Ohio:

Cold and rainy day here, so no scootering dog for exercise and mutual mental health. So it was either nap my routine all to hell... or scoot furniture around in the LL to see if it all really fits.

Adjusting my mental map to realize I must shrink all walls to subtract a 3x3' square from the middle of the room.... tight... but... fits.

Hardi will not like it at all, at first. I didn't instantly adjust from a 5000 square foot house for two to three weeks in an 8x12' camper for three (including bunks), either. But once again, I'll remind him that this little house IS small enough to comfortably afford. Bigger than the little camper. Bigger than the later (8x20') camper. Bigger than a singlewide trailer. Big enough to live FROM it, not be holed up 24/7 IN it. (And he gets total say in another room.)

No, this room won't do for him at all-- until the newer and slightly smaller TV is showing a hockey game to go with the popcorn, or until he needs desk space because his sewing project has temporarily filled his room. :-) (And here, we're close to LIVE NHL hockey!)

The puder desk is now facing the center of the room (and door), which feels much safer--I would see an intruder. There will be a smaller corner desk behind it for household management, and it will get a mirror for it so I can see the doorway in it.

I'm now sitting in a little recliner facing the deep closet that will hold that little TV, with my back to the desk area. From here the visible shelves do not loom too close. The outlets are right where I want them. The only HVAC register is not blowing right on me. It's going to work!

That puder desk is on wheels and will have no rug under it-- for a roomier den area, it can be pushed back 12-18"-- and I will run the cords to facilitate that.

But I LIKE that it's not big enough to feel like staying in it all day, in front of a TV!!!

Right outside the door are bath and laundry-- "Never miss a line of a film nor movie again." A storage closet in PA is moving here to sit next to the stackable laundry-- the obvious spot for the bar fridge and hot air popcorn popper.

People LIVE in rooms half this size. We have more rooms and all the outdoors.

~S~