Small Spaces — Peace Love Decor

● Small Spaces — May 02 · 6 min read

Under-stair voids are sold as wasted space because nobody bothers to fit them. A weekend of careful joinery later, ours holds a vacuum, a to…

● Small Spaces — May 02 · 3 min read

We changed every switch plate in the flat over a Saturday afternoon. Total cost: thirty-six euros. The flat now looks like ours instead of e…

● Small Spaces — May 02 · 21 min read

The hallway was the part of the apartment everyone hurried through and nobody looked at. We mounted a slim brass picture rail high along the…

● Small Spaces — May 02 · 18 min read

There is a 1.6-metre stretch in our flat that used to be a chaotic catch-all: umbrellas dumped by the door, a pile of shoes like a small mig…

● Small Spaces — May 01 · 20 min read

We changed one chrome handle for a little brass pull that cost less than a coffee. The drawer it lived on went from stage prop to daily work…

● Small Spaces — May 01 · 19 min read

The hook itself was nothing — a small brass crescent from a corner hardware shop, four euros and a bent price tag. The project felt ridiculo…

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