A waste of space

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There are a multitude of things people used to do with houses to save space over the years. Built-in ironing boards, Wardrobes that can be moved, foldout beds built into a wall, cubby holes built into walls for phones or appiances, exercise machines that fold into the floor, storage drawers under beds and furniture, pocket doors, lights on the walls and ceiling instead of the floor and many other things that allow you to decrease the size of a room. One of the biggest wasted areas are halls. An outside door to a room or the arrangement of rooms can sometimes eliminate hall space. There are plenty of plan books that show very conservative designes with no more than 4 feet of hall space.