SMALL SPACES, Big Moves
AS A DESIGN EDITOR, I’ve always had an affinity for small, efficient spaces. I love hearing how an awkward corner became a reading nook or how a family of four lives in 600 square feet. Perhaps the biggest lesson I’ve learned is that you don’t need to live in compact quarters to have a small-space mindset. I’ve moved with my family eight times in four years, and it’s changed the way I think about stuff. In 2015, we went from Vancouver to Victoria and renovated a 1930s bungalow, then rented a series of places as the project dragged on. When we moved to Toronto, we did it all over again. We drove our essential belongings across the country — bedding, clothing, a French coffee press — and they all felt…
