A healthy dose of creative energy makes small spaces work for urban dwellers. The thought of entertaining 14 people in a 511-square-foot condo may seem like a modern-day version of stuffing them into a phone booth. But to 32-year-old Paul Faggion, inviting friends over for dinner before seeing a U2 in concert in September made perfect sense.
Aside from the fact that his downtown Toronto bachelor pad is only blocks away from the Air Canada Centre, the elementary-school teacher says he can seat up to 15. He couldn't always make that claim.
His previous condo felt closed-in, though to his surprise it was about the same size as his new one-bedroom unit. He traipsed through more than 25 condos before finding it two years ago.
“The layouts were just terrible. There was no place to put a three-person couch. You couldn't put a [dining] table anywhere,” he says.
Mr. Faggion says most condo developers “seem to throw these really tiny spaces into the nooks of buildings” without thinking about how people will live in them. >> full article
Last updated on Monday, Nov. 30, 2009 Globe & Mail
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