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"\u201CWe had the quintessential Portland life,\u201D says Monique Menconi. \u201CA 2,500-square-foot \u2018ranchalow\u2019 with a finished basement, chickens, an amazing garden.\u201D But then? \u201CWe grew out of it.\u201D It\u2019s not that Monique and her husband, John, craved a McMansion. Rather, they wanted to live more efficiently.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo they downsized, purchasing an 875-square-foot loft in Portland\u2019s Pearl District and hiring interior designers Jessica Helgerson and Mira Eng-Goetz to reconfigure the home. \u200B\r\n\r\nToday, the loft\u2019s main 15- by 30-foot space is kitchen, home office, dining room, and living room. \u201CThe irony is \u200Bwe have more space for the things that really matter,\u201D says Monique. \u201CWe could easily have 20 people over and spread out from the kitchen to living room.\u201D\r\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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