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Ikea, Stoughton, MA
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There is a 285 square foot display home in Ikea that I love.
Every time I go there I visit it and wander thru my little "house" imagining my life within those "walls". Quite liveable, so contained, peaceful even. I get impatient when other people are wandering in there too, looking thru my cupboards, exploring my bathroom..... none of them really wanting to make the commitment to the space, they're just browsing.
I have needed to re-think what possessions would make the cut in order to live there - whittled it all down to the most important, the most practical, and the ones that contain the most memories. No need for 3 sets of dishes or the case of wine glasses. No need for clothes that I haven't worn in over a year.
It can be done.
I would want to make a few modifications. Maybe I could sacrifice one row of storage for wall space to hang a favorite art piece. A fold out desk/work space would be nice and I would definitely want a little porch - out my imagined front door - and some space for a tiny garden. One needs to be honest about what is really important in their life.
Getting one's life to fit in 285 square feet is a good exercise. It forces you to think small, forces you to decide what you really need to live, forces you to think about the future. It frees you.
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