Architect couple Emma and Ross Perkin used plywood to create bespoke storage solutions inside this tiny London flat, allowing them to showcase books, toys and cooking ingredients (+ slideshow).
The Emil Eve Architects founders needed to make the most of space inside their 45-square-metre home ? located inside Gibson Gardens, a historic tenement block built in 1880 in Stoke Newington.

To do this without going above their tight budget, the pair designed an assortment of in-built furnishings that could all be built from ash plywood.
These bespoke elements provide shelves in the kitchen and the living space, as well as a combined desk, seat and toy box in their young daughter's room.

"We moved when I was heavily pregnant so had to work quickly to undertake the design and work before our daughter Jess arrived," explained Emma Perkin. "We had a very limited budget so decided to spend our money on the elements we felt we needed 'professionals' to undertake ? moving walls, plumbing, tiling, plastering, etc," she told Dezeen.
"We then installed a new kitchen, and built the ash shelving and furniture in Jess' room by ourselves."

The compact home has a simple layout, with all rooms accessed via a central hallway. The two bedrooms are on one side, the open-plan living space is on the other, and the bathroom slots in between.

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