How 3 People Happily & Comfortably live in 715 sq. ft

Hello, Welcome to our new home. We actually move in at the beginning of July but I'm just now posting pictures. It's actually a good thing because I'm excited to tell you how living in such a small apartment has worked out for us thus far, what I love and what I would change if I were to do it all over again.

This is our entryway. I just scored this vintage piece at 1/2 price day at the thrift store. I love that Jason uses the drawer to store his pocket contents and our favorite shoes live in a bin inside the cupboard below. This definitely works for us.

As you look left you enter the kitchen. I really love my kitchen. There is more than enough storage, it flows well and I can see Calder playing in the living room while I cook dinner. That is priceless.

Right behind the door is our really cool coat rack. I made it with some friends of mine and I'm quite proud of it. I have another one that isn't hanging up yet. I don't have the wall space, but I'm saving it for our next apartment.

 

From the kitchen you walk into the dining area. This is the one major part of our apartment that doesn't work for me. The counter is designed for bar stools but since we like the dining room chairs we have and don't have anywhere to store them otherwise we're using them instead. So we eat with our plates closer to our necks than our laps. All well.

This is my creative zone. I use the cabinet on the left to hold supplies. My sewing machine lives under the desk but is always plugged in for easy access. This is one of my favorite parts of the house. In our last house I didn't designate one spot to create. I designated 3. It wasn't as cool as it may seem. I was always going between the spots.

This is where we keep out books. Well, almost all of them. Ooh and that suitcase is a vintage Samsonite I found at the thrift store in perfect condition. It still had the 'inspected by' card in it. I use it when I'm sewing a bigger project and want to put it away, that way it is out of sight.

Here's the living room. We have great lighting and it feels large and open. We're happy with it.

The bathroom. This is one of the greatest designed bathrooms I've ever seen. There is so much storage.

The cabinet next to the sink houses Jason's clothes that aren't hanging up. My clothes are on some shelves built next to the washer and dryer. It is nice not having to have a dresser for our clothes.

This is the bedroom. You can access it from the bathroom or the living room, creating one large circle. We have some very creative storage ideas going on here. We have a large 6-8 person table that we really like and didn't want to get rid of. So, we used it as our headboard. One added bonus is that there is about 4 inches of storage behind it, so all of our unused picture frames go there. It's great. Oh and the table legs go there as well.

Calder's clothes go in this dresser. The cedar chest holds all sorts of stuff, our china, Calder's too big clothes and a few other things.

I love my jewelery storage. The necklaces, rings and broaches go on this corkboard. The earrings go in the red jewelery case. It's easy to see what I have and I think it looks good.

This is Calder's bed. We decided not to get him a bed frame yet and it made the transition to a twin bed really easy for him. He only fell out once and it wasn't a big deal at all.

This is the bedroom storage closet. It holds everything you would need to have a child from newborn to 2. Seriously, this is all baby storage. But, this is the only place for baby storage. It works perfectly.

The bedroom walk in closet. This is where Calder and I hold our 'hang up' clothes. The rest of our shoes go here as well as Christmas storage, the air mattress, athletic equipment and a few random other things.

And last, but not least, this is the entry closet where Jason keeps his 'hang up' clothes and ties. We started with his clothes in the walk in closet but since he usually gets home after Calder is asleep it was easier for him to change his clothes here. We also store our stroller, winter gear and a few other things here.

So, that's it. I hope you enjoyed the Wilcox family home tour. We really like where we live and are making the one bedroom work. It actually hasn't been a problem at all. Calder goes to bed at 7:00 or 7:30 and then we go to bed around 10:30 or whatever. 

I feel like we have everything we need without being overflowing with stuff. We're at just the right capacity.

Update:  Here is a picture that will make it easier to really get a feel for the layout.