When you live in a shared house, your bedroom is the only space you have to truly make your own.
And in the San Francisco Bay Area – despite the near-mythic talk of unicorn companies, IPOs and young millionaires – most people cannot afford to live alone.
The area is home to 55 of the nation's 125 most expensive zip codes and 13 of those are in San Francisco alone.
Demand outstrips supply and housing production has significantly lagged behind employment growth.
So, if you manage to find a place, you do your best to stay. If you manage to earn enough to try and live here, you're likely going to need others to help you pay the full rent.
And so you have housemates.
Together you shape a home, merging possessions to outfit a common space and doing your best to make your bedroom feel like yours only.
Within those constraints, rooms become so much more than a place to sleep – they can be a yoga studio, home office, bicycle storage spot, kombucha brewing lab, personal library, or maybe, singular place of respite.
This ongoing project aims to explore these spaces and their creators.
