Anyways, when I moved into my place, I was already somewhat interested in seeing how I could use its space to maximum efficiency. At first glance, you'd think that it's a task that anyone and everyone has to do if they want their place to be presentable and welcoming. However, my place offers a slightly different perspective for me given my situation and what the layout of my suite is like.
For the curious people, I have a two bedroom suite that's about 650 sq. ft., and it isn't exactly the most well designed in terms of the structure and architecture. My living space is more or less integrated with the kitchen; or you can say that the living area is just an extension from the kitchen. Therefore, it makes for some awkwardness when trying to divide up the room to create a designated living area. The biggest question I had to ask was, where do I draw the line with how big my living space can be without envoloping my kitchen space? The second question would be, what am I going to do with my 2nd room?
I'll just let it be known now that if I had more time, I probably wouldn't have picked this place. That doesn't mean, though, that I don't like it; it's a great transition suite for me, allowing me to get my feet wet in the logistics of living on my own and having the responsibility of maintaining it. By now, you can probably clue in that I'm likely going to stay here for a year, until my contract is up, and then move onto an apartment. If moving is inevitable, you could argue that I shouldn't put so much effort into designing my place, but I also value the exercise of doing this now so I can do a better job next time. I'm basically creating a new identity with the move to Vancouver, and I need to look after these things on a day-to-day basis so my life is in order. Plus, I need to have people over, so it makes no sense to invite them to a place that looks like trash and chaos.
My cousin, Jon, had an awesome design that would've made my place look great. However, due to a couple of road blocks, we've had to make some adjustments so that the furniture can actually fit without cutting off part of the suite. So the end result will be different, but it's okay. I wish the first design would've worked out, but you can't always get what you wish for, so I'll make it work.
Piece by piece, I've been adding to my place and I can finally start to see the suite resemble an actual home that someone would live in. For the first several days, all I had was a bed and a couch, making it rather awkward to actually spend time in the house. Now, I have a table and a few chairs to actually sit down and allow myself to work on. It's pretty neat.
I know some people have been asking for pictures of my place, and I've been holding out. Truth is, I have a plan for how I am going to show my place to the people that are interested, but it's going to require for me to actually have everything first. So if you don't mind, I hope you can wait just a couple more weeks!
Fact of the matter is, I absolutely love this activity of being able to create my own haven and design my own space. It's such a fun activity that I didn't know I would have interest in, and I really won't mind that I'm likely going to have to move to a different location in a year because I'll get to do it all over again!
Here is a sneak peek, my suite after moving in!
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