About Straightforward Spaces
Straightforward Spaces is an independent decorating publication for people making practical decisions about small homes, apartments, and realistic budgets.
Meet Francesca
I’m Francesca, the founder and editor. I research, edit, and review the articles published here. My aim is to make each page useful at the point where you are choosing a layout, measuring a room, comparing a material, or deciding whether an idea is worth the cost and effort.
I do not claim to have installed, owned, photographed, or personally tested a room or product unless the article says so and that experience actually occurred. Inspiration and researched recommendations are identified as such.
How the site is being improved
Older articles are being reviewed one at a time to add clearer constraints, measurements, sourcing context, tradeoffs, image records, and more useful links. A changed year or modified date is not treated as a substitute for a substantive edit.
Read the editorial, AI-use, corrections, image, and affiliate policy, or contact me with a question or correction.