Ok, I admit it...I love HGTV. I watch at least one show almost every morning before I even get out of bed. Give me my TV and a cup of coffee and I am a happy woman.
The episodes featuring small space living are all the rage right now. In Oregon builders are taking up the challenge and a lot of houses are appearing in the Portland area. My question here is "How small is too small?"
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| What 100 square feet looks like. |
See, I think that 100 square feet is ridiculously small. That is a 10x10 room and I think that a bedroom needs to be bigger than that. But believe it or not some people are content to live in a place like that. Their needs are very little and they must feel safe with the walls very near.
We live in a space that is 12 ft wide and approximately 35 feet long with an add on that is about 8 ft wide and 18 feet long. I really believe that this is the minimum that I am willing to live in for an extended period of time. The add on was just put on last year and I absolutely love it.
Here is what ours looks like:
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| This bedroom and the Arizona room (below) are now one big room. |
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| Our bedroom is very comfortable. We also have a TV in this room. |
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| The bathroom is small, clean and perfect for us. |
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Kitchen backsplash was updated last year. We are replacing our
dishwasher that sits near the sink and stove. |
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This niche over the dining table had glass doors. We
removed them and painted the interior. The wall have all been repainted too. |
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| My husband built the front porch where we dine most days. |
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We are very lucky that we have three outdoor spaces.
This is at the side and we have another in the back. |
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The exterior of our park model (below) is not good. We
will replace windows this year. I want it to look
like this one (above) featured on HGTV |
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This small space even has room for my computer and a
printer. The stool serves as extra seating when we have guests. |
Have a wonderful day. If you have a question just put it in the comments section. I will help you if I can. See
Snowbird Questions: Why Would You Ever Do That? for other questions and links to previous posts.
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I look at your small space and long for mine! We fly to Tucson a week from Friday. It is quite cold here in Seattle.
ReplyDeleteI like to stay in portland and have a little cold weather. It seems the value of all this warm weather increases a lot. The air is cool but the sun is so intense.
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