This treehouse inside a Brooklyn loft will make you powerfully jealous

We’re always up for a good tiny house.  But Terry Chiao has done us one better — she’s built two tiny houses inside her Bushwick apartment.  The place is in a converted textile factory, and it also serves as a part-time art studio. ( Chiao describes herself as “a multi-disciplinary artist and designer.”)  We’re most charmed by what she calls the treehouse: a simple cabin-like structure, lofted on stilts above the rest of the apartment. 

Chiao lives in the treehouse herself — now with her partner, artist Adam Frezza.  When she first built the space, she rented out the other cabin to roommates for several years.  But now it’s listed on Airbnb. “ It’s nice to have it to ourselves sometimes while still making the rent a little more affordable,” she says. “ Travelers also tend to have less stuff and be around less than full-time roommates, so that helps our home feel more like ours.”