Time to get a fisheye lens.
Lloyd Alter
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One can build less to save money or to take up less space, or you can build less because the spaces actually work better and are more fun to use. When I designed the dining area, I wanted it big enough to accommodate a very long table for big gatherings. However, bedrooms were designed to be as small as I could get away with. The kids' room is only seven and a half feet wide by eight feet deep, with built in bunk beads. The ladder leads up to a small loft above.
Yet even in a room this small there are two windows plus another up in the loft to maximize ventilation and keep it comfortable.
The kids love the cozyness of it, and used to build incredible forts out of blankets, closing themselves into the lower bunk. They sometimes have sleepovers. The record for the number of kids crammed into a 60 square foot bedroom? Thirteen.
Less really is more.
Previously in this series:
On Building a Cabin in the Woods
On Building a Cabin in the Woods: Go Recycled
Building Cabin Woods : Using old Windows to Maximize Light, Air
On Building A Cabin In the Woods : Of Mice and Men
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