More like living with a lot of stuff in a small space.

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	• Smallspaces: Making the Most of the Space You Have Rebecca Tanqueray, Chris Everard Ryland Peters & Small Ltd, 2003 - 143 pages average customer review:based on 9 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Worth keeping!

What I like best about this book is how it shows you to organize your space in ways that deflect from feeling claustrophobic. All the rooms are tasteful and comfortable, and show you that you don't need a lot of expensive "stuff" to have a fantastic small space.

More like living with a lot of stuff in a small space.

Read the title really careful and you will see that it is not about living simply in a small space, but more like living with a lot of stuff in a small space.

Since I was seriously looking for a book on Zen or Danish, Swedish simple design in a small space I wanted to check the book out. Thankfully for what I was looking for there were enough examples like The Zones chapter where Zen simplicity examples abound.

Same for the chapter titled Solutions where toward the end of the chapter some nice examples are shown and written about.

Also like page 137 onward where the author lists dozens of resources on where to get more information on examples shown in the photographs.

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Inspiring book w/great photos & ideas

For all us wannabe designers, this book is inspiring and educational. The photos really give you an idea of how all aspects of a space work together. I especially liked the author's emphasis on storage solutions, which anyone on any budget can take advantage of (though this book tends to focus on apartments that were designed from scratch). As with most of these books, it's mostly apartments that are analyzed, but the book does include a rowhouse that is decorated in a (shock!) tradition style instead of contemporary, which I found refreshing. Not the kind of book you'll read cover to cover, but one you'll pick up and find something new each time.

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Less is More

One of the best interior design books I enjoy over and over again is Smallspaces. Photograhs are good and interiors are very inspirational and interesting. This book shows you how you get most of your space even its small. After you have read this book you might wonder do i need bigger apartment (if you're dreaming about it) at all?

#4 out of 7 "small decor" books ranked

I ranked this 4th best of 7 "decorating small spaces" books I bought. One unit featured in it had enough useable ideas for me
that it justified its price. Pros: great photos & blueprints; variety of sizes (300-1,000 sq ft) & tastes shown. Cons: European-NY exclusivity (more on this in my NOTE in review of "Small Apartments"); many featured homes shriek "interior designer," i.e., all about aesthetics rather than liveability (pebble floors, molded plastic chairs, etc.). Speaking of impractical: one of the 8 featured homes is a modernist London dwelling, 11-and-a-half ft. wide, seven stories high, with one room per floor. She should have decorated the owner's elevator, as that must be where he spends all his time.

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As real estate costs go ever higher, many of us are living in smaller spaces than we would like. In Small Spaces, interiors author Rebecca Tanqueray presents a wide variety of solutions to make even a studio apartment feel more spacious and comfortable. Many spaces can be expanded visually through color or lighting, in others, Tanqueray explores the organization of space, storage and the use of multi-functional furniture. The inspirational spaces showcased in Small Spaces are documented thoroughly with beautiful photographs and floor plans, to inspire you in the process of enlarging your own space.

Starting with Making the Most of your Space, Rebecca shows how clever use of color, lighting or other elements makes for a coherent home with a feeling of space. The Zones explores the organization of space, including areas for living, cooking and eating, working, bathing and sleeping. A Space Savers page at the end of each section captures key points. Finally, Solutions, tackles the elements to the compact home - including dividing space, using color, lighting and texture and clever storage and furniture.

Small Spaces will help you create a more uncluttered and serene home that works.

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