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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

Curmudgeoness

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6. There is something to be said for this in expensive

Reply to LongTomH (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2013, 07:49 PM

Jan 2013

and crowded areas, and I could live with it if I had to....but I wouldn't like it. I just hate modern design, it is so cold and sterile to me, so I would go crazy there. It doesn't feel cozy. But it is liveable and it is functional. I lived with a Murphy bed once, and hated that it was so much work to go to bed...but I did think it was the coolest idea I had ever seen when I first saw it.

But this is really ingenious.

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8 Rooms in 420 square feet [View all] LongTomH Jan 2013 OP

That's about what we have, including outdoor spaces. cbayer Jan 2013 #1

I can't be happy in that small a space TxRider Jan 2013 #4

Less space, less stuff, is what I have found. And that works for me. cbayer Jan 2013 #5

Excellent post, thank for sharing. Starboard Tack Jan 2013 #2

I like some of these ideas a great bit. intheflow Jan 2013 #3

There is something to be said for this in expensive Curmudgeoness Jan 2013 #6

Considering building in the very near future ConcernedCanuk Feb 2013 #7