Over coffee yesterday, we picked up a free copy of Mindful Metropolis and were happy to see an article about small space living that included Apartment Therapy. (Thanks, MM!) Writer Christine Escobar says, "The site profiles tiny apartments and condos, some as small as 175 square feet." She also refers to other resources for people who want to live with less…
Read the entire article, Small Ambitions: Finding Peace in a Pint-Sized Home here to learn more tips and tricks from the sites listed below.
- Tumbleweed Tiny House Company: Around 1997, Jay Schafer began pioneering the art of building and living in small spaces—"subtractive design" or "low-impact architecture," as he calls it. All of the eight buildings his company sells are less than 800 square feet.
- The Jewel Box Home: Evanston-based Genevieve Ferraro created this site to share lessons learned from living with her family in a 1,500 square foot house.
- Yellow Brick Home: This blog chronicles Kim and Scott Vargo's decorating adventures in their 650 square foot Logan Square condo. (They also shared a glimpse of their home with Apartment Therapy in a recent house call.)
- Tryon Farm: This Indiana development community, founded by Ed and Eve Noonan, is preserving more than two thirds of the 170-acre farm as prairie, dunes, woods, and restored wetlands. Homes range from 400 to 2500 square feet.
- Simplicity Works Organizing: Owner Molly Boren lives in a 600 square foot Chicago apartment and makes a living helping others to pare down.
- Discardia: Dinah Sanders started the Discardia holiday to celebrate decluttering, and she's kept it going strong with Twitter tips for letting go.
Find more info at Mindful Metropolis.
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does anyone recognize those chairs?
Can anyone tell me where these chairs and table came from? They look like Maine Cottage.
The chairs look like some you can find at places like Target, only painted. (The ones I have seen are usually birch.) Painting helps!
We have those chairs! They belonged to my husband's Aunt.
We have the matching table which has a formica top.
I hate them, but my husband loves them.
Any information on them would be cool.
There's a company called Tiny Texas Houses that builds..well, that name says it. I don't know if people live in them, but I guess people build them as offices or guesthouses, so on. Here's the link.
http://www.tinytexashouses.com/
Is 1500 sf considered a small home? Seems quite large to me, even for a family.
my apologies, just read further and it is considered small because it is under 2000sf, smaller than many homes.
"lessons learned from living with her family in a 1,500 square foot house" -- also having trouble figuring out why anyone would consider that small. I'd just say anything over 2,000 square feet is very large, even if it is considered "normal" in this country.
My family of 4 live in a 3 br. 1,350 sq. ft. house. I think it is on the small side. We have a dining area but not an eat in kitchen, so the dining area serves as our everyday eating spot. It's 10 ft. by 10 ft. holds a 6 seater table and a server. Thankfully we have 2 full bathrooms - I don't know how we would've worked around that with 2 teenagers. We have a 10 ft. by 10. ft. den and an 11 ft. by 15 ft. living room. Each of the bedrooms have closets that are 4 ft. wide and 2 ft. deep. It has not been fun sharing closet space with my husband and neither of us own a tremendous amount of clothes or shoes. It is comfortable with 12 people in the house but can hardly be pushed to 20 - unless it's elbow to elbow. We've lived here for almost 12 years and I don't think I could live anywhere smaller unless it was temporary. But - I wouldn't want anything much bigger either. Curious as to what everyone else lives in...
Careful with painting your wooden furnitures diy style, make sure you properly sand it, and primer before applying at least 2 coats of paint.
I learnt proper painting the hard way after seeing my freshly painted chair being so easily scuffed and scratched cuz i simply applied paint over paint.
Thanks, AT for keeping the Discardian love flowing!
Discardia news: as my book nears completion, I'm leaping into action in lots of places. You can hang out with other folks who are making room for more awesomeness in their lives by visiting facebook.com/discardia and get a little tip or other tidbit by following @discardia on Twitter and of course there's always good ol' discardia.com
Hope to hear from you somewhere about what you're letting go of or upgrading and how it's making your life better!
cheers,
Dinah