All is small
Confession: I have been obsessed with small spaces for as long as I can remember. I remember when my dad was taking extracurricular community college courses, he would bring me with him and I would sit in the college library in the architecture section and pore over piles of books of floor plans and home designs. It's also why a blog like this can hold my attention for hours. And I get particularly excited on Sundays when I'm able to feature a little house like this week's home.
Isn't it amazing what high ceilings and a bright coat of paint can do to a small space? The house looks very open and airy even though it is only 1,100 square feet. The bedrooms look spacious and clean with plenty of natural light through an abundance of windows. The open loft space above the dining space is a really unique and quirky touch. Let's pretend that you can fit the kid's table there for Thanksgiving. I can imagine a little family perfectly happy in this house, as long as they're able to get around the whole one bathroom thing. Which will really only last until the kids become teenagers because then the whole sharing thing just does not work.
Isn't it amazing what high ceilings and a bright coat of paint can do to a small space? The house looks very open and airy even though it is only 1,100 square feet. The bedrooms look spacious and clean with plenty of natural light through an abundance of windows. The open loft space above the dining space is a really unique and quirky touch. Let's pretend that you can fit the kid's table there for Thanksgiving. I can imagine a little family perfectly happy in this house, as long as they're able to get around the whole one bathroom thing. Which will really only last until the kids become teenagers because then the whole sharing thing just does not work.
Before my husband and I got married, we lived together in a studio apartment. Talk about small! And we lived it just fine. If ever we felt cooped up, we would just smuggle a stiff drink in a water bottle and head to Borders, sit in their cafe, and read for a while. Of course, that was before Borders went bankrupt...so perhaps there might be a better strategy. :)
ReplyDeleteha, this place is still bigger than anything I've ever lived in. beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteI just got sucked in to that Tiny House website. They did a Design Star challenge with a tiny house..did you see that?
ReplyDeleteLove this space you featured...that porch is perfect!
I actually prefer smaller houses to larger ones. They feel more cozy and personal. As long as it has sufficient amount of storage space for all my junk, then it's all good!
ReplyDeleteI loved it !
ReplyDeleteSuch a handsome fellow! You know, there's nothing quite like a cozy little home . . .
ReplyDeleteI love small spaces too! When I first moved out of my parents' house, it was in this uber tiny basement apartment, but it was like heaven for me! This house is perfection.
ReplyDeleteI much prefer small spaces. My house growing up was around 900sf, and my dad's apartment was just over 450sf, but you couldn't tell with either. My dad was an architect/artist and had a knack for space-planning that made everything seem way bigger inside. I like to think it was a bit of Harry-Potter-style magic.
ReplyDeleteI grew up in a 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom house, for 6 people. I'm all for tiny spaces, just give me extra bathrooms :-)
ReplyDeleteI love how much white there is! And that exposed brick fire place? I'm a little obsessed. I'm also a huge fan of that lofted area in the dining room. I'd make that a reading nook... and never come down. ;) Have a great week, love!
ReplyDeleteI think this is my favourite house so far, I mean since I started reading your lovely blog :)
ReplyDeleteIt's just so clean and bright but cosy at the same time. I'm a big fan.
I'm starting to say every week that this! is! my! favorite! I too, love small spaces. Our current home, much as I love it, is too big for me (for us). We're here for the duration, I think, at least until Callum is out of school. After that, all bets are off and Neel will have to indulge me!
ReplyDeleteThose vaulted ceilings and all that white make all the differences, don't they?
those ceilings are fantastic. i think i would like a larger house, that's the size of mine now and it often feels a little cramped for me and my three boys. but i do have this little fantasy of a perfect little tiny house that is just for me, tucked away in the country or forrest by stream or . . .
ReplyDeleteThis is too cute!
ReplyDeleteI checked out that tiny house website and oh my! They are all so cute but I do doubt if I could ever live in something so small.
Love the cosy bedrooms!
ReplyDeleteLUXESSED
I think it looks really cozy, I like it a lot!
ReplyDeletewith the exception of kitches, smaller spaces are much cozier :)
ReplyDeleteOh I adore the front porch, it's so sweet.
ReplyDeleteOh, I love that house! It looks cozy yet open and light. And that porch screams porch swing to me. I am obsessed with porch swings and would immediately put one up if we had a porch ;)
ReplyDeleteNice one! Those high ceilings are just divine.
ReplyDeleteRonnie xo
I love the front porch!! I wonder where the ladder in the dining room leads to? ... looks like a window area, I think I would make that my reading area - climb up with a book and sit is cozy cushions.
ReplyDeleteI prefer small homes, as well. They force you to be organized and only bring in what you absolutely love because there simply is no room. That beautiful porch is definitely a selling point.
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