This modern condo unit may be smaller than a typical house, but its high ceiling and sweeping living area more than make up for its size. Any owner moving from a house to a smaller living area will find that this quiet, streamlined space, will ease the task of simplifying one’s life. With timeless furniture and a well-designed, functional space, making the leap becomes an easy equation.

The design emphasizes the unit's generous ceiling height and vastness of space anchored on a linear theme seen most prominently in the earth-toned mosaics embedded vertically along the living room’s warm, ribbon grain tanguile wood panels. A mixture of wood and glass serves as its main motif.

Learn more about this clean, practical space by clicking through the slideshow below.

(First published in Real Living, Real Homes section, April 2007. Photos by Miguel Nacianceno, styling by Gwyn Guanzon; adapted for use in Female Network)