We're renting a tiny house that we're not too fond of. It's been almost two years since we moved in. There's no basement, no garage, no storage, and we're beyond capacity. We almost bought a house but that fell through because our company has been acquired and we might lose our jobs this spring, so renting a bigger house is also something we've looked into but seems pretty out of the question for right now.
Our bedroom and "master bathroom" are tiny, so I have to get ready in the "office." That entire room is pretty much only used for me to get ready in, and for my shoes, and half my clothes (the other half of my clothes are in our bedroom). Things are just cramped and annoying.
There's a third bedroom that was the guest room. We've decided that since friends only come stay with us a couple times a year, it's stupid to take up an entire room as a guest room. We could use that space in a much better way. So now FI's parents are coming to take the bed (because that room is also tiny, so a full-sized bed pretty much takes all the space).
I feel like all I do is go through the house, re-organize, and take loads and loads of stuff to Goodwill, and it doesn't make much difference. Part of the problem is that we both have hobbies. The entire guest room closet is packed full of our supplies; my painting stuff, canvases, tarps, his tools, etc etc etc. I feel like there's a better way to do this and I'm just missing it. It doesn't make sense that with just the two of us and our dogs, a three bedroom house is not enough space.
What can I do better? Who else deals with tiny spaces? Any suggestions? (Especially for kitchen and bathroom storage). We literally step on each other if we're both in the kitchen, and we already bought one of those rolling cart things, but of course we're not using it in a good way. We just pile mail on it. Help!