This family of four lives in a 450 square foot garden studio.

Having two children has posed some difficulties, and I'm usually quite disorganized and untidy.

March 6th 2023.

This family of four lives in a 450 square foot garden studio.

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Survey all the space you have, then use it to its full potential by making furniture multi-functional.

Invest in good quality and hard-wearing furniture that can be adapted and moved around.

Make sure you have plenty of storage and hooks so you can keep things off the floor.

Think tall – a mezzanine bed or lofted storage is a great way to make the most out of a small space.

Keep it simple and declutter often.

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Feast your eyes on the fabulous home of Sofie Hepworth – and try to wrap your head around the fact that this is a one-room, 450sq ft garden studio, which she shares with her husband, Rob, and their two young sons, Reggie and Teddy.

Inside, the exquisitely designed space is anything but crampy as interiors stylist and digital creator Sofie has cleverly created color-coordinated zones to demarcate living, kitchen, dining and sleeping areas. There’s even an office space for when she works from home – and a tropical shower room with an outdoor bath!

The Hepworths have been occupying what Sofie affectionately calls the ‘Sheila Shed’ for a year while they gut and repair their five-bedroom Victorian coach house in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

‘Rather than wasting money on renting another property, we thought it would be a wiser investment to construct this place  in the garden so that we can use it afterwards as guest accommodation or lease it out,’ states Sofie.

It will be another six months before their main home is finished. But how have they adapted to living in  a limited space?

‘It has had its challenges with two kids and I’m naturally quite disorganized and untidy, like many creatives,’ laughs Sofie. ‘We essentially live in one large room that has to quickly change to become a living room, kitchen, dining area, office, playroom and bedrooms.

‘It was a really tall order, but we have achieved it by making all the furniture multi-functional and extendable. We even put wheels on the sofa so we can move it to transform the area depending on what “room” we require the main space to serve as.’

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Be creative, think outside the box and make the most of every inch of space.

Choose multi-functional and extendable furniture.

Focus on your needs and pare-down your possessions.

Install eco-friendly, energy-saving features.

Get organised and invest in clever storage solutions.