Space age: The best big ideas to make the most of tiny homes 

Home of the Year winner Jennifer Sheahan shares the top space-maximising ideas from across the world

If you have unused attic or under-eaves space, look to American-style A-frame homes like this triangle-shaped tiny house in Colorado, for inspiration. File pictures

Sometimes it just takes a new perspective to help us see how we can improve our homes. We all tend to do things on autopilot just because that’s how we’re used to them being done. 

We design furniture and put things away in ways that seem normal and familiar to us.