The Coupeaus perched there now.

And the room was scarcely larger than one's hand.

And they had to do everything in there--eat, sleep, and all the rest.

Nana's bed just squeezed into the closet; she had to dress in her father and mother's room, and her door was kept open at night-time so that she should not be suffocated.
There was so little space that Gervaise had left many things in the shop for the Poissons.

A bed, a table, and four chairs completely filled their new apartment but she didn't have the courage to part with her old bureau and so it blocked off half the window.