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We have chairs and a loveseat in the living room, and a beanbag chair behind the loveseat that we bring out for extra seating that people fight over because it's so comfortable.  One time some relatives came to visit, and were confused because we didn't have a couch. It was as if they didn't know how to sit down without a couch! :) :) We assured them that chairs worked just fine for sitting in. :) We sometimes move things around in our living room. This spring I am going to put a ping pong table on one side of the living room.  :) If it hadn't been for the Grandma Donna example all of these years, I probably wouldn't do that, but its fun to have a ping pong table up for awhile. :)

What really spoke to me in your post was putting things you're working on in a bowl or basket to move around with you. It's one of those things that just sounds right. I have a lot of mending all of a sudden because some of my linen things have sprung leaks and I need to figure out how to mend them. My duvet has a worn spot that I can reinforce from the back, and a pink linen nightgown that got worn I've been thinking could be used to make a flower patch over the worn spot on the front. That way it looks pretty, not just patched. I'll have to make a flower pattern first. 

I love that you repaired your vacuum. We need to check and clean ours. 

I like the idea of putting furniture where you need it and not necessarily where it's supposed to go. That's not an easy concept for everyone. 

Our home is not laid out so we could live in one room but it would work well for us right now.  It is a wonderful idea 

I'm probably the opposite to this - we have a three bedroom house, almost sixty years old so an 'old girl' in modern terms - tiny gallery kitchen, and small open plan living room - apart from that, one bathroom and separate toilet and that's that.  We were lucky enough to buy this as a run-down place and as it's highset, we enclosed the downstairs area which is where we spent most of our time.  This houses the two computer desks (yes, we have one each) and a small kitchenette using the old cupboards from when we remodelled the upstairs kitchen, a 1930's kitchen dresser, and various storage boxes that my husband has made himself.  However, my two "spare rooms" which were guest rooms once our girls grew up and their children grew up, were not used to any advantage - so one we turned into a utility room which houses the bookcase (vastly pared down these days and also houses some dvd's), and drawers housing our excess clothing.  The second 'spare' bedroom we have just in the last few months turned into what the British call a 'snug' - a lovely little room that is for us only.  I make no apologies for 'closing the motel doors' as we've been used constantly for the last fifty years since we moved down here as a stopover for anyone travelling through.  We're finding it's too much for us these days so that motel has closed down.