By Mike Snyder, Houston Chronicle
Extended families often share small homes in working-class communities like East Aldine. With this in mind, Johnny Ramirez focused on efficient use of space when he started designing furniture for his neighbors, such as beds that pull out from walls and rest on objects doubling as desks.
“In a basic 10-by-10 room, you can get three beds on one wall,” said Ramirez, 64, a retired high school football coach who has lived in the northeast Harris County community for 38 years…
