This chair is absolutely amazing. It can save space and when you need it you can just pull it out.  I dont know if they really sell this chair and if you can buy it but I’d buy one if they have it for sale here in South Africa.

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Living in a small house we sometimes forget about the extra space we own in our roofs. But the roof is in fact a great storage place for things you dont use so often and you still get to keep that extra clutter within your house. The roof is a safe storage place and it keeps your items safe.

But before you go up there right now there are things to consider when storing things in the roof and you should make sure that you are not doing any of these things.

- Dont store anything close to cables

Storing anything close to a cable can cause fire or it can damage the cables wich also poses a electric shock risk.

- Make sure your roof can hold your items

Here in South Africa we have very thin ceilings and putting to much wait without strengthning it first will make the roof break

- Keep the geezer clear and dont stop the extra water from coming out of the vent holes.

Blocking the holes in geezer is dangerous and can cause it to blow up. Leave the geezer alone.

- Make sure you have a safe way of getting in the roof

More old people die of falling than anything else. So make sure you get up there safely.

I guess that is it. So pack and use that roof as storage.

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A great way to have a nice clean house with a lot of space, especially if you live in a small house is to build a wendy house outside. Often there is a enough space outside that is not used while the inside of the house is stuffed to the roof with junk. So get a wendy house and use that space outside to make your living better on the inside of the house. Wendy houses in South Africa are not that expensive and they will install it for you. So all you need is a slot and out with the junk. Especially if you dont really want to throw the stuff away or sell your old furniture. Having a wendy house might just be your answer.

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Living in a small house it can become really cramped. The walls sometimes look so close to each other that anything hanging on the wall would just make it look even smaller. But there is a sollution. Mirrors. Using mirrors will give the effect that the room is bigger than it actually is. But those mirrors must be used at the correct places. Usually mirrors work great behind a couch because no one really walks past the mirror and it remains cleaner for longer. Not just that it’s out of the way and one does not really go up close to the mirror. Mirrors are a great way of adding articficial space to a small house. As long as one dont overdo the mirror effects.

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We here on fromtheold.com is going another route. We are going to start blogging about living in a small house. The property market in South Africa has gone down the drain. It costs more to buy a house than most people can afford. That is why most people just get small houses now days. And living in a small house is not that easy if you have a lot of things. So we are going to be blogging about living in a small house and make the most of it.

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