Collection by Jaime Gillin

Creative Tips for Small-Space Living

A tiny 900-square-foot house on a steep hill in San Francisco offers a bevy of clever tips and tricks for small-space living.

Although there are no doors to truncate the space, the kitchen and guest room close off with translucent fabric panels that filter natural light by day and glow like lanterns at night.
Although there are no doors to truncate the space, the kitchen and guest room close off with translucent fabric panels that filter natural light by day and glow like lanterns at night.
Once a split-level jumble of small, dark rooms, the main floor now offers a clear sight line from the patio straight through the kitchen, dining room, sitting area, and spare room to the street-facing window (with two skylights for added illumination).
Once a split-level jumble of small, dark rooms, the main floor now offers a clear sight line from the patio straight through the kitchen, dining room, sitting area, and spare room to the street-facing window (with two skylights for added illumination).
Wireless wonderland: One way to reduce clutter is by stashing most of the media hardware downstairs and jettisoning the television. When it’s time to show a DVD, the wall does double duty as a movie screen.
Wireless wonderland: One way to reduce clutter is by stashing most of the media hardware downstairs and jettisoning the television. When it’s time to show a DVD, the wall does double duty as a movie screen.
The architects made less into more by designing rooms that multitask. When no guests are in town, the spare room easily reconfigures into a cozy home office, complete with its own powder room.
The architects made less into more by designing rooms that multitask. When no guests are in town, the spare room easily reconfigures into a cozy home office, complete with its own powder room.
A curtain wall obscures the closet in the master bedroom.
A curtain wall obscures the closet in the master bedroom.
The contents of the 15-foot-long closet are concealed by a long swath of calming blue-green fabric that glows like a light box when illuminated from within.
The contents of the 15-foot-long closet are concealed by a long swath of calming blue-green fabric that glows like a light box when illuminated from within.