NEVER TOO SMALL walks Casa VA, a 1930s flat in Madrid’s Chamberí designed by architect Iñigo Palazón of DIIR. The listing title and the article print 47sqm / 506sqft — not a tape-measure.
Video: Architect’s Compact Minimalist Apartment with Smart Storage, Madrid 47sqm/506sqft. Channel: NEVER TOO SMALL.
Never Too Small’s article, dated July 16, 2026 — How Furniture Replaces Walls In This 47sqm/506sqft Madrid Home — embeds this tour. Writing: Bec Vrana Dickinson.
The Granite Platform
The living run is a U-shaped granite platform. Grey cushions make a low sofa. The article says that sofa is also a guest bed.
A circular cutout in the stone holds a plant. Recessed shelves in the wall take the books. White horizontal blinds cut the Chamberí light into stripes on the floor.
A Storage Unit Instead of a Wall
A freestanding storage unit stands in the middle of the plan. The article names it double-sided — furniture doing the work of a wall. At the kitchen edge of this still: a stainless counter and a grey door with a slim handle.
The article’s compact kitchen is that stainless counter, IKEA boxes, and custom metallic fronts.
From the dining end the whole flat reads at once. Round table, crumpled paper pendant, storage unit, granite sofa, a white riveted steel column, two wood steps. A man walks the rise. Behind the storage unit, a bed with white linens sits on the raised floor.
The Table and the Two-Step Rise
The dining and work table is round — grey on top, wood on the edge. A laptop, a mug, a yellow tin, books. The paper pendant hangs over it.
The storage unit’s doors are open to shelves of glassware and books. Two wood steps rise beside the steel column to the bedroom. The article walks a raised bedroom, a microcement bathroom, and laundry off the dining space.
The tour names Iñigo Palazón on screen: Architect. Casa VA is his project at DIIR.
For a Japanese-inspired small plan on Tiny House Talk, see The Abundance of Less: A Japanese-Inspired Tiny House With a Genkan and Tokonoma. For another small house that borrowed a Japanese name, see Shoji: A 130 Sq Ft Tiny House That Leaves Nothing Out.
Watch the Full Tour
Credit: NEVER TOO SMALL, “Architect’s Compact Minimalist Apartment with Smart Storage, Madrid 47sqm/506sqft,” YouTube.
Highlights
- Project: Casa VA — 1930s flat in Madrid’s Chamberí
- 47sqm / 506sqft as printed on the listing title and the Never Too Small article, dated July 16, 2026 — not a tape-measure
- Architect: Iñigo Palazón of DIIR
- U-shaped granite platform sofa that is also a guest bed
- Freestanding double-sided storage unit instead of a wall
- Compact kitchen: stainless counter, IKEA boxes, custom metallic fronts
- Raised bedroom; two wood steps off the dining space
- Microcement bathroom; laundry off the dining space
- Channel: NEVER TOO SMALL — Architect’s Compact Minimalist Apartment with Smart Storage, Madrid 47sqm/506sqft
- Article writing: Bec Vrana Dickinson
- Instagram: @nvtsmall
Learn More
NEVER TOO SMALL — Watch the tour · YouTube channel · Article (writing: Bec Vrana Dickinson; dated July 16, 2026) · Instagram @nvtsmall
DIIR / Iñigo Palazón — estudiodiir.com/en/
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