How long have you lived here?Erin: We've been here for seven years. Danny had lived in the Tenderloin since 1997, and I was in the Inner Mission at the time. We were planning to move in together and wanted to be somewhere central. When we found this building, we fell in love with it right away. It's a 1908 printing and storage facility that was converted into efficiency lofts. It has a sense of history and felt substantial, unlike the new condos we were looking at.
Danny: It all came down to convenience: The farmers' market and BART station are right here. We were going on bike trips to Europe, and it was so easy to get to SFO.
Danny: It all came down to convenience: The farmers' market and BART station are right here. We were going on bike trips to Europe, and it was so easy to get to SFO.
What did you do to customize your space?Danny: We both love cooking, so one of the first things we did was to upgrade the kitchen, which had this two-burner electric stove and a convection oven the size of a large microwave. I made a loft for the bedroom and also built floating bookshelves with a library ladder.
Erin: The ceilings are high, so we maximized the space by building upwards. Usually when people come over, they think the space is about twice as big as it actually is.
Erin: The ceilings are high, so we maximized the space by building upwards. Usually when people come over, they think the space is about twice as big as it actually is.
What did you do to customize your space?Danny: We both love cooking, so one of the first things we did was to upgrade the kitchen, which had this two-burner electric stove and a convection oven the size of a large microwave. I made a loft for the bedroom and also built floating bookshelves with a library ladder.
Erin: The ceilings are high, so we maximized the space by building upwards. Usually when people come over, they think the space is about twice as big as it actually is.
Erin: The ceilings are high, so we maximized the space by building upwards. Usually when people come over, they think the space is about twice as big as it actually is.
Erin Feher Montoya, her husband, Danny Montoya maximized space by building up.
Orion's crib sits under the loft. Eight storage bins underneath hold clothes and extra diapers. Photo: Aubrie Pick, Special To The Chronicle
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