5 Ultra-Useful Pieces of Transforming Furniture Seen at “Hotel Resource”

Fitting a bed, a desk, a dining table, a bar and a couch into just 240 square feet may sound like an impossibility, but <a href="http://resourcefurniture.com/">Resource Furniture</a> recently proved that it could be done - and with style, to boot. The brand's "Hotel Resource" exhibit at last week's inaugural <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/tag/dwell-on-design-ny/">Dwell on Design NY show</a> set out to demonstrate how even the tiniest accommodations could provide travelers with luxury and functionality. Inhabitat had a chance to stop by Resource's booth and check out the new line of transforming, multi-purpose furniture within. Flip through <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/5-pieces-of-ultra-useful-transforming-furniture-seen-at-hotel-resource/dwell-on-design-ny-r-2/">our gallery</a> for a glimpse inside Hotel Resource and find some inspiration for your own <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/tag/tiny-apartment">small space</a>.

<a href="http://resourcefurniture.com/">Resource Furniture</a> brought Hotel Resource to New York to show that even tiny accommodations can be comfortable and utilitarian spaces.

While the exhibit looked like a typical hotel room (minus the bed) at first glance, we were impressed to see what the 240-square-foot unit had up its sleeve.

Guests at the booth were greeted by an over-sized table of mimosas that you typically wouldn't be able to find in a smaller hotel room.

With enough room and chairs to seat six or to spread out and finish a big work project, the surface folds up conveniently and back under the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/5-pieces-of-ultra-useful-transforming-furniture-seen-at-hotel-resource/dwell-on-design-hotre-slide/">Smart Living media center</a>'s rotating television panel.

When you're done eating or working, just slide the table back under the media center.

While the space was set up as a living area when we first got there, it took just a few moved cushions and a flick of the wrist to flip a spacious queen bed down from the wall.

Called the Tango, the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/5-pieces-of-ultra-useful-transforming-furniture-seen-at-hotel-resource/dwell-on-design-hotre-bed-3-2/">sofa/flip-down bed system</a> by <a href="http://clei.it/">Clei</a> even features a locked position shelf that ensures contents do not get disturbed while opening and closing the bed.

Just pull it down...

And voila - a bed!

The showspace also debuted three pieces from the new Kinetic Collection, a collaboration between Resource Furniture and Brooklyn-based design studio <a href="http://thinkfabricate.com/">Think Fabricate</a>.

<a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/5-pieces-of-ultra-useful-transforming-furniture-seen-at-hotel-resource/dwell-on-design-ny-r-2/">Lift</a> is a coffee table with a flip-up top that becomes a work station and hidden storage space for remotes, laptops and magazines.

<a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/5-pieces-of-ultra-useful-transforming-furniture-seen-at-hotel-resource/dwell-on-design-ny-hotel-st/">Hide &amp; Seek</a> is a modular, customizable, wall-mounted cabinet system.

And finally, <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/5-pieces-of-ultra-useful-transforming-furniture-seen-at-hotel-resource/dwell-on-design-hotre-fridg/">Slide</a> is a credenza with a hidden mini fridge and storage drawers. All three pieces are designed and made proudly in Brooklyn.