If You're a Boomer - This Might Be Your Future

I wrote last time about our decision to downsize - and that it wasn't a decision I was allowed to make all by myself - although I've always loved small spaces.

Now that the move is complete, and the clutter has started to subside, it's time to document some of the outcome. Here are some photos I took today (excuse the quality) of our new one bedroom suite, located about a mile up the road from our old place.

While Laura is still a bit tentative about the whole idea, she's coming around. Living in a space this small is our reality only for the next year - the term of the lease. After that, it's our decision what to do next.

And if there's any single thing we've learned, it's that your whole world can change in a year...

Entrance down a few steps

View from the front door

Dining room table near front door- shoe storage beside the fridge

Storage room immediately behind front door

The kitchen is still a bit cluttered and a work in progress

I'm pretty happy about the living room

I can't bear to part with my Pacific-centric map of the world

Peek into the bedroom - that's a double!

Best laundry we've ever had

Laundry to left of Bo's kennel, bathroom to right

The bathroom

So there you have it.

We've gone from a townhouse with two teenagers at 2400 sf, down to another townhouse with a guest room and an office of 1440 sf. We now think this one is somewhere around 600 sf. We've also rented a storage space of 75 sf (5X15) to hang on to all the crap we're just going to get rid of a year from now.

So far I think we've made a good decision......