A house is a home
Check out Project Row Houses next time you have a minute or two to kill online. It's an art thing in Houston I saw last weekend. It's a really cool story. Back in the 90's, there was a predominately black neighborhood in Houston that was in decline, with a couple of blocks of row houses. Somebody (I think from the neighborhood) decided they needed to be preserved, and to make a long story very short, 7 of them are now used for art installations. 15 more are used for housing for single mothers, I think.
Each one of the 7 art houses is different, and they change every couple of months. An artist gets to gussie up one of the houses however she sees fit, and it stays that way for a few months. The art was interesting, but what I really thought was cool was that families used to live in 200 square-foot homes. One room, four walls. No plumbing, and a stove in the middle of the room to cook. Must have been hot in the Houston summer.
I got to thinking, if I was single and in my 20's, that would be the thing for me. Add a bathroom, I guess, and then it would be the thing for me. A bed, some chairs, a bookshelf. And a pile in one corner for all my junk mail and important papers. It would also be a great getaway for a vacation-- either a house on the beach or in the mountains. So simple, and clean. Whitewashed, of course, and complete with a porch.  ¶ 10:52 PM