A tiny apartment renter showed us how she used toy blocks to make her furniture taller without taking up space
- Anju Abraham turned her 400-square-foot apartment in Washington, DC, into a luxe, gilded oasis.
- She made the apartment feel larger with transparent furniture and creative storage solutions.
- Abraham built a riser for her clear coffee table using toy blocks, adding three inches of height.
Anju Abraham moved into a 400-square-foot studio apartment in Washington, DC, in 2019, and has since implemented tons of clever design solutions in her tiny space.
Her most recent home hack involves adding height to furniture using clear building blocks.
In her living space, Abraham has a coffee table that's just a bit too short for her liking.
"I love my coffee table but at 13.75 inches tall, it is very limited on height," Abraham told Insider. "I was trying to find products that would increase the height of my coffee table and thought, 'What if I could build it?'"
That's when Abraham came up with the idea to use clear toy blocks to increase the height of her transparent table.
"I focused on making a strong and stable foundation with a big enough slit in the center to hold the table in place," Abraham said of the building process.
After an hour of building and gluing every piece together, Abraham had the clear, sturdy riser she had hoped for. And she enjoyed making it, too.
"I haven't played with toys since I was a kid and building something brick by brick was an exciting journey start to finish," Abraham said.
The creative hack added three inches of height to Abraham's coffee table.
If toy blocks don't match your short furniture pieces, Abraham suggests using bed risers, rolling planter bases, or adding wheels to give low pieces a lift.
Abraham previously told Insider that she added wheels to a storage trunk to add height and make the item function like a rolling table whenever she needs it. Check out a full tour of Abraham's tiny apartment to see all her clever storage and space-saving hacks.