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Confession: We didnโt buy our current house with the intention of staying in it.
Covid and life happened. Plans changed. We did a covid renovation just prior to CNY, with our rental lease about to expire ๐
But size wasnโt an issue; weโd been renting apartments that were <500 sqft for 7 years, hence #livingsmall.
In fact, our current house is actually a space upgrade ๐
So hereโs what itโs like living in a <500 sqft space:
1๏ธโฃ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐
I hardly have anything that is PURELY decorative (maybe just a rug & some soft toys?).
Everything I buy has to be functional (& preferably aesthetic at the same time lol).
Space limitation is a GREAT way to save money if youโre easily tempted like me ๐
2๏ธโฃ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด
Handheld items are fine, but anything larger than that needs to be measured so it fits nicely ๐คฃ
3๏ธโฃ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ปโ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด
Tempted to leave items on your dining table or kitchen countertop after you return home?
Yeah I canโt do that bc we actually need those spaces for our daily living activities.
4๏ธโฃ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ผ
This is one of the main perks ๐ฅณ
We donโt need a robot vacuum. Our cleaner gets a lot done for us simply bc itโs a small space.
5๏ธโฃ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐น๐
Thereโs not much space for my partner & I to hide from each other if we donโt resolve conflicts quickly.
Maybe just the toilet & sitting on the toilet bowl? LOL ๐คก
6๏ธโฃ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ป-๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ
My partner & I would love to get a dog, but space constraints have deterred us from that. Maybe in our next house? ๐
Iโd also like to spend more time cooking / baking but limited countertop space makes it less enjoyable.
Itโs not a big deal though, bc Iโve a lot of interests that I wanna pursue anyways ๐คฃ
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๐โ๐บ ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐โ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ? Iโve seen people calling their 3 or 4 bedroom HDB small.
What do you think? Letโs chat in the comments?
P.S. I write about home & living, relationships & career on lemon8โfollow for more adulting fun ๐ฅฒย
Also on IG (@livingsmall.ig) if you wanna be friends โค๏ธ
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Wanna read more?
๐ My rental horror story ๐ฅน๐ฐ
๐ Tiny space to perfect home office! โจ๐ฅ๏ธ
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