Small Apartment Notes
A small site about living well in small flats — storage, layout, and the trade-offs that small spaces require.
Small-apartment living is mostly about ruthless honesty about what you actually use. People who live well in small spaces are not minimalists in the aesthetic sense — they have fewer things because they have fewer compromises with their stuff.
Where to start
The biggest gains come from vertical storage and dual-purpose furniture. Shelves above doors, beds with drawers, foldaway tables. A small flat with no vertical thinking always feels smaller than the floor plan suggests.
What matters most
Edit possessions twice a year. Anything not used since the last edit, leaves. The annual flow-through prevents the slow accretion that fills small spaces and steals air.
What to skip
Light matters more in small spaces. A single ceiling fixture flattens a room; layered lamps make 40 m² feel like a real home rather than a temporary stop.