[ Filed under Interiors or in the Apartments category ] A 3000 square-foot floor plan sounds nice and luxurious, 1500 to 2500 square feet makes for a substantial mid-sized home, under 1000 or 500 and you are definitely discussing a tiny house, cozy condo, one-bedroom or studio apartment on the smaller side – so imagine life inside this 82 square-foot home (a whopping 7.5 square meters on the metric system). Living in one of these four single-floor units is a bit like an ongoing work of architectural performance art, as is designing such a small-space housing project. However, if there is one thing that brings out the best in Japanese housing design ideas it is spatial limitations and other physical site restrictions – many architects in Japan have, by necessity, become masters at making the most of planning, decorating and furnishing living spaces that would be the size of closets in the West. Kumiko Inui is one such ingenious designer who has adapted her architecture to fit small homes into the most amazingly small spaces. Who needs real rooms anyway, when you have corners to create privacy, right? Tips and tricks of the tiny-space trade include: floor-to-ceiling windows cut down on the claustrophobic feeling of life in a little cube-shaped apartment.

Originally posted here : Small Spaces: Less-Room Living in Under 100 Square Feet