A room that is 150 square feet is about 10 feet wide and 15 feet long. Dimensions Info says that the average living room in North America is 16 feet by 16 feet, or 256 square feet, so this may seem small.

Apartment Therapy says that when space is limited, it’s important to have well-organized places to live, work, and store things. The same worries come up whether the room is part of a house or a studio apartment that stands on its own.

The Christian Science Monitor says that microhousing is a new trend that cities with too many people are looking into. Students and people with low incomes will live in efficiency units that only have room for one person. Most Americans would still think that a 150-square-foot home is too small. Others are trying to deal with rising housing costs, longer commutes, and the ongoing recession by making it easier to live and work.