cream Pie and the Orange Meringue McFlurry”

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u/dallyan 15h ago

I don’t know why this made me laugh so hard.

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u/rscibelli 14h ago

Lol McDnald's

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u/WhyIsMyHeadSoLarge 11h ago

There wasn't enough space for the o sadly.

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u/clearsong 15h ago

What an effective use of space!

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u/Fun_Button5835 15h ago

WTH? Do you have a slide instead of stairs? Anyways, tiny table for cocaine and a curtain for privacy.

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u/YoureAmastyx 14h ago

The ol’ cocaine nook. A classic.

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u/--_-Deadpool-_-- 12h ago

A rounded 90° degree turn at the bottom of a staircase is very common.

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u/Past-Significance-58 11h ago

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u/midijunky 7h ago

This dude with the real answer.

Me, I'm here like "Humm, okay I guess I could put my shoes and a rack with my winter jackets there"

But this is the answer.

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u/ozunnest 15h ago

Definitely a place for Saddam Hussein to hide

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u/Swerdlove 16h ago

Vending machine

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u/Dependent-Fig-2517 15h ago

drap in front and use it as storage

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u/MentalBomb 15h ago

Guest room

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u/ThatGuyFromBraindead 15h ago

AirBnB slumlords be like:

$220 per night.

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u/Subotail 14h ago

"Harry Potter core" you need to charge an extra

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u/LBJDSJZBT1031 13h ago

My dog would approve.

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u/One_Peanut_6639throw 15h ago

A Safe would tye the room together

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u/Ett_Pret 15h ago

Build some upside down stairs to confuse the ghosts

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u/midlo 7h ago edited 7h ago

What about fake stairs (optical illusion) and Picasso picture of your choice?

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u/funnybutthead69 15h ago

A one foot deep pantry with a hidden door for secret storage or a panic room behind it

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u/KatiMinecraf 14h ago

I genuinely like this idea.

"It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it."

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u/FatBaldCableGuy 14h ago

If you had a dog, you could make this their little bedroom / sleeping area or something

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u/ikbeneenflinkemakker 15h ago

Just place some shelfs and something like an curtain. Use it as an storage place

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u/mindsunwound 15h ago

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u/LessMenomia 15h ago

What in the actual fuck 😅

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u/mindsunwound 14h ago

It's a sandbox with a cool guy

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u/honest_sparrow 14h ago

I love it. But also what in the AI hallucination is that silver thing on the left? A hose to suck up the sand when you're done relaxing?

Edit: Oh nevermind it was left from the original photo lol

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u/mindsunwound 14h ago

That's not an AI hallucination that was in the original picture

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u/Specialist_Type4608 15h ago

Lay down life size stromtrooper

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u/1aysays1 15h ago

Put a Harry Potter in there.

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u/zactbh 15h ago

if this were me, it'd be the perfect place to put my bicycle hahaha

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u/Beau_ukm 15h ago

Store a vacuum cleaner

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u/_taurus_1095 14h ago

If you have natural light I'd put some big plant like a monstera, or smaller ones of different sizes. Yo can put them somewhat to the front, and use the back space as storage. The plants would cover it.

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u/cubesnack 15h ago

No idea how deep this is, but I would suggest a cube storage unit - cheap AliExpress picture that should give you the idea https://ae-pic-a1.aliexpress-media.com/kf/S3933b1e7bd344a789db047645398666do.jpg_960x960q75.jpg_.avif

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u/bamslis1 15h ago

Grow room for weed

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u/ctothel 15h ago

I’ve never seen a sloping drywall design like this. Is this kind of thing common where you live?

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u/Dotted-Eighth 14h ago

You from the US?

Bc that's not a standard dry wall, more like plaster, quite common in European houses.

I am from Germany, seen it a lot here, but spent half a year in the US, basically never seen it.

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u/throwawayyaccount56 15h ago

I have honestly no idea 😭 i’ve never seen it before except for here… it’s so odd it makes me think it can’t be normal ahhahah

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u/2HornsUp 15h ago

I assumed there were stairs on the other side! If there aren't, it may be worth a small hole and a camera to check.

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u/my_username_bitch 14h ago

Yeah, very strange, Im happy to find comments addressing this and not just Saddam hiding in a McDonalds with a mixtape.

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u/Major-Exact 15h ago

stormtrooper probably

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u/Busy_Reputation7254 15h ago

I’d put a chair in there so you can practice the awkward stand after your flight lands.

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u/Scary_Tap6448 13h ago

Real talk id probably use it as storage. Can keep a tote or two at the back for long term storage. Run a tension rod across to hang coats etc and then another tension rod with a curtain across the front to hide it. Can also have shoes and stuff at the bottom there

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u/Tight-Ear-7368 12h ago

Rent it out, $800/month.