My Life’s Luxury

Paul Sellers reflects on a five-year project designing and hand-making furniture for a real family in an ordinary, compact UK/European home. He contrasts these tighter spaces with larger US houses and explains choosing the smaller-home context to create globally relevant, space‑conscious pieces grounded in everyday use.

How do smaller, real-world living spaces shape your idea of “luxury” at home—through materials, craftsmanship, or furniture that simply fits and works well?