The highly efficient kitchen facilitates quick cooking as the food prep area, stove, and fridge can be reached in a single step. Creating such a streamlined design was far from simple however, as Garcia spent dozens of hours visualizing the space using tape outlines on the floor and creating numerous layouts using the IKEA kitchen design tool. Now living in the space they designed, Garcia notes that Photo 3 of 6 in Only What You Need

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The highly efficient kitchen facilitates quick cooking as the food prep area, stove, and fridge can be reached in a single step. Creating such a streamlined design was far from simple however, as Garcia spent dozens of hours visualizing the space using tape outlines on the floor and creating numerous layouts using the IKEA kitchen design tool. Now living in the space they designed, Garcia notes that "even in the tiniest house, people still gather around the small bar in the kitchen. It really is the heart of the home."