Studio apartments are small, single-level living quarters intended for use by an individual. They are designed around relatively large single room incorporating the features of a living room, dining room, and kitchen. Some studio apartments have a seperate or semi-partitioned bedroom, but usually this forms part of the main living space. I HAVE ONE!!!! A living room (or sitting room, especially in commonwealth English, also called lounge room in Australia) is a room for entertaining guests, reading, watching TV, or other activities. ... A dining room is a room for eating. ... A kitchen is a room used for food preparation. ... A bedroom is a room used primarily for sleep, rest or sexual activities. ...

They may have a toilet and possibly shower or bath, or these facilities may be shared with other dwelling units.

Studio apartments are sometimes found in renovated or remodelled warehouses and other industrial buildings.

They are sometimes offered for short term rental as holiday accomodation.

In some housing markets, studio apartments relatively low cost and thus popular with young people and those with low or unsteady income.

In some housing markets they are rented on a month-to-month basis, where they are priced for college students and other young people who have recently left home. In other markets studio apartments are considerably more upmarket.

Note that the term apartment comes from the French word "appartement" (meaning ?) and is an Americanism. The word is seldom used in the United Kingdom and most Commonwealth countries. In Austrailia, however, the term is growing in popularity, especially for recently constructed up-market dwellings in inner-city areas. In some parts of the United States a studio apartment is called an efficiency apartment. An apartment (or flat) is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building. ... The Commonwealth of Nations is an association of independent sovereign states, almost all of which are former colonies once governed by the United Kingdom as part of the British Empire. ... Between 1855–1890, the six Crown Colonies each became self-governing colonies operating under British law, managing most of their own affairs however the British government retained control of some matters, notably foreign affairs, defence and international shipping. ...