Tiny things have long been a regular theme in my brain and now in my blog. The littler, the better, which is odd because there is nothing little about me. My size notwithstanding, I have always longed for Lilliput. I watched Stuart Little with obsessive attention, imagining what it would be like to be tiny. As a child, “The Borrowers” was one of my favorite books because it taught me to look at small every-day objects and imagine what a tiny person could make of them. I didn’t want dollhouses. They were too big. I imagined something much smaller and more perfect. I’m forever posting about tiny houses, tiny art, even tiny gardens, and I’m not sure I’ll ever get my diminutive obsession out of my system.

In March, when my blog was only six days old (they’re so cute at that age!), I blogged about a tiny 24-square-meter French apartment designed by FairCompanies.com which made wonderful use of very limited space while remaining visually pleasing. The designer was inspired by cruise ship rooms’ creative use of stow-away storage, and since I had experienced my first cruise ship stay a couple of weeks before, it really spoke to me.

Well, the Frenchies have done it again, but this time, the apartment is one third of the size of the first one! Coming in at only 8 square meters, the “Maid’s Room Project” designed by Kitoko Studio was inspired by a Swiss Army knife, and is even more staggeringly space-efficient while still looking very clean and pretty. Okay, it’s 7 flights up, and I certainly wouldn’t be able to get more than half of me in that bed cabinet even if I did make the trek up the stairs, but I am still thoroughly charmed by it.

<p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/109832468″>Tiny apartment in Paris (8sqm only)</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/user29684126″>Kitoko Studio</a> on <a href=”https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a&gt;.</p>