Property News · June 20, 2017

Less is more: how one family fell for small-scale living


Built-in sofas that double as beds; a mattress under the eaves; and a miniature bath. How one family fell for small-scale livingOn a sabbatical year in France, Jessica Helgerson and her husband fantasised that their storage unit would burn down. “We couldn’t remember a single thing we owned that we cared about,” says Helgerson, a designer. When they moved back to the US, the couple bought a small piece of land on Sauvie Island, 15 minutes north of where they were living in Portland, Oregon.The plan was to transform a dilapidated, one-storey cottage into a make-do bolthole for weekend getaways. Berry-picking and hikes to the beach were the main attractions of an island the size of Manhattan, but with a population of just 1,000. But weekend visits turned into a permanent move when the couple and their two children fell for small-scale living. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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