Leah Hochbaum Rosner

This Murray Hill studio has a separate windowed kitchen, four closets, and lots of natural light.

In this week’s Buy Curious, Natalia Disario of Corcoran, and Jesse Shafer and Greg McHale of Compass explain why you should get an apartment with a loft bed, why you shouldn’t, and what you can use a sleeping loft for should you choose not to sleep up there.

Sales have been stagnating on the East End of Long Island, resulting in more inventory for buyers to choose from, so you have more opportunity to get a deal. And if you head to the North Fork, where house prices are traditionally lower than what you would find in the Hamptons, you'll do even better.

In this week’s Reno Ready, architect Alan Berman of Archetype Architecture recommends removing some of the walls currently surrounding the closed-off kitchen, gutting that kitchen entirely, and using fun paint colors throughout the this Upper West Side two bedroom in order to inject a little personality into the space.

This Lincoln Square studio, 165 West End Ave., #7L, is definitely worth a look. The $535,000 price tag isn’t bad, either—it’s under the $550,000 median for a Manhattan studio, according to StreetEasy.

It might not have an actual bedroom, but this Upper West Side studio, 167 West 73rd St., #7, has the next best thing—a separate windowed area for your bed so you don’t have to feel like you’re sleeping in the living room. There’s also a cozy sunken living room, a breakfast bar, and lots of exposed brick (for those who like that sort of thing). It’s listed for $425,000, which is below the median asking price of $526,000 for a studio in the neighborhood, according to StreetEasy.