To date, many articles have been written,highlighting the advantages of country life. Perhaps it is time to discuss its flip side, namely the disadvantages that cottage owners, especially small ones, may encounter. Let us clarify right away that we will be talking about compact houses up to 100 square meters in area, intended for one family. To begin with, let us discuss the most important and most pressing problem: the placement of children.
It's one thing to go out of town for the weekendwith your friends or your significant other, taking with you perhaps a couple of bottles of wine and light snacks. It is quite another thing to live in a cottage permanently, having one or more children of different ages who need space to play, eat and sleep.
It is worth remembering that the presence of a hugeThe amount of baby supplies is inevitable if there are little ones in the house. And we are not only talking about toys and bulky furniture. This also includes diapers, cosmetics and clothes.
Well, the chaos and noise caused by the presence of childrenin the house, most would consider it a blessing from God, not a curse from hell. It all depends on your point of view. Living in small cottages is by definition about interaction and communication, because there are simply no extra rooms or upper floors to which you can send naughty children or go yourself to relax alone.
Accommodation for a family of four (or more) peoplein an area of 100 square meters requires a certain amount of ingenuity in terms of space organization and tolerance towards each other. Shay Solomon, a supporter of eco-building and the author of the book "Tiny House on a Small Planet", believes that the biggest problem for most families occupying compact spaces is the need to place books, clothes and other things for each child, given that there is no place to put the children themselves. Spacious closets in cottages are rare, which further complicates the above-mentioned task.
And the bathrooms are usually adapted to the size of the cottages…
And kitchens….
And laundries, if there are any.
In conditions of space shortage it is very difficultselect and, because it is necessary that each item corresponds to three parameters at once: the allocated budget, the taste preferences of the owners and the dimensions of the room. And first, you need to make sure that the selected sofa will squeeze through a non-standard entrance door and will not get stuck in the hallway.
Seating guests at the table requires considerable ingenuity. However, the cramped space encourages contacts and forces you to maintain a conversation with those sitting next to you.
If someone is lucky enough to have a backyard and good weather, they can organize a feast outdoors.
However, more and more peoplemoves to small houses, outside the city, in search of refuge from the noise and bustle of the metropolis, believing that the location more than compensates for all their shortcomings. What do you think about this?
The interior of a private small house: the difficulties and advantages
