One of the biggest tips Lynch shared is one that helps trick the eye into believing your small space is bigger than it is.

I never wanted to live alone as a college student ... After finding a surprisingly spacious studio within my price range, I signed a lease and moved to Detroit — on my own.

A well-designed dorm room is a gold medalist in small-space living: a tiny, often shared, space that has to support studying, ...

The last serious life change I went through had to be graduating from college and moving to New ... and being new to studio apartment life, I needed some advice on how I was going to lay things ...

He set a budget of around $600,000, and focused on studio apartments. “He was eyeing a building on the East Side, and I was like, ‘Dude, you’re not an East Side person,’” Mr. Lewis said.

For those who can afford a 319-square-foot room that can top $2,000 a month—about $3.50 more per square foot than in a conventional studio apartment—contemporary college living looks a lot ...