Pattern 77
House for a Couple
Context The Family75 · House Cluster37
Problem
Two people sharing a life together need closeness and yet room enough to remain themselves. A house built only around togetherness leaves each partner without a place of their own; one split into separate territories loses the feeling of a shared home.
Solution
Give the couple a home with one shared heart — kitchen, living space, perhaps a common workroom — and beside it a small place of retreat for each partner to keep for themselves.
Usage Your Own Home79 · Couple's Realm136 · A Room of One's Own141