Name: Laurie Penny
Location: UK
Size: 370 square feet
Years lived in: 1 year, owned
The challenges writer Laurie Penny faced when designing her teeny flat were numerous: It’s very small, has low ceilings, is strangely shaped, and is in a dark basement. “I basically live in a cellar,” she admits. The color palette, what she describes as a “shocking shade of orange and bright blue” would need updating. And as a busy journalist and author whose home is also her office, she had another set of challenges to design around: She was diagnosed with severe ADHD over three years ago (though she struggled with symptoms, anxiety, and depression for much longer than that), and knew a key component to managing her mental health would be the way her home looks, feels, and functions.
“I live in a hole in the ground. But I’ve made it into a nice cozy Hobbit Hole. I call it Crickhollow,” she says. “I got this place at a difficult time in my life, when I had just exited a harrowing relationship and was putting myself back together after an exhausting and traumatic few years personally and professionally. I had never intended to live alone or imagined myself decorating. But it’s been a lifesaver.”
from https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/laurie-pennys-uk-studio-apartment-262825
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