A compact 650-sqft cabin designed for a single resident who works from home. A loft bed above, a workbench in the south wall, and everything else arranged so it disappears during working hours.
The brief was unusual: the same person would sleep here at 11 p.m. and lead a video call here at 9 a.m. the next morning. We needed a plan that behaved differently depending on the hour, without any sliding partitions or dramatic reveals.
The solution is gravity. The bed is up — tucked into a loft under the gable. The desk is down — a 14-foot oak bench built into the south wall. When you come down the ladder in the morning, the bedroom is gone and the office is already in daylight.
The south wall is not a partition; it's a piece of furniture. Desk, storage, cable routing, and the mechanical chase all share a single 24-inch-deep assembly. This is the detail that makes the rest of the plan possible.
A 650-sqft cabin that tries to feel like 1,500 is exhausting. This one is okay being small. One room, one ceiling, one long south window, one bench. It's not supposed to be a full house — it's supposed to be one person's working day.
