Fixing Our Little House

With another baby coming, Jen and I decided that our house needed some improvements to accommodate everyone. It's a real challenge because the area is just around 24 square meters, roughly the size of a small studio apartment.

My parents suggested that we move back with them to the bigger house (we all live in a compound; my parents live in the main house while we live in our small cottage). But after careful deliberation, I decided that my family remain in the tiny house. At least we'd have our privacy and a toilet all to ourselves.

The main challenge is to decide how fix our bedroom and living room so two adults and two babies can live comfortably there. We already scrapped the kitchen and dinning area for this small space. The family would do their eating and cooking in the main house with Lolo and Lola.

I stumbled upon this cool website called apartment therapy. It offered ideas on how to manage your living space, no matter how small the living area.

Here are some houses that really caught my attention and gave me ideas on how to improve our house.

The first one is a room at Brooklyn, New York. I like the pull out bed and the moving book case. It really saves a lot of space for this 260 square foot apartment.





The second one is a work/studio at Princeton, New Jersey, which is 240 square feet. Here, the sofa also doubles as a pull-out bed.





These homes are suitable for just one person but they gave me a lot of ideas on how to maximize space.

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