Living room

Since I spend most of my at-home time holed up in the living room, I thought I should offer a picture of what it looks like. This is a shot of the living room as it looked when I first moved in. I sleep on the couch--which is not too bad to lie down on, if you're as small as I am--though the back of it is so low and hard that it is quite uncomfortable to sit on. My computer is set up on a low table immediately to the left of the door, though it's not visible from this angle.

Japanese rooms are frequently measured not by square meters, but by how many tatami mats can fit on the floor. This room, at 4 1/2 mats, is on the small side. The two bedrooms are slightly bigger, at 6 mats each.