(Not Such) Small Spaces

Remember this house that I posted about a million years ago?

I just found an article on it in Better Homes and Gardens.

Ironically the article is on small space decorating and declares this a "600 square foot...small one-story home". In actuality it is on the second floor above the mudroom in the main home (which is roughly 3000 sq ft). The owners built up this loft area for their son who recently graduated from college and moved back home.

Here's what that loft looked like before BHG got their accessorizing little mitts on it. Amazing what a design budget, a wealth of home decor tchockeys and a good photographer can do, no? I mean the space was adorbs before, but hardly looked like the above pics!

Ironically, we did stay in the area and met with this builder twice before picking a neighborhood and a builder to move forward with. And after all of my years of Showcase Home devotion, we chose to move forward with someone else and we couldn't be happier with the decision. It's still fun to have seen this space in real life before it was glammed up for the color pages though!