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Using ceiling height: don't get carried by claims
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Using ceiling height: don't get carried by claims

Put using ceiling height back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good months will…

Curtis ValeCurtis Vale·March 22, 2026·4 min read
Space under the bed: turning experience into steps
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Space under the bed: turning experience into steps

If you only read one paragraph, read this: space under the bed depends on how the situation is set up, not on how you feel at the time. Arrange the…

Desmond OkonkwoDesmond Okonkwo·March 16, 2026·4 min read
Shapes of small dining tables: settled in one read
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Shapes of small dining tables: settled in one read

If you have already tried shapes of small dining tables and dropped it, the fault is usually in the setup: a starting point set too high, an…

Delphine RouxDelphine Roux·March 10, 2026·4 min read
Visual tricks for depth: solutions by condition
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Visual tricks for depth: solutions by condition

Let us set the limits of visual tricks for depth first: it reliably improves no rework to pay for twice, and it does not deliver overnight. Anything…

Gideon StarkGideon Stark·March 4, 2026·4 min read
Limits of mirror walls: turning experience into steps
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Limits of mirror walls: turning experience into steps

If you only read one paragraph, read this: limits of mirror walls depends on how the situation is set up, not on how you feel at the time. Arrange…

Curtis ValeCurtis Vale·February 26, 2026·4 min read
Switching one room between uses: questions and pitfalls
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Switching one room between uses: questions and pitfalls

Let us set the limits of switching one room between uses first: it reliably improves no rework to pay for twice, and it does not deliver overnight.…

Desmond OkonkwoDesmond Okonkwo·February 20, 2026·4 min read
Storage versus daylight: priorities at three stages
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Storage versus daylight: priorities at three stages

Advice on storage versus daylight tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some patience and…

Delphine RouxDelphine Roux·September 12, 2026·4 min read
Storage in a small bathroom: turning experience into steps
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Storage in a small bathroom: turning experience into steps

Put storage in a small bathroom back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good months…

Gideon StarkGideon Stark·September 6, 2026·4 min read
Turning a balcony into a study: priorities at three stages
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Turning a balcony into a study: priorities at three stages

Anyone who has spent time on turning a balcony into a study has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is not…

Curtis ValeCurtis Vale·August 31, 2026·4 min read
A kitchen for one: solutions by condition
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A kitchen for one: solutions by condition

Separate two things in a kitchen for one: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the action instead of…

Desmond OkonkwoDesmond Okonkwo·August 25, 2026·4 min read
Limits of renovating a rental: don't get carried by claims
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Limits of renovating a rental: don't get carried by claims

There is plenty written about limits of renovating a rental and little you can act on. This piece stays concrete: every action can be done beside the…

Delphine RouxDelphine Roux·August 19, 2026·4 min read
Cleaning in a small flat: a grounded explanation
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Cleaning in a small flat: a grounded explanation

If you only read one paragraph, read this: cleaning in a small flat depends on how the situation is set up, not on how you feel at the time. Arrange…

Gideon StarkGideon Stark·August 13, 2026·4 min read
Circulation in thirty square metres: boundaries before methods
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Circulation in thirty square metres: boundaries before methods

Separate two things in circulation in thirty square metres: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the…

Curtis ValeCurtis Vale·August 7, 2026·4 min read
Partitioning a one-room flat: where rework happens
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Partitioning a one-room flat: where rework happens

Most people do not fail at partitioning a one-room flat from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows is the…

Desmond OkonkwoDesmond Okonkwo·August 1, 2026·4 min read
Are platform beds worth it: don't get carried by claims
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Are platform beds worth it: don't get carried by claims

Separate two things in are platform beds worth it: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the action…

Delphine RouxDelphine Roux·July 26, 2026·4 min read
Choosing folding furniture: priorities at three stages
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Choosing folding furniture: priorities at three stages

Separate two things in choosing folding furniture: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the action…

Gideon StarkGideon Stark·July 20, 2026·4 min read
Storage on walls: from zero to fluent
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Storage on walls: from zero to fluent

Advice on storage on walls tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some patience and some…

Curtis ValeCurtis Vale·July 14, 2026·4 min read
Reprogramming the balcony: the detail checklist
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Reprogramming the balcony: the detail checklist

Separate two things in reprogramming the balcony: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the action…

Desmond OkonkwoDesmond Okonkwo·July 8, 2026·4 min read
Using the corridor: a grounded explanation
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Using the corridor: a grounded explanation

Let us set the limits of using the corridor first: it reliably improves no rework to pay for twice, and it does not deliver overnight. Anything…

Delphine RouxDelphine Roux·July 2, 2026·4 min read
Open kitchen trade-offs: priorities at three stages
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Open kitchen trade-offs: priorities at three stages

Anyone who has spent time on open kitchen trade-offs has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is not another…

Gideon StarkGideon Stark·June 26, 2026·4 min read