Well, our search for the perfect downtown home is (hopefully!) over. It was the second place we looked at and we both fell in love with it instantly. There may or may not be 400 sq feet (we’re thinking not), but it’s on a corner with two large, amazing windows which let so much sunshine in, it’s incredible.

Look at these windows!

It just feels like a space both of us believe that we can be really happy living in. There’s enough room for the most basic of furniture, and I have even been downsizing my rather modest wardrobe in preparation for a scaling back of space.  The less clutter, the more free I am, we are.  A slight modification from when our lives were packed into one hiking pack…

AND with a clawfoot tub!

We have so few household items and didn’t register for anything last year when we were married (registering is a most  HORRENDOUS and totally presumptuous western practice), but that’s what makes this part of our lives fun! The selective acquisition of homewares is part of the home-building aspect. I don’t necessarily like ‘brand new’ anything. I prefer the old, the loved. Those with stories. And I certainly don’t like my spaces to be all ‘matchy-matchy’, even though I enjoy appreciating other people’s coordinated spaces.

Did I mention walls of beautiful, Art Deco San Francisco windows?

I have been looking forward to this for donkeys years, and it all is finally coming together. I am feeling so buoyed that another one of my Life List goals will be able to be crossed off by the end of the weekend!

For ideas on how to arrange and decorate our space, I have turned to Apartment Therapy’s Best of Small Spaces –  Teeny Tiny nominees.  There’s a few nice features for the spatially challenged in their featured rooms, but none I totally adore.  But one thing is certain:  in a small,  Downtown studio, function is key.

Keep your fingers and toes crossed for us!

xTRP